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HP DL380 Gen9

The HP DL380 Gen9 is a 2U rack mountable server. This is a dual-CPU server with 24 DIMM slots, which comes configured with Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012 R2.

This server can be configured with up to two dual slot NVIDIA Graphics Cards. Dual GPU configurations require the system to be configured with Windows Server 2012 R2.

HP DL380 Gen9 PCI/PCIe Slot layout and usage

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Slot #

Used for

1

Empty

2

Graphics card 1

3

Optional AES Audio for Matrox X.mio3

4

Emtpy

5

Graphics card 2

6

Matrox X.mio3 IP, Matrox X.mio3, or Matrox DSX LE4 video card

Note: Other video boards are not tested with this server.

HP DL380 Gen 9 BIOS settings

Setting

Value

System Options > Processor Options -> Hyperthreading

Disabled

Performance Options -> Node Interleaving

Enabled

Performance Options -> QPI Snoop Configuration

Home Snoop

Advanced Options -> Video Options -> Add-in Video

Enabled

Advanced Options -> Video Options -> Embedded Video

Disabled

Power Management -> Power Profile

Maximum Performance

Boot Options -> UEFI Optimized Boot:

For systems running Windows Server 2008R2

Disabled

For systems running Windows Server 2012R2

Enabled