HPE ProLiant XL675d Gen10 Plus
The HPE ProLiant XL675d Gen10 Plus is the dual-processor GPU node of the Apollo 6500 Gen10 Plus system, a 6U chassis built for AI training and HPC. It takes two AMD EPYC 7002 or 7003 processors, 32 DDR4-3200 slots and up to 16 drives, and carries either an NVIDIA HGX A100 8-GPU board, AMD Instinct accelerators or up to 10 double-wide PCIe GPUs. HPE's QuickSpecs, first issued in December 2020, now carry a retired banner and describe the base products as obsolete and no longer available for sale. It turns up second-hand through GPU server resellers.
Also written as: ProLiant XL675d Gen10 Plus, XL675d Gen10+, XL675d Gen10 Plus, Apollo 6500 Gen10 Plus XL675d
Specifications
| Brand | HPE |
|---|---|
| Family | ProLiant XL |
| Form factor | 6U chassis (HPE Apollo d6500 Gen10 Plus), one XL675d per chassis |
| Cpu sockets | 2 |
| Cpu platform | Two AMD EPYC 7002 or 7003 Series processors, up to 280 W each |
| Memory slots | 32 |
| Memory type | HPE DDR4-3200 Smart Memory RDIMM / LRDIMM (2933 MT/s with 2 DIMMs per channel) |
| Memory max (GB) | 4,096 |
| Drive bays | Up to 16 SFF SAS, SATA or NVMe drives (M.2 optional) |
| Pcie slots | 6 PCIe 4.0 x16 fabric slots (slots 17 to 22: four half-height half-length, two full-height full-length) plus GPU riser slots |
| Gpu support | NVIDIA HGX A100 8-GPU (SXM4), AMD Instinct MI100 with Infinity Fabric Link, or up to 10 double-wide or 16 single-wide PCIe GPUs |
| Network onboard | Dedicated iLO port; a NIC is installed in slot 21 or 22 by default; up to six high speed fabric interconnects (Ethernet, InfiniBand or HPE Slingshot) |
| Power supply | Up to 6x 3000 W Platinum hot-plug power supplies per chassis, fully redundant |
Works together
How the HPE ProLiant XL675d Gen10 Plus connects to servers, storage and the network: 5 ways, with the parts and products on each path.
Fibre Channel SAN
Match the speed: 16Gb and 32Gb FC HBAs, switches and array ports work together, and each generation also runs one or two speeds below its own (a 32Gb port runs at 16Gb and 8Gb).
Adapters for the server (check the fit list)
P9D94A HPE StoreFabric SN1200E 16Gb 2-port Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter
P9M76A HPE StoreFabric SN1600Q 32Gb 2-port Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter
Q0L13A HPE StoreFabric SN1600E 32Gb 1-port Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter
Q0L14A HPE StoreFabric SN1600E 32Gb 2-port Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter
Switches
HPE StoreFabric SN3600B 1U rack
HPE StoreFabric SN6600B 1U rack
HPE StoreFabric SN6700B 1U rack
Brocade G-Series G610 1U
Storage
HPE Alletra 6000 4U rack
HPE Alletra 9000 4U rack mission-critical array
HPE Alletra Storage MP 2U rack
HPE MSA 1060 2U rack entry SAN
HPE MSA 2060 2U rack
HPE MSA 2062 2U rack hybrid SAN
Optics
57-1000262-01 Brocade 16Gb Shortwave SFP+ Optical Transceiver
57-1000333-01 Brocade 32Gb Longwave 10km SFP28 Optical Transceiver
57-1000487-01 Brocade 32Gb Shortwave SFP28 Optical Transceiver
iSCSI and NVMe/TCP over Ethernet
Keep the speed the same at all three points: a 25GbE server, a 25GbE switch port and a 25GbE array port. Mixed speeds work but the slowest link sets the pace.
Adapters for the server (check the fit list)
P08443-B21 HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port SFP28 BCM57414 Adapter
P10111-B21 HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port SFP28 MCX562A-ACAI OCP3 Adapter
P10112-B21 HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port SFP28 MCX512F-ACHT Adapter
P10115-B21 HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port SFP28 BCM57414 OCP3 Adapter
Switches
HPE Aruba CX 8325-48Y8C 1U rack
HPE Aruba CX 8360-32Y4C 1U rack
HPE Aruba CX Aruba CX 10000 1U distributed services switch
HPE Aruba CX Aruba CX 8100 1U fixed switch
Storage
- HPE Alletra 6000 4U rack
- HPE Alletra 9000 4U rack mission-critical array
- HPE Alletra Storage MP 2U rack
- HPE MSA 1060 2U rack entry SAN
- HPE MSA 2060 2U rack
- HPE MSA 2062 2U rack hybrid SAN
Optics
QSFP-100G-SR4 Arista 100GBASE-SR4 QSFP28 Optical Transceiver
SFP-10G-SR-AR Arista 10GBASE-SR SFP+ Optical Transceiver
SFP-25G-SR Arista 25GBASE-SR SFP28 Optical Transceiver
Direct-attached SAS
12Gb SAS uses Mini-SAS HD (SFF-8644) connectors; older 6Gb gear uses Mini-SAS (SFF-8088). Adapter cables exist, but the link runs at the slower speed.
