HPE WS460c Gen8 Graphics Server Blade Parts

The HPE ProLiant WS460c Gen8 is the graphics member of the half-height c-Class family: the same two-socket Xeon E5-2600 blade mechanics as a BL460c Gen8, built to run hosted workstations and VDI sessions with GPU acceleration behind them. It installs in an HPE BladeSystem c7000 or c3000 enclosure, which supplies its power, its cooling and its network fabric, so there are no power supplies, fans or rails on this page. Every part below is genuine HPE, available new and refurbished, and tested for compatibility before it ships.

WS460c Gen8 Platform at a Glance

• Form factor: half-height c-Class blade, single-width at 14.00 lb fully populated, double-width at 22.25 lb with a graphics expansion blade
• Enclosure and density: a c7000 holds sixteen single-width blades or eight blade-and-expansion pairs, a c3000 eight or four pairs; HPE calls for 10 fans in a c7000 and 6 in a c3000
• Processors: one or two Intel Xeon E5-2600 or E5-2600 v2 series on the Intel C600 chipset, two to twelve cores each, 5MB to 30MB of L3
• Memory: 16 DDR3 SmartMemory slots — eight per processor, four channels at two DIMMs per channel — reaching 384GB registered or 512GB load reduced
• Drive bays: two hot-plug SmartDrive bays, 4.0TB on two 2TB SAS or SATA drives, or 3.2TB on two 1.6TB SSDs
• Storage controller: integrated HPE Smart Array P220i or P230i with 512MB flash backed write cache, RAID 0 and RAID 1
• Mezzanine graphics: the two x16 PCIe 3.0 mezzanine slots take MXM modules — the 45W AMD FirePro S4000X in either slot, singly or paired, and the 75W NVIDIA Quadro K3100M in slot 2 alone
• Expansion blade graphics: the double-width configuration trades the mezzanine route for two full-length PCIe Gen2 x16 slots, slot 1 enabled from the factory
• Networking and management: one dual-port FlexibleLOM routed to interconnect bays 1 and 2, embedded iLO 4 on a 10/100 Mbps link to the Onboard Administrator, and Matrox G200 console video at 1920 × 1200
• Also listed below: NVIDIA Quadro, GRID and Tesla graphics options, 8Gb and 16Gb Fibre Channel mezzanine HBAs, QDR and FDR InfiniBand adapters, the D2200sb storage blade, the BLc PCI expansion blade and LTO-4 and LTO-5 tape blades

Graphics comes one of two ways on this blade, and they are alternatives. Single-width, MXM modules sit in the two PCIe 3.0 mezzanine slots — the FirePro S4000X in either, the Quadro K3100M in slot 2 alone. Double-width, a graphics expansion blade brings two full-length PCIe x16 slots instead and the mezzanine connectors go dark. A c7000 holds sixteen of the first arrangement, or eight of the second.

Specifications on this page are taken from the HPE QuickSpecs for this server, HPE ProLiant WS460c Gen8 Graphics Server Blade QuickSpecs, Version 32.

Shop WS460c Gen8 Parts by Category

• WS460c Gen8 memory — PC3-14900, PC3-12800 and PC3L-10600 Registered, Unbuffered and Load Reduced kits from 2GB to 32GB
• WS460c Gen8 drives — hot-plug 2.5-inch SmartDrive SAS and SATA hard drives, including 12G and 512e parts, plus solid state drives
• WS460c Gen8 networking adapters — Flex-10 and FlexFabric 10Gb and 20Gb FlexibleLOMs plus QDR and FDR InfiniBand mezzanine adapters
• WS460c Gen8 processors — twelve-core through dual-core Xeon E5-2600 and v2 kits, each with heatsink and fans

Working on a different blade? The general-purpose blade of this generation is the HPE ProLiant BL460c Gen8, the previous graphics blade is the HPE ProLiant WS460c G6, the rest of the range sits under HPE ProLiant BL blade server parts, and every model is indexed under HPE parts by server model.

HPE WS460c Gen8 Graphics Server Blade Parts FAQ

What enclosure does the WS460c Gen8 need?
An HPE BladeSystem c7000 or c3000 enclosure. The blade has no power supplies, fans or rails of its own - the enclosure provides power, cooling and the interconnect bays its ports land in.

What is the difference between a WS460c Gen8 and a BL460c Gen8?
The chassis mechanics, the sixteen DIMM slots, the two drive bays and the FlexibleLOM are the same. The WS460c Gen8 adds graphics: its mezzanine slots take MXM modules, and it can be paired with a graphics expansion blade carrying full-length PCIe cards.

How does graphics work on a WS460c Gen8?
Two ways, and they are alternatives rather than additions. Single-width, the two PCIe 3.0 mezzanine slots take MXM cards - the AMD FirePro S4000X in either slot, the NVIDIA Quadro K3100M in slot 2. Double-width, a graphics expansion blade provides two full-length PCIe x16 slots instead, and the mezzanine connectors are then unavailable.

Can I put a graphics card in the BLc PCI Expansion Blade?
No. HPE states that the BLc PCI Expansion Blade does not support any PCIe graphics adapters, and that the WS460c Gen8 Graphics Expansion is required for that.

How much memory can a WS460c Gen8 take?
512GB, using sixteen 32GB quad-rank Load Reduced DIMMs. Registered DIMMs reach 384GB with sixteen 24GB modules, and Unbuffered DIMMs reach 128GB.

Which operating systems does the WS460c Gen8 support?
HPE lists Windows 7 Professional 64-bit as the client operating system, plus Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Citrix XenServer, VMware Horizon View 5.2 with vSphere 5.1 or later, and Windows Server.

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