HP ProLiant WS460c Gen8 User manual

Data sheet
HP ProLiant WS460c Gen8
Graphics Server Blade
Hardware accelerated graphics for desktop virtualization
June 2014

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Data sheet | HP ProLiant WS460c Gen8 Graphics
Server Blade
The HP ProLiant WS460c Graphics Server Blade has been at
the cutting edge of virtualized high-performance graphics for
years. It centralizes workstations in the data center where they
can be more securely, easily, and economically managed. The
result is improved end-user productivity, uptime and business
continuity, enhanced data center security, and reduced IT costs.
Meet user demands for high-performance graphics
The consumerization of IT and bring-your-own-device (BYOD) expectations, along with the
explosion of video and multimedia has accelerated the demand for performance-driven remote
graphics capabilities. Organizations that rely on high-performance graphics acceleration
applications—including nancial trading, computer‑aided design (CAD), Web design, digital
content creation, education, public sector, oil and gas, and healthcare—are asking themselves
one question:
“How do we enable anywhere, anytime application and
information delivery, while also ensuring the protection of
corporate information and minimizing management?”
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 rst 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.
NVIDIA GRID K1 and K2 boards
HP has expanded its comprehensive set of graphics oerings with NVIDIA GRID solutions that,
for the rst 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 benet 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.
New AMD FirePro S4000X graphics
A new edition to the mezzanine graphics line is the AMD FirePro S4000X MXM graphics with
up to six displays support. The graphics adapter is a compact mezzanine form factor allowing
up to two cards installation for support of more than six displays total in environment such as
nancial securities trading and command and control centers.
HP ProLiant WS460c Gen8 Graphics Server Blade
• Delivers the industry’s most comprehensive
graphics acceleration capabilities for VDI in a
blade form factor
• Powered by 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
1
HP internal study based on proposed pricing as of
January 2013.
2 Outts 3X more NVIDIA Quadro 3000M or up
to 4X more NVIDIA Quadro 1000M graphics in
the same HP c‑Class enclosure space vs. using
WS460c Gen8 without expansion blade.

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Server Blade
Pass-through GPU
The HP ProLiant WS460c Gen8 Graphics Server Blade delivers the industry’s rst support for
bladed graphics with up to eight GPUs per blade plus enhanced memory footprint and speeds
and full PCIe Gen3 x16 GPU support—all on the proven HP ProLiant Gen8 architecture.
This solution enables a lower cost per seat through multitenancy in a virtualized environment
while keeping a dedicated GPU per user for performance, and taking full advantage of NVIDIA
driver. This is benecial to users who utilize high‑performance graphics applications in
multiple industries.
The HP ProLiant WS460c Gen8 Graphics Server Blade provides a local workstation for
a high‑performance PC experience to end users over the network using the one of the
industry‑standard remoting protocols such as Citrix® HDX 3D, VMware PCoIP, and Microsoft®
RemoteFX. Initially, the server blade was introduced as a bare metal 1:1 solution, meaning
that a client operating system was loaded on the blade for a single user. The HP WS460c
G6 systems made a giant leap forward with its industry‑rst ability to virtualize the server
blade by connecting a GPU directly to a virtual machine (rst supported by XenServer 6).
This allowed multiple graphics accelerated VMs to support a range of needs from media‑rich
PCs to high‑performance 3D workstations. Now with the Gen8 version, the new graphics
oering and GPU density has taken another giant leap forward.
High-performance graphics acceleration—from media-rich
PCs to 3D accelerated graphics users
True Virtual GPU
Also known as “NVIDIA GRID vGPU” is the NVIDIA/Citrix implementation of the technology,
True Virtual GPU oers the benet of GPU scaling like the software‑virtualized GPU
(API intercept) and provides the performance of a native NVIDIA graphics driver like the
pass‑through models (see gure 1).
