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.
HPE DL560 Gen11 Chassis Options
Air cooling cannot be upgraded to Liquid cooling.
4-Socket Upgrade
4P CPU Mezzanine Kit - P54803-B21
- Supports 4 CPU Configuration
- Adds 2 CPU Sockets
- Adds 12 Dimms Slots
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
OCP Cable Kit Options
- 4P OCP x16 to Mezzanine - P55324-B21
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
HPE DL560 Backplane / Drive Cages
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
HPE DL560 Heat Sinks
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
HPE DL560 Default Chassis Fan Systems
HPE DL560 Boot Options
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
MR vs SR — What's the Difference?
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.
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).
Riser Configurations
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).
Cable Kit
- (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
Supported GPU Options
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).
HPE DL560 Gen11 Lights Out! iLO
HPE iLO 6 is the 6th-generation Integrated Lights-Out management processor built into HPE ProLiant Gen11 servers (including the DL560 Gen11).
It delivers secure out-of-band remote management, allowing you to monitor, control, and troubleshoot the server even when the OS is down or the server is powered off.
Key features include a hardware Silicon Root of Trust, enhanced security (secure boot, attestation), Redfish-compliant RESTful API, improved remote console, virtual media, and seamless integration with HPE Compute Ops Management and OneView.