Technical data sheet · ProLiant Compute Gen12 · 1U dual-socket

HPE ProLiant Compute DL360 Gen12Specifications, configurations & comparisons

The ProLiant Compute DL360 Gen12 is HPE’s 1U two-socket server for Intel Xeon 6, with front storage of up to 20 E3.S, 10 SFF or 4 LFF drives. This data sheet shows what the 1U format costs — three PCIe slots, a thermal table that limits air-cooled processors above 250 W, and front boxes shared between drives, boot devices and OCP cards.

1U Rack1 or 2 socketsXeon 6 E-coreXeon 6 P-coreHPE iLO 7

144cores per CPU288 per server · Xeon 6 E-core

8.0TBDDR5 maximum32 DIMM slots

20drive bays5 drive-cage kits

3GPUs1 accelerators listed

2,200Wlargest PSU5 supply options

33processor SKUs2 families

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Every figure checked against the HPE ProLiant Compute DL360 Gen12 QuickSpecs (Version 18 - 03-Aug-2026)

Image: Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Form factor: 1U Rack · 2 sockets
Processors: Xeon 6 E-core · Xeon 6 P-core
Memory: 32 × DDR5 RDIMM · up to 8.0 TB
Drive bays: Up to 20 · 5 drive-cage kits
Expansion: 3 × PCIe · 2 × OCP 3.0
GPUs: Up to 3 · 1 listed
Boot: NS204i · 6 boot options
Management: HPE iLO 7

01 — Overview

The DL360 Gen12 at a glance

Our read of HPE’s documentation: where the DL360 Gen12 is strong, and the limits worth knowing before you spec one.

Strengths

Twenty E3.S NVMe bays in 1U — five front boxes that each take four E3.S or two U.3 SFF drives, and can be mixed.
Up to 8 TB of DDR5 across 32 slots, at 6400 MT/s when each channel holds one DIMM and, for 6500P and 6700P parts from May 2026, 6000 MT/s when it holds two.
Each processor brings 88 PCIe 5.0 lanes and four x8 connectors for direct-attached NVMe; across the server they surface as three x16 slots and two rear OCP 3.0 slots.
Factory closed-loop liquid cooling or rack-level DLC, both watched by iLO 7 leak detection that shuts the server down; on the closed-loop module it also blocks power-on until the leak is cleared.
On the hybrid chassis the NS204i-u boot device and OCP NICs can sit at the front, beside a front USB-C iLO service port.

Watch-outs

On air, processors of 251–350 W are only a “Limited Configuration” in HPE’s thermal table. DLC is fully supported to 350 W, closed-loop cooling from 271 W to 350 W (and to 270 W on one-processor builds), and the 6725P and 6732P require liquid cooling in every case.
Two-processor builds of 271–350 W on closed-loop cooling are held to 25 °C inlet air, against 30 °C for builds up to 270 W.
Only three PCIe slots: a full-height card in slot 3 removes the low-profile slot 2 bracket, and the rear NS204i-u kit also occupies slot 2.
Front options use drive boxes: a front NS204i-u or the front OCP kits each cut the drive boxes to four, and both together to three.
Xeon 6 has no PCH and no SATA signal, so SAS and SATA drives always need a hardware controller; Intel VROC for Windows on Xeon 6 is temporarily unavailable.

Processors33 SKUs

Cores / CPU8–144

DIMM slots32

Drive-cage kits5

Max bays20

GPUsup to 3

PSU options5 · to 2,200 W

02 — Processors

33 supported processors, mapped

HPE lists 33 Xeon 6 processors for the DL360 Gen12: seven 6700E-series E-core parts of 64 to 144 cores and 26 P-core parts of 8 to 86 cores, rated between 150 W and 350 W. The chart plots them by cores and power; how far up that range a 1U server can go depends on the cooling chosen.

Processor landscape — cores × TDP

33 SKUs · 2 families

Xeon 6 E-core 7Xeon 6 P-core 26Bubble size = L3 cache · hover a bubble for the full SKU

