One rack unit is the whole design brief of the HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen10 Plus, and every option on it contends with another for the same space. Two front ends are offered, an eight-bay small-form-factor chassis and a four-bay large-form-factor chassis, and both carry the full 32 DIMM slots. Expansion is what a single rack unit costs.
Three PCIe slots is the ceiling, and the third exists only when a second processor is fitted. The trade is documented rather than hidden, which is unusual and useful: selecting the boot riser or the NVMe riser downgrades slot two from sixteen electrical lanes to eight, so a boot device here is paid for in bandwidth rather than in a slot. Networking is a forced choice too, because no base model ships with a network controller.
DL360 Gen10 Plus chassis options: two front ends, and neither converts to the other
Two CTO front ends exist for the DL360 Gen10 Plus, and HPE documents no field conversion between them. The eight-bay small-form-factor chassis accepts an additional two-bay drive kit in one of three interfaces - twelve-gigabit single-lane SAS or SATA, twenty-four-gigabit four-lane Tri-Mode, or sixteen-gigabit four-lane NVMe. The four-bay large-form-factor chassis takes nearline drives with no documented expansion path at all.
Cooling is a per-rotor story here rather than a fan-kit story, and HPE spells it out. Single-rotor hot-plug fans are fitted by default, an optional High Performance Fan Kit brings the count to seven, and the server supports up to seven fans with redundancy built in. One rotor failure leaves the server degraded but fully functional; two produce a warning and an imminent shutdown. On a second-hand 1U server that reads as a purchasing instruction: confirm the fan count and fan state before the unit goes into a rack.
Processors and memory on the DL360 Gen10 Plus, and the persistent memory shape most listings get wrong
The DL360 Gen10 Plus carries the same 32 DIMM slots as its 2U sibling - sixteen per processor, eight channels per processor, two DIMMs per channel - reaching 8.0 TB with thirty-two 256 GB load-reduced modules at 3200 MT/s or 2.0 TB with thirty-two 64 GB registered modules. Persistent memory reaches 8.0 TB as well, and the shape of that figure is what gets misquoted: it is sixteen 512 GB modules, not thirty-two, because persistent memory takes one slot per channel.
| Attribute | DL360 Gen10 Plus |
|---|---|
| Form-Factor | 1U rack |
| Sockets | 2 |
| Processor platform | Intel Xeon Scalable, 3rd generation, to 40 cores |
| DIMM Slots | 32, sixteen per processor, eight channels, two per channel |
| Maximum memory | 8.0 TB load-reduced, 2.0 TB registered, both at 3200 MT/s |
| Persistent memory | 8.0 TB as sixteen 512 GB modules |
| Front Bays | 8 x 2.5-inch or 4 x 3.5-inch, by chassis |
| PCIe slots | 2 with one processor, 3 with two |
| Storage Controllers | HPE Smart Array, Microchip SmartRAID and MR Tri-Mode families |
| Lifecycle status | RETIRED; QuickSpecs a50002559enw version 44, 28 July 2025 |
The population rules are the 3rd generation Xeon Scalable set and bind exactly as on the 2U model: modules installed only alongside their own processor, a single processor leaving half the slots unusable, modules balanced across both processors where fitted, and no mixing of unbuffered, registered and load-reduced types. Two entry processors, the Silver 4314 and Silver 4310, carry a further requirement in their kit notes - a DIMM blank kit, P07818-B21.
Risers and slots on the DL360 Gen10 Plus: the boot device is paid for in lanes
The DL360 Gen10 Plus offers two PCIe slots from the first processor and a third from the second, and which riser is chosen changes what those slots are worth. The GPU riser gives slot one sixteen electrical lanes at full height and slot two sixteen lanes low-profile. The boot riser carrying the NS204i-r device, and the NVMe riser, both keep slot one at sixteen lanes but drop slot two to eight.
| Riser | Slot 1 | Slot 2 | Slot 3 | What it costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary GPU Riser | x16, full-height | x16, low-profile | Requires the second processor | No boot device on the riser |
| Primary PCIe M.2 Riser with NS204i-r | x16, full-height | x8, low-profile | Requires the second processor | Half the lanes on slot 2 |
| Primary NVMe Riser | x16, full-height | x8, low-profile | Requires the second processor | Half the lanes on slot 2 |
A single-processor DL360 Gen10 Plus therefore has two slots in total, and one may already be halved by the boot riser. Storage controllers run from the no-cache Smart Array E208i-a in low-halogen form, 869079-B21, through the 2 GB P408i-a at 869081-B21 and the 4 GB P816i-a at 869083-B21, to the Tri-Mode MR216i-a P26325-B21, MR416i-a P26279-B21 and the Microchip SmartRAID SR416i-a P12688-B21.
