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Product Overview Technical Specifications
Designed for Enterprise Workloads
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Based on SPARC M8: today's
Scale up to eight SPARC M8 processors, or up to 256
cores fastest, most advanced
microprocessor
Up to 1 TB of memory per processor
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Engineered for mission critical
Up to 76 TB of internal flash storage utilizing industry-
deployments that demand maximum
standard NVMe technology
uptime
Up to 24 PCIe 3.0 (x16) slots for massive I/O
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connectivity, with hot-plug capability
Codesigned with Oracle Database
Second-generation Software in Silicon features, such and Java
as Data Analytics Accelerators, Silicon Secured
Memory, and near-zero overhead encryption
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Runs Oracle Solaris 11, with guaranteed binary
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run under Oracle Solaris 10, 9, and 8
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Value Performance Extreme Acceleration
Optimized to help you get the most Execute OLTP transactions and data Accelerate Oracle Database In-
out of your investments in Oracle analytics simultaneously using Memory queries, especially for
Database, Java, and enterprise SPARC M8 in-memory technology compressed databases, with Data
applications Analytics Accelerators
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Data Protection
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Powerful Simplicity
Add End-to-end encryption with near- Utilize no-cost virtualization to bring Single-step patching, immutable
zero performance impact, and new levels of efficiency, virtual machines, easy security
prevent malicious memory attacks manageability, and agility to your data updates, and comprehensive
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Product Overview Technical Specifications
Turbocharge Your Data Center
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Coengineered hardware and software improve Based on the advanced SPARC M8
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more efficient software utilization
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Redundancy of all major components, plus physical
partitioning, maximizes uptime and simplifies
Scales from 32 to 256 cores
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World-record performance running Oracle Database,
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ORACLE DAT A SHEET
SPARC M8-8 Server
Oracle’s SPARC M8-based servers are the world’s most advanced systems
for enterprise workloads. Coengineering of hardware and software results in
significantly faster performance for databases and Java applications
compared with competitors’ systems, leading to more efficient software
utilization. Oracle’s breakthrough second-generation Software in Silicon
technology in the SPARC M8 processor accelerates Oracle Database In-
Memory queries in Oracle Database 12c, and enables real-time analytics to
be performed on OLTP databases and Java streams applications. Security in
Silicon provides full-speed wide-key encryption, plus detection and prevention
of attacks to application data in memory. The combination of the world’s
highest performance with unique Software in Silicon features is the foundation
for building the best and most secure mission-critical cloud infrastructure.
Product Overview
Oracle’s SPARC M8-8 server is an eight-processor system that enables organizations
to respond to IT demands with extreme security and performance at a lower cost
compared to alternatives. It is ideal for a wide range of enterprise-class workloads,
including databases, applications, Java, and middleware, especially in a cloud
environment. This system is based on the SPARC M8 processor, using the
revolutionary Software in Silicon technology from Oracle.
Oracle’s SPARC servers are coengineered with Oracle software for the best
performance, efficiency, and security when running enterprise applications, OLTP, and
analytics. With up to 2x better performance than competitor products, Oracle’s SPARC
servers allow IT organizations to make the most of their investment in Java applications
and database software.
Software in Silicon technology is a breakthrough in microprocessor and server design,

enabling databases and applications to run faster, and with unprecedented security and
KEY BENEFITS
reliability. Now in its second generation, this innovative Software in Silicon design
• Up to 2x faster performance than
competitor systems for Java includes Data Analytics Accelerator (DAX) engines designed directly into the SPARC
software, databases, and enterprise M8 processor silicon to handle SQL primitives, such as those used by Oracle Database
applications1 In-Memory in Oracle Database 12c. The DAX units can also be leveraged by Java
• Extreme acceleration of Oracle applications operating on streams of data through the use of open APIs. The
Database In-Memory queries,
accelerators operate on data at full memory speeds, taking advantage of the very high
especially for compressed databases
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• Ability to accelerate analytics on memory bandwidth of the processor. This produces extreme acceleration of in-memory
OLTP databases and Java
applications, enabling real-time queries and analytics operations while processor cores are freed up to do other useful
insight on transactional data work. In addition, the ability of the DAX units to handle compressed data on the fly
• Unique protection of application data means that larger databases can be kept in memory or that less server memory needs
from memory attacks or exploits of to be configured for a given database size. Lastly, the SPARC M8 processor introduces
software Oracle Numbers units, which greatly accelerate Oracle Database operations involving
• End-to-end encryption of data with floating point data. Consider the result: you can run fast in-memory analytics on your
near-zero performance impact
database, using much less memory than the size of your data, without significantly
• Easy compliance management of increasing server utilization rates or affecting your OLTP operations.
application environments throughout
their lifecycles, ensuring the security The Silicon Secured Memory feature of the SPARC M8 processor provides the
of cloud infrastructure
capability of detecting and preventing invalid operations on application data, through
• Near-zero overhead virtualization for hardware monitoring of software access to memory. This can stop malware from
deploying more than 100 virtual
machines per processor, lowering the exploiting software vulnerabilities, such as buffer overflows. The hardware approach of
cost per virtual machine Silicon Secured Memory is much faster than traditional software-based detection tools,
meaning that security checks can be done in production without significant impact to
KEY FEATURES
• Based on the advanced SPARC M8 performance. In addition, each processor core contains the fastest cryptographic
processor, with proven second- acceleration in the industry, allowing IT organizations to deliver end-to-end data
generation Software in Silicon encryption and secure transactions with near-zero performance impact. In summary:
technology for efficiency,
you can easily activate data protection and encryption security, by default, without
performance, and security
additional hardware investment.
• Scalability within the same family of
servers from 32 to 256 cores with Software in Silicon features can be easily integrated with existing applications, during
complete compatibility for
applications and management development, testing, and production. Developers can use and validate Software in
Silicon features by using Oracle’s Software in Silicon open APIs, which are supported by
• Oracle Solaris 11 operating system
for secure and compliant application a community of collaboration among developers, engineers, and experts offering
deployment through single-step resources to help you understand and integrate this revolutionary open technology.
patching and immutable zones
The record-breaking performance of the servers based on the SPARC M8 processor
• Built-in, no-cost virtualization
technology with Oracle Solaris Zones comes from its 32 cores, each of which handles up to 8 threads using unique dynamic
and Oracle VM Server for SPARC threading technology. The processor can dynamically adapt to provide extreme single-
• Guaranteed binary compatibility and thread performance, or it can enable massive throughput by running up to 256 threads.
support for legacy applications that The processor cores are designed to accelerate Java workloads, especially Java 8
run under Oracle Solaris 10, 9, and 8
applications or later, as well as database operations. Using this efficient design, together
• Up to 76 TB of accelerated storage with Oracle Solaris virtualization technology with near-zero overhead, a much larger
utilizing industry-standard NVMe
technology in order to satisfy the number of virtual machines can be supported on Oracle’s SPARC servers compared
most demanding I/O requirements with Intel® Xeon®–based systems. This results in a significant decrease in the cost per
• The highest levels of reliability, virtual machine.
availability, and serviceability (RAS)
in a compact, energy-efficient The technology breakthrough in SPARC servers is enabled by the Oracle Solaris
footprint operating system. Oracle Solaris 11 is a secure, integrated, and open platform
engineered for large-scale enterprise cloud environments with unique optimization for
Oracle Database, middleware, and application deployments. Security can be easily set
up and enabled by default, while single-step patching and immutable zones allow
compliance to be maintained with simplicity.
You can create complete application software stacks, lock them securely, deploy them
in a cloud, and update them in a single step, all while maintaining compliance and easily
generating audit reports. Oracle Solaris 11 combines unique management options with
powerful application-driven software-defined networking for agile deployment of cloud
infrastructure.
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Built-in virtualization capabilities in Oracle’s SPARC servers include both Oracle Solaris
Zones and Oracle VM Server for SPARC. These allow enterprise workloads to be run
within a virtual environment with near-zero performance impact. You can virtualize and
consolidate many servers onto one, reducing the physical footprint of the data center as
well as lowering the costs of operation, power, and cooling. Oracle Solaris Zones
technology provides the capability to run legacy applications that require earlier versions
of Oracle Solaris.
The SPARC M8-8 server offers one or two physical domains. This feature allows the
flexibility to isolate applications or workloads within a single managed system. When
using two physical domains, the server offers up to four processors per domain. When
using a single physical domain with up to eight processors, the SPARC M8-8 server
allows for high scalability in a large memory footprint.
Other advanced capabilities of the SPARC M8-8 server are large memory capacity,
higher bandwidth, and minimal latency, which are achieved through four enhanced
memory controllers per socket, faster and reduced-power DDR4 memory, and prefetch
acceleration techniques. The I/O subsystem supports low-profile PCIe 3.0 adapters and
industry-standard NVMe flash technology to provide high-capacity storage with minimal
latency.
All Oracle servers ship with comprehensive server management tools at no additional
cost. Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (Oracle ILOM) utilizes industry-standard
protocols to provide secure and comprehensive local and remote management,
including power management and monitoring, fault detection, and notification. Oracle
Premier Support customers have access to My Oracle Support and multiserver
management tools in Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center, a system management
tool that, in conjunction with Oracle Enterprise Manager, coordinates servers, storage,
and networking for a complete cloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS). Oracle
Enterprise Manager Ops Center also features an automated service request capability,
whereby potential issues are detected and reported to Oracle’s support center without
user intervention, ensuring the maximum service levels and simplified support.
SPARC M8-8 Server Specifications
ARCHITECTURE
Processor
 Thirty-two core, 5.0 GHz SPARC M8 processor
 Up to 256 threads per processor (up to 8 threads per core)
 Eight Data Analytics Accelerator units per processor, each supporting four concurrent in-memory
analytics engines with decompression
 Thirty-two on-chip encryption instruction accelerators (one per core) with direct non-privileged
support for 16 industry-standard cryptographic algorithms: AES, Camellia, CRC32c, DES, 3DES, DH,
DSA, ECC, MD5, RSA, SHA-1, SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-3, SHA-384, and SHA-512
 Thirty-two floating-point units and thirty-two Oracle Numbers units per processor (one per core)
 One random number generator (one per processor)
Cache per Processor

 Level 1: 32 KB instruction and 16 KB data per core
 Level 2: 256 KB L2 I$ per four cores, 128 KB L2 D$ per core