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Processor	Cores / threads	Base	L3 cache	TDP	W / core	Memory
Intel Xeon 6780E	144	2.2 GHz	108 MB	330 W	2.3	DDR5-6400
Intel Xeon 6766E	144	1.9 GHz	108 MB	250 W	1.7	DDR5-6400
Intel Xeon 6756E	128	1.8 GHz	96 MB	225 W	1.8	DDR5-6400
Intel Xeon 6746E	112	2 GHz	96 MB	250 W	2.2	DDR5-5600
Intel Xeon 6731E	96	2.2 GHz	96 MB	250 W	2.6	DDR5-5600
Intel Xeon 6740E	96	2.4 GHz	96 MB	250 W	2.6	DDR5-6400
Intel Xeon 6787P	86	2 GHz	336 MB	350 W	4.1	DDR5-6400
Intel Xeon 6788P	86	2 GHz	336 MB	350 W	4.1	DDR5-6400
Intel Xeon 6710E	64	2.4 GHz	96 MB	205 W	3.2	DDR5-5600
Intel Xeon 6762P	64	2.9 GHz	320 MB	350 W	5.5	DDR5-6400
Intel Xeon 6767P	64	2.4 GHz	336 MB	350 W	5.5	DDR5-6400
Intel Xeon 6760P	64	2.2 GHz	320 MB	330 W	5.2	DDR5-6400
Intel Xeon 6768P	64	2.4 GHz	336 MB	330 W	5.2	DDR5-6400
Intel Xeon 6747P	48	2.7 GHz	288 MB	330 W	6.9	DDR5-6400
Intel Xeon 6748P	48	2.5 GHz	192 MB	300 W	6.3	DDR5-6400
Intel Xeon 6740P	48	2.1 GHz	288 MB	270 W	5.6	DDR5-6400
Intel Xeon 6736P	36	2 GHz	144 MB	205 W	5.7	DDR5-6400
Intel Xeon 6732P	32	3.8 GHz	144 MB	350 W	10.9	DDR5-6400
Intel Xeon 6745P	32	3.1 GHz	336 MB	300 W	9.4	DDR5-6400
Intel Xeon 6737P	32	2.9 GHz	144 MB	270 W	8.4	DDR5-6400
Intel Xeon 6738P	32	2.9 GHz	144 MB	270 W	8.4	DDR5-6400
Intel Xeon 6730P	32	2.5 GHz	288 MB	250 W	7.8	DDR5-6400
Intel Xeon 6530P	32	2.3 GHz	144 MB	225 W	7.0	DDR5-6400
Intel Xeon 6527P	24	3 GHz	144 MB	255 W	10.6	DDR5-6400
Intel Xeon 6520P	24	2.4 GHz	144 MB	210 W	8.8	DDR5-6400
Intel Xeon 6728P	24	2.7 GHz	144 MB	210 W	8.8	DDR5-6400
Intel Xeon 6725P	16	3.7 GHz	192 MB	235 W	14.7	DDR5-6400
Intel Xeon 6724P	16	3.6 GHz	72 MB	210 W	13.1	DDR5-6400
Intel Xeon 6517P	16	3.2 GHz	72 MB	190 W	11.9	DDR5-6400
Intel Xeon 6515P	16	2.3 GHz	72 MB	150 W	9.4	DDR5-6400
Intel Xeon 6505P	12	2.2 GHz	48 MB	150 W	12.5	DDR5-6400
Intel Xeon 6714P	8	4 GHz	48 MB	165 W	20.6	DDR5-6400
Intel Xeon 6507P	8	3.5 GHz	48 MB	150 W	18.8	DDR5-6400

Standard heat sink and fans cover processors up to 185 W, and the Performance heat sink and fans 186–250 W; 251–350 W on air is a Limited Configuration.
The 6725P and 6732P are low T-case parts that must use closed-loop liquid cooling or DLC — the 6725P despite a 235 W rating.
The closed-loop liquid-cooling bundle (P74800-B21) is a factory-install option, and HPE advises swapping the module at five-year intervals.
For the 6731E, HPE’s processor table lists a UPI count of zero.
Fan kits hold five fans for one processor and seven for two.

03 — Memory

32 DIMM slots, 16 per processor

Sixteen DDR5 RDIMM slots per processor on eight channels, 32 in total, for up to 8 TB — 4 TB per socket. P-core processors reach 6400 MT/s at one DIMM per channel; at two, HPE quotes 5200 MT/s at launch and 6000 MT/s for 6500P and 6700P parts after May 2026.

Capacity with every slot filled

by DIMM size

Operating speed

per HPE memory tables

Processor	1 DIMM / channel	2 DIMMs / channel
Xeon 6 P-core (6500P / 6700P)	6400 MT/s	5200 → 6000 MT/s*
Xeon 6 E-core (6700E)	up to 6400 MT/s	5200 MT/s

* 5200 MT/s at launch; from May 2026 HPE raises two-DIMM-per-channel speed to 6000 MT/s for 6500P and 6700P processors.
E-core processors take 32, 64, 96 and 128 GB DIMMs only, in quantities of 1, 2, 4, 8 or 16 per socket; P-core processors add the 16 and 256 GB kits and also allow 12 per socket.
256 GB DIMMs are limited to 16 per processor, cannot reach 6400 MT/s at one DIMM per channel, and are not allowed with networking above 100GbE.
96 GB and 128 GB DIMMs cannot be mixed with any other size.
The system board supports MRDIMMs at up to 8000 MT/s, but HPE does not offer MRDIMM kits for it publicly.
Advanced ECC, mirroring and ADDDC are supported.

04 — Storage

5 drive-cage kits, up to 20 bays

Three configure-to-order chassis set the front: a 10SFF/20EDSFF hybrid with five boxes, an (8+2) SFF chassis, and a 4LFF chassis with an embedded backplane. HPE lists no rear or mid-chassis bays; the layouts below are the complete front configurations, and the chart lists each backplane kit.