This technology is currently implemented by the NVIDIA GRID K1 and K2 products. The GRID
GPU is shared between multiple VMs similar to API intercept. However, in this model each
VM has direct access to the GPU via dedicated channels managed by the NVIDIA GRID vGPU
Manager. Unlike the software virtualized GPU (API intercept) model, the NVIDIA vGPU Manager
within the host hypervisor manages the VM to GPU channels, guaranteeing that each VM has
a dedicated amount of vRAM per user and direct access to the GPU. Administrators will have
ability to assign 1 to 8 users per physical GPU depending on their workload needs.

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Server Blade
Figure 1. HP ProLiant WS460c Gen8 Graphics Server Blade with NVIDIA GRID congurations
3 Per HP internal testing, compared to a G6 x8 PCIe
Gen2 expansion slot. Actual results will depend on
application, system conguration, tuning, and etc.
Multi-GPU congurations
The HP ProLiant WS460c Gen8 Graphics Server Blade has two options for the base blade
conguration (see gure 2): the single‑width base blade or double‑width blade with graphics
expansion. The base blade supports up to two MXM style graphics cards installed on the blade
mezzanine slots, while the expansion blade allows full size high-end graphics cards to be installed.
The HP WS460c Gen8 HP Multi‑GPU Carrier card allows for up to 8 GPUs (MXM Style) to be
installed in the blade, creating three to four times more GPU density than previous generations.
High-performance desk-side graphics experience
The HP ProLiant WS460c Gen8 Graphics Server Blade delivers an outstanding performance
experience across all media‑rich PC and workstation‑class users.
• Share advanced media‑rich workstation or PC graphics remotely, with 2D and 3D multidisplay,
and full-motion video capabilities
• Drive up to four displays per client device and run multiple computing sessions from each, so
professionals have access to the compute and graphics performance they need, on demand
• Meet a full range of graphics users’ demands for exible high‑end graphics solutions on client
and Server OS on both, bare metal and in virtualized environment
• Benet from PCIe Gen3 technologies, which oer improved latency, and up to 400 percent
more bandwidth per I/O expansion slot3
• See substantial graphics performance gain—from simple Microsoft Oce documents to
full‑blown solid modeling applications—on HP Thin Clients with new graphics pass‑through
capabilities and new hardware-based graphics on HP servers
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Figure 2. HP ProLiant WS460c Gen8 Graphics Server Blade and Expansion Blade with MXM and Multi‑GPU
Carrier congurations
Remote access for greater productivity and exibility
HP ProLiant WS460c Graphics Server Blade customers report that their users not only
love the ability to access their workstation or media‑rich PC remotely from home or on the
road; but also have increased the number of hours they are able to work. The HP ProLiant
WS460c Gen8 Graphics Server Blade paves the way for new business models by removing
distance barriers. It accomplishes this with reliable network-enabled access and Integrated
Lights-Out management.
• Access resources easily from thin clients, workstations, PCs, and notebooks and most any
mobile device
• Provide segregated graphics and applications access for remote contractors
• Experience faster load and save times for large data sets or media les sitting in the data
center and connected to your high bandwidth data stores
• Increase the ability to maintain a single working data set
• Deliver not only exible, on‑demand high conguration resources (processor, memory,
graphics) for time‑sensitive tasks, but also signicant hardware utilization levels by using
the server as a pooled resource in the data center
• Enable high‑performance levels through the ability of partner (Citrix, Microsoft, VMware)
protocols to take advantage of the graphics processors delivering a robust user experience

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Data center security and control
The HP ProLiant WS460c Gen8 Graphics Server Blade lowers risk by ensuring all data remains
in the data center, reducing exposure to your business.
