HPE DL20 Gen10 Chassis Options
The reliable HPE ProLiant DL20 Gen11 server delivers a compact and versatile server with enhanced security at an affordable price. Deploy the short-depth rack form factor in small, remote, or branch offices, as a powerful point of sale platform in transport, retail, and hospitality environments or as a flexible configuration for customization in space constrained environments of military and government customers
Maximum Data Speed 12Gbps or 24Gbps
DL20 Gen11 supports up to SAS 12G unless you install the 2SFF Box 1 on the 4SFF Chassis. P65406-B21 - 2SFF Box 1 Is Required to support 24Gb SAS Drives and supports the NVMe U.3 Drives.
Drive Upgrade
- 6x 2.5" requires the P65406-B21 2SFF Box 1 enablement kit
- M.2 Drives are supported with the P65407-B21 - HPE ProLiant DL20 Gen11 LP Serial Port/iLO/M.2 Enablement Kit
HPE DL20 Gen11 (NVMe) M.2 Drives
The Dl20 G11 P65407-B21 HPE ProLiant DL20 Gen11 LP Serial Port/iLO/M.2 Enablement Kit. Provides 1 M.2 Drive slot, Enables the optional dedicated iLO management port. Also provides a serial port option.
The BOOT option P48183-B21 HPE NS204i-u Gen11 NVMe Hot Plug Boot Optimized Storage Device. The N204i-u Boot device includes 2x 480GB M.2 NVMe SSDs, with preconfigured hardware RAID1. When installed the (P65410-B21) HPE ProLiant DL20 Gen11 NS204i-u Hot Plug Boot Optimized Storage Device Cable Kit is required.
HPE DL20 Gen11 PCI Risers / Networking
The DL20 Gen11 only has 1 riser (P52753-B21) HPE ProLiant DL320 Gen11 x16 FHHL Riser Kit. This system also has a external slot for the OCP 3.0 Network card.
| Part number |
Description |
Slot Bus width (Gen5 lanes) |
| #1 |
#2 |
| P52753-B21 |
HPE DL320 Gen11 x16 FHHL Riser Kit |
X16 |
x8 |
Supported NVIDIA GPU
NVIDIA RTX A400 4GB PCIe Accelerator | S7K99C
- Entry-level professional graphics and AI accelerator with 4GB GDDR6 memory
- Designed for light AI inference, video analytics, and graphics workloads in HPE servers
- Low power consumption and ATX bracket for easy installation in rack servers
- Good entry point for small AI or visualization projects
NVIDIA RTX A1000 8GB PCIe Accelerator | S5T74C
- Mid-range professional GPU with 8GB GDDR6 memory and higher performance than the A400
- Suitable for more demanding AI, visualization, and compute workloads
- Offers better memory bandwidth and performance for medium AI inference or graphics tasks
- Popular choice when you need more GPU power without going to high-end cards like the A4000 or A6000
HPE DL20 Gen11 Lights Out! iLO
The DL20 Gen11 uses HPE iLO 6 for remote server management. By default, iLO shares the embedded Broadcom 1GbE port (NIC port 1), but you can add a dedicated iLO management port by installing the P65407-B21 enablement kit. It provides standard remote console, power control, health monitoring, and firmware management, with optional iLO Advanced licenses available for enhanced security and features.