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 Level 3: 64 MB L3$ on chip
System Configuration
 Two to eight processors per system
 Sixteen dual inline memory modules (DIMM) slots per processor supporting half and fully populated
memory configurations using either 32 or 64 GB DDR4 DIMMs
 8 TB maximum memory per system using 64 GB DIMMs
 Can be ordered with either one or two physical domains; this option is set at the factory and cannot
be changed onsite
System Architecture
 SPARC V9 architecture, ECC protected
STANDARD/INTEGRATION INTERFACES
 Up to 24 low-profile PCIe 3.0 (x16) slots, each accessed via a hot-pluggable carrier
MASS STORAGE AND MEDIA
External storage: Oracle offers a complete line of best-in-class, innovative storage, hardware, and
software solutions, along with renowned world-class service and support. For more information, please
refer to oracle.com/storage.
POWER SUPPLIES
 Six 3,000 W hot-swappable AC power supplies with N+N redundancy

 Nominal AC operating voltage range 200 to 240 VAC
 For systems that are factory configured in a rack, there are two power distribution unit (PDU) options
with two PDUs each
» Low voltage (3Ø, three input cables, 200–220 VAC phase to phase, 60 Hz, max line current
24 A)
» High voltage (3Ø, three input cables, 200–240 VAC phase to neutral, 50 Hz, max line
current 16 A)
KEY RAS FEATURES
 Hardware physical partitions with electrical isolation when the server is ordered with two physical
domains
 Hot-pluggable PCIe card carriers
 Redundant, hot-swappable power supplies and fans
 Environmental monitoring
 Extended memory protection with error correction within single SDRAM, triple-bit detection across
SDRAMs, page retirement, memory scrubbing, cyclic redundancy check (CRC), message retry, and
lane retire in hardware
 DIMM sparing enabled with fully populated memory slots, increasing system reliability and uptime
 System Interconnect: message retry, link retrain, and lane failover
 Easy component replacement
 Fault Management Architecture and Predictive Self Healing
 Live operating system upgrades
 Firmware updates during system operation
 Redundant system clock synthesizers on each CPU-memory-I/O board
 Redundant hot-swappable service processors with automatic failover
 Dedicated PCIe root complexes for every slot for isolated I/O virtualization
SOFTWARE
Operating System
Oracle recommends the latest version of Oracle Solaris 11.3 for enhanced performance and
functionality, including features enabled by Software in Silicon technology
 Control domain: Oracle Solaris 11.3 SRU 24 or later
 The following versions are supported within guest domains:
 Oracle Solaris 11.3 SRU 24 or later
 Oracle Solaris 10 1/13*
* Plus required patches

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Applications certified for Oracle Solaris 9 or 8 only may run in an Oracle Solaris 9 or 8 branded zone
running within an Oracle Solaris 10 guest domain.
Software Included
 Oracle Solaris 11.3 (latest version), which includes Oracle VM Server for SPARC
 Oracle Solaris ZFS (default file system)
Virtualization
Built-in, no-cost Oracle VM Server for SPARC provides the flexibility and power for running multiple
logical domains in a single server. Multiple Oracle Solaris Zones may be run within a single Oracle VM
Server for SPARC logical domain.
ENVIRONMENT
Operating temperature: 5° C to 35° C (41° F to 95° F)

Note: Temperature ramp rate must not exceed 15° C (27° F) per hour.
Maximum Ambient:
 5˚ to 35˚ C (41˚ to 95˚ F) at 0 to 500 m (0 to 1,640 ft.)
 5˚ to 33˚ C (41˚ to 93.2˚ F) at 501 to 1,000 m (1,664 to 3,281 ft.)
 5˚ to 31˚C (41˚ to 87.7˚ F) at 1,001 to 1,500 m (3,284 ft. to 4,921 ft.)
 5° C to 29° C (41° F to 84.2° F) at 1,501 m to 3,000 m (4,924 ft. to 10,000 ft.)
(Except in China markets where regulations might limit installations to a maximum altitude of 2 km/6,560
ft.)
Nonoperating temperature: 0° C to 50° C (32° F to 122° F), maximum altitude 12,000 m (40,000 ft.)
Note: Temperature ramp rate must not exceed 20° C (36° F) per hour.
Operating relative humidity: 20% to 80%, 27˚ C (81˚ F) max wet bulb temperature, noncondensing
Note: Humidity ramp rate must not exceed 30% per hour.
Nonoperating relative humidity: Up to 85%, 40˚ C (104˚ F) max wet bulb temperature, noncondensing
Max dew point: 28˚ C (82˚ F).
Note: Humidity ramp rate must not exceed 20% per hour.
Operating altitude: Up to 3,000 m (10,000 ft.) except in China markets where regulations may limit
installations to a maximum altitude of 2 km (6,560 ft.)
Nonoperating altitude: Up to 12,000 m (40,000 ft.)
Acoustic noise (idle/max. power)

 Bystander: 76.7/85.7
 Sound power: 85.3/93.1
Airflow requirements
 Maximum: 860 CFM; typical: 590 CFM
REGULATIONS (MEETS OR EXCEEDS THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS)
Safety: UL/CSA 60950-1, EN 60950-1, and IEC 60950-1 CB Scheme with all country differences
EMC:
 Emissions: FCC 47 CFR 15, ICES-003, EN55022, EN61000-3-11, and EN61000-3-12
 Immunity: EN 55024
Certifications: North America Safety (NRTL), European Union (EU), International CB Scheme, HSE
Exemption (India), BSMI (Taiwan), RCM (Australia), MSIP (Korea), and VCCI (Japan)
European Union directives: Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive 2014/35/EU Low
Voltage Directive, 2014/30/EU EMC Directive, 2011/65/EU RoHS Directive, and 2012/19/EU WEEE
Directive
All standards and certifications referenced are to the latest official version. For additional detail, please
contact your sales representative.
Other country regulations/certifications may apply.

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DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT
 Height racked: 78.74 in. (2,000 mm); without rack: 17.2 in. (438 mm)
 Width racked: 23.62 in. (600 mm); without rack: 19.0 in. (483 m)
 Depth racked: 47.24 in. (1,200 mm); without rack: 32.0 in. (813 mm)
 Maximum weight racked: approx. 917 lb. (416 kg); without rack: 425 lb. (193 kg)
Warranty
The SPARC M8-8 server comes with a one-year warranty. Visit
oracle.com/us/support/policies/ for more information about Oracle’s hardware warranty.
Complete Support
With Oracle Premier Support, you’ll get the services you need to maximize the return on
your investment in Oracle’s SPARC M8-8 server. Complete system support includes
24/7 hardware service, expert technical support, proactive tools, and updates to Oracle
Solaris, Oracle VM, and integrated software (such as firmware)—all for a single price.
Learn more at oracle.com/support.
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an Oracle representative.
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ORACLE FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions

SPARC T8-1, T8-2, T8-4, and M8-8 Servers
Overview Servers based on the SPARC M8 processor offer

Oracle’s SPARC T8 and M8 servers are the most end-to-end network and data encryption, plus detection
advanced systems for enterprise computing, with and prevention of unauthorized access to application
unique capabilities that provide up to 2x faster memory, all in real time and with near-zero performance
performance for databases and Java applications impact. These Security in Silicon features can stop
compared with competitors’ systems as well as end-to- security breaches through hardware, creating a unique
end security features for maximum protection. Using barrier to malicious attacks and software errors.
breakthrough second-generation Software in Silicon Coupled with the security features in the Oracle Solaris
technology and coengineering of Oracle hardware and 11 operating system, storage, database, and application
software, Oracle’s family of SPARC servers is ideal for software, Oracle provides a layered defense strategy
Java software, databases, and enterprise applications, across the entire stack to protect your environment from
and the servers’ rich feature set provides the foundation business-damaging attacks.
for building the best and most secure mission-critical
cloud infrastructure.
With no compromises on enterprise security and
extreme performance for Java, databases, and
Now in its second generation, Oracle’s Software in analytics, Oracle’s SPARC platform is optimized for
Silicon technology in the SPARC M8 processor delivers deployment in cloud-ready infrastructure. Oracle is the
innovation that’s ready to deploy immediately—no only vendor that can provide such a complete enterprise
waiting on software to catch up. You can run both OLTP computing platform both on-premises and through an
and in-memory database queries on Oracle’s SPARC Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) product in Oracle
servers, enabling real-time analytics on dynamically Cloud.
changing databases for better business insight. By
using its Data Analytics Accelerator units, the SPARC Customer Benefits
M8 processor can run Oracle Database In-memory
Run Your Software Faster. Run Your Business Faster.
queries 7x faster than x86 processors on a per core
Software in Silicon technology is a breakthrough in
basis. microprocessor and server design, enabling databases and
applications to run faster and with unprecedented security and
reliability. Now in its second generation, this innovative
technology includes Data Analytics Accelerator (DAX) units
designed directly into the SPARC M8 processor’s silicon to
ORACLE FAQ
handle SQL primitives, such as those used by Oracle Frequently Asked Questions
Database In-Memory in Oracle Database 12c. Through the Q: What are servers based on the SPARC M8 processor?
use of open APIs, the DAX units can also be leveraged by
A: Servers based on the SPARC M8 processor are the
Java applications operating on streams of data. The DAX units
world’s most powerful systems for business-critical
operate on data at full memory speeds, taking advantage of enterprise applications and virtualized cloud infrastructure.
the very high memory bandwidth of the processor. This Utilizing second-generation Software in Silicon technology
produces extreme acceleration of in-memory queries and in the SPARC M8 processor, the servers provide
analytics operations while freeing processor cores to do other breakthrough efficiency and performance as well as
useful work. In addition, the ability of the DAX units to handle unprecedented levels of security.
compressed data on the fly means that larger databases can
Q: How many products comprise the family of servers based
be kept in memory or that less server memory needs to be on the SPARC M8 processor?
configured for a given database size. Lastly, the SPARC M8
A: There are four servers in the product family, which have
processor introduces Oracle Numbers units, which greatly
from one to eight processors.
accelerate Oracle Database operations involving floating point
data. Consider the result: you can run fast in-memory analytics SPARC T8-1: The SPARC T8-1 server offers a single
on your database, using much less memory than the size of processor with 32 cores in a 2U chassis. It scales up to
your data, without significantly increasing server utilization 1 TB of memory, offers up to eight 2.5-inch hot-serviceable
rates or affecting your OLTP operations. SAS HDDs or solid-state drives (SSDs), supports up to
four NVMe SSDs, and has six PCIe 3.0 slots.
SPARC T8-2: The SPARC T8-2 server offers two

