HPE ProLiant BL460c Gen9 Server Blade

HPE ProLiant BL460c Gen9 Server Blade

The HPE ProLiant BL460c Gen9 is a two-socket, half-height server blade designed for the HPE BladeSystem c3000 and c7000 Enclosures. Engineered for core IT infrastructure, enterprise applications, and virtualization, it balances performance, memory density, and flexible I/O options.

Key Technical Specifications

Core Architecture & System Features

1. Compute & Performance

• Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3/v4 Support: Delivers up to a 21% performance improvement with v4 processors compared to prior generations, offering up to 44 cores per blade.

• Workload Acceleration: Supports AVX2 instructions to speed up floating-point computation for HPC workloads.

2. Advanced Memory Topology

• HPE SmartMemory: Validated memory designed to run at maximum rated frequency without throttling.

• Error Protection: Advanced ECC, Memory Online Spare, and Memory Lockstep mode support for high availability.

3. Storage Flexibilities

• 12Gb/s SAS Architecture: HPE Smart Array P244br delivers enterprise-class performance and transport layer security with HPE Smart Array SR Secure Encryption.

• NVMe Option: Supports NVMe SSD options via express drive cages for latency-sensitive applications.

4. Infrastructure & Management

• HPE OneView: Converged management framework for lifecycle automation across compute, storage, and networking.

• HPE iLO 4: Embedded agentless management for agent-free monitoring, remote console, power metering, and security alerts.

• Integrated Lifecycle Tools: Intelligent Provisioning, HPE Smart Update Manager (SUM), and Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP).

Primary Workload Use Cases

• Virtualization & Private Cloud: High memory-to-core ratios make it suitable for VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, and OpenStack environments.

• Core Enterprise Applications: Database management (SQL/Oracle), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), and CRM suites.

• High-Performance Computing (HPC): Dense compute cluster nodes requiring high-throughput networking interconnects (InfiniBand/Fibre Channel).

• Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI): Supports high user density per node in blade environments.