• Benet from mission‑critical security and low‑latency data access across the workstation
environment
• Reduce the risk of company data exposure from loss or theft of local hard drives, removable
media drives, data interfaces such as USB and systems
• Maintain better control over the IT environment by eliminating unauthorized software loads
or data removal
• Enable contractors to work on projects without providing access to sensitive data
Business continuity
• Congure redundant N+1 or N+N Power supplies, redundant fans, redundant interconnects,
redundant On‑Board Administrator management units
• Optimize the use of your existing data center power infrastructure with HP ProLiant Server
Dynamic Power management; measure power utilization and set power caps that enable an
overloaded data center to add additional servers without the cost of bring in additional power
• Dramatically improve business continuity with multiblade and multisite capabilities
• Run multiple HP ProLiant WS460c Gen8 Graphics Server Blade sessions from a single client
and connect to any data center to intelligently balance and shift compute resources in the
event of a problem
• Be prepared for incidents such as power loss and catastrophic disasters, with data center
computing environments that can be accessed more securely from any location
Common client virtualization platform
Whether your client virtualization strategy is based on VMware, Citrix, or Microsoft, you can
resource and manage all your desktop compute needs from a common graphics-enabled
virtualization solution—no matter if they are task workers, productivity users, knowledge
workers, power or media‑rich PC users or high‑performance 3D workstation users.
Easy management
The HP ProLiant WS460c Gen8 Graphics Server Blade helps consolidate IT management in
one location, improves eciency, and reduces the time needed to troubleshoot and perform
maintenance tasks.
• Get access to improved management capabilities through the HP iLO 4 Management Engine,
which enables a lifecycle approach to deploying and managing the server, and automatically
regulates power consumption and server performance
• Navigate and manage systems through a single, browser‑based interface, and deploy
software easily using the HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack
• Remotely control and troubleshoot from a central location or outside the oce, on the
network using the HP ProLiant Onboard Administrator

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Server Blade
HP ProLiant WS460c Gen8 Graphics Server Blade
Compute Intel Xeon Processor E5‑2600 v2, 2/6/8/12 cores | PCIe Gen3 on host, PCIe Gen2 on Expansion Slot (2)
HP Smart Socket Guide Yes
Memory (16) DDR3, up to 1866 MHz (512 GB max)
HP SmartMemory Yes
Graphics cards NVIDIA Quadro K3100M, 3000M, 1000M, 500M, GRID K2, K1, Quadro K6000, K5000, K4000
AMD FirePro S4000X
Storage HP Smart Array P220i/P230i Controller with 512 MB FBWC 2 SFF 2.0 TB max—HDD/SSD
HP SmartDrive Yes
FBWC Yes
Networking 2x10GbE Flex‑10 or 2x10/20GbE FlexFabric
HP FlexibleLOM Yes
Embedded management HP iLO Management Engine (iLO 4)
Intelligent provisioning Yes
HP Active Health System Yes
Agentless management Yes
Cloud-based management HP OneView; HP Insight Management 7
HP Insight Control (agentless) Yes
HP Insight Online Yes
Power and cooling Enclosure based (94 percent Platinum)
3D Sea of Sensors Yes
Technical specications

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Processor and memory
Processor type Intel Xeon E5-2600 v2 and E5-2600 product family
HP processor Twelve-core processors
Intel Xeon E5‑2697 v2 (2.7 GHz/12‑core/30 MB/130 W) Processor Kit
Intel Xeon E5‑2695 v2 (2.4 GHz/12‑core/30 MB/115 W) Processor Kit
Ten-core processors
