HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen11

Modernize your business with a compute platform providing scalability, efficiency, security, and greater performance.

HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen11
A business person exploring HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen11..

Accelerator-optimized performance

Get the performance you need to accelerate any workload from the edge to the data center.

Optimized performance for your workloads

Harness major computer performance with up to 99% higher performanceCompared%20to%20previous%20generation.%20SPEC%20and%20the%20names%20SPEC%20CPU%2C%20SPECrate%2C%20SPECspeed%20are%20registered%20trademarks%20of%20the%20Standard%20Performance%20Evaluation%20Corporation%20%28SPEC%29.%20The%20stated%20results%20are%20published%20as%20of%2011-10-22%3B%20see%20%3Ca%20href%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fspec.org%2F%22%20target%3D%22_blank%22%20data-analytics-region-id%3D%22footnote_tip%7Clink_click%22%3Espec.org.%3C%2Fa%3E%20All%20rights%20reserved. to power your most demanding workloads, from the data center to the edge.

Threat protection across infrastructure, workloads, and data

Protect your infrastructure, workloads, and data from threats to hardware and risks from third-party software, with trusted edge-to-cloud security built on the HPE Silicon Root of Trust and the AMD EPYC™ 9000 Series Processors with built-in Infinity Guard security.

Lower energy costs and reduced carbon footprint

New 4th Generation AMD EPYC™ processors provide better performance per watt to help increase data center energy efficiency.

Our partners and clients

Influencer having a break between meetings.

Take the next steps

Ready to get started? Explore purchasing options or engage with HPE experts to determine the best solution for your business needs.

More ways to explore

Turn data into intelligence

Simplify data management, unlock data’s value, and uncover hidden insights in your data, edge to cloud.

Create your hybrid cloud

Hybrid cloud, just the way you need it.

HPE Compute

Accelerate innovation from edge to cloud with workload-optimized compute for today’s data-first, hybrid world.

HPE GreenLake cloud platform software screenshot.

Learn more about the HPE GreenLake cloud experience

All HPE GreenLake cloud services are accessed through a unified control plane that delivers a consistent, open and extensible cloud operating experience for all your services and users, wherever the workloads and data are located.

Technical specifications

  • What's new

    • Adding two new 4th Generation AMD EPYC™ Series Processors with 128 and 112 cores (9754 & 9734)
    • New CTO servers including EDSFF, GPU and 48SFF CTO servers
    • 8x Single Wide GPU capability is added to DL385 Gen11
    • Nvidia L40S GPU added
    • Direct Liquid Cooling (DLC) is now supported
    • 12 DIMM channels per processor for up to 6TB total DDR5 memory with the 256GB memory DIMMs
    • Advanced data transfer rate and higher network speed from the PCIe Gen5 serial expansion bus
    • New HPE Integrated Lights-Out 6 (iLO 6) server management software
    • Supports hot-pluggable, high-availability RAID M.2 boot options – NS204i-u
    • OpenBMC Capable through iLO6 Transfer of Ownership Process

  • Form factor

    2U rack


  • Chassis types

    • 8 SFF with optional Universal Media Bay, and optional SFF or NVMe drive bay options. Front drive bay supported up to 24 SFF
    • 8 LFF with Universal Media Bay, and optional SFF or NVMe drive bay options. Front drive bay supported up to 12 LFF
    • 12 EDSFF with no Universal Media Bay, no rear drive support. Configure up to 36 EDSFF
    • GPU CTO Server that supports up to 4x Double Wide GPUs or 8x Single Wide GPUs and with 1x 8SFF U.3 x4 backplane
    • 48SFF CTO Server that supports up to 48SFF SAS/SATA/NVMe with tri-mode controllers

  • System fans

    Standard – fan types included

    • Choice of Standard Fan Kit or Performance Fan Kit