HPE ProLiant WS460c Gen8 CTO Graphics Server Blade

The HPE ProLiant WS460c Gen8 provides greater 2P x86 server blade density without compromise and maximum power-efficiency with flexibility and choice. The HP ProLiant WS460c Gen8 Workstation Blade allows you to centralize your organization's workstations in the data center rather than placing standalone units at the user's desk.

The computing power, in the form of a blade workstation, is moved to the data center where it can be more easily, securely, and economically managed. The results are improved uptime and business continuity, enhanced data center security, and reduced IT costs.

This next-generation workstation infrastructure combines the centralized, mission-critical control and security of the data center, with seamless, on-demand workstation performance, providing the flexibility to support professionals in multiple work locations. The WS460c Gen 8 delivers an improved user environment, better resource utilization, remote access, and real-time, remote collaboration between individuals and teams.

What's New for WS460c Gen8

Support for AMD FirePro S4000X MXM mezzanine graphics
Support for HPE Fibre Channel HBA mezzanine cards
Support for HPE FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 630FLB adapter
Support for HPE OneView Software License

HP ProLiant WS460c Gen8 Graphics Server Blade

Delivers the industry’s most comprehensive graphics acceleration capabilities for VDI in a blade form factor
Now with Intel Xeon E5-2600 v2 12-core processors and 1866 MHz DDR3 memory
Provides up to 60 percent cost reduction per seat, when compared to previous generation dedicated workstation blades1
Furnishes savings in power, space, and management
Achieves up to 4X improvement in user density2

Meet user demands for high-performance graphics

The HP ProLiant WS460c Gen8 Graphics Server Blade now delivers even more performance with new Intel Xeon Processor E5-2600 v2 processors and 1866 MHz DDR3 memory. It is the industry’s first bladed technology to support up to eight GPUs per blade, lowering the cost per user while enabling remote users to easily complete large model visualizations.

New NVIDIA GRID K1 and K2 Boards

With this latest update, HP is expanding our comprehensive set of graphics offerings with NVIDIA GRID solutions that, for the first time, support hardware GPU virtualization and multiple GPUs on a single adapter card, providing an excellent end-user experience.

NVIDIA GRID GPU adaptors have an optimized multi-GPU design that helps to maximize user density. GRID K1 boards, which include four Kepler-based GPUs and 16 GB of memory, are designed to host the maximum number of concurrent users. GRID K2 boards, which include two higher end Kepler GPUs and 8 GB of memory, deliver maximum density for users of workstation-class graphics applications.

With GRID, users benefit from the best of both software virtualized and pass‑through GPU technologies, because the virtual machine (VM) shares the resource of a GPU, but has direct access to the dedicated resources of the GPU.

Base Standard Capabilities

Product features

Feature

Description

HPE Processor (one of the following depending on model)

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 (3.0 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 (3.3 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 E5-2667 (2.9 GHz/6-core/15MB/8.0GT-s QPI/130 W, DDR3-1600, HT, Turbo2- 3/3/3/4/5/6)
Intel Xeon E5-2665 (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 E5-2660 (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 (1.8GHz/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 (3.3 GHz/4-core/10MB/130 W) Processor Kit Intel Xeon E5-2640 (2.5GHz/6-core/15MB/7.2GT-s QPI/95 W, DDR3-1333, HT, Turbo2- 3/3/4/4/5/5)
Intel Xeon E5-2640 (2.5GHz/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)

Cache memory (one of the following depending on model)

30MB (1x30MB) L3 cache ¹
25MB (1x25MB) L3 cache²
20MB(1x20MB) shared L3 cache³
15MB(1x15MB) shared L3 cache⁴
10MB(1x10MB) shared L3 cache⁵
5MB (1x5MB) Level 3 cache⁶

Chipset

Intel C600 series
Intel E5-2600 and 2600v2 Processor Families

Upgradeability

Upgradeable to two (2) processors

On system management processor

HPE iLO (Firmware: HPE iLO 4)

Memory protection

Advanced ECC mode
Memory Online Spare Mode (Rank Spare Mode)
Lockstep Mode

Memory

Type	HPE SmartMemory
DIMM Slots Available	Sixteen (16) DIMM slots
Standard (Pre-configured models) (one of the following depending on model)	32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3 1600 MHz RDIMMs at 1.5 V
Maximum (LRDIMM)	512GB (16 x 32GB) up to 1333 MHz at 1.35 V
Maximum (RDIMM)	256GB (16 x 16GB) up to 1600 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 of the following depending on model)

Pre-configured models:
One (1) HPE Flex-10 10Gb 2-port 530 FlexLOM⁷
Configurable models
One (1) HPE FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 534FLB FlexibleLOM or HPE FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 554FLB FlexibleLOM
Standard iLO Network Controller:
One (1) 10/100 mb/ps port for the HPE iLO 4 On System Management Chipset

Expansion slots

Two (2) I/O expansion mezzanine slots: (occupied and not available with expansion blade)

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).
Two (2) Full-size PCIe expansion slots (available with expansion blade only).
- X16 PCIe3.0 full-size, full-length PCIe card expansion slot.

