HPE ProLiant BL460c Gen8 CTO Server Blade

HPE BL460c Gen8 CTO Blade Server

HPE ProLiant BL460c Gen8 is a dual-socket server blade, which packs in more performance. With a 33% increase in memory DIMM count, Intel Xeon E5-2600 processor, faster I/O slots and enhanced Smart Array Controller that no W ships With 512MB Flash Back Write Cache (FBWC) standard. In addition, it is also more flexible. With the HPE FlexibleLOM which provides the ability to customize server net working today and the ability to meet future needs without over hauling server hardware.

Provides an ideal balance of 2P performance, scalability, and expandability, and offers a simpler way to manage a data center. This dual-socket server blade is engineered with enhanced memory and storage capacities, next-generation HP Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) Management Engine, and cloud-enabled Insight Management. With new features that give it improved flexibility and simplified management, the HP ProLiant BL460c Gen8 Server Blade is an ideal choice for data center computing.

What's New for BL460c Gen8

Support for HPE Oneview software license
Support for HPE Secure encryption, a data security option for the HPE Smart Array P731m and the P230i Controllers
New HPE SmartMemory 24GB -1333 Memory low voltage option kit (761501-B21)
Support for HPE FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 630 FLB FlexibleLOM

Built for Performance and Easier Access

Improved access to mezzanine cards enables quicker removal and easy access to the new FlexibleLOM card. The DIMM tool included inside every ProLiant BL460c Gen8 makes the removal and insertion of individual DIMMs even easier.

Intel Xeon E5-2600 v2 Processor Family offers higher performance, power efficiency, more adaptability, and enhanced security with Intel QuickPath, Integrated Memory Controller, Turbo Boost ,Intelligent Power Technologies, Intel Secure Key, Intel OS Guard, and Floating Point Bit Depth Conversion.

Expanded memory options now include the HPE 24GB (1x24GB) Three Rank x4 PC3L-10600R (DDR3-1333) Registered Low Voltage FIO Memory Kit

BL460c Gen8 in chassis

Improved Application, Storage, and I/O Performance

HPE SmartMemory has unmatched performance, quality and manageability advantages above industry standard memory. Supports RDIMM, UDIMM and LRDIMM with up to 512GB capacity and 256GB capacity at 1866MHz. SmartMemory in the BL460c Gen8 delivers up to 33% more memory capacity over previous generations.

Embedded Smart Array P230i (HPE Secure Encryption capable) or P220i RAID controller with 512MB Flash Backed Write Cache standard. Support for HPE Smart Storage and HPE SmartDrives. Choice of two (2) 2.5-inch SFF SAS, SATA, SSD drives.

PCIe 3.0 technology provides improved latency and up to 400% the bandwidth per I/O expansion slot compared to ProLiant BL460c G7.
Two x16 PCIe 3.0 I/O expansion slots support the highest performing mezzanine option cards now and into the future.

HPE FlexibleLOM provides the ability to customize server networking today and the ability to meet future needs without overhauling server hardware. Provides choice of bandwidth and fabric (Ethernet, FCoE, InfiniBand), supports WOL, and provides a shared iLO port for ease of use.

Base Standard Capabilities

Product features

Feature

Description

Processor

E5-2600 v2 series Processors:

Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 (2.7 GHz/12-core/30MB/8.0GT-s QPI/130 W, DDR3-1866, HT, Turbo2-3/3/3/3/3/3/3/4/5/6/7/8)
Intel Xeon E5-2695 v2 (2.4 GHz/12-core/30MB/8.0GT-s QPI/115 W, DDR3-1866, HT, Turbo2-4/4/4/4/4/4/4/4/5/6/7/8)
Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2 (3.0 GHz/10-core/25MB/8.0GT-s QPI/130 W, DDR3-1866, HT, Turbo2-3/3/3/3/3/3/3/4/5/6)
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 (2.8 GHz/10-core/25MB/8.0GT-s QPI/115 W, DDR3-1866, HT, Turbo2-3/3/3/3/3/4/5/6/7/8)
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (2.5 GHz/10-core/25MB/8.0GT-s QPI/115 W, DDR3-1866, HT, Turbo2-4/4/4/4/4/4/5/6/7/8)
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2 (2.2 GHz/10-core/25MB/8.0GT-s QPI/95 W, DDR3-1866, HT, Turbo2-4/4/4/4/4/4/5/6/7/8)
Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 (2.6 GHz/8-core/20MB/8.0GT-s QPI/95 W, DDR3-1866, HT, Turbo2- 4/4/4/4/5/6/7/8)
Intel Xeon E5-2650L v2 (1.7 GHz/10-core/25MB/8.0GT-s QPI/70 W, DDR3-1600, HT, Turbo2-2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/3/4)
Intel Xeon E5-2667 v2 (3.3 GHz/8-core/25MB/8.0GT-s QPI/130 W, DDR3-1866, HT, Turbo2-3/3/3/3/4/5/6/7)
Intel Xeon E5-2643 v2 (3.5 GHz/6-core/25MB/8.0GT-s QPI/130 W, DDR3-1866, HT, Turbo2- 1/1/1/1/2/3)
Intel Xeon E5-2637 v2 (3.5 GHz/4-core/15MB/8.0GT-s QPI/130 W, DDR3-1866, HT, Turbo2- 1/1/2/3)
Intel Xeon E5-2640 v2 (2.0 GHz/8-core/20MB/7.2GT-s QPI/95 W, DDR3-1600, HT, Turbo2- 3/3/3/3/3/3/4/5)
Intel Xeon E5-2630 v2 (2.6 GHz/6-core/15MB/7.2GT-s QPI/80 W, DDR3-1600, HT, Turbo2- 3/3/3/3/4/5)
Intel Xeon E5-2630L v2 (2.4 GHz/6-core/15MB/7.2GT-s QPI/60 W, DDR3-1600, HT, Turbo2- 2/2/2/2/3/4)
Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2 (2.1 GHz/6-core/15MB/7.2GT-s QPI/80 W, DDR3-1600, HT, Turbo2- 3/3/3/3/4/5)
Intel Xeon E5-2609 v2 (2.5 GHz/4-core/10MB/6.4GT-s QPI/80 W)
Intel Xeon E5-2603 v2 (1.8 GHz/4-core/10MB/6.4GT-s QPI/80 W)

E5-2600 series Processors:

Intel Xeon E5-2690 (2.9 GHz/8-core/20MB/8.0GT-s QPI/135 W, DDR3-1600, HT, Turbo2- 4/4/4/5/5/7/7/9)
Intel Xeon E5-2680 (2.7 GHz/8-core/20MB/8.0GT-s QPI/130 W, DDR3-1600, HT, Turbo2- 4/4/5/5/5/7/8/8)
Intel Xeon E5-2670 (2.6 GHz/8-core/20MB/8.0GT-s QPI/115 W, DDR3-1600, HT, Turbo2- 4/4/5/5/6/6/7/7)
Intel Xeon E5-2665 (2.4 GHz/8-core/20MB/8.0GT-s QPI/115 W, DDR3-1600, HT, Turbo2- 4/4/5/5/6/6/7/7)
Intel Xeon E5-2667 (2.9 GHz/6-core/15MB/8.0GT-s QPI/130 W, DDR3-1600, HT, Turbo2- 3/3/3/4/5/6)
Intel Xeon E5-2660 (2.2 GHz/8-core/20MB/8.0GT-s QPI/95 W, DDR3-1600, HT, Turbo2- 5/5/6/6/7/7/8/8)
Intel Xeon E5-2650 (2.0 GHz/8-core/20MB/8.0GT-s QPI/95 W, DDR3-1600, HT, Turbo2- 4/4/5/5/5/7/8/8)
Intel Xeon E5-2650L (1.8 GHz/8-core/20MB/8.0GT-s QPI/70 W, DDR3-1600, HT, Turbo2- 2/2/3/3/4/4/5/5)
Intel Xeon E5-2643 kit (3.30 GHz/4-core/10MB/130 W) processor
Intel Xeon E5-2640 (2.5 GHz/6-core/15MB/7.2GT-s QPI/95 W, DDR3-1333, HT, Turbo2- 3/3/4/4/5/5)
Intel Xeon E5-2637 (3.0 GHz/2-core/5MB/8.0GT-s QPI/80 W, DDR3-1600, HT, Turbo2- 5/5)
Intel Xeon E5-2630 (2.3 GHz/6-core/15MB/7.2GT-s QPI/95 W, DDR3-1333, HT, Turbo2- 3/3/4/4/5/5)
Intel Xeon E5-2630L (2.0 GHz/6-core/15MB/8.0GT-s QPI/60 W, DDR3-1333, HT, Turbo2- 3/3/4/4/5/5)
Intel Xeon E5-2620 (2.0 GHz/6-core/15MB/7.2GT-s QPI/95 W, DDR3-1333, HT, Turbo2- 3/3/4/4/5/5)
Intel Xeon E5-2609 (2.4 GHz/4-core/10MB/6.4GT-s QPI/80 W)
Intel Xeon E5-2603 (1.8 GHz/4-core/10MB/6.4GT-s QPI/80 W)

