HPE ProLiant XL230a Gen9 Parts

The HPE ProLiant XL230a Gen9 is not a rack server but a single-slot tray for the HPE Apollo a6000 chassis, which holds up to ten of them and is fed by an external Apollo 6000 Power Shelf. Each tray is a full two-socket server: two Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3 or v4 processors, sixteen DDR4 slots and four hot-plug SFF bays. Every part below is genuine HPE, available new and refurbished, and tested for compatibility before it ships. Live pricing for each part number appears in the tables further down this page.

XL230a Gen9 Platform at a Glance

• Form factor: a single-slot tray for the HPE Apollo a6000 chassis, which supplies rack mounting, power and cooling; HPE lists that chassis and an Apollo 6000 Power Shelf as required, and support is bought at chassis level
• Processors: two Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3 or v4 on the Intel C610 chipset, from the six-core E5-2603 v3 to the 22-core E5-2699A v4; HPE requires two, both identical
• Memory: 16 DDR4 slots, eight per processor over four channels of two, to 2048GB on 128GB Load Reduced modules; Registered and Load Reduced cannot be mixed
• Drive bays: four hot-plug 2.5-inch SmartDrive bays — 15.36TB on 3.84TB SAS or solid state drives, 8TB on 2TB SATA
• Storage controllers: an embedded Dynamic Smart Array B140i for SATA, with the H240 Smart HBA, the external H241 and the Smart Array P440 as options, each on its own Mini-SAS cable kit
• Networking: HPE documents no onboard LAN here — ports come from a FlexibleLOM module on a riser, and the riser sets whether that is two FlexibleLOMs, one FlexibleLOM plus a low profile PCIe slot, or two fixed Gigabit ports
• Expansion: PCIe 3.0 throughout — an internal low profile x16 slot option, a x16 FlexibleLOM connector and a x8 FlexibleLOM connector
• Management: HPE iLO 4 with Matrox G200 video, aggregated to the chassis, plus an internal microSD slot and two USB ports on the Serial/USB/Video connector

This is a tray, not a rack server, and that changes what you buy. The XL230a Gen9 slots into an HPE Apollo a6000 chassis that holds up to ten of them, and its power comes from an external Apollo 6000 Power Shelf — so there is no power supply, no fan and no rail kit to buy for the tray itself. What the tray does own is four SFF bays, sixteen DDR4 slots and two matched Xeon E5-2600 v3 or v4 processors.

Specifications on this page are taken from the HPE QuickSpecs for this server, HPE ProLiant XL230a Gen9 Server QuickSpecs, Version 14, worldwide edition.

Shop XL230a Gen9 Parts by Category

• XL230a Gen9 drives — 6G SAS and SATA midline SmartDrive hard drives at 500GB and 1TB, plus 6G SATA solid state drives from 100GB to 800GB
• XL230a Gen9 storage controllers — the H240 12Gb Smart HBA and the Apollo 6000 Mini-SAS cable it runs on
• XL230a Gen9 networking adapters — Gigabit and 10 Gigabit FlexibleLOM adapters, FDR and QDR InfiniBand, and the Apollo 6000 Dual FlexibleLOM Riser

The Apollo 6000 PCIe x16 riser kit renders further down this page in a listing of its own rather than as a category here. For the other tray that shares the a6000 chassis see the HPE ProLiant XL220a Gen8 v2; for the Gen9 rack servers on the same E5-2600 v3 and v4 processors see the HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen9 and DL380 Gen9. Every model is listed under HPE parts by server model.

XL230a Gen9 Parts FAQ

Is the XL230a Gen9 a rack server?
No. It is a single-slot tray for the HPE Apollo a6000 chassis, which accommodates up to ten XL230a trays and supplies the rack mounting, power and cooling. HPE lists that chassis and an Apollo 6000 Power Shelf as required to support the server.

Where does an XL230a Gen9 get its power?
From an external Apollo 6000 Power Shelf through the a6000 chassis, not from a supply inside the tray. There is no power supply or fan to buy for the tray itself.

How many processors does an XL230a Gen9 take?
Two, and HPE requires both to be identical. The documented range runs from the six-core Xeon E5-2603 v3 to the 22-core E5-2699A v4, and HPE notes that field upgrades are not available for v4 processors.

How much memory does an XL230a Gen9 hold?
2048GB across sixteen DDR4 slots, using 128GB octal-rank Load Reduced modules. That is eight slots per processor over four channels of two, and DDR3 from earlier generations is not compatible.

How many drives fit in an XL230a Gen9 tray?
Four hot-plug 2.5-inch SmartDrive bays. Maximum internal storage is 15.36TB on 3.84TB SAS drives or solid state drives, and 8TB on 2TB SATA drives.

Are all XL230a Gen9 trays the same?
No. HPE notes there are various XL230a server trays, and the difference can matter: the Non-Hot Plug Compute Tray, 785695-B21, cannot support Smart Array controllers at all.

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