Changing Xeon E5-2690 v3 to Xeon E5-2680 v4 in ProLiant DL380 gen9

[V12HP]

Hi,

I have in my home office two ProLiant servers. DL380 gen9 and DL360 gen9. The DL380 has Xeon E5-2690 v3 processors with SPS firmware 3.1.3.21.0 and system ROM P89 v2.92. The DL360 has Xeon E5-2680 v4 processors with SPS firmware 3.1.3.21.0 and system ROM P89 v2.30.

My question is, can I use the V4 processors in the DL380 just by installing them. The DL380 is my older server, main server, and the DL360 is newer one to be used as a backup server. I want to switch the processors from DL360 to DL380 and vice versa.

[support_s]

System recommended content:

1. ProLiant DL380 Gen9 Server User Guide

2. ProLiant DL380 Gen9 Server Maintenance and Service Guide

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[V12HP]

I've reading those documents, earlier and now again, but I didn't find clear answer to my question. Is the processor change possible without any software change or not?

[MV3]

After reviewing the quick specs, it appears that both processors are supported on both servers. I recommend opening a support case with HPE to confirm if a swap is possible.

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[Thomas Martin]

It is possible to change the processors, but you need to update a special item (sps-me) on the motherboard of the DL380Gen9 to support v4 CPUs. There was a special Rompaq to update this item. It was only supported under Windows with iLO drivers installed. I have done this 2018 for two DL380 Gen9 systems.

I dont know if the DL360 Gen9 with v4 CPUs supports the older v3 CPU. Different motherboards for v3 and v4 systems.

Thomas