Chipset

Intel C600 series chipset
Intel E5-2600 and 2600v2 processor families

Upgradeability

Upgradeable to two (2) processors

On system management chipset

HPE iLO (Firmware: HPE iLO 4)

Memory protection

Advanced ECC
Memory mirroring
Memory online spare mode (Rank spare mode)

Memory

Type	HPE SmartMemory DDR3 Load Reduced (LRDIMM), Registered (RDIMM), or Unbuffered ECC (UDIMM)
Standard (Pre-configured models)	64GB (8 x 8GB) DDR3 1600 MHz RDIMMs at 1.5 V
	64GB (4 x 16GB) DDR3 1866 MHz RDIMMs at 1.5 V
	32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3 1600 MHz RDIMMs at 1.5 V
	32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR3 1866 MHz RDIMMs at 1.5 V
	32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3 1333 MHz RDIMMs at 1.35 V
	32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR3 160 0MHz RDIMMs at 1.35 V
	16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 1866 MHz RDIMMs at 1.5 V
	16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3 1333 MHz RDIMMs at 1.35 V
	16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 1600 MHz RDIMMs at 1.35 V
Maximum (LRDIMM)	512GB (16 x 32GB) up to 1333 MHz at 1.35 V
Maximum (RDIMM)	256GB (16 x 16GB) up to 1866 MHz at 1.5 V 384GB (16 x 24GB) up to 1333 MHz at 1.35 V
Maximum (UDIMM)	128GB (16 x 8GB) up to 1600 MHz at 1.5 V

Network controller

One (1) HPE FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 534FLB FlexibleLOM, HPE FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 554FLB FlexibleLOM, HPEFlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 650FLB DlexibleLOM, or HPE FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 630FLB FlexibleLOM
One (1) HPE Flex-10 10Gb 2-port 530FLB FlexibleLOM
One (1) HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 560FLB FlexibleLOM

Standard iLO Network Controller:

One (1) 10/100 Mb/s port for the HPE iLO 4 to onboard administrator link. The onboard administrator (With10/100/1000 Mb/s) to BladeSystem link is 1 Gb/s

Expansion slots

Two (2) I/O expansion mezzanine slots

x16 PCIe 3.0 type A (Supports type A mezzanine cards) (Expansion slot 1)
x16 PCIe 3.0 type B (Supports type A and type B mezzanine cards (Expansion slot 2)

Mezzanine card options include:

Dual-port 20Gb FlexFabric, Dual-port 10Gb FlexFabric, 10 GbE options, and quad-port 1Gb Ethernet server adapter mezzanine options for additional network ports
Dual-port 16Gb Fibre Channel HBA for SAN connectivity
QDR and FDR InfiniBand for low latency and high bandwidth server inter connectivity
I/O accelerator mezzanine options for high transaction rate local storage

Security

Power-on password
Administrator's password
Keyboard password (QuickLock)
HPE iLO 4 on system management chipset with:
- SSL encryption
- Secure shell version 2
- Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) and Triple Data Encryption Standard (3DES) onbrowser, CLP and XML scripting interface
- AES and RC4 encryption of video
External USB port enable/disable
Network server mode
Serial interface control
Trusted Platform Module (TPM ) 1.2 option

Fibre channel support

Up to two (2) optional Fibre Channel mezzanine HBAs are supported on the HPE ProLiant BL460c Gen8

Compatible SAN

HPE ProLiant BL460c Gen8 server blades are optimized for HPE MSA, EVA and XP
HPE ProLiant BL460c Gen8 server blades are compatible with select 3rd party SANs

Insight management software

HPE Insight Control
HPE Matrix OperatingEnvironment
HPE iLO Scale-Out
HPE iLO Advanced
License for ProLiantServers

High performance clusters

HPE Cluster Platforms
HPE HPC Interconnects
HPE Insight ClusterManagement Utility

Storage software

Data Protection and Recovery Software
Data Archive and Migration Software
Storage Resource Management Software (SRM)
Data Replication Software
Storage Device Management Software
HPE StoreVirtual VSA

Expansion blade support

Supports one (1) optional storage, tape, or PCI expansion blade

Storage controller

All BTO models

One (1) HPE Smart Array P220i Controller with 512MB Flash-Backed Write Cache (FBWC)supporting RAID 0 and RAID 1

Maximum internal storage

Hot Plug SFF SAS	4.0TB	2 x 2.0TB
Hot Plug SFF SATA	4.0TB	2 x 2.0TB
Hot Plug SFF SAS SSD	3.2TB	2 x 1.6TB
Hot Plug SFF SATA SSD	3.2TB	2 x 1.6TB

Interfaces

Micro SDHC slot: One (1) internal Micro Secure Digital High Capacity (Micro SDHC) card slot

USB 2.0 port: One (1) internal USB 2.0 connector for USB flash media drive keys

Industry standard compliance

ACPI 2.0
Microsoft logo certifications
USB 2.0 support
IMPI 2.0
Secure digital 2.0
TMP 1.2 support
IEEE (Specific IEEE standards depending on Ethernet adapter card(s) installed)
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
Triple Data Encryption Standard (3DES)
SNMP
SSL 2.0
DMTF systems management architecture for Server Hardware Command Line Protocol (SMASH CLP)
Active directory v1.0
PCIe 3.0

Graphics

Integrated Matrox G200eh video controller

1280 x 1024 (32 bp)
1920 x 1200 (16 bp)

HPE iLO management on system management memory

16MB flash video memory
256MB DDR 3 with ECC (112MB after ECC and video)

Form factor

HPE ProLiant BL460c Gen8 is a half-height server blade that plugs into the HPE BladeSystem c3000 and c7000 enclosures

Cache memory

For twenty two-core processors

30MB (1 x 30MB) L3 cache

For six, eight or ten-core processors

25MB (1 x 25MB) L3 cache

For eight-core processors:

20MB (1 x 20MB) L3 cache

For quad or six-core processors:

15MB (1 x 15MB) L3 cache

For quad-core processors:

10MB (1 x 10MB) L3 cache

For dual-core processors:

5MB (1 x 5MB) Level 3 cache

Enclosures

HPE offers two different c-Class server blade enclosures to meet users individual needs:

The HPE BladeSystem c7000 rack enclosure is 10U high and holds up to sixteen (16) ProLiant BL460cGen8 servers plugged vertically
The HPE BladeSystem c3000 rack enclosure is 6U high and holds up to eight (8) HPE ProLiant BL460cGen8 servers plugged horizontally
Server blades, storage blades, interconnect modules, power supplies, fans, and redundant onboardadministrator modules are all designed to fit into the c3000 and c7000 enclosures

System management

HPE iLO
HPE Agentless Management
HPE Active Health System
HPE Intelligent Provisioning
HPE iLO Mobile App

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Software overview

Feature	Description
Operating System (OS) and virtualization software	Microsoft Windows Server Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) Canonical Ubuntu Oracle Solaris VMware Citrix XenServer

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Physical specifications

Feature	Description
Dimensions (H x W x D)	18.07 x 5.54 x 51.76 cm (7.11 x 2.18 x 20.37 in)
Weight (Approximate)	Maximum (All processors, 16 DIMMs, hard drives, mezzanine cards, and two flash cache batteries installed): 6.33 kg (14 lb) Minimum (One processor and 2 DIMMs installed): 4.75 kg (10.50 lb)

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Environmental specifications

Feature	Description
Operating temperature	10° to 35°C (50° to 95°F)
Non-operating temperature	-30° to 60°C (-22° to 140°F)
Extended ambientoperating support	Minimum: 5° to 10°C (41° to 50°F) Maximum: 35° to 40°C (95° to 104°F)
Operating relative humidity	10% to 90% non-condensing
Non-operating relative humidity	5% to 95% non-condensing
Operating altitude	3,050 m (10,000 ft)
Non-operating altitude	9,144 m (30,000 ft)
Acoustic noise	For acoustic noise specifications, please see the HPE BladeSystem c-Class Enclosures QuickSpecs HPE BladeSystem c3000 Enclosure QuickSpecs: Click here to access the "HPE BladeSystem c3000 Enclosure" . HPE BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure QuickSpecs: Click here to access the "HPE BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure" .

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Technical specifications

HPE Smart ArrayP244br controller
Feature	Description
Disk drive interface	12 Gb/s SAS (Serial attached SCSI) 6 Gb/s SATA (Serial ATA)
Server interface	x8 PCIe 3.0 provides 8 GB/s maximum bandwidth
Cache memory	1GB flash backed write cache (FBWC) cache standard
Logical drivessupported	64 (With included 1GB cache)
Host memory addressing	64-bit, supporting servers memory space greater than 4GB
RAID support	RAID 1 (Mirroring), RAID 0 (Striping), RAID 10
Other	Upgradeable firmware with recovery ROM Online drive flash (With SAS drives)

HPE Smart HBAH244br controller
Feature	Description
Disk drive interface	12 Gb/s SAS (Serial attached SCSI) 6 Gb/s SATA (Serial ATA)
Server interface	x8 PCIe 3.0 provides 8 GB/s maximum bandwidth
Cache memory	None
Logical drivessupported	64
Host memory addressing	64-bit, supporting servers memory space greater than 4GB
RAID support	RAID 1 (Mirroring) and RAID 0 (Striping)
Other	Upgradeable firmware with recovery ROM Online drive flash (With SAS drives)

HPE DynamicSmart Array B140icontroller
Feature	Description
Disk drive interface	6 Gb/s SATA (Serial ATA)
Server interface	Embedded x4 PCIe 2.0
SAS connectors	2 internal SATA ports
Cache memory	None
SAS speed	6 Gb/s SATA links
Logical drivessupported	Up to 10 logical volumes (2 Physical drives)
Host memoryaddressing	64-bit, supporting greater than 4GB server memory space
Hot plug support	Yes
RAID support	RAID 1 (Mirroring) RAID 0 (Striping)
Other	Upgradeable firmware with recovery ROM

