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So, I am working on a server build at work. We purchased 3 ProLiant servers with standard riser chassis. However we needed more then a single PCI express riser, so we purchased the additional riser kits to add 2 more PCI express slots into our primary riser. We are only running 1 CPU at 128 PCI express lanes(plenty for what we need). Where I am neeeing help is the cabling within the chassis. We are able to get the first additional riser (blue cabling) to work in the chassis it is plugged into ports 7 & 13 ref attached images. However when we try to add the third riser (top riser with yellow cabling) into the server, we keep getting a “Improper Cable Order in Slot 1 or 2 error”. I was just hoping someone more knowledgeable could help explain HPEs weird new changes in gen 11 with these new NVME/ PCI express ports and which ports I should be plugging into with a single CPU configuration.

Hi, on my job we have an old HPE 3PAR 7200 storeserv where we have all of our virtual machines for a server, in a power Outage, the modules which control de Storeserv died on us and we dont have access to that info, since they are on 2 arrays, we cannot just simply take of the drives and connect them to a computer, we got 2 used modules from another 3PAR but is still not connecting to the storserv, does anyone know if there is a way for us to use this used modules on our storserv?? :')

Hi, I just bough a HPE ML110 Gen10 and i thought i would get away with some Kioxia consumer SSD's, long story short and some screaming fans later, i think i have to invest in some enterprise grade SSD's. Do you HPE Gen10 guys have any suggestions for any compatable SSD's known to work?

Hey, a little bit of a specific question: We are looking to purchase a server at our school. I have now decided on a HPE ProLiant DL20 Gen10. Now the question is, which RAM should we order? Option 1 would be the RAM directly from HP, we would then take 4x16GB ECC RAM (HPE standard RAM kit, 16 GB (1 x 16 GB), Dual Rank x8 DDR4-2666 CAS-19-19, unbuffered). Option 2 would be 4x32GB non-ecc RAM from Crucial (32GB Crucial DDR4-2666 DIMM CL19 Single). My question would be: 1. do the ProLiant servers also run with non-ecc RAM? And 2. according to Intel, the processor we want to use (E-2236) can handle up to 128GB RAM, but on the HP site it says that the motherboard only supports a maximum of 64GB. Would that still work?

I bought an HP DL380 G9 early this year as my main home server and it has just been sitting around. The server will serve a variety of purposes for me. I'd like it to be a PLEX media server for all of my DVDs, so I can easily store them and retrieve them later. I'd want to save all of my game files on it as well (GTA V, Occasional Minecraft world saves...). Also, as a generic backup for miscellaneous computer files. I'm not sure whether this is possible with this server, but having no disks in my computer and having it boot from this server would be nice in the future. This last one isn't a big deal if it is not possible though. The Specs of the server are: >2x Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3 >32GB DDR4 ECC (1Rx8 2400T, 8x 4GB sticks) >B140i Controller - can be put in HBA mode >12x 500GB WD Blue 7200rpm SATA Drives - these probably should be upgraded >2x 800w 80+ Platinum Power Supplies >10G SFP+ Card The connection from the server to the main network switch will be SFP+ 10G and all the devices around the house will be 1GbE for now and maybe consider 10GbE in the future (Is 10GbE needed for network booting with no drives in the computer?) I was thinking UNRAID for the main OS and I am if each of these use cases should be a different VM or how I should set it up. I am open to upgrading certain parts of the server (Processor, more RAM, better HDDs, SSD cache?...) Let me know your ideas! I appreciate them! I am a CS college student but I am just starting so this is new to me.

Hi Guys, So I have a server running with a HP H240 HBA and there are 8 drives hooked up to it. I use the HBA to pass through my drives to a truenas box and it’s working great. According to the manual it says it allows up to 200 drives, but has room for 2 phsyical mini-sas connectors to 4 sata which allows 8 drives per HBA. How to get more drives attached? I need 16 drives to be hooked up. Can someone please help, thanks Cheers!