Storage controller

One (1) HPE Smart Array P220i Controller with 512MB of flash backed write cache (FBWC), RAID 0 and 1 support, and upgradeable firmware with recovery ROM^8,9

Maximum internal storage (one of the following depending on model)

Hot Plug Small Form Factor (SFF) SAS	2.4TB (2 x 1.2TB drives)
Hot Plug SFF SATA	2.0TB (2 x 1.0TB drives)
Hot Plug SFF SAS SSD	1.6TB (2 x 800GB drives)
Hot Plug SFF SATA SSD	1.6TB (2 x 800GB drives)

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 dependent 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

Mezzanine support

Two (2) I/O expansion or graphics adapter mezzanine slots.
Supports up to (2) mezzanine cards.
- Graphics adapter mezzanine (NVIDIA Quadro 500M, Quadro 1000M or Quadro 3000M)

Graphics adapter (mezzanine card)

NVIDIA Quadro Quadro 500 MXM graphics (Single or dual cards configuration capable
NVIDIA Quadro Quadro 1000 MXM graphics (Single or dual cards configuration capable)
NVIDIA Quadro 3000M graphics (Single card configuration only)

Ultra - High End PCI Express Adapters for WS460c Graphics Expansion Blade only:

NVIDIA Quadro 5000 (Double Wide PCIe-x16 in graphics expansion blade)
NVIDIA Quadro 6000 (Double Wide PCIe-x16 in graphics expansion blade)
Single, unified driver compatible with Quadro 500M, Quadro 1000M, Quadro 3000M, Quadro 5000, Quadro 6000.
HPE Quadro K3100M mezz FIO Graphics Kit
Workstation Blade Graphics Software Environment (when combined with HPE t610 Thin Client as access client system)

Graphics

Integrated Matrox G200 video standard:
- 1280 x 1024 (32 b/p)
- 1920 x 1200 (16 b/p)
HPE iLO 4 On System Management Memory:
- 16MB Flash
- 256MB DDR 3 with ECC (112MB after ECC and video).

HPE MultiGPU Carrier 3 NV K3100M FIO Kit

Form factor

HPE ProLiant WS460c Gen8 and WS460c Gen8 Graphics Expansion Blade are both half-height server blades that plug into the HPE BladeSystem c3000 and c7000 enclosures. HPE WS460c Gen8 is a single-width blade while the Graphics Expansion Blade model is double-width.

Security

Power-on password
Administrator's password
HPE iLO 4 On System Management Chipset with:
SSL encryption
Secure Shell version 2
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) and Triple Data Encryption Standard (3DES) on browser, 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
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
Intel Advanced Encryption Standard-New Instructions (AES-NI)

NOTE: 1: For Twelve-core processors.

2: For Six, Eight or Ten-core processors.

3: For Eight-core processors.

4: For Quad or Six-core processors.

5: For Quad-core processors.

6: For Dual-core processors.

7: FlexibleLOMs are not compatible with prior generation c-Class server blades.

8: The HPE Smart Array P220i supports two (2) small form factor (SFF) hot plug drive bays.

8: The server supports up to a combined total of two (2) FBWC battery options.

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Software overview

Feature	Description
Operating systems¹	Client Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (64-bit) Server Operating Systems: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Citrix XenServer VMware Horizon View 5.2, vSphere 5.1 or later Microsoft Windows Server
NOTE: 1: For more information on HPE's Certified and Supported ProLiant Servers for OS and Virtualization Software and latest listing of software drivers available for the server. Click here to visit the Support Matrix .

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Physical specifications

Specification	Description
Dimensions (H x W x D) (with bezel)	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 (14.00 lb) Minimum (one processor and 2 DIMMs installed): 4.75 kg (10.50 lb)

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Environmental specifications

Specification	Description
Operating temperature	10° to 35°C (50° to 95°F)
Non-operating temperature	-30° to +60°C (-22° to +140°F)
Operating relative humidity	10% to 90%, non-condensing
Non-operating relative humidity	5% to 95%, non-condensing
Operating altitude	3050 m (10,000 ft)
Non-operating altitude	9144 m (30,000 ft)

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