HPE ProLiant DL560 Rack Server Gen 11 Configuration

The HPE ProLiant DL560 Gen11 server is a high-density, four-socket (4S) server with high performance, scalability, and reliability, all in a 2U chassis. Powered by 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors with up to 60 cores, the HPE ProLiant DL560 Gen11 server offers greater processing power, up to 16 TB of faster DDR5 memory, I/O of up to six PCIe 5.0 slots, and up to 2 OCP slots.

Air cooling cannot be upgraded to Liquid cooling.

Air Cooling
P55181-B21

These Processors in a 4P Config support Air Cooled (P48905-B21).

• Intel Xeon-Platinum 8450H - P49626-B21
• Intel Xeon-Gold 6448H - P49622-B21
• Intel Xeon-Gold 6418H - P49621-B21
• Intel Xeon-Gold 6416H - P49620-B21

Closed Loop Liquid Cooling
P55182-B21

These Processors in a 4P Config require Liquid Cooling (P54791-B21).

• Intel Xeon-Platinum 8490H - P49630-B21
• Intel Xeon-Platinum 8468H - P49629-B21
• Intel Xeon-Platinum 8460H - P49628-B21
• Intel Xeon-Platinum 8444H - P49625-B21
• Intel Xeon-Gold 6434H - P49623-B21

4P CPU Mezzanine Kit - P54803-B21

• Supports 4 CPU Configuration
• Adds 2 CPU Sockets
• Adds 12 Dimms Slots

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Storage

2P support 8x EDSFF per box, Max: 16x EDSFF
4P support 12x EDSFF per box, Max: 24x EDSFF

• Box 1: Not Supported
• Box 2: 12x EDSFF - P54802-B21
• Box 3: 12x EDSFF - P54802-B21

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OCP Cable Kit Options

• 4P OCP x16 to Mezzanine - P55324-B21

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Riser 3 x16 - P54780-B21

If P54780-B21 is selected, the (2P or 4P) cable kit is required.

• (2P) 3x16 Riser to Motherboard Cable Kit - P55315-B21
• (4P) 3x16 Riser to Mezzanine Board Cable Kit - P55319-B21

8SFF Tri-Mode U.3 x1
P54798-B21

Drives: SAS/SATA/NVMe

Mixture of x1 U.3 8SFF and x4 U.3 8SFF backplanes is not supported

8SFF Tri-Mode U.3 x4
P54799-B21

Drives: NVMe

Mix of x1 cage kit and x4 cage kit is not supported.

12EDSFF
P54802-B21

For 2P configuration: support 8 EDSFF per box | Max: 16x EDSFF

For 4P configuration: support 12 EDSFF per box | Max: 24x EDSFF

Notes:

• Mix of x1, x4Trimode or EDSFF drive cage kit is not supported.
• Mix of x1 cage kit and x4 cage kit is not supported.
• The Universal Media Bay is only available as an option and can only be populated in Box 1.

SFF Universal Media Bay Kit - P60500-B21

• Box 1 Only
• DisplayPort
• 2xUSB 2.0
• 2x front drives (P54801-B21)
• ODD Support

2SFF U.3 Drive Cage Kit P54801-B21

• 2x SFF U.3 Drives

2U High Performance Heat Sink Kit
P48818-B21

For 2P Air cooling configuration.

1U High Performance Heat Sink Kit
P48905-B21

For 4P Air cooling configuration

Liquid Cooling Heat Sink Kit
P54791-B21

Required when the Liquid Cooled Chassis is selected

Notes:

• Air cooling cannot be upgraded to Liquid cooling, please choose at step 1.
• Liquid cooling Module, subject to a Maximum Usage Limitation of not exceeding five (5) years of operation and is required to be replaced when reaching limitation.
• If 128GB is desired, the 128GB DIMM (P63345-B21) must be selected for configuring Liquid Cooling Server

Air-coooled Fans
Default with Chassis

Comes with 6 performance fans

Liquid-Cooled Fans
Default with Chassis

Comes with 5 performance fans

NS204i-u Gen11 Boot Device
P48183-B21

Enables the deployed OS to be mirrored through a dedicated hardware RAID 1

Includes two hot-pluggable 2280 M.2 NVMe SSDs

Front Enablement Kit
P55549-B21

Location Front: Between Fan cage and storage box

Liquid cooling solution, with NS204i-u in front location, system does not support Media Bay

Rear Enablement Kit
P55710-B21

Location Rear: PCI-E Riser 2 slot 4, the slot 5 must be kept empty

Notes:

• HPE NS204i-u Gen11 NVMe Hot Plug Boot Optimized Storage Device
• For liquid cooling solution, with NS204i-u in front location, system does not support Media Bay

The MR (MegaRAID) and SR (SmartRAID) series use different RAID configuration tools and cannot be mixed in the same server. Both series support SAS, SATA, and NVMe drives when used with a tri-mode U.3 backplane, enabling mixed drive configurations. The server has no embedded software RAID — direct attached SATA drives operate in AHCI mode only, so a controller is required for any hardware RAID.

SR Series (SmartRAID)

SR Series
Installation Service Manual

The SR series is the high-end controller line, only available in type-p PCIe form factor.

This is the go-to choice for high drive count configurations or maximum storage throughput. Like the cached MR controllers it requires a battery or capacitor for cache protection.

MR Series (MegaRAID)

MR Series
Installation Service Manual

The MR series is the broader, more flexible controller line available in both type-o and type-p form factors.

The cached models (MR408i-o, MR416i-o, MR416i-p) add a Flash-Backed Write Cache (FBWC)

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Choosing Between MR and SR

• Need OCP slot deployment → MR type-o only
• Mix up with direct attach drives and Trimode storage controller drives is not supported.
• Mix of x1, x4Trimode or EDSFF drive cage kit is not supported.
• Controllers with cache require either HPE 96W Smart Storage Battery 260mm Cable (P01367-B21) or HPE Smart Hybrid Capacitor w/ 260mm Cable (P02381-B21).

There are 2 expansion slot riser cards, both can be used as primary or secondary.
For DW GPU accelerator cards can only be populated in primary riser (slot 2) and secondary riser (slot 5).

Riser x8/x16/x8 Riser Kit
P54779-B21

• Slot 1 - PCIe 5.0 x8 Full height and ¾ length.
• Slot 2 - PCIe 5.0 x16 Full Height and ¾ length.
• Slot 3 - PCIe 5.0 x8 Full Height and ¾ length.

Riser x16/x16/x16 Riser Kit
P54780-B21

• Slot 1 - PCIe 5.0 x16 Full Height and ¾ length.
• Slot 2 - PCIe 5.0 x16 Full Height and ¾ length.
• Slot 3 - PCIe 5.0 x16 Full Height and ¾ length.

• (2P) 3x16 - P54780-B21 - Riser to Motherboard Cable Kit P55315-B21 is Required when configuring a 2P system
• (4P) 3x16 - P54780-B21 - Riser to Mezzanine Board Cable Kit P55319-B21 is Required when configuring a 4P system

For GPU installation, must select the enable kit (P54816-B21)
For DW GPU accelerator cards can only be populated in primary riser (slot 2) and secondary riser (slot 5).

NVIDIA L40 48GB x16
S0K90C

• GPU Memory: 48GB
• Max Power Consumption: 300W
• Interface: PCIe 4.0 x16

NVIDIA H100 80GB x16
R9S41C

• GPU Memory: 80 GB HBM2e
• Max Power Consumption: 350W
• Interconnect Bandwidth: 128 GB/sec (PCIe 5.0)