I am looking for a 10Gb SFP NIC for my HPE ProLiant DL380 G9 Sever that I run FreeNAS on. I would like to be under $50. What is the best option that is compatible with both the server and FreeNAS? Used is preferred at this price point.

Today I'm embarking on a build with the first of hopefully future servers I would like to play with starting with the HPE DL380p Gen8 an early 2010's system built around the LGA2011-0 server platform featuring the C602 chipset. Getting a quick look around the system starting at the front left to right we have VGA a slim optical drive Eight 2.5" drive bays. Unfortunately this server did not come with any usable sleds. LED indicator panel for debugging USB System information tab Power button USB Front UID which pairs with the rear UID Right behind that we have a wall of six hot swappable fans. These things are no slouches. Each fan can put out up to 39.6W for a total of 237.6 watts of just fans. Unreal. Moving farther back gives us a view of the CPU/RAM arrangement. Two sockets, 12 DIMM slots per socket, 3 DIMMs per channel. The plastic guard acts as a air flow guide to direct the air more accurately to where it needs to go. In the back we have two three slot PCI_e risers. One per socket. We'll take a closer look at the slotted cards on the right in a little while. In the very rear we can see all of our I/O A small allen key for system servicing Quad Gigabit NIC Serial port Our iLO Management Port. This will become very important later VGA Quad USB Rear UID which pairs with the front UID Two mini-redundant 750W PSU's. I will be looking at those closer in a bit. Right now the CPU's have arrived so I can start by installing those but we are waiting on the RAM so I think I'd rather do the two at once. The mechanisms designed which hold everything together are a marvel in themselves so I can't wait to dig into this farther.

Hey all, I recently purchased a HPE Server as listed above with 4 x 2tb SATA HDDs in Raid 1+0. Ive been trying to find out why when I try to install windows 2012r2 server that no drives show up. It askes for a driver and I provide the correct one HP Smart Array B120i SATA RAID Controller. Can you guys help me out?