Headline layouts

front panel view

Front panel

The hybrid chassis with a four-drive E3.S NVMe backplane in each of its five boxes. With all 20 drives fitted, rear OCP A is held to x8.

SAS/SATANVMeSAS/SATA + NVMe

Controllers & boot

HPE NS204i-u v2 480GB NVMe Hot Plug Boot Optimized Storage Device — Boot. x4 PCIe Gen3 OS boot device, 2 x M.2 NVMe with preconfigured hardware RAID1; front (Box5, Hybrid CTO only), rear (PCIe Slot 2) or internal enablement kit; max one boot device per server
HPE NS204i-u v2 960GB NVMe Hot Plug Boot Optimized Storage Device — Boot. RAID1 M.2 NVMe boot device; same thermal rules as 480GB
HPE NS204i-u v2 960GB NVMe SED Hot Plug Boot Optimized Storage Device — Boot. Self-encrypting RAID1 M.2 NVMe boot device
Intel Virtual RAID on CPU Premium FIO Software for HPE — Software RAID. Intel VROC; NVMe SSDs direct-attached to CPU only (no PCIe cards), UEFI mode only; SFF and EDSFF models only; Windows support for Xeon 6 temporarily not available; VMware ESXi 9.0 inbox driver only
Intel Virtual RAID on CPU RAID 1 FIO Software for HPE — Software RAID. Intel VROC RAID 1; NVMe only; UEFI only
Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU Premium E-RTU for HPE — Software RAID. Listed by name in Standard Features; no SKU printed in this document
Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU RAID 1 E-RTU for HPE — Software RAID. Listed by name in Standard Features; no SKU printed in this document
HPE MR216i-o Gen11 x16 Lanes without Cache OCP SPDM Storage Controller — RAID. OCP (OROC); RAID 0/1/10; two x8 LP SlimSAS; 16G NVMe/12G SAS/6G SATA
HPE NS204i-u v2 480GB NVMe Hot Plug Boot Optimized Storage Device (P78279-B21) — boot
HPE NS204i-u v2 960GB NVMe Hot Plug Boot Optimized Storage Device (P81160-B21) — boot
HPE NS204i-u v2 960GB NVMe SED Hot Plug Boot Optimized Storage Device (P81162-B21) — boot
HPE ProLiant Compute DL3XX Gen12 1U NS204i-u Front Enablement Kit (P77198-B21) — boot

All 15 controllers and 6 boot options

HPE MR216i-p Gen11 x16 Lanes without Cache PCI SPDM Plug-in Storage Controller — RAID. PCIe plug-in; RAID 0/1/10; two x8 SlimSAS
HPE MR408i-o Gen11 x8 Lanes 4GB Cache OCP SPDM Storage Controller — RAID, 4GB cache. OCP (OROC); up to 8 SAS/SATA/NVMe drives; RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60; requires storage battery (P01366-B21, P65038-B21 or P02377-B21) + P48918-B21 cable kit
HPE MR408i-p Gen11 x8 Lanes 4GB Cache PCI SPDM Plug-in Storage Controller — RAID, 4GB cache. PCIe plug-in; RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60; requires storage battery + P48918-B21
HPE MR416i-o Gen11 x16 Lanes 8GB Cache OCP SPDM Storage Controller — RAID, 8GB cache. OCP (OROC); RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60; requires storage battery + P48918-B21
HPE MR416i-p Gen11 x16 Lanes 8GB Cache PCI SPDM Plug-in Storage Controller — RAID, 8GB cache. PCIe plug-in; RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60; requires storage battery + P48918-B21
HPE MR932i-p x32 Lanes PCIe Gen5 SPDM Plug-in Storage Controller — RAID. PCIe 5.0 x32, FH/FL; NVMe (SFF or EDSFF) and SAS SSD only - no SATA SSD, no HDD; in-built battery (no separate storage battery); not supported in 4LFF CTO Server; cache size not printed
HPE Smart Array E208e-p SR Gen10 (8 External Lanes/No Cache) 12G SAS PCIe Plug-in Controller — RAID. External SAS controller listed under Storage Controllers; doc states it is TEMPORARILY OUT OF SUPPORT in DL360 Gen12 (UMCE-during-boot advisory)
HPE ProLiant Compute DL360 Gen12 NS204i-u Rear Enablement Kit (P72197-B21) — boot
HPE ProLiant Compute DL360 Gen12 NS204i-u Internal Enablement Kit (P72595-B21) — boot

Box 1 must always hold a backplane; HPE populates the boxes in the order 1, 2, 4, 5, 3.
A front NS204i-u (Box 5) or the front OCP NIC kits (Box 3) each reduce the front to four drive boxes, and both together to three.
Intel VROC works on SFF and EDSFF models with NVMe drives wired to the processors — four x8 PCIe 5.0 connectors per socket — in UEFI mode only; ESXi 9.0 has only an inbox VROC driver.
MegaRAID options are the MR216i, MR408i and MR416i in OCP or PCIe form and the MR932i-p, which takes SAS SSDs and NVMe only and is not supported in the 4LFF chassis.
The NS204i-u v2 boot device is a PCIe Gen3 x4 unit with two M.2 NVMe drives in hardware RAID 1. One is allowed per server: front (hybrid chassis), rear in slot 2, or internal, which is not hot-plug.
HPE’s maximum-storage table tops out at 1,228.8 TB with 20 × 61.44 TB E3.S drives, against 153.6 TB for 10 × 15.36 TB SFF and 104 TB for 4 × 26 TB LFF.