Secure Your Applications with No Trade-Offs processors with a total of 64 cores in a 3U chassis. It
scales up to 2 TB of memory, supports up to six 2.5-inch
The Silicon Secured Memory feature of the SPARC M8
hot- serviceable SAS HDDs or SSDs, supports up to four
processor provides the capability of detecting and preventing
NVMe SSDs, and has eight PCIe 3.0 slots.
invalid operations on application data, through hardware
monitoring of software access to memory. This can stop SPARC T8-4: The SPARC T8-4 server offers two or four
malware from exploiting software vulnerabilities, such as buffer processors with up to 128 cores in a 6U chassis. It scales
overflows. The hardware approach of Silicon Secured Memory up to 4 TB of memory, supports up to eight 2.5-inch
hot-serviceable SAS HDDs, SAS SSDs, or NVMe SSDs,
is much faster than traditional software-based detection tools,
and has 16 PCIe 3.0 slots utilizing hot-pluggable carriers.
so security checks can be done in production without
significant impact to performance. In addition, each processor SPARC M8-8: The SPARC M8-8 server offers up to eight
core contains the fastest cryptographic acceleration in the processors in a single physical domain. The server scales
industry, allowing IT organizations to deliver end-to-end data up to 8 TB of memory and has up to 24 PCIe 3.0 (x16)
encryption and secure transactions with near-zero slots.
performance impact. In summary, you can easily activate data Q: What are the common characteristics of servers based on
protection and encryption security, by default, without the SPARC M8 processor?
additional hardware investment.
A: The servers contain the following common characteristics:
 Second-generation Software in Silicon features

Engineered for the Cloud  Fast DDR4 memory that lowers power consumption
Oracle’s SPARC systems are engineered for the cloud and  Dual inline memory module (DIMM) sparing that is enabled
provide customers with effortless security, breakthrough with fully populated memory slots, increasing system
efficiency, and straightforward simplicity. Oracle is the only reliability and uptime
vendor that can provide such a complete enterprise computing  x16-capable PCIe 3.0 slots, which provide more I/O
platform both on-premises environments and IaaS throughput
environments in Oracle Cloud.
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ORACLE FAQ
Q: What is Software in Silicon? without a performance penalty. This is provided by the

processor’s 32 on-chip cryptographic accelerator units that
A: Software in Silicon is a technology that places software can be accessed seamlessly through the Oracle Solaris
functions directly into the processor chip, implemented as Cryptographic Framework. These units accelerate the
specialized units or off-load engines. Because specific widest set of cyphers and hashes in the industry: Oracle
functions are performed in hardware, software applications has demonstrated that wide key encryption can be
run much faster. And because the cores of the processor performed by the SPARC M8 processor with speeds that
are freed to perform other functions, overall operations are are 7x faster on a per core basis compared to the latest
speeded up as well. x86 processors.
Q: What are the key features of the SPARC M8 processor? Q: What types of applications are ideal for the servers based
on the SPARC M8 processor?
 One of the key features of the SPARC M8 processor is
SQL in Silicon, which includes two subfunctions, In- A: The servers are ideal platforms for database, Java,
Memory Query Acceleration and In-Line Decompression, middleware, analytics and enterprise application
both of which are performed by the DAX units. workloads.
Data Analytics Accelerator (DAX) units are additional Q: Can I run in-memory applications on the servers that are
on-chip accelerator engines that offload both In-Memory based on the SPARC M8 processor?
Query Acceleration and In-Line Decompression from the
processor cores. There are eight DAX units per SPARC M8 A: Absolutely. The outstanding performance of the innovative
processor, each with four pipelines. That means 32 SPARC M8 processor coupled with a large memory
in-silicon accelerator engines are available to all 32 footprint allows many applications to run in memory on
processor cores. Each engine accelerates analytics these servers. Running Oracle In-Memory Applications on
primitives such as “search”, “join” and “filter.” the servers provides significant application performance
In-Memory Query Acceleration increases the boosts.
performance of in-memory database queries by operating Q: Is Oracle’s Software in Silicon technology open?
on data that is streamed directly from memory via
extremely high-bandwidth interfaces. This technology can Yes, software developers can leverage Silicon Secured
also be used by Java Streams applications, through an Memory, the cryptographic instruction accelerators, and the
open API in the Oracle Solaris operating system. DAX units. Oracle has released open APIs for both Silicon
In-Line Decompression significantly increases usable Secured Memory and the DAX units. In addition, the
memory capacity. The SPARC M8 processor runs data cryptographic accelerators are enabled via industry-
decompression concurrently with the accelerated analytics standard APIs such as PKS#11, OpenSSL, and others, and
functions. This capability allows compressed databases to by using the Oracle Solaris Cryptographic Framework.
be stored in memory while being accessed and
manipulated at full speed. Q: Is there a choice in system configuration?
 Another key technology of the SPARC M8 processor is A: Yes, servers based on the SPARC M8 processor can be
Security in Silicon, which includes two subfeatures: customized through the Oracle assemble-to-order process.
Silicon Secured Memory and Cryptographic Acceleration.
Q: What operating systems are supported on the servers?
Silicon Secured Memory ensures that an application is
 Oracle Solaris 11.3 SRU 24 or later is supported in a
only able to access its own memory region, which lets
control domain on the SPARC T8-1, T8-2, T8-4, and M8-8
software programmers identify issues related to memory
servers.
allocation. It is designed to help prevent security hacks
such as Heartbleed from putting systems at risk, and it  In the guest domains, Oracle Solaris 11.3 SRU 24 or later
enables hardware monitoring of memory requests by is supported and so is Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 (with required
software processes in real time. It stops unauthorized patches).
access to memory whether that access is due to a
programming error or a malicious attempt to exploit buffer  Applications certified for Oracle Solaris 9 or 8 only may be
overruns. It also helps accelerate code development and run in an Oracle Solaris 9 or 8 branded zone running within
helps ensure software quality, reliability, and security. an Oracle Solaris 10 guest domain.
Cryptographic Acceleration enables wire-speed

encryption capabilities for secure data center operation
ORACLE FAQ
Q: What is the recommended operating system for the Q: Can SPARC servers be managed with Oracle Enterprise
servers? Manager Ops Center 12c?
A: Oracle recommends the latest version of Oracle Solaris 11 A: Yes. Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center 12c is an
for enhanced performance and functionality. end- to-end management solution that can monitor and
manage all aspects of hardware and virtualization
Q: What software is preinstalled on the servers?
configurations on the servers. It provides a complete cloud
A: The latest available version of Oracle Solaris 11, which lifecycle management solution including self-service
includes Oracle VM Server for SPARC, is preinstalled. provisioning and integrated chargeback and capacity
planning.
Q: What virtualization technologies are supported on the
servers? Q: What are the power and cooling requirements for the
servers?
A: With the use of Oracle VM Server for SPARC, multiple
application stacks can be deployed on both Oracle Solaris A: The online power calculator provides guidance for
11 and Oracle Solaris 10, and they are fully supported side estimating the electrical and heat loads for typical
by side. Additionally, individual Oracle Solaris 11 and operating conditions.
Oracle Solaris 10 instances can be virtualized with Oracle
Q: Where can I obtain information about performance
Solaris Zones for optimal utilization and application
benchmarks?
performance.
A: Oracle’s SPARC system benchmarks are available here.
Even applications running on Oracle Solaris 9 and Oracle
Solaris 8 can be virtualized on legacy Oracle Solaris Q: Where can I find official end-user documentation for the
Containers. Physical domains provide an additional level of family of servers based on the SPARC M8 processor?
partitioning on SPARC M8-8 servers, which feature
A: Product documentation can be found at docs.oracle.com.
electrical isolation.
Q: Are Oracle Optimized Solutions available for the servers?
Q: What are the systems management options on the
servers? A: Yes. Oracle Optimized Solutions dramatically reduce
deployment time, effort, and risk while maximizing
A: Servers based on the SPARC M8 processor include Oracle
performance using tested and documented best practices.
Integrated Lights Out Manager (Oracle ILOM), which is
You can deliver cloud services “out of the box” using
driven by an integrated system service processor that also
Oracle Optimized Solutions. Oracle Optimized Solutions
has power-management and power-capping capabilities to
provide templates that you can leverage to reduce
help reduce energy costs.
operating costs for aging assets while delivering a more
Oracle ILOM provides full remote keyboard, video, mouse, flexible service environment to internal application users.
and storage (KVMS) support together with remote media You can quickly deploy enterprise cloud services with 24/7
functionality. availability, secure multitenancy, and a radically simplified
management, patching, and support model. The result is
Oracle ILOM works with Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops
an agile database environment that is better able to
Center, which provides the most-comprehensive
support business needs by enabling higher end-user
management across Oracle servers, operating systems,
productivity, increased utilization, and reduced IT costs.
and Oracle Solaris virtualization technologies, and it
dramatically improves the efficiency of IT operations with See the Oracle Optimized Solutions page for more
its integrated lifecycle management and built-in information.
automation.
Q: What is the hardware warranty on these servers?
In addition to Oracle ILOM, unified server virtualization
The servers come with a one-year warranty. Visit
management is achieved with Oracle VM Manager. Oracle
oracle.com/us/support/policies for more information about
VM Manager can be used to discover SPARC servers
Oracle’s hardware warranty.
running Oracle VM Server for SPARC and perform virtual
machine management tasks. Users can create SPARC As with all product warranties, this warranty is designed to
server pools and virtual machines, as well as manage offer basic recourse in the event that a product defect is
networking and storage. discovered. For more-complete support, purchase the
ORACLE FAQ
recommended support coverage at the point of purchase to  Fast answers and prompt resolution with around-the-clock
gain access to the services and resources you need and access to Oracle product experts, hardware service, and
avoid potential reinstatement fees at a later date. self-help technical resources
Q: What is the recommended support for the servers that are  Tools and resources, including Oracle Enterprise Manager
based on Oracle’s SPARC M8 processor? Ops Center software, to proactively mitigate risk, simplify
day-to-day IT operations, and maximize system
A: For all SPARC server products being used in critical performance
production and test environments, Oracle recommends
 Access to Oracle operating system patches, security
Oracle Premier Support for Systems. Features include updates, enhancements, and upgrades without additional
 Award-winning, 24/7 service and support to help you keep license or support fees
your Oracle systems running at peak performance
For more information, visit the Oracle Premier Support for
 Comprehensive systems coverage that includes Systems page.
single-point accountability for Oracle server and storage
hardware; integrated software (for example, firmware); and Q: Where can I obtain additional information?
operating system software (Oracle Solaris, Oracle Linux, A: Contact your Oracle sales representative directly or call
and Oracle VM) 1-800-Oracle1. Additional information about Oracle’s
SPARC servers is available on oracle.com.
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Technical Specifications
Processor
Intel
Processor family
Intel® Xeon® Scalable 8100 series Intel® Xeon® Scalable 6100 series Intel® Xeon® Scalable 5100 series
Processor core available

