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What is the HPE ProLiant WS460c Graphics Server Blade?
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The HPE ProLiant WS460c is a half-height, high-density blade server designed for graphics-intensive workloads, combining enterprise-class CPUs, GPU acceleration and HPE’s integrated management to deliver a scalable visualization platform.
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Which GPU options are available for the WS460c blade?
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The WS460c supports up to two full-height NVIDIA Quadro or Tesla GPUs per blade, enabling hardware-accelerated graphics and compute performance for CAD, rendering and AI inferencing applications.
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What processors does the WS460c support?
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It supports two Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3/v4 series processors, offering up to 22 cores per CPU, high clock speeds and large cache sizes for demanding compute and visualization tasks.
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How much memory can I install in the WS460c?
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Each blade accommodates up to 24 DDR4 DIMM slots, supporting a maximum of 768 GB of ECC memory, ensuring smooth performance under heavy, multi-threaded workloads.
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What storage options are available on the WS460c?
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The WS460c supports two hot-plug SFF SAS/SATA drives or optional M.2 NVMe storage via the FlexibleLOM slot, delivering high-I/O throughput and flexible capacity for large datasets.
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Which networking interfaces does the WS460c provide?
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Integrated FlexibleLOM and adapter mezzanine slots deliver up to four 10/25 GbE ports or 100 GbE via PCIe, plus support for RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) for low-latency clustering.
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Can the WS460c run virtualized GPU workloads?
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Yes, it supports NVIDIA GRID and vGPU technologies for GPU virtualization, enabling multiple virtual desktop sessions or compute instances to share GPU resources securely.
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How does HPE OneView enhance management of WS460c blades?
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HPE OneView offers unified, policy-based provisioning, monitoring and firmware lifecycle management across all blades, reducing administration time and ensuring consistent configurations.
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What chassis is required for the WS460c blade?
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The WS460c fits into any HPE BladeSystem c7000 or Synergy 12000 chassis, sharing power, cooling and networking with other blades in a 10U space-efficient infrastructure.
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What power and cooling features does the WS460c offer?
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It leverages the chassis’s redundant power supplies and active chassis fans, with dynamic power capping and thermal monitoring to optimize energy efficiency under peak GPU loads.
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Which workloads are best suited for the WS460c?
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Ideal for CAD/CAM, 3D rendering, visual effects, scientific visualization and AI inference, the blade’s CPU-GPU combination accelerates complex simulations and high-resolution graphics tasks.
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How scalable is the WS460c solution?
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Up to 16 WS460c blades per c7000 chassis enable massive GPU-dense clusters, while HPE Virtual Connect simplifies network scaling without adding switch complexity or cabling overhead.
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What security features are built into the WS460c?
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It incorporates silicon root of trust, Secure Boot, TP 2.0 and runtime firmware validation, ensuring hardware integrity and protecting workloads against unauthorized code execution.
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How does the WS460c support remote graphics users?
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With integrated NVIDIA GRID and GPU pass-through, users can access high fidelity 3D applications remotely, with minimal latency and full support for remote display protocols like PCoIP and HDX.
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What warranty and support options are available for the WS460c?
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HPE offers a standard one-year warranty with next-business-day part replacement and optional HPE Foundation Care or Proactive Care services for 24×7 support and proactive system health monitoring.