Every documented drive-cage kit

5 with drive bays

2.5-inch3.5-inchEDSFF (E1.S / E3.S)

05 — Accelerators & I/O

GPUs, PCIe and networking

The DL360 Gen12 takes low-profile, single-wide GPUs of up to 75 W, and HPE lists one: the NVIDIA L4 24 GB, in slots 1, 2 and 3 — slot 3 needs the second processor. GPU builds need high-performance fans on air and the Increased Cooling BIOS setting, and HPE advises fitting system memory at least double the combined GPU memory. Up to 3 × NVIDIA L4 24 GB — low-profile, single-wide, within HPE’s 75 W GPU maximum.

NVIDIA L4 24GB PCIe Accelerator for HPE

single-wide

24GB · 3

I/O topology

88 lanes per CPU

Each Xeon 6 processor brings 88 PCIe 5.0 lanes — 56 north and 32 south — and eight DDR5 channels. In 1U they surface as three x16 slots and two rear OCP 3.0 slots.

Network adapters HPE lists

38 options

Adapter	Ports	Form
HPE InfiniBand XDR400/Ethernet 400GbE 2-port QSFP112 PCIe6 x16 HHHL CX8 Crypto Adapter	2 × InfiniBand XDR400 / 400GbE	PCIe
HPE InfiniBand XDR/Ethernet 2x400GbE 1-port OSFP PCIe6 x16 HHHL CX8 Crypto Adapter	1 × InfiniBand XDR / 2x400GbE	PCIe
HPE InfiniBand NDR200/Ethernet 200Gb 1-port OSFP PCIe5 x16 MCX75310AAS-HEAT Generic Adapter	1 × InfiniBand NDR200 / 200GbE	PCIe
HPE InfiniBand NDR/Ethernet 400Gb 1-port OSFP PCIe5 x16 MCX75310AAS-NEAT Generic Adapter	1 × InfiniBand NDR / 400GbE	PCIe
HPE InfiniBand NDR200/Ethernet 200GbE 2-port QSFP112 PCIe5 x16 MCX755106AC-HEAT Adapter	2 × InfiniBand NDR200 / 200GbE	PCIe
Broadcom BCM57608 Ethernet 100Gb 2-port QSFP112 Adapter for HPE	2 × 100GbE	PCIe
Mellanox MCX623106AS-CDAT Ethernet 100Gb 2-port QSFP56 Adapter for HPE	2 × 100GbE	PCIe
Intel E810-CQDA2 Ethernet 100Gb 2-port QSFP28 Adapter for HPE	2 × 100GbE	PCIe
NVIDIA Ethernet 100Gb 2-port NVMe-oF Offload Adapter for HPE	2 × 100GbE	PCIe
AMD Solarflare X4522-PLUS 10/25GbE 2-port SFP56 Adapter for HPE	2 × 10/25GbE	PCIe
Broadcom BCM57504 Ethernet 10/25Gb 4-port SFP28 Adapter for HPE	4 × 10/25GbE	PCIe
Broadcom BCM57414 Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port SFP28 Adapter for HPE	2 × 10/25GbE	PCIe
NVIDIA Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port SFP28 NVMe-oF Crypto Adapter for HPE	2 × 10/25GbE	PCIe
Intel E810-XXVDA2 Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port SFP28 Adapter for HPE	2 × 10/25GbE	PCIe
Intel E810-XXVDA4 Ethernet 10/25Gb 4-port SFP28 Adapter for HPE	4 × 10/25GbE	PCIe
Xilinx X2522-25G-PLUS Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port SFP28 Adapter for HPE	2 × 10/25GbE	PCIe
Mellanox MCX631102AS-ADAT Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port SFP28 Adapter for HPE	2 × 10/25GbE	PCIe
Broadcom BCM57416 Ethernet 10Gb 2-port BASE-T Adapter for HPE	2 × 10GbE	PCIe
Broadcom BCM57412 Ethernet 10Gb 2-port SFP+ Adapter for HPE	2 × 10GbE	PCIe
Broadcom BCM5719 Ethernet 1Gb 4-port BASE-T Adapter for HPE	4 × 1GbE	PCIe
HPE Slingshot SA210S Ethernet 200Gb 1-port PCIe NIC	1 × 200GbE (Slingshot)	PCIe
Broadcom BCM57608 Ethernet 100Gb 2-port QSFP112 OCP3 Adapter for HPE	2 × 100GbE	OCP 3.0
Intel E810-CQDA2 Ethernet 100Gb 2-port QSFP28 OCP3 Adapter for HPE	2 × 100GbE	OCP 3.0
Broadcom BCM57504 Ethernet 10/25Gb 4-port SFP28 OCP3 Adapter for HPE	4 × 10/25GbE	OCP 3.0
Broadcom BCM57414 Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port SFP28 OCP3 Adapter for HPE	2 × 10/25GbE	OCP 3.0
Intel E810-XXVDA4 Ethernet 10/25Gb 4-port SFP28 OCP3 Adapter for HPE	4 × 10/25GbE	OCP 3.0
Intel E810-XXVDA2 Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port SFP28 OCP3 Adapter for HPE	2 × 10/25GbE	OCP 3.0
Mellanox MCX631432AS-ADAI Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port SFP28 OCP3 Adapter for HPE	2 × 10/25GbE	OCP 3.0
Broadcom BCM57416 Ethernet 10Gb 2-port BASE-T OCP3 Adapter for HPE	2 × 10GbE	OCP 3.0
Broadcom BCM57412 Ethernet 10Gb 2-port SFP+ OCP3 Adapter for HPE	2 × 10GbE	OCP 3.0
Intel E610-IT4 Ethernet 1Gb 4-port BASE-T OCP3 Adapter for HPE	4 × 1GbE	OCP 3.0
Broadcom BCM5719 Ethernet 1Gb 4-port BASE-T OCP3 Adapter for HPE	4 × 1GbE	OCP 3.0
HPE SN1620E 32Gb 2p FC SecureHBA	2 × 32Gb Fibre Channel	PCIe
HPE SN1720E 64Gb 2p FC SecureHBA	2 × 64Gb Fibre Channel	PCIe
HPE SN1610Q 32Gb 1-port Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter	1 × 32Gb Fibre Channel	PCIe
HPE SN1610Q 32Gb 2-port Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter	2 × 32Gb Fibre Channel	PCIe
HPE SN1700Q 64Gb 1-port Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter	1 × 64Gb Fibre Channel	PCIe
HPE SN1700Q 64Gb 2-port Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter	2 × 64Gb Fibre Channel	PCIe