28 or 26 or 24 or 22 or 20 or 18 or 16 or 14 or 12 or 10 or 8 or 6 or 4, per processor, depending on model
Processor cache
13.75 MB L3 or 16.50 MB L3 or 19.25 MB L3 or 22.00 MB L3 or 24.75 MB L3 or 27.50 MB L3 or 30.25
MB L3 or 33.00 MB L3 or 35.75 MB L3 or 38.50 MB L3, depending on model
Processor
Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors
Processor speed
3.6 GHz, maximum depending on processor
Maximum memory
6.0 TB
Memory slots
48 DIMM slots maximum
Memory type
HPE DDR4 SmartMemory
Infrastructure management
HPE iLO Standard with Intelligent Provisioning (embedded), HPE OneView Standard (requires download)
HPE iLO Advanced, HPE iLO Advanced Premium Security Edition and HPE OneView Advanced (optional
require licenses)
Power supply type

4 HPE Flexible Slot Power Supplies, maximum depending on model
Expansion slots
8 maximum, for detail descriptions reference the QuickSpecs
Network controller
Optional FlexibleLOM
Storage controller
HPE Smart Array S100i or HPE Smart Array P408i-a SR Gen10 Controller or HPE Smart Array P816i-a SR
Gen10 Controller, depending on model
System fan features

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Hot plug redundant standard
Form factor
Rack (2U)
Warranty
3/3/3 - Server Warranty includes three years of parts, three years of labor, three years of onsite support
coverage. Additional information regarding worldwide limited warranty and technical support is available
at: http://h20564.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/wc/public/home. Additional HPE support and service coverage for
your product can be purchased locally. For information on availability of service upgrades and the cost for
these service upgrades, refer to the HPE website at http://www.hpe.com/support
Product dimensions (H x W x D)
3.44 x 17.54 x 29.71 in
Weight
75.23 lb
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Digital data sheet
HPE ProLiant DL560

Gen10 Server
ProLiant DL Servers
Overview
What's new Looking for a dense but highly scalable server for your data
· HPE InfoSight provides a cloud-based center application and virtualization needs? HPE ProLiant
analytics tool that predicts and prevents DL560 Gen10 server is a high-density, 4P server with high-
problems before your business is impacted. performance, scalability, and reliability, in a 2U chassis.
Supporting the Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors with up to a
68% performance gain [1], the HPE ProLiant DL560 Gen10
server offers greater processing power, up to 6 TB of faster
memory, and I/O of up to eight PCIe 3.0 slots. In addition, it offers
the intelligence and simplicity of automated management with
HPE OneView and HPE Integrated Lights Out 5 (iLO 5). The
HPE ProLiant DL560 Gen10 server is the ideal server for
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business-critical workloads, virtualization, server consolidation,

database, business processing, and general 4P data-intensive
applications where data center space and the right performance
are paramount.
Features
Scalable 4P Performance in a Dense 2U Form Factor
HPE ProLiant DL560 Gen10 server provides 4P computing in a dense 2U form
factor and supports up to four Intel Xeon Platinum (8100 series) and Gold (6100
and 5100 series) processors which provide up to 68% [1] more processor
performance and 27% [2] more cores than the previous generation.
Up to 48 DIMM slots which support up to 6 TB for 2666 MT/s DDR4 HPE

SmartMemory. HPE DDR4 SmartMemory improves workload performance and
power efficiency while reducing data loss and downtime with enhanced error
handling.
Choice of HPE FlexibleLOM adapters offers range of networking bandwidth (1GbE
to 25GbE) and fabric so you can adapt and grow to changing business needs.
HPE Innovation with Intelligent System Tuning enhances workload performance
using customized profiles to tune internal resources; improves workloads such as
high frequency trading with jitter smoothing and provides added performance with
core boosting SKUs.
Flexible New Generation Expandability and Reliability for Multiple

Workloads
HPE ProLiant DL560 Gen10 server has a flexible processor tray allowing to scale
up from two to four processors only when you need, saving on upfront costs. The
flexible drive cage design supports up to 24 SFF SAS/SATA with a maximum of 12
NVMe drives.
Supports up to eight PCIe 3.0 expansion slots for graphical processing units (GPUs)
and networking cards offering increased I/O bandwidth and expandability.
Up to four, 96% efficient HPE 800W or 1600W Flexible Slot Power Supplies [3],
which enable higher power redundant configurations and flexible voltage ranges.
The slots provide the capability to trade-off between 2+2 power supplies or use as
extra PCIe slots.
Secure and Reliable

HPE iLO 5 enables the world’s most secure industry standard servers with HPE
Silicon Root of Trust technology to protect your servers from attacks, detect
potential intrusions and recover your essential server firmware securely.
Millions of lines of firmware code run before server operating system boots and
with Runtime Firmware Validation, enabled by HPE iLO Advanced Premium
Security Edition, the server firmware is checked every 24 hours verifying validity
and credibility of essential system firmware.
Secure Recovery allows server firmware to rollback to the to last known good state
or factory settings after detection of compromised code.
Additional security options are available with, Trusted Platform Module (TPM), to
prevent unauthorized access to the server and safely stores artifacts used to
authenticate the server platforms while the Intrusion Detection Kit logs and alerts
when the server hood is removed.
Agile Infrastructure Management for Accelerating IT Service Delivery

With HPE ProLiant DL560 Gen10 server, HPE OneView provides infrastructure
management for automation simplicity across servers, storage and networking.
A suite of embedded and downloadable tools is available for server lifecycle

management including Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI), Intelligent
Provisioning; HPE iLO 5 to monitor and manage; HPE iLO Amplifier Pack, Smart
Update Manager (SUM), and Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP).
Services from HPE Pointnext simplify the stages of the IT journey. Advisory and
Transformation Services professionals understand customer challenges and design
a better solution. Professional Services enables rapid deployment of solutions and
Operational Services provides ongoing support.
HPE IT investment solutions help you transform to a digital business with IT
economics that align to your business goals.
Technical specifications HPE ProLiant DL560 Gen10 Server

Processor family Intel® Xeon® Scalable 8100 series Intel® Xeon® Scalable 6100 series Intel® Xeon® Scalable 5100 series
Processor core available 28 or 26 or 24 or 22 or 20 or 18 or 16 or 14 or 12 or 10 or 8 or 6 or 4, per processor, depending on model
Processor cache 13.75 MB L3 or 16.50 MB L3 or 19.25 MB L3 or 22.00 MB L3 or 24.75 MB L3 or 27.50 MB L3 or 30.25 MB

L3 or 33.00 MB L3 or 35.75 MB L3 or 38.50 MB L3, depending on model
Processor speed 3.6 GHz, maximum depending on processor
Power supply type 4 HPE Flexible Slot Power Supplies, maximum depending on model
Expansion slots 8 maximum, for detail descriptions reference the QuickSpecs
Maximum memory 6.0 TB
Memory slots 48 DIMM slots maximum
Memory type HPE DDR4 SmartMemory
System fan features Hot plug redundant standard
Network controller Optional FlexibleLOM
Storage controller HPE Smart Array S100i or HPE Smart Array P408i-a SR Gen10 Controller or HPE Smart Array P816i-a SR
Gen10 Controller, depending on model
Minimum dimensions ( H x W x D) 8.75 x 44.55 x 75.47 cm
Weight 34.12 kg
Infrastructure management HPE iLO Standard with Intelligent Provisioning (embedded), HPE OneView Standard (requires download)
HPE iLO Advanced, HPE iLO Advanced Premium Security Edition and HPE OneView Advanced (optional
require licenses)
Warranty 3/3/3 - Server Warranty includes three years of parts, three years of labor, three years of onsite support
coverage. Additional information regarding worldwide limited warranty and technical support is available at:
http://h20564.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/wc/public/home. Additional HPE support and service coverage for your
product can be purchased locally. For information on availability of service upgrades and the cost for these
service upgrades, refer to the HPE website at http://www.hpe.com/support
HPE Pointnext
Additional resources HPE Pointnext leverages our breadth and depth of technical expertise and
QuickSpecs innovation to help to accelerate digital transformation. A comprehensive portfolio
that includes—Advisory, Professional, and Operational Services is designed to help
hpe.com/h20195/v2/GetDocument.aspx? you evolve and grow today and into the future.
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Operational Services
· HPE Flexible Capacity is a new consumption model to manage on-demand

capacity, combining the agility and economics of public cloud with the security
and performance of on-premises IT.
· HPE Datacenter Care offers a tailored operational support solution built on
core deliverables. It includes hardware and software support, a team of experts
to help personalize deliverables and share best practices, as well as optional
building blocks to address specific IT and business needs.
· HPE Proactive Care is an integrated set of hardware and software support
including an enhanced call experience with start to finish case management
helping resolve incidents quickly and keeping IT reliable and stable.
· HPE Foundation Care helps when there is a hardware or software problem
offering several response levels dependent on IT and business requirements.
Advisory Services includes design, strategy, road map, and other services to help
enable the digital transformation journey, tuned to IT and business needs.
Advisory Services helps customers on their journey to Hybrid IT, Big Data, and the
Intelligent Edge.
Professional Services helps integrate the new solution with project management,
installation and startup, relocation services, and more. We help mitigate risk to the
business so there is no interruption when new technology is being integrated in
the existing IT environment.
Call to action: [1] HPE measurement: Up to 68% performance increase of Intel Xeon Platinum versus previous generation E5-4600
v4 average performance based on generational gains on HPE servers comparing 4-socket Intel Xeon Platinum 8180
buy.hpe.com/category?catId=15351&reqC to E5-4699 v4 Family processors. Any difference in system hardware, software design, or configuration may affect
actual performance. May 2017
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[2] Up to 27% performance increase of Intel Xeon Platinum versus previous generation comparing 4-socket Intel
328412_3328422_1010026837&country= Xeon Platinum 8180 (28 cores) to E5-4669 v4 (22 cores). Calculation 28 cores / 2x cores= 1.27 = 27%. May 2017.
[3] 1600W Power supplies only support high line voltage (200V AC to 240V AC)
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Technical white paper
Technologies in HPE ProLiant Gen10

