Powered by latest AMD six-core Opteron Processors, the HP ProLiant DL785 G6, is the next generation server of the award winning HP ProLiant DL785 G5. HP ProLiant DL785 G6 is an 8 socket x86 server, supporting up to eight (8) Six-Core AMD Opteron™ Processors, 512GB of memory, 11 PCI-e I/O slots or an optional I/O backplane with 7 PCI-e & 2 HTx I/O slots.
With this highly expandable feature set, the DL785 G6 is an ideal choice for the growing enterprise class database, consolidation and virtualization environments seeking to improve server utilization and reduce server and virtualization sprawl, while continuing to leverage all the familiar and easy to use ProLiant management tools and options.
Features
Outstanding performance and reliability
• Outstanding processing power, memory and I/O expansion capacity provide outstanding flexibility to optimize performance for database, consolidation and virtualization environments
Industry leading management solutions
• The world’s best run server infrastructures are built with ProLiant servers and HP Infrastructure Management. Software that gives you total control, maximum flexibility and tangible savings from your ProLiant investment.
Flexibility for a variety of enterprise deployments
• AMD Core Select feature and adherence to industry standards, broad support for software and hardware options, and key certifications mean the DL785G6 can support your application needs.
Compelling performance, price/performance and performance/watt
• System and processor technologies that deliver industry-leading performance and price/performance in a eight(8) processor x86 server.
Processor, operating system and memory
Processor type
6-core: AMD Opteron™ processor 8439 (2.8 GHz, 6MB L3 cache, 105W ACP)
AMD Opteron™ processor 8431 (2.4 GHz, 6MB L3 cache, 75W ACP)
AMD Opteron™ processor 8425 (2.1 GHz, 6MB L3 cache, 55W ACP)
Number of processors
4 or 8 supported
Processor core available
6-core
Cache
6 X 512 KB Level 5 Cache; 6 MB Level 3 Cache
Standard memory
32 GB or 64 GB Standard Memory
Memory
PC2-6400 Registered DIMMs at 800 MHz
Memory slots
64 DIMM slots
Maximum memory
512 GB
Internal drives
No hard disk drive in standard configuration
Hard disk drive speed
Not applicable
Storage controller
HP Smart Array P400i/512MB with optional BBWC
Expansion slots
Standard: Eleven (11) PCI-e (3 x16,3 x8 and 5 x4) slots; Option to replace and upgrade to nine (9) slots: Seven (7) PCI-e (1 x16, 1 x8 and 5 x4) slots and two (2) HTx slots
System features
Form factor
7U Rack
External I/O ports
Serial – 1; Pointing Device (Mouse) – 1; Video – 1 front, 1 rear; Keyboard – 1; USB 2.0 Ports – 2 front, 2 rear, 1 internal; HP ProLiant Onboard Administrator (iLO 2) – 1; Network RJ-45 – 2
Network interface
Embedded dual NC371i Multifunction Gigabit Network controller
Compatible operating systems
Microsoft® Windows® 2008 – Microsoft® Windows® HPC Server 2008; Microsoft® Windows® 2008 – Small Business; Microsoft® Windows® 2008 – Datacenter Edition; Microsoft® Windows® 2008 – Enterprise Edition; Microsoft® Windows® 2008 – Standard Edition; Solaris 10; RHEL 4.8; RHEL 5.3; Novell SLES 10 (SP2); Novell SLES 11; OEL 5.3; VMWare; XenSource; RH & SLES XEN; Microsoft® Windows® Server 2008 Hyper-V
Manageability features
Integrated Light Out 2 ( iLO 2 ); Power Monitoring, Power regulation & Power Capping
Warranty
3 year Parts, 3 year Labor, 3-year on-site support