Manufacturer's product page: https://www.hpe.com/uk/en/product-catalog/servers/proliant-servers/pip.overview.hpe-proliant-ml10-gen9-g4400-4gb-r-non-hot-plug-4lff-sata-300w-entry-svr.1008771937.html At the time of writing, this server could be purchased new and delivered in UK for £144 after cashback (US$150 without tax). So what does that buy you, and how does it differ from something not calling itself a server? Basic specs are basic: CPU: Pentium G4400 - Skylake generation, dual core 3.3 GHz, 3MB cache Ram: 4GB DDR4 ECC in a single stick Chipset: C236 - so will support Skylake 1151 Xeons GPU: Intel HD Graphics 510 Storage: none PSU: 300W Case is a low budget micro-ATX tower. On the front of the case you get two USB2 ports and a power button. Round the back are 4 USB3 sockets, ethernet, and two display port connectors. Yes, DP, as I found out to my pain as I only have one monitor that supports it and it isn't easy to reach the cable. Gently lifting 3 tabs allows you to slide off the front panel, revealing an unused fan cutout. There isn't really room inside or out for a standard thickness fan. If the drive bay wasn't fitted, you could put one inside. The little thing sticking out of one of the fan holes goes back to a header on the mobo labelled ambient sensor, so presumably is a temperature sensor of some sort. Onto the motherboard... At the top, between the CPU and PSU we can see 4 ram slots. There's a 4 pin fan header for the rear exhaust fan. It runs at full speed on boot and sounds like it is trying to take off, but after some seconds it is reduced to an inaudible level. Next is an internal USB socket. I will need this as I will later run this with Unraid, so you can put in a USB stick with the OS and not have to worry about someone removing it from the exterior. Right of that is what appears to be the front panel connector. This could be a pain point for me, as I intend to rehouse the mobo. The connector is smaller pitch than consumer mobos, plus I'd still have to work out what wire goes where. And to the right is what I hope is a standard 24-pin ATX power connector. It just obscured by the fan, but there's a 4-pin power connector going to the CPU socket. You're not going to run very high power CPUs in this. The ram isn't too exciting. To add another stick would cost around £70 for genuine HP, or half that for compatible Crucial. Moving over a bit, we see the 6 SATA connectors. 5 are ordinary ones, and the 5th labelled ODD has a 2nd connector next to it. I have confirmed a standard SATA cable will connect to half of that, and presumably the other half is a mini power connector. The system comes with 4 SATA cables, all of which are really short at 7" or 18cm. Someone must have worked out how little they need to reach the 4 bays inside the case, and gave you that and no more. Additional drives can be added but HP want you to buy a kit to add that capability. On that note, the PSU is also quite minimal. Apart from the mobo connections, you get 4 SATA power connectors and that's it. It is bronze rated and claims to deliver up to 300W. Back to the previous image, you can also see the connector and cable going to the front USB port. Again, this is not the common consumer mobo layout and is a tighter pitch. Moving down to the other corner are the 4 expansion slots. These are 8x, 16x, 4x, 4x physical slots, although if you look up the HP documentation they're actually 8x, 8x, 4x, 1x. You can also see the CPU heatsink and fan. The heatsink is very similar to the Intel stock coolers, but instead of the plastic push pins they're screwed in place. The fan is also replaced with a conventional shaped 80mm model. This is quiet although not completely silent in use. The level is low enough that you wouldn't really notice it in a work environment, although you might if it was really silent. This is even running AIDA64 stress test, or Prime95. It never went above 40C in testing. The Pentium isn't powerful enough to be a problem, but you might consider something better if you upgrade it. Although I haven't taken a full mobo shot, the mounting hole spacing seems consistent with micro-ATX. I'd also mention at this point, HPE really like their torx screws. They seem to be T15 and can also take a flat screwdriver, although with the latter you have no control. There's also a bag of extra screws supplied for fitting drives. The expansion slot area is shrouded. To uncover it, you have to remove the top screw from the inside before reaching the others outside. An interesting security feature. Note only the top one is a removable blanking plate. The other 3 slots have those horrible ones you have to rip out. That's the hardware, what about the BIOS? This relatively closely resembles a consumer PC, and is not at all like the one on the Microserver Gen8 I have. In the ML10 Gen9, you can press delete to enter the bios and there aren't any settings in there to excite an enthusiast. What is lacking is any of the more advanced server stuff. The Microserver Gen8 for example, has iLO management as well as various provisioning assists. As a home user, I found those server features to get in the way, so it is nice not to see that on the ML10 Gen9. Conversely, while researching if I should buy this unit, I saw the more serious server buyers cry about the lack of those features, saying without them, this is no server at all. In my case, it is a server in the sense it takes ECC ram and I would hope it makes it more stable for my file storage needs. The unit doesn't come with a drive at all. I found an old SSD I had lying around and it happened to have a Win10 install on it. After detecting the different hardware it booted fine and relatively quickly. More drivers were updated and... it was just like any other Win10 system at this point. The CPU wasn't particularly powerful, and the ram isn't exactly generous, but it worked. In theory, you could add a GTX 1050 and small SSD for a total spend of around £300 (main unit only, no OS) and have a basic gaming capable machine if you were so inclined.

https://www.anandtech.com/show/14358/hewlett-packard-enterprise-to-acquire-cray-for-13-billion https://www.hpe.com/us/en/newsroom/press-release/2019/05/hpe-to-acquire-supercomputing-leader-cray.html So it looks like HPE wants to pull its big boy pants back up after having lots of crazy ideas and technologies not really go anywhere. I think this acquisition makes sense just because of that. HPE invents or helps invent so many HPC technologies but I never seem to hear about them getting past concept or if they do, just failing at getting market traction. With Cray in it's portfolio, HPE can roll out those technologies in the best case scenarios. HPE will now get to claim the 2 fastest supercomputers in the world. I thought the purchase price of 1.3B was low, only about a $5 premium/share and the shares have now risen slightly above what HP is paying. I'm honestly kind of surprised one of the only two major US supercomputer vendors (IBM) was valued at so relatively little but hey there you go. HPE has so much money they are just gonna pay it out in cash Interesting timeline I stole from some guy on reddit: (SGI being Silicon Graphics, a former supercomputer and graphics house that was responsible for the N64 and Nvidia existing)