4-socket servers
Using the Intel Xeon Scalable processor family
Contents
Abstract ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 3
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
System architecture ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
Why choose 4-socket servers? ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 6
Gen10 versus Gen9 technology ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 6
Standardizing on a single processor family for Gen10 ............................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Sweet spot memory footprint at faster speeds .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 6
Increase in I/O capacity ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 6
HPE Secure Compute Lifecycle .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 7
Processor technologies................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Intelligent System Tuning ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 9
Workload matching...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Jitter smoothing .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 9
Core boosting.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................10
Memory technologies....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................10
HPE DDR4 SmartMemory ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................10
HPE Advanced Memory Error Detection Technology .............................................................................................................................................................................10
HPE Persistent Memory .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................11
HPE NVDIMMs .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................11
HPE server storage .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................11
HPE HDDs ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................11
HPE SSDs ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................11
HPE NVMe PCIe SSDs ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................12
HPE Smart Array Controllers ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................12
HPE Universal Media Bay..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................12
Networking for HPE Gen10 4-socket servers ........................................................................................................................................................................................................12
Power efficiency and provisioning.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................12
HPE Flexible Slot Power Supply ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................13
HPE 3D Sea of Sensors.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................13
Power provisioning tools .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................13
Managing HPE ProLiant Gen10 servers .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................13
Embedded management with HPE iLO 5 ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................13
Converged management using HPE OneView ...............................................................................................................................................................................................14
HPE Pointnext...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................14
Conclusion ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................15
Additional resources ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................15
Technical white paper Page 3
Abstract
While organizations identify the right-mix Hybrid IT to enable today’s digital transformation, they also require a foundation that offers the
performance, expandability, and security required of business-critical workloads. HPE’s 4-socket (4P) ProLiant 500 series Gen10 servers
deliver on all fronts. This technical white paper highlights key Gen10 differences versus Gen9 predecessors; discusses changes in the system
architecture; and describes, in detail, the technologies used in HPE ProLiant 500 series Gen10 servers and how these innovations can help
organizations better address Hybrid IT and diverse workload requirements.
Introduction
Proven to deliver high performance, expandability, and reliability, more businesses are turning to HPE ProLiant 500 series servers to handle
their most demanding applications. Whether accommodating large database workloads (SAP®, Oracle, and SQL), business critical workloads
(ERP, CRM), decision-support applications (business intelligence and analytics), or large-scale consolidation and virtualization, HPE ProLiant
500 series Gen10 4-socket (4P) servers are up to the task.
Gen10 technology in the HPE ProLiant platform maximizes server performance, enabling a new compute experience across all aspects of
the infrastructure. Additionally, powerful 4P servers offer greater protection to secure your digital assets. They provide the scale and agility
needed to address growing data volumes and accommodate traditional and emerging workloads. They are also easier than ever to manage
and control across your Hybrid IT environment.
The HPE ProLiant 500 series Gen10 portfolio includes:
• HPE ProLiant DL580 Gen10 Server: This 4P enterprise standard delivers high performance and expandability for business-critical applications.
• HPE ProLiant DL560 Gen10 Server: This resilient, high-density 4P server delivers business-critical computing performance.
HPE ProLiant DL580 Gen10 (shown with 48 SFF drives) HPE ProLiant DL560 Gen10 (shown with box 1 populated with the
Universal Media Bay and boxes 2 and 3 with 8 SFF drives)
Figure 1. HPE ProLiant Gen10 4-socket servers
HPE ProLiant Gen10 4-socket servers offer the following differentiating innovations:
• World’s most secure industry-standard servers: 1
– Unmatched threat protection through the silicon root of trust, extensive standards compliance, and supply chain attack detection
– Unparalleled ability to recover firmware after denial of service attempt or detection of compromised code
• Intelligent System Tuning:
– Preconfigured BIOS settings to tune the server to match specific workloads
– Performance tuning to enable more workloads on more cores at a given CPU frequency for greater application licensing efficiency
– Predictable latency reduction and balanced workload optimization
1
Based on external firm conducting cybersecurity penetration testing of a range of server products from a range of manufacturers, May 2017.
• New levels of compute:

– Latest generation industry-standard CPUs with faster processing and higher speed memory access
– Enhanced GPU levels of performance and choice
• Increased in-server storage density: substantially greater NVMe capacity for large write-intensive workloads and enhanced storage
density with more SFF drive bays for large database workloads
Table 1 offers a general architectural comparison of HPE ProLiant Gen10 4-socket rack and tower servers.
Table 1. Overview of HPE ProLiant Gen10 4-socket servers
HPE ProLiant DL560 Gen10 Server HPE ProLiant DL580 Gen10 Server
Form factor 2U rack mount 4U rack mount

Processors Up to 4 Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor family (up to 28 cores, 3.6 GHz; 8100, 6100, and 5100 series)
System memory 48 slots for HPE SmartMemory DDR4 2666 MT/s DIMMs (maximum of 6 TB)
Persistent memory Support for up to 24 NVDIMMs (384 GB maximum)
Drive bays 24 SFF maximum, HDD/SSD, HPE Universal Media Bay optional 48 SFF maximum, HDD/SSD, HPE Universal Media Bay optional
(2 SFF SAS/SATA/NVMe, 2 SFF or optical/video/USB 2.0), (2 SFF SAS/SATA/NVMe, 2 SFF or optical/video/USB 2.0), and
M.2 Enablement Kit, and 12 NVMe SSD option 20 NVMe SSD option
Storage controllers HPE Smart Array S100i Software RAID; choice of HPE Smart Array Essential and Performance RAID Controllers for additional features
Universal Media Bay Yes (optional)
PCIe slots 8 PCIe 3.0 slots 16 PCIe 3.0 slots
GPU support Up to 2 HL/FH Up to 4 dual-wide
Networking Optional FlexibleLOM and standup
Power supply units Up to 4 Flex Slot PSUs (up to 1600W)
EStar 2.1 1H 2018
ASHRAE operating class 3 and 4*
Management HPE iLO 5 Management (standard), Intelligent Provisioning (standard), iLO Advanced (optional), iLO Advanced Premium Security Edition
(optional), HPE OneView Advanced (optional)
* Compliance to be met 1H2018
System architecture
HPE ProLiant 4-socket 500 series Gen10 servers deliver enhancements not only in terms of technology but also system design.
Both HPE ProLiant DL560 and DL580 Gen10 servers have the same processor stack. They also connect the processors in a crossbar
pattern (see Figures 2 and 3 below), which differs from the ring pattern on the HPE ProLiant DL560 Gen9 Server. This means that each
processor is connected to every other processor in a 4P configuration.
The design of the HPE ProLiant DL560 Gen10 is similar to its Gen9 predecessor with a system board including 2 processors and 24 DIMMs,
as well as an optional mezzanine board with an additional 2 processors and 24 DIMMs.
The HPE ProLiant DL580 Gen10 server, however, has been completely redesigned from Gen9 and leverages the DL560 design with the
system board and the mezzanine tray. The DL580 Gen10 now supports up to 48 drives (up from 10 drives on Gen9), enabling it to support
storage-intensive workloads. The memory tray design on the DL580 Gen9 is no longer used and the DIMMs are installed on the system
board and the mezzanine board. The I/O count has grown from 9 to 16 and requires risers. It also supports double-wide GPU cards. Support
for all 16 PCIe slots is only available when all 4 processors are populated.
Figure 2. HPE ProLiant DL580 Gen10 server
Note
The change in memory architecture from Gen9 to Gen10. Gen10 now has 6 channels and 2DPC (DIMM per channel).
Figure 3. HPE ProLiant DL560 Gen10 Server

Why choose 4-socket servers?

While compression of the processor stack in HPE ProLiant Gen10 servers blurs boundaries that traditionally existed between 4P and
2P servers, 4-socket Gen10 servers still offer distinct performance and economic advantages over their 2P counterparts in some
configurations. As data volumes and the need for scalability continue to grow, businesses that require 2P technology today will likely
expand to 3 or 4 sockets in the foreseeable future. Purchasing HPE ProLiant 500 series Gen10 servers provides a foundation for
incremental expansion and investment protection over time.
Specifically for the 2U form factor, the HPE ProLiant DL560 Gen10 Server provides flexibility to scale up processors from 2 to 4 depending
upon need, and provides customers with an expandability cushion. With four processors in the system, the DL560 is capable of having
twice the memory footprint of HPE ProLiant 2P servers, for a maximum memory of up to 6 TB (using 128 GB LRDIMMs) in the same
2U form factor.
Gen10 versus Gen9 technology

Key differences exist both in the server design and innovations supported when moving from Gen9 to Gen10. Together they combine to
provide enhanced security, agility, and control—driving infrastructure modernization and accelerating business insights across on-premises
and off-premises IT.
Standardizing on a single processor family for Gen10

In Gen9, the portfolio from Intel supporting 4P servers consisted of E5-4600, E7-8800, and E7-4800 processors, which included varying
pricing, features, etc. With the introduction of Intel Xeon Scalable Processors, customers gain enhanced throughput and core count.
Customers can now scale from 4 to 112 cores with Gen10 technology. And having a single family of processors across all Gen10 compute
makes the leap to scale much easier.
Greater storage capacity and choice
Gen10 adds storage flexibility into the design by supporting SAS, SATA, SSD, and NVMe drives. The HPE ProLiant DL560 Gen10 Server
will support up to 24 SFF drives, which is similar to Gen9. The number of SFF drives in the HPE ProLiant DL580 increases from 10 to
48—which is 4.8X larger than Gen9. NVMe support grows from 6 to 12 with the HPE ProLiant DL560 Gen10 Server, and from 5 to 20 with
the DL580. Support for M.2 form factor drives can also be added with an enablement kit.
Sweet spot memory footprint at faster speeds

The industry has moved to DDR4 memory at 2666 MT/s and both the Gen10 HPE ProLiant DL560 and DL580 servers will support up to
48 DIMM slots. For the HPE ProLiant DL560 Gen10 Server, this is not a change; but for the HPE ProLiant DL580 Gen10, this cuts the
maximum memory count in half. While Gen10 addresses the “sweet spot,” enabling low-to-mid memory configurations, if you need a very
high DIMM count, the DL580 Gen9 server might be a better fit. HPE is also adding new technology called Fast Fault Tolerance into our
next generation of memory, which is explained in detail below.
For a higher memory footprint—larger than 768 MB per processor—Intel M series processors must be ordered. This needs to be considered
while purchasing processors, especially if you plan on expanding DIMMs in the future.
Increase in I/O capacity

DL560 Gen10 has moved to flex slot power supply units (PSUs), which are smaller than common slot PSUs and consume less space, which
enables up to 8 PCIe slots (with 2 PSUs).
DL580 Gen10 now uses risers for I/O slots and, with this change, it can support 16 PCIe slots including 4 FL/FH slots, ideal for double-wide
GPUs. The support for four double-wide GPUs makes the DL580 an ideal platform for graphics-intensive workloads. One advantage of using
the DL580 Gen10 PCIe slots is that DL580 directly connects processors 3 and 4 to PCIe slots so that there is no I/O latency or hopping
through processors 1 and 2. There is more total bandwidth to move I/O with 4 processors in a DL580 compared to a DL560 Gen10.
Enhanced security and HPE innovations in Gen10
HPE builds security into the complete compute lifecycle while also delivering critical innovations in firmware protection, malware detection,
and firmware recovery. Beginning with the silicon root of trust, HPE anchors essential firmware directly into the silicon to add protection
throughout the supply chain. Runtime firmware verification regularly verifies the validity and credibility of essential system firmware, while
secure recovery capabilities return firmware to the last good known state or factory settings. Many of these security features and more are
managed through HPE iLO Advanced Premium Security Edition.
Gen10 enhancements safeguard the networking plane with advanced technologies such as the root of trust, authenticated updates,
secure boot, device-level firewall, audit logs, and Secure User Data Erase.
On the storage side, digitally signed firmware helps protect against malicious attacks while providing assurance that drive firmware
comes from a trusted source.
Intelligent System Tuning in Gen10 servers offers access to a new set of revolutionary capabilities—including jitter smoothing, core
boosting, 2 and workload matching—that let you dynamically tune and optimize processor performance to uniquely match workload
requirements.
Support for up to 24 16 GB NVDIMMs is new for both HPE ProLiant DL560 and DL580 servers in Gen10. This enhancement helps
improve the performance for large database applications.
HPE Secure Compute Lifecycle

