DL380 G5 - CPU upgrade

[Sternfan2011]

Hi all,

I have a DL380 G5 that has the low-end CPUs (the 1.86ghz xeons) and would like to know what CPUs it can take.  Looking at the manual it has a warning:

Future upgradeable to Xeon® Series 5400/5300 Quad-Core processors (Please contact your regional sales support to determine quad core upgradeability. Some of the earlier shipping models may not support this upgrade). 5100 Dual-Core models are not upgradeable to the 5200 Dual-Core processors.

So how do I determine if I have the earlier system that can't take quad cores? 

Any help greatly appreciated,

Rob

[Goutham_Sabala]

Hi Rob,

Dl380 G5 has two different models of system boards

System board with processor cage and battery, supporting Intel Xeon 50xx and 51xx processors - 407749-001

System board with processor cage and battery, supporting Intel Xeon 50xx, 51xx, 52xx, 53xx and 54xx processors

-436526-001

* you may have to open the chassis and find out the system board part number if you have 436526-001 it will support from 50xx to 54xx processors and if you have 407749-001 it will support only 50xx and 51xx processors

Based on what system board if you have , go through the quick specs to check all supporting processors on this servers here http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12477_na/12477_na.html 

PS : If you cant find the spare part number of the server, please post the serial number here I will try and see if I can get something on that , hope this has helped you 

[Sternfan2011]

what is the "spare part number" - is that the same as a serial number?

[Goutham_Sabala]

Spare part number is the spares number of the components on the server, every component has different spare number that ends with -001 , in your server on the system board it will be either 407749-001 or 436526-001, and serial number is 10 digit number printed on the chassis as S/N.

[Sternfan2011]

The server is running so I can't open the case.  The S/N is USE737N20X (no idea if that is a zero or the letter O" - can that help?

[Goutham_Sabala]

Rob,

Looks like with the config data it has been configured with 407749-001 ( system board ) and the proc is 5130, this is what I see from configuration data, however it is always recommended to look on the board for confirmation.

[Sternfan2011]

thanks for the help - looks like I am stuck with dual cores...

Rob

[Goutham_Sabala]

However you can still purchase and upgrade the board to 436526-001 which will then give you additional cpu options

[Sternfan2011]

With my motherboard being a 407749-001 - could someone verify that I am ok with xeon 5160 (3ghz) processors as an upgrade?

I'd like to be sure before I order them.

Thanks,
Rob

[Goutham_Sabala]

Yes you are ok to get one, here is the part number 416799-001

3.0 GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5160 Processor, 2 × 2MB L2 cache, 1333 MHz FSB5 -