Adapters for the server (check the fit list)
804398-B21 HPE Smart Array E208e-p SR Gen10 12G SAS External Controller
Storage
- HPE MSA 2060 2U rack
Dell PowerEdge MX5016s blade
Dell PowerVault ME5012 2U rack
Dell PowerVault ME5024 2U rack
Dell PowerVault ME5084 5U rack
Lenovo ThinkSystem DE2000H 2U rack
File storage (NFS and SMB)
Front-end ports face the clients; back-end ports (on scale-out systems) connect the nodes to each other and need their own switch pair.
Adapters for the server (check the fit list)
- P08443-B21 HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port SFP28 BCM57414 Adapter
- P10111-B21 HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port SFP28 MCX562A-ACAI OCP3 Adapter
- P10112-B21 HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port SFP28 MCX512F-ACHT Adapter
- P10115-B21 HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port SFP28 BCM57414 OCP3 Adapter
Switches
- HPE Aruba CX 8325-48Y8C 1U rack
- HPE Aruba CX 8360-32Y4C 1U rack
- HPE Aruba CX Aruba CX 10000 1U distributed services switch
- HPE Aruba CX Aruba CX 8100 1U fixed switch
Storage
- HPE Alletra Storage MP 2U rack
Dell PowerScale A300 4U
Dell PowerScale F200 1U rack
Dell PowerScale F600 1U rack
Dell PowerScale F900 2U rack
Dell PowerScale H700 4U
Optics
- QSFP-100G-SR4 Arista 100GBASE-SR4 QSFP28 Optical Transceiver
- SFP-10G-SR-AR Arista 10GBASE-SR SFP+ Optical Transceiver
- SFP-25G-SR Arista 25GBASE-SR SFP28 Optical Transceiver
GPU cluster fabric
InfiniBand adapters and switches must match the generation: HDR is 200Gb, NDR is 400Gb. VPI adapters such as ConnectX-6 and ConnectX-7 can run either InfiniBand or Ethernet.
GPUs
NVIDIA Data Center GPU A10 PCIe single-slot full-height full-length
NVIDIA Data Center GPU A100 PCIe 80GB PCIe dual-slot full-height full-length
NVIDIA Data Center GPU A100 SXM4 80GB SXM4 module
Switches
HPE Aruba CX Aruba CX 9300 1U fixed 400G switch
arista 7060X 7060DX4-32 1U fixed switch
arista 7060X6-32D 1U fixed switch
arista 7280R 7280CR3-32D4 2U fixed switch
Plan and size it
- Draw this setup in the topology planner mrplanb.com
- Add up rack power and space rack-density.com
- Virtualization storage Ledger: scored storage platforms mrplanb.com
- SAN transport and NVMe over FC for backup mrplanb.com
- HPE SPOCK (HPE storage compatibility) hpe.com
Check compatibility with HPE
Before you buy, confirm the exact configuration against the vendor's own lists: firmware levels, operating systems, adapters and optics that HPE has tested with the HPE ProLiant XL675d Gen10 Plus.
- Compatibility HPE SPOCK (storage, SAN and host compatibility)
- Part lookup HPE PartSurfer (spare and option part numbers)
- Support HPE Support Center
Equivalent models from other brands
Buying a used XL675d Gen10 Plus: what to check
Check which GPU module is fitted (SXM4 with 54 V supplies, or PCIe) and that the tray, NVLink bridges and all GPUs are present. Confirm both CPUs, all 32 DIMM slots and the chassis power supplies work, and ask whether direct liquid cooling parts are installed. HPE requires factory installation for NVLink GPUs, so incomplete trays are hard to fix.
FAQ
What is the difference between the XL675d and XL645d?
Both are nodes for the Apollo 6500 Gen10 Plus chassis. The XL675d is a dual-processor server that takes the whole chassis, with up to 10 double-wide or 16 single-wide GPUs. The XL645d is a single-processor node, two of which fit in one chassis.
Which processors does the XL675d Gen10 Plus support?
HPE lists AMD EPYC 7002 and 7003 Series processors up to 280 W, with up to 2 TB of memory per processor depending on DIMMs. The 7xxxP single-socket parts are XL645d only.
Is the XL675d Gen10 Plus still sold?
HPE's QuickSpecs for the system carry a retired notice stating the base products are obsolete and no longer available for sale.
Buying or selling XL675d Gen10 Plus?
New, refurbished or used. Tell us the quantity and condition and we connect you with a vetted reseller in your region, usually within one working day.
Sources
- HPE Apollo 6500 Gen10 Plus System QuickSpecs (V24, 3 June 2024, retired), checked 2026-10-27