My ML350G5 Has these redundant fans on it now from what i can see on the internet it is optional to have these fans however having these unplugged ramps the system fans straight to full blast now from what i know about HP and these G5 Servers they most of the time have a jumper to say to the system these fans arent here and wont have the other fans on full blast does anyone know if the ML350 does this and where would i have to put the jumper onto Thanks Jane Serenity Deniz

Intel's 14nm processes are suffering from supply shortages, affecting both Consumer and Enterprise markets across their 14nm SKUs. On the consumer side, this is affecting pricing of Intel's 8000 series CPUs, and may even affect the upcoming Intel 9000 series release Interestingly, HPE has published a partner update (which appears to have been published publicly) mentioning their ongoing supply issues with Intel's 14nm Xeons that have been impacting availability across some SKUs. Part of this update includes recommendations on alternative models that feature the AMD epyc line of processors as an alternative to the Intel Xeon lineup I'm quite surprised that Intel would have issues such as this on a released product? We aren't talking about the market requesting new 10nm, which Intel have already outlined is delayed. With that being said, there's discussions that this is related to changes in the 10nm production timeline, which is impacting 14nm production It seems like Intel is dropping the ball on this, with AMD more than happy to pick up the slack. With this + AMD are already testing their 7nm Epic chips (to be released in Q1'19), together with the recent drama surrounding performance drops across Intel microcode updates (ie: Spectre et al.), could this be a turning point in the enterprise space? Sources: https://www.semiaccurate.com/2018/09/07/intel-cant-supply-14nm-xeons-hpe-directly-recommends-amd-epyc/ https://www.tomshardware.com/news/14nm-processor-intel-shortage-9000-series,37746.html

what is HPE LOGICAL VOLUME on https://www.harddrivebenchmark.net/high_end_drives.html ?

Hello everybody, I am in dire need of some help. I normally play an Xbox 360/One and I have been wanting to get back to my PC gaming but my store bought rig is graphically under powered so I need some help on what to buy and what to do. It is a Best Buy HP Pavilion Elite HPE-510y with a discrete AMD Radeon HD6750. I want to do a graphics card upgrade, and purchase an SSD for a boot drive to make Windows 7 load up much faster. I understand that the graphics card upgrade may also mean a new power supply as well and if it is needed I am willing to get a new PSU as well. So please help me and tell me what to do. Gaming Capability: Reaching 60fps at medium settings on Battlefield 4 would be awesome. If that won't work then I can handle 30fps on medium settings. EDIT: Sorry forgot to include a budget. If I have to buy a new PSU then my budget for a GPU, SSD, and PSU would be: $200-$350 If I don't have to buy a new PSU then my budget for a GPU, and SSD would be: $200-$300 Prices are flexible so feel free if there is a good deal that is a bit over to include it. Thank you! Specs:

Hey guys! So my friend has an Hp Pavilion HPE H8-1114 desktop pc and wanted a graphics upgrade from the gt520. He went and bought a 430 watt and a 750 without asking me and asked for me to install it. At first I thought it might work, but i was a little skeptical. As I installed it i put in the psu and kept the old gt 520 in there and it worked perfectly. Then, i put the 750 in and it went to the hp load screen and it said "press esc to go to setup" etc. and then i got the beeps. 1 followed by 3 fast beeps. I called evga and hp and the support wasnt helpful at all and i think that the newer 750 isnit compatible with the mb. I updated the bios from the hp sitwe and it still didnt work, but i noticed the bios were last updated on feb 6th 2012. 2 years behind so im guessing that its a compatibility issue and im thinking of just getting him a 550ti 1gb because another friend has the same pc and got the 550ti and it works like a charm. any thoughts? thnx guys!