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HPE ProLiant DL380a Gen11 8EDSFF x4 NVMe Drive Cage KitThe HPE ProLiant DL380a Gen11 8EDSFF x4 NVMe Drive Cage Kit is a purpose built storage upgrade designed to unlock the full potential of your DL380a Gen11 server. This cage kit delivers high density, NVMe ready storage in a compact 2U footprint, enabling eight EDSFF drive bays and dedicated space for up to four NVMe drives. Built for enterprise environments that demand low latency, exceptional IOPS, and scalable performance, this kit integrates
The HPE ProLiant DL380a Gen11 8EDSFF x4 NVMe Drive Cage Kit is a purpose-built storage upgrade designed to unlock the full potential of your DL380a Gen11 server. This cage kit delivers high-density, NVMe-ready storage in a compact 2U footprint, enabling eight EDSFF drive bays and dedicated space for up to four NVMe drives. Built for enterprise environments that demand low latency, exceptional IOPS, and scalable performance, this kit integrates seamlessly with your existing server ecosystem, empowering virtualization, databases, analytics, and AI workloads to run faster and more efficiently. With HPE’s engineering precision, it’s crafted to improve throughput while maintaining reliability, thermal performance, and easy maintenance in demanding data center conditions.
- High-density NVMe storage for the DL380a Gen11: This cage kit provides eight EDSFF drive bays and supports up to four NVMe drives, delivering the ultra-low latency and high throughput essential for modern workloads such as database acceleration, real-time analytics, and AI inference. By consolidating fast NVMe storage in a compact enclosure, you can maximize IOPS per watt and reduce bottlenecks across critical applications.
- Optimized for HPE ProLiant DL380a Gen11 servers: Precisely engineered to fit the DL380a Gen11 chassis, ensuring optimal drive alignment, electrical connections, and thermal management. The kit is designed to work within the Gen11 platform’s architectural standards, helping you preserve compatibility with HPE management tools and firmware ecosystems for streamlined operations.
- Tool-free design and easy maintenance: The drive cage kit emphasizes quick, tool-free installation and straightforward swap-out of drives. This translates to shorter maintenance windows and less downtime during capacity upgrades or drive replacements, which is particularly valuable in 24/7 workloads and production environments.
- Efficient cooling for sustained NVMe performance: Engineered to maximize airflow across NVMe drives and related backplane components, mitigating thermal throttling during sustained heavy I/O. A well-ventilated configuration helps preserve peak performance and extends the lifespan of SSDs in dense deployments.
- Reliability, manageability, and serviceability: Built with quality materials and tested integration with HPE management ecosystems. The kit supports consistent monitoring through standard server management interfaces, enabling proactive health checks, firmware synchronization, and rapid diagnostics to protect operating workloads and data integrity.
Technical Details of HPE ProLiant DL380a Gen11 8EDSFF x4 NVMe Drive Cage Kit
- Drive bay configuration: 8 EDSFF drive bays with space allocated for up to 4 NVMe drives within the cage kit, designed to maximize NVMe density while maintaining proper air flow and thermal separation from other components.
- Server compatibility: Specifically designed for HPE ProLiant DL380a Gen11 servers, ensuring a secure, reliable installation that aligns with Gen11 hardware and firmware standards.
- Form factor and integration: 2U rack-mounted drive cage solution intended for installation inside the DL380a Gen11 chassis, preserving rack-space efficiency and compatibility with standard data-center layouts.
- Cooling and thermal considerations: Optimized airflow to support NVMe operation in a dense 2U environment, reducing thermal throttling and helping to sustain high IOPS during prolonged workloads.
- Manageability and compatibility: Designed to work with HPE management tools and the DL380a Gen11 firmware ecosystem, enabling straightforward monitoring, health checks, and maintenance scheduling.
How to install HPE ProLiant DL380a Gen11 8EDSFF x4 NVMe Drive Cage Kit
- Power down the DL380a Gen11 server and unplug all power sources. Follow your data-center safety procedures before opening the chassis.
- Remove any existing drive cages or obstructing components as needed to create access to the drive bays and backplane connections.
- Mount the 8EDSFF drive cage into the appropriate 2U chassis location, securing it with the provided fasteners and ensuring proper alignment with the chassis rails and backplane connectors.
- Install up to four NVMe drives into the cage in the designated slots, ensuring each drive is firmly seated and properly powered through the backplane connections.
- Reconnect any cables or backplane interconnects required by the cage, verify secure attachment, and re-seat all removed components to minimize vibration and looseness during operation.