Intel Xeon E5‑2690 v2 (3.0 GHz/10‑core/25 MB/130 W) Processor Kit
Intel Xeon E5‑2680 v2 (2.8 GHz/10‑core/25 MB/115 W) Processor Kit
Intel Xeon E5‑2670 v2 (2.5 GHz/10‑core/25 MB/115 W) Processor Kit
Intel Xeon E5‑2660 v2 (2.2 GHz/10‑core/25 MB/95 W) Processor Kit
Intel Xeon E5‑2650L v2 (1.7 GHz/10‑core/25 MB/70 W) Processor Kit
Eight-core processors
Intel Xeon E5‑2667 v2 (3.3 GHz/8‑core/25 MB/130 W) Processor Kit
Intel Xeon E5‑2650 v2 (2.6 GHz/8‑core/20 MB/95 W) Processor Kit
Intel Xeon E5‑2640 v2 (2.0 GHz/8‑core/20 MB/95 W) Processor Kit
Six-core processors
Intel Xeon E5‑2643 v2 (3.5 GHz/6‑core/25 MB/130 W) Processor Kit
Intel Xeon E5‑2630 v2 (2.6 GHz/6‑core/15 MB/80 W) Processor Kit
Intel Xeon E5‑2630L v2 (2.4 GHz/6‑core/15 MB/60 W) Processor Kit
Intel Xeon E5‑2620 v2 (2.1 GHz/6‑core/15 MB/80 W) Processor Kit
Four-core processors
Intel Xeon E5‑2637 v2 (3.5 GHz/4‑core/15 MB/130 W) Processor Kit
Intel Xeon E5‑2609 v2 (2.5 GHz/4‑core/10 MB/80 W) Processor Kit
Intel Xeon E5‑2603 v2 (1.8 GHz/4‑core/10 MB/80 W) Processor Kit
Eight-core processors
Intel Xeon E5‑2690 (2.9 GHz/8‑core/20 MB/135 W) Processor Kit
Intel Xeon E5‑2680 (2.7 GHz/8‑core/20 MB/130 W) Processor Kit
Intel Xeon E5‑2670 (2.6 GHz/8‑core/20 MB/115 W) Processor Kit
Intel Xeon E5‑2665 (2.4 GHz/8‑core/20 MB/115 W) Processor Kit
Intel Xeon E5‑2660 (2.2 GHz/8‑core/20 MB/95 W) Processor Kit
Intel Xeon E5‑2650 (2.0 GHz/8‑core/20 MB/95 W) Processor Kit
Intel Xeon E5‑2650L (1.8 GHz/8‑core/20 MB/70 W) Processor Kit
Six-core processors
Intel Xeon E5‑2667 (2.9 GHz/6‑core/15 MB/130 W) Processor Kit
Intel Xeon E5‑2640 (2.5 GHz/6‑core/15 MB/95 W) Processor Kit
Intel Xeon E5‑2630 (2.3 GHz/6‑core/15 MB/95 W) Processor Kit
Intel Xeon E5‑2630L (2.0 GHz/6‑core/15 MB/60 W) Processor Kit
Intel Xeon E5‑2620 (2.0 GHz/6‑core/15 MB/95 W) Processor Kit
Quad-core processors
Intel Xeon E5‑2643 (3.3 GHz/4‑core/10 MB/130 W) Processor Kit
Intel Xeon E5‑2609 (2.4 GHz/4‑core/10 MB/80 W) Processor Kit
Intel Xeon E5‑2603 (1.8 GHz/4‑core/10 MB/80 W) Processor Kit
Dual-core processors
Intel Xeon E5‑2637 (3.0 GHz/2‑core/5 MB/80 W) Processor Kit
Processor core 2, 6, 8, and 12
Maximum processor speed 3.5 GHz
Processors per 42U enclosure 128
Cache memory 30 MB (1 x 30 MB) shared L3 cache
25 MB (1 x 25 MB) shared L3 cache
20 MB (1 x 20 MB) shared L3 cache
15 MB (1 x 15 MB) shared L3 cache
10 MB (1 x 10 MB) shared L3 cache
5 MB (1 x 5 MB) shared L3 cache
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Server Blade
Memory type HP SmartMemory
DDR3 Load Reduced DIMMs (LRDIMMs),
Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs), or unbuered with ECC DIMMs (UDIMMs)
Standard memory (precongured models) 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR3 1600 MHz RDIMMs at 1.5 V
Maximum memory 512 GB (16 x 32 GB) up to 1333 MHz at 1.35 V (LRDIMM)
384 GB (16 x 24 GB) up to 1333 MHz at 1.35 V (RDIMM)
256 GB (16 x 16 GB) up to 1600 MHz at 1.5 V
256 GB (16 x 16 GB) up to 1333 MHz at 1.35 V (RDIMM)
128 GB (16 x 8 GB) up to 1333 MHz at 1.35 V (UDIMM)
Storage
Maximum internal storage Hot Plug SFF SAS 2.4 TB (2 x 1.2 TB drives)
Hot Plug SFF SATA 2.0 TB (2 x 1.0 TB drives)
Hot Plug SFF SAS SSD 1.6 TB (2 x 800 GB drives)
Hot Plug SFF SATA SSD 1.6 TB (2 x 800 GB drives)
Number of hard drives Supports up to two (2) HP Hot Plug SFF SAS/SATA/SSD drives
Storage controller One (1) HP Smart Array P220i/P230i Controller with 512 MB of ash backed write cache (FBWC),
RAID 0 and 1 support, and upgradeable rmware with recovery ROM
Graphics
Graphics adapter Mezzanine cards
NVIDIA Quadro K3100M, 3000M, 1000M, 500M, AMD FirePro S4000X
Graphics expansion blades
NVIDIA GRID K2, K1, Quadro 6000, K5000, K4000, HP Multi‑GPU with NVIDIA Quadro K3100M,
3000M,1000M
Deployment
Form factor Half-height blade (single and double width)
