HPE Debuts Next-Gen ProLiant Servers

Hewlett Packard Enterprise launches eight new HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 servers, the latest additions to a new generation of enterprise servers that introduce security capabilities, optimize performance for complex workloads and boost productivity with management features enhanced by artificial intelligence (AI), according to HPE. The new servers will feature upcoming Intel Xeon 6 processors for data center and edge environments.

“Our customers are tackling workloads that are overwhelmingly data-intensive and growing ever-more demanding,” says Krista Satterthwaite, senior vice president and general manager, Compute at HPE. “The new HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 servers give organizations—spanning public sector, enterprise and vertical industries like finance, healthcare and more—the horsepower and management insights they need to thrive while balancing their sustainability goals and managing costs. This is a modern enterprise platform engineered for the hybrid world, designed with innovative security and control capabilities to help companies prevail over the evolving threat landscape and performance challenges that their legacy hardware cannot address.”

Chip-to-Cloud and Full Lifecycle Security

The HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 portfolio has built-in safeguards at every layer—from the chip to the cloud—and every phase of the server lifecycle. HPE Integrated Lights Out (iLO) 7 introduces an enhanced and dedicated security processor called secure enclave that is engineered as HPE intellectual property. HPE ProLiant Compute servers with HPE iLO 7 will help organizations safeguard against future threats as the first server with quantum computing-resistant readiness and to meet the requirements for a high-level cryptographic security standard, the FIPS 140-3 Level 3 certification.

The chip-enhanced security features of HPE iLO 7 uniquely distinguish HPE ProLiant servers from other vendors. Embedded into the server hardware, secure enclave establishes a chain of trust to protect against firmware attacks and creates full line of sight from the factory and throughout HPE’s trusted supply chain. This extends to the end of the product lifecycle with HPE Onsite Decommission Services, which collects equipment and transports it to an authorized sorting and recycling facility. 

AI-Driven Insights

HPE Compute Ops Management is a cloud-based software platform that helps customers secure and automate server environments. Automation, enhanced with AI-driven insights, helps improve energy efficiency by forecasting power usage and enabling enterprises to set thresholds to control costs and carbon emissions. A new global map view simplifies management so customers can instantly identify server health issues across distributed IT environments.

All new HPE Compute Ops Management features, including AI-informed insights, new map-based visibility and third-party tool integration, will be available to HPE ProLiant Compute Gen10 servers and newer.

Servers Optimized and Available with Direct Liquid Cooling

New additions to the HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 portfolio help address demanding workloads that include AI, data analytics, edge computing, hybrid cloud and virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solutions. Addressing the exponential growth in power demands placed on data centers, the HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 portfolio is engineered to optimize performance, energy efficiency and cost.

To meet customer demand for more energy efficient data centers, HPE is offering optional direct liquid cooling (DLC) on Intel-based HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 one-socket and two-socket rack servers.

Availability

Six of the eight new HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 servers featuring upcoming Intel Xeon 6 processors will be available Q1 2025. This includes HPE ProLiant Compute DL320, DL340, DL360, DL380, DL380a and ML350 Gen12 servers. HPE Synergy 480 and HPE ProLiant Compute DL580 Gen12 servers are expected Summer 2025.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.

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