OCP A is embedded at x8 from processor 1 and reaches x16 with a cable kit; OCP B is cabled at x8 from either processor, or x16 from processor 2.
The server takes two OCP cards in total — network adapters and OCP storage controllers, front and rear combined.
The front OCP kits work through interposers in the rear OCP slots, only the front primary bay carries NC-SI, and HPE listed them as unavailable until CQ4 2025.
Every slot supports Wake-on-LAN; slot 2’s connector faces the opposite way, so port numbering on a card fitted there is reversed.
There is no embedded LOM: HPE’s configurator defaults to a Broadcom BCM5719 4-port 1GbE OCP adapter, which can be swapped for another card.

06 — Power & cooling

5 power supplies, 800–2,200 W

Power comes from HPE Flex Slot hot-plug supplies, configured with redundancy and never mixed. The 800 W Platinum and 1000 W Titanium take 100–240 VAC, the 1600 W Platinum and 1800–2200 W Titanium 200–240 VAC only, and the fifth option is a 1600 W −48 V DC unit.

AC−48 V DC

Only the two Titanium units are listed as Energy Star 4.0 compliant; configurations with the 800 W or 1600 W Platinum supply, or with any GPU, fall outside Energy Star 4.0.
HPE’s technical specifications rate the −48 V unit for −40 to −72 V DC, although one options note describes it as high-line AC only.
At 200 VAC the 1800–2200 W supply delivers 1799 W, reaching 2200 W at 240 VAC.
P03178-B21 (1000 W) and P44712-B21 (1800–2200 W) are the 96 %-efficient units HPE names for ErP Lot 9 markets, the UK among them.

07 — Management, security & OS

Run it, secure it, choose the OS

Management

HPE iLO 7 (iLO 7 ASIC) with Intelligent Provisioning
Three-year HPE Compute Ops Management subscription added to Gen12 rack orders
OpenBMC capable through the iLO 7 transfer-of-ownership process
iLO 7 leak detection for closed-loop and direct liquid cooling
Smart Chassis in HPE One Config Advanced pre-selects backplanes, controllers and cables
Front USB-C iLO service port · dedicated 1 GbE rear iLO port
Active Health System and AHS Viewer · Smart Update Manager

Security

Silicon Root of Trust
TPM 2.0 embedded; can be disabled in the BIOS
iLO- and UEFI-managed encryption · self-encrypting drives
One-button secure erase to NIST SP 800-88
FIPS 140-3, NIST SP 800-53 and SP 800-171 compliance
Bezel lock, chassis intrusion switch and system maintenance switch
HPE Trusted Supply Chain (requires the intrusion cable kit)
NEBS-certified configurations through a separate Carrier Grade QuickSpecs

Operating systems

OS and hypervisor certification is published in HPE’s Servers Support & Certification Matrices
Intel VROC: inbox driver only on VMware ESXi 9.0; Windows support for Xeon 6 temporarily unavailable
TPM 2.0, NVMe boot and HTTP/HTTPS boot in UEFI boot mode

08 — Compare

How the DL360 Gen12 compares with its family

The DL360 Gen12 is HPE’s two-socket 1U for Xeon 6. The DL380 Gen12 is the 2U equivalent with more slots and drive bays, the single-socket DL320 Gen12 is the smaller 1U, the DL360 Gen11 is the Xeon Scalable 1U, and the DL365 Gen11 is the AMD EPYC 1U. Bars come from each model’s verified spec file.