HPE has answered the need to deliver an end-to-end security solution that addresses protection at every stage in the product’s lifecycle
(Figure 4). Beginning with stage one at the very inception of the product with our silicon root of trust, the server’s essential firmware
(iLO 5, UEFI, CPLD, IE, and ME) is loaded into our custom silicon with an unbreakable link that anchors it into the hardware. That
immutable connection between the silicon and firmware protects the server through the production process, supply chain shipping,
and distribution—all the way to your final location.
Once the server arrives safely at your location, the HPE Secure Compute Lifecycle continues to provide not only protection during operation
but also unparalleled detection and recovery capabilities. As soon as the server is booted and the iLO firmware becomes active, our silicon
root of trust looks for the immutable fingerprint that verifies all firmware code is valid and uncompromised. Before the operating system
even starts, over a million lines of firmware code run, making it critical to confirm that all server-essential firmware is free from malware or
compromised code.
HPE has introduced a new technology—Runtime Firmware Verification—which checks the firmware stored in the server operation. At any
point, if compromised code or malware is inserted in any of the critical firmware, an iLO audit log alert is created to notify you that a
compromise has occurred. A firmware breach is highly unlikely, of course. Nevertheless, a disgruntled employee with access to the data
center could insert bad code. A new HPE license called HPE iLO Advanced Premium Security Edition can detect such an event and allow
you to securely recover the firmware automatically to a previous known good state.
Stage three in the lifecycle process is security to and through the network. Aruba ClearPass creates a strong networking security clearance
protocol for clearing anyone requesting access to the network. ClearPass creates a profile of potential users and clears access of users into
our Aruba networks. Niara, a subsidiary of HPE, will be responsible for monitoring activity of users inside the network. Once ClearPass vets
and clears users into networks, Niara takes over and, using machine learning, works to predict nefarious behavior before any serious damage
can be done. If Niara identifies abnormal activity resembling potential malicious behavior, it communicates to ClearPass, temporarily
terminating the suspected user’s access to the network until more thorough vetting can be conducted. In the case of a rogue employee,
this predictive capability can block potential bad actors from the network, before any damage is done.
2 Core boosting on the DL500 series is available on select Intel SKUs and will be available in December 2017 (2H 2017).
Figure 4. HPE Secure Compute Lifecycle stages
The next stage (four) is protecting data and communication to and from the server and inside the server. HPE is the first industry server
manufacturer to provide support for the commercial national security algorithms, or CNSA suite. This is the very highest level of security,
typically used for the most confidential and top-secret information. HPE also has FIPS validation on firmware, and offers that as another
level of protection during the operation phase of the server’s life.
Scalable encryption is another differentiation offering from HPE, protecting data stored in the server. Unlike competitor servers that use
self-encrypting drives, requiring management of separate keys in each and every drive, HPE offers secure encryption through our smart
array controller cards that contain all encryption keys and manage those at scale. Going one step further, the HPE Atalla Enterprise Secure
Key Manager (ESKM) is also qualified with our controller cards that takes key management to a higher level. Through this technology, we
save you the agony of tracking—sometimes on spreadsheets—an unmanageable number of encryption keys.
Closely related to security are the numerous government regulations that businesses must comply with. HPE is applying the NIST Special
Publication 800-53 security controls to a solution stack of storage, networking, servers, and software, creating a secure baseline. This secure
baseline is an important necessary step to issue an authority to operate (ATO) before putting IT infrastructure into operation. Additionally,
this NIST 800-53 control set can assist you with certifications like FedRAMP, HIPAA, and ISO 27001. Just recently, the president issued
an executive order mandating all federal agencies follow NIST guidelines for cybersecurity protections. The private sector is also beginning
to use the same NIST controls as standards for preventing cybercrime.
The final stage (six) of the HPE Secure Compute Lifecycle comes after the servers and other equipment have reached their full use and
entered end of life. HPE Pointnext security and protection services provide final disposal of equipment, ensuring the data is properly
disposed of according to NIST standards.
Processor technologies
HPE ProLiant Gen10 4-socket rack servers now feature the Intel Xeon Scalable processor family. Based on a new foundation for scalability,
the Intel Xeon Scalable processor family is designed to seamlessly address a wide range of key workloads by delivering boosts in
performance, efficiency, and security. These new technologies include the following features:
• Increased processor cores (to a maximum of 28 cores)
• Supports 2666 MT/s DDR4 memory
• Six channels per processor with two DIMMs per channel
• Three processor categories are utilized on HPE ProLiant Gen10 500 series servers:
– Platinum (8100 series) for ERP, in-memory analytics, OLAP, HFT, virtualization, containers
– Gold (6100/5100 series) for OLTP, analytics, AI, Hadoop/Spark workloads, server-side Java, VDI, HPC, virtualization, containers
These enhancements allow the HPE ProLiant DL560 Gen10 4-socket server to deliver up to a 68% increase in performance 3 and a 27%
increase in cores 4 from the previous generation of processors. The HPE ProLiant DL580 Gen10 4-socket server delivers up to a 28%
increase in performance 5 and a 17% increase in cores 6 from the previous generation of processors.
Intelligent System Tuning

Through a partnership with Intel, HPE offers Intelligent System Tuning (IST), a new set of server tuning technologies that enable you to
dynamically configure server resources to match specific workloads. IST produces significant performance improvements, real savings, and a
more intelligent server environment.
Figure 5. HPE Intelligent System Tuning
Workload matching
Workload matching allows you to select from preconfigured workload profiles to automatically tune internal server resources to experience
up to a 9% performance improvement over server default settings. 7 Workload matching is available on all ProLiant Gen10 servers with iLO 5.
Jitter smoothing
Engaging processor turbo boost can cause frequency fluctuations or “jitter” that results in a constant struggle between maximum output and
deterministic performance needs. HPE’s jitter smoothing technology mitigates processor frequency fluctuation to reduce latency and deliver
deterministic and reliable performance. In variable workloads where processor frequency changes occur often, jitter smoothing can improve
overall throughput above turbo boost mode alone. 8 Jitter smoothing is ideal for high-frequency traders, high-performance computing, and
workloads where low processor latency and deterministic processing response is important. Jitter smoothing is available on all Intel-based
Gen10 servers with iLO 5 and an iLO Advanced (or above) license.
3 Up to 68% performance increase of Intel Xeon Platinum vs. previous generation E5-4600 v4 average performance based on generational gains on HPE servers comparing
4-socket Intel Xeon Platinum 8180 to E5-4699 v4 family processors. Any difference in system hardware or software design or configuration may affect actual performance.
May 2017.
4 Up to 27% performance increase of Intel Xeon Platinum vs. previous generation comparing 4-socket Intel Xeon Platinum 8180 (28 cores) to E5-4669 v4 (22 cores).
Calculation 28 cores/22 cores = 1.27 = 27%. May 2017.

5 Up to 28% performance increase of Intel Xeon Platinum vs. previous generation E7-8800 v4 average performance based on generational gains on HPE servers comparing
4-socket Intel Xeon Platinum 8180 to E7-8890 v4 family processors. Any difference in system hardware or software design or configuration may affect actual performance.
May 2017.
6 Up to 17% performance increase of Intel Xeon Platinum vs. previous generation comparing 4-socket Intel Xeon Platinum 8180 (28 cores) to E7-8890 v4 (24 cores).
Calculation 28 cores/24 cores = 1.167 = 17%. August 2017.

7 HPE internal testing from Performance Engineering Benchmarking team, April 2017.
Core boosting 9
Core boosting enables higher processor frequencies on more active cores than standard Intel processor profiles, allowing you to utilize
fewer processors while improving workload performance with HPE Core Boosting technology. Higher performance across fewer processors
can result in significant savings when it comes to core-based licensing. In some cases, customers with core-based licensing like Oracle can
experience up to $100K in annual savings or $500K over 5 years. 10 Core boosting is ideal for virtualized environments, Big Data workloads,
core-based licensing applications, and workloads where performance is a competitive advantage. Core boosting will be available with select
Intel processors on the DL500 platforms.
Memory technologies
IT trends such as server virtualization, cloud computing, high-performance computing, and other resource-intensive applications continue
to place increasing demands on the requirements for server memory in terms of speed, capacity, and availability. These demands define the
system’s reliability, performance, and overall power consumption to a much greater extent than before—making server memory a critical
component in meeting your IT solution requirements.
HPE ProLiant Gen10 servers feature HPE DDR4 SmartMemory that supports faster memory speeds than before. HPE also offers standard
memory—designed to provide reliable memory performance for use in less demanding environments. In addition, HPE offers Persistent
Memory using HPE NVDIMMs. And finally, HPE Advanced Memory Error Detection Technology, including Fast Fault Tolerance, delivers
enhanced reliability and memory protection on ProLiant Gen10 servers.
HPE DDR4 SmartMemory

HPE DDR4 SmartMemory offers significant improvements over previous memory generations. Unlike third-party memory, HPE SmartMemory
is authenticated by the server to verify that memory has passed HPE’s rigorous qualification and testing, ensuring you are using the highest
quality server memory.
For the HPE Gen10 ProLiant servers using the Intel Xeon Scalable processor family, HPE DDR4 SmartMemory is now capable of operating
at 2666 MT/s, delivering a 12.5% increase in maximum throughput over earlier DDR4 memory and a 29% increase over the last generation
of DDR3 memory. 11 For applications that require maximum memory capacity, HPE SmartMemory Load Reduced DIMMs (LRDIMMs) reduce
the electrical load to the memory controller, allowing higher capacity memory to run at maximum speed in all configurations.
HPE SmartMemory also provides the following benefits over third-party memory when used in ProLiant Gen10 servers:
• Extended performance: In two DPC configurations, HPE SmartMemory operates at a higher transfer rate than industry standard DDR4
DIMMs, delivering better memory performance.
• Enhanced manageability: HPE SmartMemory integrates with HPE Active Health System for enhanced monitoring, reporting, and problem
diagnosis.
Memory DIMM availability for specific server platforms is dependent upon completion of certification testing.
HPE Advanced Memory Error Detection Technology

