HPE ProLiant DL160 Gen9 CTO Rack Server

Refurbished HPE DL160 Gen9 Configure to Order Rack Server

The compact refurbished HP ProLiant DL160 Gen9 Server provides right-sized performance and storage density, making it well-suited for a small to midsize business or service provider. You get exceptional reliability, manageability, and efficiency in a 2P rack design that fits your available space and won’t strain your budget.

What's new DL160 Gen9

• HPE Smart Memory 2400 MHz memory (up to 64GB)
• Intel Xeon E5-2600v4 processor support (up to 120 W)
  
• New 900 W/240 V power supply
  
• HPE Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0
  
• New HDD offerings

Essential Combination of Performance, Manageability and Storage for the IT Needs of SMBs

The HPE ProLiant DL160 Gen9 Server offers (16) DIMM slots of HPE DDR4 SmartMemory, with built-in intelligence to reduce downtime and up to 14% better throughput performance.

Embedded management to deploy, monitor and support your server remotely, out of band with HPE iLO makes it easier to manage complex IT environments thereby minimizing the IT resource requirements.

Supports up to (2) Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3/v4 processors offering improved performance and efficiency.

HPE SmartDrives continue to deliver optimal performance, capacity, and reliability to meet various customer segments and workload requirements at the right economics.

Supports up to (4) LFF and (8) SFF 12 Gb/s with flexibility of (4) LFF NHPE option.

Embedded SATA HPE Dynamic Smart Array B140i Controller for boot and data. Choice of HPE Smart Array Controllers with increased performance, data availability with 12 Gb/s SAS technology or HPE Smart HBAs with reliable high performance SAS connectivity capable of running HBA mode or simple RAID mode.

Base Knowledge

The HPE DL160 Rack Server supports up to 2 Intel Xeon E5-2600v3 or v4 Processors, mixing processors is not supported. The DL160 can accommodate up to 8 DIMMs per processor operating at speeds ranging from 1866MHz to 2400 MHz. The memory speed is determined by the CPU max memory speed. DDR4 Registered and Load Reduced Memory are supported, with maximum memory capacities varying depending on the type of memory installed. Mixing of memory types is not supported.

• Maximum Capacity 1TB (16 x 64GB LRDIMM @2400MHz)
• Maximum Capacity 512GB (16 x 32GB RDIMM @2400MHz)

You have the option to upgrade the server's system networking capabilities from the HPE Embedded Dual 1Gb Port 361i Network Interface Adapter to a FlexibleLOM card with the FlexibleLOM riser (781844-B21), which increases the data transfer rate from 1GB to 10GB. A minimum of two Gigabytes (2 GB) of server memory is required per adapter for 10Gb adapters. Additionally, there are options available for QDR/FDR InfiniBand Networking cards, Host Bust Adapters, and Converged Network Adapters. The correct riser slot for these adapters can be found by looking below at the pci riser section.

The DL160 HPE Rack server comes in three different chassis:

• 754522-B21 - Non-Hot-Plug 4 LFF Drives.
• 754521-B21 - Hot-Plug 4 LFF Drives.
• 754520-B21 - Hot-Plug 8 SFF Drives. 

Each chassis comes with the HPE Dynamic Smart Array B140i installed on the system board that supports up to 8 SATA drives. If you wish to add up to 8 SAS drives at 12Gb to the server, you must choose the H240 HBA (726907-B21) or the P440 Smart Array (726821-B21 - 820834-B21). If you choose the P440, please remember to also select the HP 96W Smart Storage Battery with 145mm Cable (727258-B21) for the Flash Back Write Cache (FBWC) to work on the performance smart arrays.

Each of these controllers has different cable kits for each chassis. NHP server chassis includes SATA cables required to connect drives. So, you will only need to select these cables if you choose the Hot-Plug chassis. The naming of the cable kits should be enough to understand which one you need for each controller and chassis combination. The correct riser slot for these adapters can be found by looking below.