This modelSiblings and successorEach value from that model’s own verified spec file · bars scale per column

DL360 Gen11 data sheet DL380 Gen12 data sheet DL320 Gen12 data sheet DL365 Gen11 data sheet Dell R660 vs DL360 Gen12 DL360 Gen11 vs DL360 Gen12 Dell PowerEdge R670 data sheet Lenovo ThinkSystem SR630 V4 data sheet

09 — Use cases

Four builds that suit the DL360 Gen12

Four 1U builds, each limited to parts the configurator allows on the DL360 Gen12 and opened pre-filled. Heat sink, fan kit and liquid-cooling choices are not modelled there, so we confirm them against HPE’s thermal table before quoting.

Virtualisation

72-core 1U VM host on air

Two 36-core 6736P processors at 205 W sit in the fully supported air-cooled band, so 72 cores fit in 1U without liquid cooling. Sixteen 64 GB RDIMMs give 1 TB at 6400 MT/s, and the (8+2) chassis holds ten SAS SSDs behind an OCP RAID controller.

2 × Xeon 6736P — 36 cores @ 2 GHz, 205 W each
16 × 64 GB DDR5-6400 RDIMM — 1 TB, one per channel
10 × 3.84 TB SAS SSD: 8SFF x1 backplane plus the 2SFF pair
MR416i-o OCP RAID controller, 8 GB cache
NS204i-u v2 NVMe boot device
Intel E810-XXVDA2 2 × 10/25GbE OCP 3.0
2 × 1000 W Flex Slot Titanium
VMware vSphere 8 Essentials Plus

The 8SFF backplane always needs a hardware controller, and an OCP controller plus an OCP NIC fill both of the server’s OCP positions. The rear NS204i-u kit takes PCIe slot 2.

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Software-defined storage

E3.S NVMe storage node

E3.S is where the DL360 Gen12 stands out in 1U: each front box holds four drives, and HPE’s table goes up to twenty 61.44 TB drives. The linked build starts with one box of four, on 32-core 6530P processors, with a 100GbE OCP adapter for replication traffic.

2 × Xeon 6530P — 32 cores @ 2.3 GHz, 225 W each
4 × 61.44 TB E3.S NVMe — 245.76 TB raw in one box
16 × 32 GB DDR5-6400 RDIMM — 512 GB
NS204i-u v2 NVMe boot device
Broadcom BCM57608 2 × 100GbE QSFP112 OCP 3.0
2 × 1000 W Flex Slot Titanium
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Add boxes in the configurator for up to 20 drives; at 20, rear OCP A runs at x8. HPE requires the Performance heat sink or liquid cooling with 100GbE networking, and bars 256 GB DIMMs above 100GbE.

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Video analytics

Three-L4 inference node

HPE names intelligent video analytics among the DL360 Gen12’s target workloads, and the L4 is the GPU it lists: three low-profile cards across slots 1 to 3 on two 24-core 6520P processors, with 512 GB of memory — far above twice the 72 GB of GPU memory, as HPE recommends.

2 × Xeon 6520P — 24 cores @ 2.4 GHz, 210 W each
3 × NVIDIA L4 24 GB, low-profile
16 × 32 GB DDR5-6400 RDIMM — 512 GB
4 × 3.84 TB NVMe U.3 on the 8SFF backplane
MR408i-o OCP RAID controller, 4 GB cache
Broadcom BCM57414 2 × 10/25GbE OCP 3.0
2 × 1600 W Flex Slot Platinum (200–240 VAC)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Slot 3 needs the second processor and a secondary riser. GPU builds need Performance fans on air, the Increased Cooling BIOS setting and a Performance heat sink or liquid cooling, and cannot be Energy Star 4.0 configurations. For boot, use the internal NS204i-u kit — the rear kit takes slot 2.

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Scale-out web

128-core E-core web tier

Two 64-core 6710E processors at 205 W give 128 E-cores in 1U within the Performance-heat-sink band, suiting web front ends and container nodes. E-core processors accept 32 to 128 GB DIMMs in counts of 1, 2, 4, 8 or 16 per socket, so eight 64 GB DIMMs per socket is a valid 1 TB population.

2 × Xeon 6710E — 64 cores @ 2.4 GHz, 205 W each
16 × 64 GB DDR5-6400 RDIMM — 1 TB, 8 per socket
2 × 960 GB SATA SSD on the 8SFF backplane
MR216i-o OCP controller, no cache
Intel E810-XXVDA4 4 × 10/25GbE OCP 3.0
2 × 800 W Flex Slot Platinum
No OS — bring your own

With no PCH, SATA drives always sit behind a hardware controller such as the MR216i-o. HPE rates the 6710E at 5600 MT/s, so memory runs below the DIMMs’ 6400 MT/s.

