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HP ProLiant DL980 G7 Server - Overview


Product description
HP ProLiant DL980 G7 with HP PREMA Architecture is an eight-socket server with Smart CPU caching and a redundant system fabric and is designed to reduce bottlenecks, improve throughput and performance, as well as deliver enhanced reliability.
Product features
Feature Description
Processor 1 Ten-core processors

Chipset
  • Industry standard Intel 7500 chipset
  • Hewlett-Packard DL980 G7 Node Controller
Upgradeability Upgradeable to eight processors
Memory protection
  • Advanced ECC
  • Mirrored memory
  • Online spare memory rank
  • Dynamic Device Data Correction (Intel Xeon E7 Family)
Memory Type

Network controller
  • HP ProLiant DL980 NC375i SPI Board2
  • HP ProLiant DL980 331i SPI Board3
Storage controller HP Smart Array P410i controller with optional FBWC
Storage data protection The Flash-Backed Write Cache (FBWC) increases cache data retention capabilities from two days of existing battery-backed write cache (BBWC) to infinite data retention.

Internal storage devices Optical drive

Maximum internal storage
  • Hot Plug SFF SAS: 7.2TB (8 x 900GB)
  • Hot Plug SFF SAS SSD: 3.2TB (8 x 400GB)
Interfaces Serial 1
Pointing device (mouse) 1
Video 1 front; 1 rear
Keyboard 1
USB 2.0 ports 6 total: 2 front (video); 2 rear (video, NIC); 2 internal
iLO 3 Remote Management 1
Network RJ-45 4
SD slot 1
Graphics
  • Integrated ATI ES1000 with 32MB embedded video SDRAM
  • Max resolution: 1280 x 1024 x 16M color
Form factor Rack (8U = 14 in)

Industry standard compliance
  • ACPI 2.0 compliant
  • PCIE 2.0 compliant
  • PXE support
  • WOL support
  • Physical Address Extension (PAE) support
  • Microsoft Logo certifications
  • USB 2.0 support
Intelligent manageability
  • HP Systems Insight Manager
  • SmartStart
  • Redundant ROM
  • Remote Flash ROM
  • Management agents
  • Integrated Management Log (IML)
  • Automatic Server Recovery-2 (ASR-2)
  • ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU)
  • Dynamic sector repairing (with Smart Array controllers)
  • Drive parameter tracking (with Smart Array controllers)
  • Pre-failure warranty (covers processors, SAS hard drives, and memory)
  • Redundant/adaptive load balancing NIC support
  • Hot Spare Boot
Security
  • Power-on password
  • Keyboard password
  • External USB port enable/disable
  • Network server mode
  • Serial interface control
  • Administrator's password
  • Removable CD-ROM or DVD drive
Power supply E5640 4P model

System Fans 8 Hot plug, redundant fans ship standard
NOTE: 1: Four or eight of the following processors depending on model.2: Optional Dual Port 10GbE upgrade (replaces two 1G ports). 3 . Does not support 10GbE upgrade.
Software overview
Feature Description
Operating systems (OS) and virtualization software support
  • Microsoft Windows Server
  • Microsoft Windows Server Hyper V
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)
  • Oracle Solaris
  • VMware
  • Serviceguard for Linux A.11.20
Important links
Product specifications:
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QuickSpecs:
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