The H240 and the P440 can only be installed on the low profile slot 2. While the H241 and the P441 can be installed on every slot.

Maximum Internal Storage

• Non Hot Plug LFF SATA 16TB 4 x 4TB
  
• Hot Plug LFF SAS 0TB 4 x 10TB
  
• Hot Plug LFF SATA 0TB 4 x 10TB
  
• Hot Plug LFF SATA SSD 36TB 4 x 3.84TB
  
• Hot Plug SFF SAS 0TB 8 x 2TB
  
• Hot Plug SFF SATA 0TB 8 x 2TB
  
• Hot Plug SFF SAS SSD 72TB 8 x 3.84TB
  
• Hot Plug SFF SATA SSD 72TB 8 x 3.84TB

M.2
If you wish to install M.2 drives on this server, you should note that it will occupy a PCIe slot. To install, select the HPE Universal SATA HHHL M.2 Kit (878783-B21) and choose either one or two M.2 SSD Drives. You also have the option to select a kit that includes the riser and card in a single or dual configuration. When installing the riser, please ensure that you choose the HPE SATA M.2 Cable Kit (866456-B21) and use one cable kit per M.2 SSD. Be sure to look up the correct riser slot for the M.2 card.

PCI Risers
The DL160 Rack Server supports up to 3 PCIe slots with a 2 Socket configuration. Only two types of risers can be installed at any one time. Slots 1 and 2 have two options for risers while slot 3 has only 1 riser option. Below is the PCIe riser breakdown.

Cooling
The DL160 HPE Rack can support a redundant fan configuration with the support of the HP DL160 Gen9 Redundant Fan Kit (725587-B21). This kit includes one fan. Each processor comes with 3 Fans and a Heat sink for the non-redundant configuration. A total of 7 Fans on a dual-socket configuration can be installed.

GPU / Workload Accelerator
Is this system going to be used in High-performance-computing (HPC)? The ability to add a Workload Accelerator will greatly improve the performance of the server for data centers or memory-intensive tasks. Please take note of what size PCIe slot you will need for each card. The slots are limited to 3 and can fill up fast.  

Let’s talk power!
You have 2 options really for power like most DL Gen9 HPE rack servers. The non-hot-plug 550W Power Supply kit (730941-B21) or the 900W Redundant power supply (775595-B21). If you plan to install a Workload Accelerator or high-wattage CPUs. It is recommended to install the Redundant Power Supply (RPS) Kit.

When installing the 900W Power Input Module you can either buy the Input Module and the required backplane separately or in a kit (820792-B21). The Kit comes with (2) 900W Power Input Modules for Redundancy.

Mixing of power supplies is not supported.

Other Information
For SFF Chassis only, there is the ability to add a USB 3.0 port to the front of the server with the HP DL160 Gen9 Front USB 3.0 Enablement Kit (725594-B21).

When installing the Security Bezel (664918-B21) you will also need the HP DL160 Gen9 Quick Release Ear FIO Kit (774609-B21)

The DL160 HPE Rack server has the option for a Dedicated iLO Management Port Kit (725581-B2).

Lights Out! iLO
HPE Integrated Lights-Out (HPE iLO) - Monitor your servers for ongoing management, service alerting, reporting, and remote management with HPE iLO.
UEFI - Configure and boot your servers securely with industry-standard Unified Extensible
Firmware Interface (UEFI).
RESTful API - RESTful API for iLO 4 is Redfish 1.0 conformance for simplified server management such as configuration and maintenance tasks based on modern industry standards.
Intelligent Provisioning – Hassle-free server and OS provisioning for 1 or few servers with Intelligent Provisioning.
EmbeddedRemote Support - The Hewlett Packard Enterpriseembedded remote support when used with Insight Online direct connect or HPE Insight Remote Support, allows HPE ProLiant servers to transmit hardware events directly to Hewlett Packard Enterprise or a Hewlett Packard Enterprise Authorized Partner for automated phone home support.