Name: HPE ProLiant BL460c Gen9 Server Blade - SunSpike
SKU: BL460cGen9

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

Category	Specification Details
Form Factor	Half-height server blade (compatible with HPE BladeSystem c3000 & c7000 enclosures)
Processor Family	Intel® Xeon® E5-2600 v3 and E5-2600 v4 Series
Processor Sockets	2 sockets (up to 22 cores per processor, up to 145W TDP)
Chipset	Intel® C610 Series Chipset
Memory Slots	16 DIMM slots (8 DIMMs per processor, 4 channels per processor)
Memory Type	DDR4 SmartMemory (RDIMM / LRDIMM)
Max Memory Capacity	Up to 2 TB (16 x 128 GB LRDIMM @ 2400 MHz with v4 processors)
Storage Bays	2 x SFF (2.5-inch) SAS / SATA / SSD drive bays
Storage Controller	HPE Smart Array P244br / 1GB FBWC (12Gb/s SAS) or HPE H244br Smart HBA
Networking	1 x FlexibleLOM slot (supports 10GbE, 20GbE, 25GbE, or FlexFabric adapters)
I/O Expansion	2 x PCIe 3.0 Mezzanine slots (1 x x16 Type A, 1 x x16 Type B)
Remote Management	HPE iLO 4 (Integrated Lights-Out) with dedicated iLO port on enclosure
Internal USB / SD	1 x Internal USB 3.0 port, 1 x MicroSD card slot

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.