CPU Upgrade for HPE ProLiant ML350 Gen9 - tower - Xeon E5-2640V4

[5GTester]

Hi all,

I recently bought a  HPE ProLiant ML350 Gen9  that comes with a Xeon E5-2640V4 cpu (10 cores). I need to upgrade my server because we need 16 cores at least. So I have some doubt on how to to that.

I think I have two options (please correct me if I'm wrong) :

1. Change Xeon E5-2640V4 cpu with another one more powerful such as E5-2683v4 cpu or E5-2695v4 or even higher
2. Add in the second free cpu socket another E5-2640V4 cpu

Are those configurations correct?

Are there other options? For example , In the option 2 , can I add a different cpu up from E5-2640V4 cpu, i.e. : one slot with E5-2640V4 cpu and the other one with E5-2695v4 ?

Thanks

[Jimmy Vance]

You can change the current processor to one with more cores, or add another E5-2640V4 in the second slot.  Processors must match, you cannot add for example an E5-2695v4 in the second slot.  When adding an additional processor you should also add or move memory so memery is balanced across both processors

Refer to the Quickspecs for more detailed information on processor and memory requirements

https://h20195.www2.hpe.com/v2/GetDocument.aspx?docname=c04375623