Two networking notes from the QuickSpecs are worth carrying because no reseller page states them. HPE prints, verbatim, that none of the listed adapters support PXE boot, and that none can be used to fulfil factory diagnostics requirements - an alternate adapter must be selected for that. Separately, every hundred-gigabit adapter requires the High Performance Fan Kit P26477-B21, which makes a high-speed network build a cooling decision as well as a slot decision.
Power supplies on the DL360 Gen10 Plus, and one figure this page will not publish
Seven Flex Slot power supplies are documented and mixing two different supplies is not allowed, so redundancy means two identical parts. Pre-configured models ship with a single supply, which is the detail to check on any unit bought as a pair-ready chassis. Two carry high-line restrictions: the 800 W Titanium supports 200 to 240 VAC only, and the 1600 W supply is high-line only as well.
| Power supply | Part | Efficiency grade or type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 W Flex Slot | 865408-B21 | Platinum | Carries a regional certification note |
| 800 W Flex Slot | P38995-B21 | Platinum | Standard C-14 inlet |
| 800 W Flex Slot | 865438-B21 | Titanium | 200 to 240 VAC only |
| 800 W Flex Slot | 865434-B21 | -48 VDC | Direct-current feed only |
| 800 W Universal | 865428-B21 | High-voltage AC/DC | 277 VAC or 380 VDC input |
| 1000 W Flex Slot | P03178-B21 | Titanium | Standard C-14 inlet |
| 1600 W Flex Slot | P38997-B21 | Platinum | High line voltage only |
One supply that appears in our own internal census does not appear on this page, and the reason is worth stating rather than glossing. Our census row lists an 1800 W to 2200 W Titanium option for this model; a full read of a50002559enw finds no such option anywhere in the document, and the likeliest explanation is that the figure was carried across from the 2U sibling where it does exist. Until someone re-reads the source, this page publishes the supplies the document lists and not one it does not.
Where the DL360 Gen10 Plus sits in the ProLiant lifecycle
The DL360 Gen10 Plus is marked RETIRED in HPE's QuickSpecs banner, meaning the base products are no longer available for sale from HPE. The document identifier is a50002559enw and HPE last revised it at version 44, dated 28 July 2025 - the joint-latest revision date of any Gen10 Plus document in our estate. The earliest revision recorded in our lineup census is dated 6 April 2021, which is a floor rather than a published launch date.
Forty-four revisions on a retired product is the signal to read here. Seven of the other nine Gen10 Plus documents froze between September 2023 and December 2024; this model, its 2U sibling and the DL385 Gen10 Plus v2 were all still being revised in July 2025. HPE publishes no support-end date for the platform on any public surface, so none appears on this page.
DL360 Gen10 vs DL360 Gen10 Plus vs DL360 Gen11
Three DL360 generations circulate together and memory is what separates them. The Gen10 is a 24-slot DDR4 machine at 2933 MT/s. The Gen10 Plus keeps the 1U body, moves to 32 slots of DDR4 at 3200 MT/s and adds full-height accelerator risers. The Gen11 moves to 32 slots of DDR5 and adds a twenty-bay EDSFF front end neither older model has.
| Attribute | DL360 Gen10 | DL360 Gen10 Plus | DL360 Gen11 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Processor platform | Xeon Scalable 1st and 2nd gen | Xeon Scalable 3rd gen, to 40 cores | Xeon Scalable 4th and 5th gen |
| Memory | DDR4 at 2933 MT/s | DDR4 at 3200 MT/s | DDR5 |
| DIMM Slots | 24, twelve per processor | 32, sixteen per processor | 32, sixteen per processor |
| Stated maximum memory | 3.0 TB load-reduced, 1.54 TB registered | 8.0 TB load-reduced, 2.0 TB registered | 8.0 TB registered |
| Persistent memory | Intel Optane to 6.0 TB | Intel Optane to 8.0 TB as sixteen modules | Not recorded in our source extraction for this platform |
| Front chassis options | 8SFF, 10SFF, 4LFF | 8SFF, 4LFF | 8SFF, 4LFF, 20EDSFF |
| Accelerators | Primary GPU riser | Primary and secondary full-height GPU risers | Low-profile only, tightly limited |
| Lifecycle status | RETIRED, doc a00008159enw v74 | RETIRED, doc a50002559enw v44 | CURRENT, doc a50004306enw v47 |
Read across that table and the Gen10 Plus is the odd one out in a useful way: it is the only one of the three that lost a chassis option relative to its predecessor. The Gen10 offers a ten-bay small-form-factor front end the Gen10 Plus does not, so a straight refresh from a ten-bay Gen10 is a drop of two bays unless the two-bay kit is fitted. The DL360 Gen10 is live in our catalogue if that front end is the requirement.
