Automated Energy Optimization analyzes and responds to the ProLiant D元80p Gen8’s array of internal temperature sensors and can signal self-identification location and inventory to HP Insight Control. HP Active Health System provides health and configuration logging with HP’s Agentless Management for hardware monitoring and alerts. This layout allows users to manage the D元80p, without taking over a port from the other four 1GbE offered on-board. HP ProLiant D元80p Gen8 provides a dedicated iLO port and the iLO Management Engine including Intelligent Provisioning, Agentless Management, Active Health System, and embedded Remote Support. HP FlexibleLOM provides bandwidth options (1G and 10G) and network fabric (Ethernet, FCoE, InfiniBand), with an upgrade path to 20G and 40G when the technology becomes available. ProLiant D元80p Gen8 supports HP SmartMemory RDIMMs, UDIMMs, and LRDIMMs up to 128GB capacity at 1600MHz or 768GB maximum capacity. The unit can also support up to two 150W single-width graphics cards in a two processor, two riser configuration with an additional power feed.Įach Intel Xeon E5-2600 processor socket contains four memory channels that support three DIMMs each for a total of 12 DIMMs per installed processor or a grand total of 24 DIMMs per server. HP offers different configuration options, with an optional riser that supports two x16 PCIe 3.0 slots. The standard riser configuration per CPU includes one x16 PCIe 3.0 slot, one x8 PCIe 3.0 slot, and one x8 PCIe 2.0 slot. The D元80p Gen8 series features configurations with up to two Intel Xeon E5-2600 family processors, up to five PCI-Express 3.0 expansion slots and one PCI-Express 2.0 slot (three with single CPU, six with dual CPU). HP Standard Limited Warranty – 3 Years Parts and on-site Labor, Next Business Day.7 x USB 2.0 (2 front, 4 rear and 1 internal).Storage Bays – 8 x 2.5" SAS/SATA hot swap.Ethernet – 1Gb 331FLR Ethernet Adapter 4 Ports.Memory – 64GB (8 x 8GB) 1333Mhz DDR3 Registered RDIMMs.Our HP ProLiant D元80p Gen8 Specifications: Our server accepts small form factor (SFF) 2.5-inch SAS, SATA, or SSD drives, while other configurations of the ProLiant D元80p Gen8 servers accepting large form factor (LFF) 3.5-inch drives are also available. The HP ProLiant D元80p Gen8 Server series is comprised of 2U, 2-socket compute servers that feature a Smart Array P420i RAID controller with up to 2GB Flash Backed Write Cache (FBWC), up to five PCIe 3.0 expansion slots and one PCIe 2.0 expansion slot, and extensive built-in management capabilities. Even the way server vendors handle the traditional SATA/SAS bays can be vastly different which could be the difference between an ideal server/storage relationship and one that is less desirable. Items in this category can vary from everything from cable management to how many features are integrated versus requiring add-on cards, leaving PCIe expansion entirely open to the end-user instead of utilizing those slots for RAID cards or additional LAN NICs. We also have an eye toward how well manufacturers make use of the cramped real-estate inside 1U and 2U servers, as all are not created equal. If one 16-lane PCIe slot is being shared for three slots, those may under-perform compared to a solution that uses two 16-lane PCIe slots to share between three riser slots. When testing the latest PCIe Application Accelerators for example, for maximum throughput, it’s critical to make sure compute servers are ready in areas ranging from hardware compatibility, performance scaling and saturation, to even often overlooked elements like how a server manages cooling.Ĭase in point, most 2U servers use riser boards for PCIe expansion, and knowing what drives those slots is just as important as the slots themselves. While some may wonder about the relevancy of reviewing servers on a storage website, it’s important to realize how vital the compute platform is to storage performance, both directly and indirectly. To that end HP has sent us their eighth-generation (Gen8) D元80p ProLiant, a mainstream 2U server that we’re using in-lab for a variety of testing scenarios. Lastly, there’s a compatibility element we’re adding to enterprise testing, ensuring we can provide results across a variety of compute platforms. Additionally, as PCIe storage matures, the latest application accelerators rely on third-generation PCIe for maximum throughput. As we test larger arrays and faster interconnects, we need platforms like the HP D元80p to be able to deliver the workload payload required to these arrays and related equipment. As StorageReview expands our enterprise test lab, we’re finding a greater need for additional latest generation servers (like the HP D380p Gen8) not just from a storage perspective, but from a more global enterprise environment simulation perspective as well.
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