HPE FlexFabric10Gb2-port 536FLBFlexibleLOM
Feature	Description
Type	Integrated dual-port KR 10Gb FlexibleLOM with FlexFabric (Flex-10, FCoE, hardware-basediSCSI, iSCSI boot, TCP/IP offload engine, and autosensing 1Gb/10Gb Ethernet capability)
Network processor	QLogic 57840S with integrated MAC/PHY
Data transfermethod	x8 PCI Express 3.0
Network transferrate	Two ports, each at 20 Gb/s full duplex; 40 Gb/s aggregate full duplex theoretical bandwidth NOTE: Each port is autosensing 1Gb/10Gb, and can interoperate with 1Gb or 10Gb HPE BladeSystem c-Class interconnect components. Both ports will operate at thesame speed Each port on the 536FLB adapter transmits from the server at 20 Gb/s(Theoretical) full duplex
Standard features	Full hardware offload of iSCSI and FCoE storage protocol processing for highestperformance converged Ethernet data and storage networks Dual-port 10 GbE Flex-10 FlexibleLOM network adapter that provides the flexibility tochoose thetype of LOM to meet growing infrastructure needs: Industry-leading throughput and latency performance Supports the HPE Flex-10 blade interconnect technology User configurable bandwidth settings when combined with the 10Gb Flex-10 virtualconnect module. From 100 Mb/s to10 Gb/s on up to four Physical Function NICs per port, inincrements of100 Mb/s for NIC. The combined bandwidth of NICs cannot exceed port bandwidth i.e.10 Gb Up to 40Gb/s bi-directional near line rate throughputHardware acceleration and offloads for stateless TCP/IP, TCP Offload Engine (TOE)improved small packet performance Support for Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) Integrated PHY and MAC Supports for SR-IOV Support for Network Partitioning (NPAR)

HPE FlexFabric20Gb2-port 650FLBFlexibleLOM
Feature	Description
Type	Integrated dual-port KR2 20Gb FlexibleLOM with FlexFabric (Flex-20, FCoE, RoCE,Tunnel Offload with VXLAN/NVGRE, hardware-based iSCSI, iSCSI boot, TCP/IP offloadengine, and autosensing Ethernet speed capability)
Network processor	Emulex XE-104
Data transfermethod	x8 PCI Express 3.0
Network transferrate	Two ports, each at 40 G b/s bi-directional; 80 Gb/s aggregate bi-directional theoreticalbandwidth
Standard features	Dual 20Gb ports provide up to 80Gb bi-directional per adapter Multi-speed adapter operates at either 20 GbE or 10 GbEConverges FCoE or RoCE with LAN traffic on a single Ethernet wire Tunnel offload support for VXLAN and NVGRE RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) for greater server efficiency and lower latency(6125XLG only) Advanced storage offload processing freeing up valuable CPU cyclessupports UEFI and legacy boot options Mixed Storage ? supports NIC + FCoE on one port, and NIC + iSCSI on the otherconcurrent storage ? concurrently supports NIC, FCoE, and iSCSI storage functions onthe same port (NIC + FCoE + iSCSI) Industry-leading throughput and latency performance Over eight million small packets/s, ideal for web/mobile applications, mobile messaging,and social media User configurable bandwidth settings when combined with the 20Gb Flex-20 VirtualConnect module. From 100 Mb/s to10 Gb/s on up to four Physical Function NICs perport, in increments of 100 Mb/s for NIC The combined bandwidth of NICs cannotexceed port bandwidth i.e. 20 Gb/s Greater bandwidth with PCIe 3.0 jumbo frames support Supports Wake On LAN (WOL) Support for Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) Support for Microsoft Windows SMB direct Optimized host virtualization density with SR-IOV support

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Safety certifications

Feature	Description
IEEE compliance	FlexFabric10Gb2-port 536FLBFlexibleLOM 802.1p 802.1q 802.1qau 802.3ad 802.3ae 802.3ap (10GBase-KX4) 802.3x	FlexFabric20Gb2-port 650FLBFlexibleLOM 802.3ae 802.1Q 802.3x 802.1p 802.3ad/LACP 802.1AB(LLDP) 802.1Qbg 802.1Qbb 802.1Qaz 802.3ap

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