Choosing within the Gen10 Plus ProLiant line
| Model | Form-Factor | Sockets | DIMM Slots | PCIe slots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL360 Gen10 Plus | 1U rack | 2 | 32 | 3 with two processors |
| DL380 Gen10 Plus | 2U rack | 2 | 32 | 8 with two processors |
| DL110 Gen10 Plus | 1U short-depth | 1 | 8 | 3 |
| DL20 Gen10 Plus | 1U rack | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| DL385 Gen10 Plus | 2U rack | 2 | 32 | Up to 8 |
The DL360 Gen10 Plus is the density member of that line, so against its siblings the decision is rack units and socket count rather than memory. Outside the line, three live comparisons: the DL360 Gen10 a generation below, the 2U DL380 Gen10 where three slots is not enough, and the tower ML350 Gen10.
Buying a refurbished DL360 Gen10 Plus
Four things decide whether a used DL360 Gen10 Plus is the machine that was quoted, and all four are hard to see in a photograph. The chassis, because the eight-bay and four-bay front ends are not convertible. The riser, because the boot riser and the NVMe riser both halve slot two. The processor count, because sixteen DIMM slots and the third PCIe slot are wired to the second socket. And the fan complement, because two rotor failures on this platform mean an imminent shutdown.
Out-of-band management is HPE Integrated Lights-Out, and the advanced tier is licensed per server against an order rather than welded to a chassis, so it belongs on the quote as a line item. VMware ESXi is the incumbent hypervisor on a large share of 3rd generation Xeon estates, and Proxmox Virtual Environment is the alternative Enterasource sells outright as an authorized reseller, with subscriptions and support on the same order as the hardware. Enterasource builds each unit to the specification ordered, testing on receipt, then disassembling, cleaning, inventorying, picking, assembling, configuring and testing again on the bench. Whole systems including this server carry the 2-year Enterasource warranty, and shipping is free to the lower 48 states. Browse the HPE ProLiant server range, or the Dell PowerEdge range where the same processor generation appears as the PowerEdge R650.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen10 Plus specifications?
Two sockets for 3rd generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors to 40 cores each, 32 DDR4 DIMM slots at sixteen per processor, a maximum of 8.0 TB load-reduced or 2.0 TB registered at 3200 MT/s, persistent memory to 8.0 TB across sixteen modules, an eight-bay small-form-factor or four-bay large-form-factor front end, two PCIe slots with one processor and three with two, and power supplies from 500 W to 1600 W.
How many drives does a DL360 Gen10 Plus hold?
Eight or four in front, depending on chassis. The eight-bay small-form-factor chassis holds eight 2.5-inch drives and accepts an additional two-bay kit in one of three interfaces: twelve-gigabit single-lane SAS or SATA, twenty-four-gigabit four-lane Tri-Mode, or sixteen-gigabit four-lane NVMe. The four-bay large-form-factor chassis holds four 3.5-inch drives with no documented expansion path.
How many PCIe slots does the DL360 Gen10 Plus have?
Three at most, and the third requires the second processor. Slots one and two sit on the primary riser and are driven by the first processor; slot three sits on the secondary riser. Choosing the NS204i-r boot riser or the NVMe riser drops slot two from sixteen electrical lanes to eight, so a boot device here is paid for in bandwidth rather than in a slot.
What does a DL360 Gen10 Plus gain and lose against a DL360 Gen10?
It gains memory and accelerators and loses a chassis. The Gen10 has 24 DDR4 slots at 2933 MT/s capped at 3.0 TB load-reduced, a single primary accelerator riser, and eight-bay, ten-bay and four-bay front ends. The Gen10 Plus has 32 slots at 3200 MT/s capped at 8.0 TB and both primary and secondary full-height accelerator risers, but only eight-bay and four-bay front ends - the ten-bay option is gone.
Where do I find the DL360 Gen10 Plus QuickSpecs, and is the platform still sold?
The document identifier is a50002559enw, at version 44 dated 28 July 2025, the joint-latest revision of any Gen10 Plus document in our estate. HPE marks its banner as retired, meaning the base products are no longer available for sale from HPE. Asking for that identifier by name is the reliable way to be given the current revision. HPE publishes no support-end date on any public surface.
