HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen11

Brand: HPE | Category: Servers

SKU: 867460-B21 | Part #: 867460-B21 | MPN: 867460-B21

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Single-socket AMD EPYC 9004 Series servers occupy a specific but critical niche in modern data centres: they deliver substantial compute density without the complexity, cost, or power overhead of dual-socket platforms. The HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen11 (part number 867460-B21) is built for infrastructure teams who need to consolidate workloads, maximize per-rack throughput, and keep operational expenditure predictable. This 1U form factor packs up to 96 cores and 192 threads from a single Genoa processor, coupled with 1.5 TB of DDR5 memory across 12 DIMM slots, making it a natural fit for virtualisation hosts, containerised application servers, and mid-to-large scale analytics platforms where socket licensing or per-thread charging models make dual-socket economics less attractive.

Power consumption and efficiency directly impact total cost of ownership in any data centre environment, and HPE has configured the DL325 Gen11 with two hot-plug power supply slots supporting Titanium 80 PLUS rated units. Redundant PSU configurations—whether 1+1 or 2+1 depending on your workload tier—eliminate single points of failure on the supply side without forcing you into a larger chassis footprint. Your power engineers and facilities team will appreciate that a single-socket platform consumes significantly less idle and peak power than its dual-socket counterparts, which directly lowers your PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) ratio and reduces cooling demand in already-constrained data halls. The modular Flex Slot design for power supply insertion means you can upgrade or swap units without powering down the entire system, a practical detail that operations teams notice when managing hundreds of servers.

Storage flexibility is where the DL325 Gen11 demonstrates thoughtful engineering. The server supports up to four 3.5-inch LFF (large form factor) drives or ten 2.5-inch SFF (small form factor) drives, with native NVMe Gen 4 and Gen 5 support alongside traditional SAS 12G and SATA 6G interfaces. HPE's Smart Array S100i SR Gen10 Plus controller ships onboard for software-managed RAID, but the system also accepts optional HPE Smart Array MR controllers if your storage architecture demands hardware acceleration or advanced caching. This flexibility appeals to storage architects designing mixed workload environments—you might run NVMe for transactional databases on one server and SAS SSD arrays for analytics on another, all within the same generation and part number (867460-B21). PCIe Gen 5.0 expansion slots further enable custom I/O card deployments without forcing platform upgrades.

Management and security posture matter equally to performance in regulated and hyperscale environments. HPE iLO 6 firmware provides out-of-band management, remote KVM access, and power cycling through a dedicated 1GbE management network interface, independent of your data plane traffic. The platform includes Silicon Root of Trust, TPM 2.0, Secure Boot, and Firmware Runtime Verification—table stakes in 2024 enterprise deployments where firmware tampering and supply-chain attacks demand hardware-level attestation. Integration with HPE OneView and HPE GreenLake allows your infrastructure operations team to manage DL325 Gen11 servers alongside other HPE platforms in a unified console, simplifying capacity planning and compliance reporting. The server supports Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, and VMware vSphere, so your sysadmins and virtualisation engineers can deploy it into existing environments without reimaging or driver hunts.

For organisations deploying AI inference clusters, dense virtualisation hosts, or containerised microservices at scale, the single-socket AMD EPYC 9004 architecture strikes a practical balance. You gain the memory capacity and core count needed for serious workloads without the licensing and power costs that make dual-socket servers prohibitive for certain budget models. HPE's engineering on the DL325 Gen11 respects this constraint: the part number 867460-B21 represents a mature, production-ready platform with proven thermal design, firmware stability across thousands of fleet deployments, and component sourcing chains that have weathered two years of supply-chain normalisation.

Single-Socket Architecture & Performance Profile

• Single AMD EPYC 9004 Series (Genoa) socket supporting up to 96 cores / 192 threads and 1.5 TB of DDR5 RDIMM/LRDIMM memory
• Redundant Titanium-rated power supplies with hot-plug modularity; configurable for 1+1 or 2+1 redundancy to optimise PUE and operational expense
• Mixed-media storage: up to 4 LFF or 10 SFF hot-plug bays with NVMe Gen 4/Gen 5, SAS 12G, and SATA 6G support; onboard S100i SR Gen10 Plus RAID controller with optional MR acceleration
• HPE iLO 6 out-of-band management with Silicon Root of Trust, TPM 2.0, Secure Boot, and Firmware Runtime Verification for supply-chain security compliance
• PCIe Gen 5.0 expansion and configurable FlexibleLOM for custom NIC deployments; 1U form factor minimises rack space and cooling demand
• Certified support across Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, and VMware vSphere; HPE OneView and GreenLake integration for centralised fleet management

Omnixon Global stocks the HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen11 (867460-B21) and maintains regional inventory across Dubai, the broader UAE, and GCC markets, with logistics reaching enterprise and data-centre customers throughout Asia and Europe. Our technical team has deployed hundreds of Genoa-based platforms and understands the configuration decisions that optimise your specific workload—whether you need aggressive NVMe tiering, maximum memory density, or cost-focused SAS arrays. To discuss configuration options, volume pricing, and delivery timelines tailored to your deployment schedule, please submit a formal RFQ through our website or contact our enterprise sales desk directly.