Convert HPE ML110 Gen9 SFF to LFF

[MarkC84]

Hi all,

I'm looking to buy a refurbished ML110 Gen9 server from a reputable seller here in the UK, however it is SFF hotplug - unfortunately there are no LFF chassis in stock and they are not sure when they will be stocking more. How hard would it be to change over to a LFF cage? Can I just swap the cages out or is the wiring/physical chassis different?

I don't really want to go down the SFF route as I am upgrading from a Gen8 microserver and all of my storage drives are LFF.

Any help is most welcome.

Thanks,

Mark.

[BPSingh]

HPE ProLiant ML110 Generation9 (Gen9) comes in following configurations

with LFF chassis and SFF chassis.
4 Hot plug LFF SAS/SATA HDD bays; upgradable to 8
8 Hot plug SFF SAS/SATA HDD bays; upgradable to 16

NOTE: 16SFF is limited to P840 controller

The drive cage can be replaced however there are many things that needs to be noted.

NOTE: 16SFF is limited to P840 controller
Up to 4 Non-hot plug SATA 3.5" drives
NOTE: Mixing drive cage types is not allowed
NOTE: H240 8LFF/8SFF require 2 cable kit P/N: 784606-B21.
NOTE: P84016SFF require 2 cable kit P/N: 784608-B21.

Apart from this the cable kits are different for different drive cages.

Please check server quickspecs for more details:

https://h20195.www2.hpe.com/v2/getdocument.aspx?docname=c04545452

You can also visit live sales chat on https://www.hpe.com/uk/en/home.html