776935-B21

HPE 776935-B21 is an ML110 Gen9 Hot Plug 8SFF CTO Server. It belongs to the ProLiant ML110 Gen9/10 Servers range. Identify it by part number rather than appearance: parts in this class frequently look the same across generations that will not work in each other’s place.

What to check before you buy. Three things decide whether a server will suit the job. The generation, because the processors, memory and controllers that fit one generation generally do not fit the next even where the chassis looks identical. The drive configuration, because a chassis built for small form factor disks cannot take large form factor ones without a different cage and backplane. And how it is specified to be populated, since a second processor usually needs its own heatsink and may enable memory slots that are otherwise unusable. It is also worth asking what is physically included: rails, bezel, drive carriers and the remote management licence are all commonly sold separately from the chassis.

How we supply it. Supplied new where available, otherwise as tested stock with warranty, subject to availability. Send us the host model along with the part number and we will check compatibility before you commit. We reply by the next working day.

776935-B21 is an HPE ProLiant ML110 Gen9 supplied as a configure-to-order chassis. It is not a working server as it ships: there is no processor, no memory and no drives in the box. You specify those separately, which is the point of buying it this way.

The ML110 Gen9 is a single-socket tower for a first server or a branch site. It is a 4U tower machine with 1 processor socket, taking Intel Xeon E5-1600/2600 v3 or v4 processors.

To put this into service you will need a processor, memory and drives, plus an operating system.

Storage is 8 x 2.5-inch (small form factor) bays. These are hot-plug bays, so a failed drive can be swapped without powering the server down. 2.5-inch drives trade capacity per drive for spindle count.

The storage controller is the B140i, software RAID built into the chipset. Software RAID is adequate for boot volumes and light workloads; a database or virtualisation host usually wants a hardware controller with a write cache instead.

There are 8 DIMM slots for RDIMM, LRDIMM DDR4.

Expansion runs to 5 PCIe slots with networking from the Broadcom 5717 Dual-port 1GbE.

The fans are non-redundant, which means a fan failure is a service event rather than something the server rides out.

Management is HPE iLO with Intelligent Provisioning, which gives you remote console, power control and health monitoring independently of the installed operating system.

Worth getting right when you specify one of these:

• How you populate the 8 DIMM slots. Filling them evenly across the memory channels matters more than the total figure — the same capacity spread correctly is measurably faster than the same capacity in too few slots.
• Whether the embedded software RAID is enough, or whether this needs a Smart Array controller with a write cache added at the same time.
• Drive carriers. ProLiant bays take HPE carriers, so bare drives bought separately will not simply slide in.

Green Code Technologies supplies HPE ProLiant servers from stock in the UK. If you want this quoted as a complete build — processor, memory, drives and controller specified for the workload you have in mind — ask us and we will put the configuration together and confirm it against HPE’s QuickSpecs before you order.