Uncorrectable memory errors can cause applications and operating systems to crash, so they are costly in terms of downtime and
repairs. The best way to prevent unnecessary DIMM replacement is to filter out superfluous errors and identify critical errors that can
lead to a shutdown. You can no longer rely on simple error event counts on systems containing up to 14 trillion memory transistors.
With HPE Advanced Memory Error Detection Technology, we reinvented a precision system to pinpoint errors that cause downtime.
HPE Advanced Memory Error Detection Technology seeks out specific defects that either cause performance degradation or significantly
increase the probability of an uncorrectable (non-recoverable) memory condition. By improving the prediction of non-recoverable memory
events, this technology prevents unnecessary DIMM replacements and increases server uptime.
The latest addition to the suite of HPE error detection technologies is Fast Fault Tolerance, which enables a server to boot with full memory
performance while monitoring for DRAM device failures. In the event of a memory failure, the memory subsystem automatically reorganizes
the way data is stored in memory to create a protected region just large enough to correct the DRAM failure, while allowing the remaining
portions of memory to continue to run at full performance.
9 Core boosting on the DL500 series is available on select Intel SKUs and will be available in December 2017 (2H 2017).
10 HPE internal testing from Performance Engineering Benchmarking team, April 2017; Reducing costs in your Oracle database environment
hpe.com/us/en/resources/servers/oracle-database.html.
HPE Persistent Memory

HPE Persistent Memory technology is designed to deliver the performance of memory with the persistence of traditional storage. HPE has
the broadest persistent memory portfolio in the market and offers high performing NVDIMMs.
HPE 16 GB NVDIMMs are the first NVDIMMs in the HPE Persistent Memory category. These NVDIMMs are installed in the same memory
slots as standard DDR4 DIMMs and feature DRAM memory for workload performance backed by NAND flash for persistence. In the event
of a power down, the HPE Smart Storage Battery holds up the power on the memory slots so any data residing on DRAM can be moved to
NAND flash.
Although HPE NVDIMMs share memory slots with HPE SmartMemory, they are not used as system memory. The HPE NVDIMMs are the
fastest tier of storage in ProLiant servers and primarily used for application acceleration and caching use cases. Operating system drivers are
required for NVDIMMs, and today’s applications address this technology as a block storage device—just like applications access traditional
storage devices such as HDDs and SSDs. HPE Persistent Memory is capable of delivering data performance with nanosecond latencies
compared to latencies in the hundreds of microseconds for other fast storage devices such as HPE PCIe Workload Accelerators.
HPE NVDIMMs
HPE NVDIMMs offer up to 73X lower latency, 24X more I/Os per second (IOPS), and 6X greater bandwidth compared to the
HPE PCIe Workload Accelerators. 12 HPE NVDIMMs on HPE ProLiant 500 series Gen10 servers offer twice the capacity of first generation
HPE NVDIMMs. 13 With Microsoft® SQL Server, HPE lab testing has demonstrated up to 4X faster performance relative to using SSDs alone.
And using NVDIMMs with fewer server core pairs can also reduce software licensing by up to 50%.
HPE server storage

The IT landscape has changed. The amount of data you have to manage and analyze has grown at an unprecedented rate with no end in
sight. As data storage requirements grow, you need solutions that can help overcome performance bottlenecks caused by demanding
application workloads. Today’s storage solutions should:
• Keep pace with data growth
• Enable fast access to data to keep you competitive
• Protect data integrity from outages and data loss
• Perform reliably to maximize uptime
HPE offers a broad portfolio of workload-optimized solutions for every server storage need. Our offerings provide enterprise environments a
combination of the latest technologies to enable hassle-free performance, proven reliability, and security, backed by more than 3.35 million
hours 14 of the industry’s most rigorous testing and qualification program. Our drives feature HPE Digitally Signed Firmware, which prevents
data loss and malicious attacks by assuring that drive firmware comes from a trusted source.
HPE HDDs
HPE HDDs deliver proven performance and reliable data integrity at the lowest cost per gigabyte. Most drives feature the HPE SMART
Carrier with intuitive icons to report drive activity at-a-glance and a “do not remove” button that prevents data loss caused by human error.
HPE SSDs
HPE SSDs remove performance bottlenecks, enabling faster access to data with consistently low latency—all while using less power. These
drives are best suited for enterprise environments where highly random data is accessed by a variety of write-workload applications such as
online transaction processing or Big Data analytics. HPE SSDs offer improved random read and write input/output operations per second
(IOPS) and are available in both SAS and SATA to fit your needs.
13 Comparing 8 GB NVDIMM to 16 GB NVDIMM equals 2X capacity increase, June 2017.
14 Derived from a combination of drive qualification test plans, specifically HDDQ spec-supplier responsibility to perform, RDT—Reliability Demonstration test spec, CSI
integration test spec, and Pilot test requirements. Test conducted May 2017.
HPE NVMe PCIe SSDs

HPE NVMe PCIe SSDs utilize the NVMe interface to talk directly to your applications via the PCIe bus. By hosting your entire database on
one or more HPE NVMe PCIe SSDs, you boost I/O performance, leverage in-memory access, reduce latency, and scale performance in-line
with your processing requirements. These features create a flexible and dependable solution to proactively address your storage needs.
HPE ProLiant 500 series Gen10 servers offer 2X to 4X more NVMe drives, enabling direct connect performance. 15 HPE NVMe PCIe SSDs
are available in 2.5-in, add-in cards (AIC) and M.2 form factors.
HPE M.2 and M.2 Enablement Kit SSDs
As the most recent addition to our read-intensive SSD family, HPE M.2 SSDs are best suitable for boot/swap. This flexible form factor saves
hot pluggable bays for removable SSDs.
HPE Smart Array Controllers

HPE Smart Array Gen10 Controllers Smart Array Gen10 Controllers deliver up to 65% more performance with up to 1.6M IOPS 16 while using
up to 45% less power 17 compared to previous generation controllers. Additionally, you get enterprise-class data-at-rest encryption to help
you comply with regulations like HIPAA and Sarbanes-Oxley. New for Gen10 servers, mixed mode allows you to use both HBA and RAID
modes simultaneously on one controller, freeing up a PCIe slot for other uses, for additional flexibility. You can choose from Smart Array
S-Class software RAID, and Smart Array E-Class or P-Class controllers—each delivering a broad feature set and related benefits.
HPE Universal Media Bay

The HPE Universal Media Bay adds functional flexibility to HPE ProLiant DL580 Gen10 and DL560 Gen10 Servers. Universal Media Bay
kits allow you to customize your server’s configuration by adding, depending on platform, an optical disk drive bay, USB ports, 2 x Dual uFF
with M.2 cartridges, and/or a display port. The kit installs in a specific box of the server.
Networking for HPE Gen10 4-socket servers

For ProLiant Gen10 servers, HPE provides the next generation networking adapters designed to meet the needs of converged IT
infrastructure with higher performance and support for key Ethernet features. Gen10 servers utilize the new dual- and quad-port stand-up
NICs at speeds up to 25 Gb/s. The HPE ProLiant DL580 and DL560 Gen10 Servers can also use the HPE FlexibleLOM adapters that
provide speeds up to 40 Gb/s.
Gen10 networking adapters also feature several capabilities such as NIC Partitioning (NPAR), Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK), Tunnel
Offload (NVGRE/VXLAN), and RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) that deliver improved network performance and efficiency in specific
environments.
Gen10 networking adapters come with security features that help protect, detect, and recover from malicious attacks to the firmware. It all
starts with digitally signing the firmware. HPE sends firmware and security requirements to the adapter manufacturer, who then creates a
public and private key pair through a secure code signing process. The public key is embedded in the NIC silicon. The network adapter’s
“Chain of Trust” is created from a true hardware root of trust. Firmware encrypted with a private key must be decrypted by the public key
in the NIC silicon in order to be validated. In addition to root of trust, HPE’s adapters offer additional key security features such as UEFI
secure boot, authenticated updates, audit logs, device-level firewall, and sanitization.
LAN-on-motherboard (LOM) technology provides essential network connectivity without requiring a network card to be installed in an
expansion slot. While standard LOM design leaves expansion slots available for expansion functions, it also limits your connectivity options.
We developed FlexibleLOM technology, which uses a FlexibleLOM module that attaches to a dedicated edge connector on the system
board. FlexibleLOM technology maintains the close-coupled interface of a LOM while allowing you to select the connectivity you need
now—and adapt to network changes in the future without using a standard PCIe slot.
Power efficiency and provisioning

We have designed power supplies with industry-leading efficiency ratings and have developed technologies that allow you to precisely
monitor and control HPE ProLiant Gen10 servers’ energy use.
15 Up to 5 NVMe drives in DL580 Gen9 and up to 20 NVMe drives in DL580 Gen10, 20/5 = 4. September 2017.
16 HPE Internal lab testing comparing HPE Gen9 to Gen10 Smart Array Controllers, January 2017.
17 HPE Internal lab testing comparing HPE Gen9 to Gen10 Smart Array Controllers, May 2017.
HPE Flexible Slot Power Supply

HPE ProLiant DL560 and DL580 Gen10 Servers feature HPE Flexible Slot (Flex Slot) Power Supply Unit (PSU) bays that accommodate
HPE Flex Slot PSUs. The HPE Flex Slot design represents a new generation of toolless, hot-swappable components that use the
cross-platform interchangeability model introduced with our common slot power supplies.
HPE Flex Slot PSUs achieve the same degree of efficiency as common slot power supplies but use 25% less space, thus allowing more
room for compute and I/O connectivity functions in the server chassis. HPE Flex Slot PSUs are 80 Plus certified and offer from 94% to
96% efficiencies. They are available in 800W and 1600W models for 100 (200)–240 VAC input power.
HPE 3D Sea of Sensors