- Close the chassis, reconnect power, and boot the system. Use the HPE management interface (iLO or equivalent) to verify new storage visibility, configure RAID or storage pools as needed, and confirm drive health and firmware parity.
- Run a quick stability test or burn-in if your workload plan requires it, and ensure that the system maintains proper temperatures and stable I/O throughput under load.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the DL380a Gen11 8EDSFF x4 NVMe Drive Cage Kit? It is a storage cage assembly designed to upgrade HPE ProLiant DL380a Gen11 servers, enabling eight EDSFF drive bays with support for up to four NVMe drives to boost NVMe performance within the 2U chassis.
- What workloads benefit most from this drive cage kit? Workloads requiring low-latency access and high IOPS, such as databases (OLTP/OLAP), virtualization, real-time analytics, AI inference, and high-performance computing, can see tangible improvements from the added NVMe storage density.
- Is the cage kit hot-swappable? The design supports efficient maintenance and drive replacement within a live environment when integrated with compatible cooling and management configurations. Always follow hardware maintenance guidelines for hot-swapping in production systems.
- Do I need additional adapters or backplanes? The kit is designed to integrate with the DL380a Gen11 backplane and chassis provisions. Depending on your existing configuration, you may need compatible backplane connectors or management cables as specified in the product documentation.
- Which management tools work with this kit? The kit is intended to be compatible with HPE server management ecosystems, including iLO and the DL380a Gen11 firmware and monitoring tools, for storage health, temperature, and performance tracking.
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★★★★★ 4
Great buy
Size: 2 Count (Pack of 1), Style: Pack of 2
Easy to track balls. My dog loves them and I like that they whistle when you throw them cause some times my dog loses track of it in the air. This helps because they can hear where it's going. Will buy again.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2026
★★★★★ 5
My Dog's Favorite Balls
Size: 2 Count (Pack of 1), Style: Pack of 2
My dogs love these balls and won't play with any others. My lab has to carry the orange ball and track and retrieve the blue one. We have a system!
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Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Our perfect chew toy for a relentless chewer!
Size: 2 Count (Pack of 1), Style: Pack of 2
We have looked high and low for a ball that our Australian Shepherd couldn't destroy. Read on to find out why we are sticking with this one.
We've used other Chuckit! products in the past to mixed degrees of success. We absolutely love the ring fetch toy, though the dog can destroy those rings in a couple days. We tried other "nearly indestructible" balls only to have to throw them away within a couple days because our dog had destroyed them and left small pieces around the house for the baby to find.
We have been COMPLETELY satisfied by these balls. They fit with the Chuckit! stick, which is a great bonus, but the most important thing is the dog hasn't been able to get pieces torn out of them. His orange one is his "indoor toy" and he's been going to town on it for weeks without any indication of wear. We periodically inspect it and are always floored to see that it's generally in the same condition as when we gave it to him.
The orange color did fade a little when he left it outside for a few days in the sun, but considering how well it works otherwise, this didn't concern us at all.
The "whistling" aspect of this ball is... well, an interesting gimmick but I wouldn't buy it if that's what you're interested in. Sometimes it makes noise in flight, other times it doesn't. We don't care. He chews it until he's tired of it (which is usually hours) and it squeaks and squorks on his teeth which keeps him happy as a clam.
We honestly didn't think we'd find a ball that could keep up with his chewing, but this one has been phenomenal. We cannot recommend it enough!
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Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2021
★★★★★ 5
Our German Sheppard loves these
Size: Medium
These cost a bit more than tennis balls, but they are so much nicer and longer lasting. For starters, they stay cleaner than tennis balls because they’re smooth rubber. Dirt won’t build up on them and if anything does stick, like grass or soil, it falls off once the dog slobber dries. They’re also thick, so they don’t fall apart or blow out like a normal tennis ball does in our dog’s jaws after 30 seconds. Our GS chomps on these like crazy and the only damage they’ve suffered is a crack that developed from the edge of the hole, but the crack is growing very slowly and none of these balls have totally failed yet. The balls do whistle when thrown ant high speed and that may help a dog track and locate it, but I’m not sure. Our neighbors hear the whistling too so it’s far from silent. Lastly the orange ball is easy to locate out in our yard, but the dark blue practically disappears.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2025
★★★★★ 5
Great for smaller dogs
Size: Small
These two balls are perfect for the smaller mouthed dog that loves to play fetch.
These balls are not only super durable (lots of teeth biting), but float in the baby pool we use for our miniature dachshunds.
The value here is much better than you’d find anywhere else. The noise, if bitten hard enough, was “low” at best. Easy to spot/find if overthrown. Will definitely buy again once these are in bad repair; so far, so good-love these for my fur babies!
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Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2024