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10 — Refurbished alternatives

When a refurbished ProLiant makes more sense

For 1U refreshes that need neither Xeon 6 nor DDR5, our refurbished ProLiant configurator has the two previous DL360 generations and a single-socket AMD 1U.

Gen10 Plus · re-certified

HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen10 Plus

1U · 2 × 3rd Gen Xeon (Ice Lake)
32 DIMM slots · up to 8 TB DDR4-3200
PCIe 4.0 · up to 10 NVMe
iLO 5

The nearest older 1U: Ice Lake Xeon, 32 DIMM slots and up to ten NVMe bays on PCIe 4.0, managed through iLO 5.

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Gen10 · re-certified

HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen10

1U · 2 × Xeon Scalable
24 DIMM slots · up to 3 TB DDR4
10 × SFF / NVMe
iLO 5

Cost-led 1U virtualisation or VDI where 24 DIMM slots and up to 3 TB of DDR4 are enough.

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Gen10 Plus · re-certified

HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen10 Plus

1U · 1 × AMD EPYC 7002/7003
Up to 64 cores · 128 PCIe 4.0 lanes
16 DIMM slots · up to 4 TB DDR4
iLO 5

A single-socket 1U with up to 64 AMD EPYC cores for workloads that are licensed or sized per socket.

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11 — Full specifications

HPE ProLiant Compute DL360 Gen12 specifications

Chassis & cooling

Form factor	1U rack
Chassis (CTO)	10SFF/20EDSFF hybrid · (8+2) SFF · 4LFF — no embedded LOM
Dimensions (H × W × D)	4.29 × 43.46 × 75.31 cm ((8+2) SFF) · 77.31 cm deep (4LFF, hybrid), without ears or PSU handle
Weight	14.87 kg (SFF minimum) to 21.38 kg (EDSFF maximum)
Cooling	Standard or Performance heat sinks and fans · factory closed-loop liquid cooling · DLC cold plates
Fans	5 (one processor) or 7 (two processors)

Processor

Sockets	One or two
Family	Intel Xeon 6 — 6700E E-core, 6500P/6700P P-core
Cores per processor	8 to 144
TDP	150 W to 350 W
Listed SKUs	33 (7 E-core, 26 P-core)
PCIe lanes	88 × PCIe 5.0 per processor

Memory

Slots	32 DDR5 RDIMM · 16 per processor · 8 channels × 2 DIMMs
Kits	16, 32, 64, 96, 128 GB RDIMM · 256 GB 3DS RDIMM — DDR5-6400
Speed	6400 MT/s (1 DPC) · 5200 MT/s (2 DPC), 6000 MT/s for 6500P/6700P from May 2026
Maximum	8.0 TB (32 × 256 GB) · 4 TB per processor
Protection	Advanced ECC · mirroring · ADDDC

Storage

Front	20 × E3.S or 10 × SFF (hybrid) · 8 + 2 SFF · 4 × LFF
Maximum raw	1,228.8 TB (20 × 61.44 TB E3.S)
Controllers	Intel VROC (NVMe) · MR216i-p/-o, MR408i-p/-o, MR416i-p/-o, MR932i-p
Boot	NS204i-u v2: 2 × M.2 NVMe in RAID 1 — front, rear or internal
Onboard SATA	None — no PCH

Expansion & networking

PCIe slots	Up to 3 × PCIe 5.0 x16 (slot 3 needs the second processor)
OCP	2 rear OCP 3.0 (x8 or x16) · front OCP bays on the hybrid chassis · 2 OCP cards max
LOM	None

Accelerators

GPU	Up to 3 × NVIDIA L4 24 GB — low-profile, single-wide GPUs of up to 75 W

Power

Supplies	One or two Flex Slot hot-plug, not mixed
AC	800 W Platinum, 1000 W Titanium (100–240 VAC) · 1600 W Platinum, 1800–2200 W Titanium (200–240 VAC)
DC	1600 W −48 V DC (−40 to −72 V DC)

Ports & video

Front	USB 3.2 Gen1 · USB-C iLO service port · optional DisplayPort, USB 2.0 and optical drive
Rear	2 × USB 3.2 Gen1 · VGA · 1 GbE iLO port · optional serial
Internal	2 × USB 3.2 Gen1
Video	1920 × 1200 at 60 Hz · 16 MB · VGA and DisplayPort usable together

Environment & warranty

Operating temperature	10–35 °C at sea level · 5–45 °C extended for approved configurations with High-performance fans
Maximum altitude	3,050 m
Warranty	3 years parts, labour and on-site, next business day

12 — FAQ

DL360 Gen12 questions, answered from the documentation

What is the maximum memory of the HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen12?

It takes 8.0 TB with 32 × 256 GB RDIMMs, which is 4 TB per processor. The 256 GB DIMMs are for P-core processors only, limited to 16 per processor and unable to reach 6400 MT/s; E-core processors top out at 128 GB DIMMs, or 4 TB with all 32 slots filled.