HPE 3D Sea of Sensors provides the data to precisely control the server fans and directly cool specific components while not overcooling
other components. This significantly reduces fan power consumption per server. HPE Sea of Sensors extends the use of sensors to select
PCI Express option cards and FlexibleLOM adapters to get a three-dimensional temperature profile in the server. This additional data
enables more precise and efficient cooling of HPE ProLiant Gen10 servers. The data is included in the always-on diagnostic information of
the HPE Active Health System.
Power provisioning tools
HPE Power Provisioning tools include Dynamic Power Capping and Power Regulator for ProLiant. These tools, summarized below, help
administrators maximize data center power usage by fitting more IT equipment in the available power and cooling capacity.
HPE Power Regulator for ProLiant
HPE Power Regulator for ProLiant is a hardware feature that enables ProLiant servers to dynamically control performance states (p-states)
of the system processors. HPE Power Regulator features Dynamic Power Capping, sophisticated monitoring, and control circuitry that
prevents server power from exceeding a preset level. Because Dynamic Power Capping is hardware-based, it can quickly control sudden
surges in power consumption by servers and prevent tripping even the fastest circuit breakers used in HPE Power Distribution Units (PDUs).
You can set a power cap for an individual server from the HPE Integrated Lights Out (iLO) user interface. For groups of servers, you can set
the power caps from the power management module with iLO Federation Group Power Capping within HPE iLO. HPE iLO functionality of
Group Power Capping requires an iLO Advanced or iLO Scale-Out license.
Compliance with ASHRAE expanded operating ranges 18
ASHRAE establishes temperature and humidity guidelines for data center operation. HPE ProLiant Gen10 4-socket servers will meet
ASHRAE ambient temperature operating classes A3 and A4, which define maximum allowable ambient temperatures of 40°C and 45°C,
respectively. These extended operating ranges may allow you to raise your data centers’ operating temperature and/or use more efficient
cooling strategies in your facility, significantly reducing energy consumption.
Managing HPE ProLiant Gen10 servers

HPE offers a set of server management capabilities that give you complete control of your IT infrastructure. For Gen10 servers, we have
introduced a number of management innovations for HPE ProLiant servers, all working together to give you complete control of the
monitoring and management of the servers and infrastructure in your data center.
Embedded management with HPE iLO 5

HPE iLO allows you to configure, monitor, and update your HPE servers seamlessly from anywhere in the world. Featuring the latest
innovations in simplified operations, performance, and security, HPE iLO allows you to manage your entire server environment with ease.
For HPE ProLiant Gen10 servers, iLO 5 provides several new improvements in security, speed, and simplicity (some features require an
optional iLO Advanced or iLO Advanced Premium Security Edition license).
• Security:
– Protect: HPE Secure Start uniquely ensures that only HPE-signed firmware will boot by validating through HPE’s silicon root of trust,
so you can be confident that the server’s essential firmware stack (UEFI BIOS, iLO, and so on) is safe. New secure access controls like
Commercial National Security Algorithm (CNSA) and Common Access Card (CAC 2) factor authentication are also available with iLO 5.
– Detect: Runtime firmware verification is a new feature in iLO 5 that ensures your firmware is checked at regular intervals to identify any
potential intrusions that may occur post-boot.
– Recover: Avoid lasting damage to your business by quickly restoring firmware to the factory settings or the last known authenticated
safe setting in the unlikely event of a breach with automatic and manual firmware recovery capabilities.
18 Compliance to be met 2H 2017.

• Speed:
– iLO 5 speed: With 2X the CPU MHz in iLO 5, virtual media performance is twice as fast vs. iLO 4. 19
– iLO service port: Available on Gen10 servers, the new iLO service port is a USB port for integrated remote console and active health
system (AHS) downloads that gives you direct, front of server access to iLO. This new feature also allows you to give iLO access
without the need to connect and authenticate on your network, making it simpler to access the information you need quickly.
• Simplicity:
– Agentless management: With iLO 5, we’re moving to full agentless management. Freedom from the hassle of inventorying and updating
various management agents, agentless management allows for a more simplified and streamlined way to monitor your servers.
– IPMI: Gen10 enhancements allow for increased interoperability with industry Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) tools.
Converged management using HPE OneView

HPE OneView is an infrastructure automation engine built with software-defined intelligence and a template-based approach to
management that makes Hybrid IT simple. HPE OneView provides faster and simpler lifecycle operations across compute, storage,
and fabric resources. Productivity is increased via a unified API that connects infrastructure with applications and places you firmly
on the path toward composable infrastructure.
HPE OneView continues to evolve and grow, with HPE OneView v3.1, incorporating the following new features:
• Common approach to storage management—Simplifies provisioning of storage volumes and removes inefficiencies with support for
HPE’s leading composable, software-defined StoreVirtual VSA storage.
• Extended platform support—Gives you the ability to easily manage HPE platforms with one comprehensive management tool.
HPE OneView now provides support for HPE Synergy; ProLiant BL, DL, and ML; HPE Apollo; and HPE Superdome X servers.
• Simplified firmware management—Enables updates to occur faster and easier with minimal disruption to production workloads.
• Enhanced remote support—Allows planning service contracts more efficiently. Contract and warranty display is available for each device,
so you can easily see in advance what is going to be out of contract and warranty.
• Global dashboard—Extends functionality to even more HPE platforms, adding support for up to 12,800 servers and 20 HPE OneView
appliances. Also added is the ability to backup and restore the global dashboard in the event of a disaster and easy access to data using
customized reports with built-in filtering, sorting, and saving.
• New HPE Composable Ecosystem additions—Offer more choices to take advantage of the unified API to automate their solutions. The
latest include: Mesosphere for provisioning and extending clusters, ServiceNow for improving service levels with immediate event visibility,
Densify.com by Cirba for intelligent capacity optimization, and Red Hat® OpenShift for bare-metal containers as a service.
HPE continues to offer HPE Systems Insight Manager (SIM) to manage Gen10 servers within your data center. Note, however, that our
strategic management platform for our next generation platforms is HPE OneView.
HPE Pointnext
HPE Pointnext leverages our strength in infrastructure, partner ecosystems, and end-to-end lifecycle support to offer you powerful, scalable
IT solutions for faster time to value. HPE Pointnext provides a comprehensive portfolio including advisory and transformational, professional,
and operational services to accelerate your digital transformation.
HPE Pointnext services include:
• HPE GreenLake Flex Capacity: An infrastructure service that offers on-demand capacity, combining the agility and economics of public
cloud with the security and performance of on-premises IT.
• Datacenter Care: HPE’s most comprehensive support solution tailored to meet your specific data center support requirements. It offers a
wide choice of proactive and reactive service levels to cover requirements ranging from the most basic to the most business-critical
environments. HPE Datacenter Care Service is designed to scale to any size and type of data center environment while providing a single
point of contact for all your support needs for HPE as well as selected multivendor products.
19 iLO 5 has double the CPU MHz as iLO 4. iLO 5 Virtual Media is 1.9964X faster than iLO 4. Comparison: DL360 Gen10 about 5 MB+/s (catch point 5.53 MB/s)
(note: encrypted) vs. DL360 Gen9 about 2.5 MB+/s (catch point 2.77 MB/s) (note: not encrypted), April, 2017.
• Proactive Care: An integrated set of reactive and proactive services designed to help you improve the stability and operation of your
device.
• Foundation Care: Support for HPE servers, storage, networking hardware and software to meet your availability requirements with a
variety of coverage levels and response times.
• Advisory and Transformation Services: Designs the transformation and builds a road map tuned to your unique challenges including
Hybrid IT, workload and application migration, Big Data, and the Intelligent Edge. HPE leverages proven architectures and blueprints,
integrates HPE Enterprise Group and partner products and solutions, and engages HPE Pointnext Professional and Operational Services
teams as needed.
• Professional Services: Creates and integrates configurations that get the most out of software and hardware, and works with your
preferred technologies to deliver the optimal solution. Services provided by the HPE Pointnext team, certified channel partners, or
specialist delivery partners include installation and deployment services, mission-critical and technical services, and education services.
Conclusion
Integrating HPE’s leading-edge security, memory, storage, networking, and management technologies with the latest Intel Xeon Scalable
processor family make HPE ProLiant Gen10 4-socket servers the ideal platforms to support a range of compute needs and workloads. With
the ability to reduce provisioning time from hours to seconds and offering right-sized and workload-optimized performance, HPE ProLiant
Gen10 4-socket rack-mount servers lower your TCO and deliver value of service.
Additional resources
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14/1/2019 Oracle SPARC M8-8 Server | Oracle

Under the Hood 

Designed for Enterprise Workloads

University Hospitals Leuven

Under the Hood 

Turbocharge Your Data Center

World-record performance running Oracle Database,

Silicon accelerators for data analytics and encryption

SPARC M8-8 Server

Software in Silicon technology is a breakthrough in microprocessor and server design,

2 | SPARC M8-8 SERVER

SPARC M8-8 Server Specifications

Cache per Processor

3 | SPARC M8-8 SERVER

 Level 3: 64 MB L3$ on chip

MASS STORAGE AND MEDIA

 Six 3,000 W hot-swappable AC power supplies with N+N redundancy

KEY RAS FEATURES

4 | SPARC M8-8 SERVER

Operating temperature: 5° C to 35° C (41° F to 95° F)

Nonoperating altitude: Up to 12,000 m (40,000 ft.)

Acoustic noise (idle/max. power)

REGULATIONS (MEETS OR EXCEEDS THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS)

5 | SPARC M8-8 SERVER

DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT

6 | SPARC M8-8 SERVER

Frequently Asked Questions

Overview Servers based on the SPARC M8 processor offer

SPARC T8-2: The SPARC T8-2 server offers two

 Second-generation Software in Silicon features

Q: What is Software in Silicon? without a performance penalty. This is provided by the

Cryptographic Acceleration enables wire-speed

Oracle Corporation, World Headquarters Worldwide Inquiries

Processor core available

Power supply type

System fan features

Hot plug redundant standard

HPE ProLiant DL560

business-critical workloads, virtualization, server consolidation,

Up to 48 DIMM slots which support up to 6 TB for 2666 MT/s DDR4 HPE

Flexible New Generation Expandability and Reliability for Multiple

Secure and Reliable

Agile Infrastructure Management for Accelerating IT Service Delivery

A suite of embedded and downloadable tools is available for server lifecycle

Technical specifications HPE ProLiant DL560 Gen10 Server

Processor core available 28 or 26 or 24 or 22 or 20 or 18 or 16 or 14 or 12 or 10 or 8 or 6 or 4, per processor, depending on model

Processor cache 13.75 MB L3 or 16.50 MB L3 or 19.25 MB L3 or 22.00 MB L3 or 24.75 MB L3 or 27.50 MB L3 or 30.25 MB

Processor speed 3.6 GHz, maximum depending on processor

Expansion slots 8 maximum, for detail descriptions reference the QuickSpecs

Maximum memory 6.0 TB

Memory slots 48 DIMM slots maximum

Memory type HPE DDR4 SmartMemory

System fan features Hot plug redundant standard

Network controller Optional FlexibleLOM

Minimum dimensions ( H x W x D) 8.75 x 44.55 x 75.47 cm

· HPE Flexible Capacity is a new consumption model to manage on-demand

Technologies in HPE ProLiant Gen10

• New levels of compute:

Form factor 2U rack mount 4U rack mount

* Compliance to be met 1H2018

Figure 2. HPE ProLiant DL580 Gen10 server

Figure 3. HPE ProLiant DL560 Gen10 Server

Why choose 4-socket servers?