HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen10 Plus 2SFF x4 NVMe 16G U.2 BC Drive Cage Kit

The HPE P26439-B21 is a drive cage kit that lets a ProLiant DL360 Gen10 Plus server accept up to four NVMe U.2 solid state drives. By adding this cage, you give the 1U system a storage tier that delivers very high throughput and low latency without taking extra rack space. The kit is sized for the existing bay in the DL360 chassis, so you keep the clean airflow and serviceability that the server already provides.

Many data center teams use this kit when a workload starts to outgrow traditional SATA or SAS media. A virtualization host that needs faster boot and swap volumes, a database node that must reduce query times, or an analytics engine that depends on rapid scratch space can all benefit from the bandwidth NVMe offers. Because the cage holds four drives, you can build mirrored or striped arrays that match performance goals as well as redundancy requirements.

Installation follows the same tool-less process found on other ProLiant options. You slide the cage into the bay, connect the backplane cable, secure the latch, and the server is ready for NVMe drives. With dimensions of 20.7 by 27.99 by 10.21 centimeters and a weight under one kilogram, the kit is easy to handle even when you are working alone at the rack. No additional firmware license is needed; the DL360 Gen10 Plus system ROM recognizes the cage immediately, so you can start provisioning volumes through HPE iLO or your preferred management tool.

Highlights:

• Adds four NVMe U.2 drive slots to an HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen10 Plus server
• Ideal for virtualization, database, and analytics workloads that need very high IOPS
• Fits completely inside the existing 1U chassis, preserving airflow and rack space
• Tool-less installation; recognized automatically by the server firmware
• Compact dimensions of 20.7 x 27.99 x 10.21 cm and weight of 0.79 kg
• Provides a simple path to expand storage capacity and performance without replacing the server