Rack height 10U: up to 16 ProLiant WS460c Blades 6U: up to 8 ProLiant WS460c Blades
Networking 10 Gb 530FLB Flex‑10 Adapter or 10 Gb/20 Gb FlexFabric; two ports
On System Management Processor HP iLO (Firmware: HP iLO 4)
Operating systems Client Operating Systems
Windows® 7 Professional/Enterprise (64‑bit)
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux 5.8+ (64‑bit only); HP Supported, partner certication pending
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2+ (64‑bit only); HP Supported, partner certication pending
Server Operating Systems
Citrix XenDesktop® 5.6 FP1, XenServer 6+ Enterprise and Platinum editions
VMware Horizon View 5.2, vSphere 5.1 or later
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (64-bit) Standard, Enterprise and data center editions
Windows Server 2012
Warranty 3-year parts, 3-year labor, 3-year onsite support
QuickSpecs URL h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/14409_div/14409_div.pdf
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HP Thin Clients
The exible performance and easy ownership of industry‑leading thin client solutions from
HP deliver rich user connectivity to client virtualization or cloud computing environments
while meeting the most rigorous environmental requirements. Designed with the latest,
standards-based operating systems and hardware, leading client virtualization software, and
a robust set of manageability tools, HP Thin Client solutions help simplify IT while providing
outstanding connectivity and exibility.
The HP t610 Flexible Thin Client Series models deliver PC‑like multimedia experience,
investment‑protecting legacy port connectivity, and expandability. HP t610 and HP t610 PLUS
Thin Clients feature DirectX 11 graphics support, DDR3‑1600 RAM (dual slots) with up to 4 GB
of capacity, AMD G‑Series dual‑core CPU and AMD A55E Chipset with DVI‑I and DisplayPort
connectors for exceptional thin client performance.
HP t610 PLUS also adds optional support for up to four, simultaneous full HD monitors.
The preinstalled Inneon Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chip provides security and
encryption capabilities for customers who need it now, or in the future. The BIOS designed
with a view of NIST BIOS security recommendations helps assure network integrity. The optional
Broadcom 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi‑Fi module with dual internal antennas provides enterprise‑class
performance in an elegantly simple case design. HP t610 Flexible Series Thin Clients provide
security features usually found only on PCs.
And for an even more powerful thin client, see the information in the left sidebar to learn
more about the HP t820 with quad-core Intel®processors and the ability to drive up to
sevenmonitors.
Check out the new HP t820—HP’s most powerful
thin client solution
• Experience superfast performance, robust
security protection, simple management, and
monitor exibility
• Eliminate eciency barriers with Intel® Core™
i7‑4770S 2.9 GHz quad‑core CPU
• Keep your business data safe—lock down
sensitive information and meet compliance
standards with robust encryption and
securityoptions including ber NIC, TPM, and
IntelvProtechnology
• Multitask seamlessly with multiple open
applications on up to seven full HD monitors using
optional AMD Radeon HD 7650A MXM Graphics
Card and HP Multi‑Stream DisplayPort 1.2 Hubs

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Server Blade
HP Factory Express
HP Factory Express provides customization and deployment services along with your
storageand server purchases. You can customize hardware to your exact specications in
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Server Blade
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