Which processors does the DL360 Gen12 support?

HPE lists 33 Intel Xeon 6 processors: seven E-core 6700E parts of 64 to 144 cores and 26 P-core parts with 8 to 86 cores, their TDPs running from 150 W up to 350 W. One or two can be fitted; above 250 W HPE’s thermal table calls for liquid cooling for full support.

How many drive bays does the DL360 Gen12 have?

At most 20 E3.S NVMe drives or 10 SFF drives in the hybrid chassis, eight plus two SFF in the (8+2) chassis, or four LFF drives. Front boot and OCP options take drive boxes, and HPE lists no rear or mid-chassis bays.

Does the DL360 Gen12 support GPUs?

Yes, up to three NVIDIA L4 24 GB cards — low-profile, single-wide and within HPE’s 75 W maximum for GPUs — in slots 1, 2 and 3, the third needing the second processor. The L4 is the only GPU HPE lists for this server.

How many PCIe slots does the DL360 Gen12 have?

Three PCIe 5.0 x16 slots: two on the standard butterfly riser, one full-height and one low-profile, and a third on an optional secondary riser that needs the second processor. Cards can be up to 9.5 inches long, and two rear OCP 3.0 slots come on top.

Does the DL360 Gen12 need liquid cooling?

Only for some processors. Air cooling is fully supported up to 250 W, with the Performance heat sink and fans from 186 W, except for the low T-case 6725P and 6732P, which need closed-loop liquid cooling or DLC in any build. From 251 W to 350 W air is only a Limited Configuration: DLC is fully supported across that range, and closed-loop cooling is too, apart from 251–270 W on two processors.

Which power supplies does the DL360 Gen12 use?

Four AC Flex Slot supplies — 800 W and 1600 W Platinum, 1000 W and 1800–2200 W Titanium — and a 1600 W −48 V DC unit, all hot-plug and not to be mixed. On 100–120 V circuits only the 800 W and 1000 W models apply, because the two larger AC units are high-line only.

How big and heavy is the DL360 Gen12?

It is 4.29 cm high and 43.46 cm wide, and 75.31 cm deep for the (8+2) SFF chassis or 77.31 cm for the 4LFF and hybrid chassis, excluding the front ears and PSU handle. HPE lists 14.87 kg for a minimal SFF build and 21.38 kg for a fully loaded EDSFF build.

How does the DL360 Gen12 differ from the DL380 Gen12?

Both use Xeon 6 with 32 DDR5 slots and 8 TB of memory. The 2U DL380 Gen12 has eight PCIe 5.0 slots, up to 36 E3.S, 30 SFF or 20 LFF drives and double-wide GPUs; the 1U DL360 Gen12 stops at three slots, 20 E3.S drives and three L4 cards.

Is the HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen12 end of life?

No. HPE’s QuickSpecs (version 18, 3 August 2026) lists current configure-to-order models and gives no end-of-life date for the server; its latest change added OCP slotting rules. Cover under HPE’s standard warranty lasts three years, with on-site repair by the next business day, and our end-of-life checker will add any dates HPE announces.

Sources & verification

Where these figures come from

HPE ProLiant Compute DL360 Gen12 QuickSpecs (Version 18 - 03-Aug-2026) — Overview and chassis types, processor tables and cooling matrix, memory controller and population rules, PCIe and OCP slots, front drive boxes, boot devices, VROC and MR controllers, maximum storage, power supplies, GPU table, technical specifications, security and warranty.
HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen12 QuickSpecs (Version 19 - 08-Sep-2026) — DL380 Gen12 slot, storage and GPU limits in the sibling FAQ.

Specifications are extracted from HPE’s published documents and independently re-checked line by line. Configurations are quote-based; availability and exact options are confirmed at quotation. Last reviewed 2026-09-11.

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The DL360 Gen12 at a glance

Strengths

Watch-outs

33 supported processors, mapped

Processor landscape — cores × TDP

Processor explorer

32 DIMM slots, 16 per processor

Capacity with every slot filled

Operating speed

5 drive-cage kits, up to 20 bays

Headline layouts

Controllers & boot

Every documented drive-cage kit

GPUs, PCIe and networking

NVIDIA L4 24GB PCIe Accelerator for HPE

I/O topology

Network adapters HPE lists

5 power supplies, 800–2,200 W

Run it, secure it, choose the OS

Management

Security

Operating systems

How the DL360 Gen12 compares with its family

Four builds that suit the DL360 Gen12

72-core 1U VM host on air

E3.S NVMe storage node

Three-L4 inference node

128-core E-core web tier

When a refurbished ProLiant makes more sense

HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen10 Plus

HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen10

HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen10 Plus

HPE ProLiant Compute DL360 Gen12 specifications

Chassis & cooling

Processor

Memory

Storage

Expansion & networking

Accelerators

Power

Ports & video

Environment & warranty

DL360 Gen12 questions, answered from the documentation

Where these figures come from

Buy & configure

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