Hewlett Packard Enterprise
announced a next generation compute portfolio that
delivers a cloud operating experience designed to power hybrid
environments and digital transformation. The new HPE ProLiant Gen11
servers provide organizations with intuitive, trusted, and optimized
compute resources, ideally suited for a range of modern workloads,
including AI, analytics, cloud-native applications, graphic-intensive
applications, machine learning, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI),
and virtualization.
"The foundation of any hybrid strategy is compute," said Neil MacDonald,
executive vice president and general manager, Compute, at HPE. "HPE
Compute brings businesses closer to the edge, where data is created,
where new cloud experiences are delivered, and where security is
integral. The new HPE ProLiant Gen11 servers are engineered for the
hybrid world to deliver an intuitive cloud operating experience, trusted
security by design, and optimized performance for workloads."
Intuitive cloud operating experience
On HPE ProLiant servers, an HPE GreenLake for Compute Ops Management
subscription provides a cloud-native management console. This increases
operational efficiency by securely automating the process to access,
monitor, and manage servers, no matter where the compute environment
lives.
The console provides simple, unified, and automated capabilities to
allow customers to control their compute with global visibility and
insight. Customers can also easily onboard thousands of distributed
devices and benefit from faster server firmware updates to focus efforts
on business operations, and not on managing complex IT infrastructure.
HPE GreenLake for Compute Ops Management also includes carbon footprint
reporting for customers to view emission metrics, from individual
servers to full compute environments, to monitor energy usage.
Trusted security by design
HPE continues to lead and deliver secure infrastructure, from edge to
cloud, starting at the silicon level with the HPE Silicon Root of Trust,
an industry-exclusive security capability that protects millions of
lines of firmware code, from malware and ransomware, with a digital
fingerprint that is unique to the server. Today, the HPE Silicon Root of
Trust secures millions of HPE servers around the world.
The next-generation HPE ProLiant servers build on this security
innovation with the following new features to protect data and systems:
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Ensure verification and authentication for device components with the new version of the HPE Integrated Lights-Out (iLO), with iLO6. ILO is a
remote server management software that enables customers to securely
configure, monitor, and update HPE servers seamlessly. The latest
version features new authentication using the Security Protocol and Data
Model (SPDM), a key security capability in servers for authenticating
and securely monitoring devices in an open standards-based approach.
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Prevent alterations to unique server identity access with the inclusion of platform certifications and Secure Device Identity (iDevID) by default.
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Gain an additional layer of authentication by monitoring a secure boot and system state through the Trusted Platform Module (TPM).
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Adopt the highest level of security through the HPE Trusted Supply Chain. The HPE Trusted Supply Chain
advances end-to-end security with certified servers that feature
hardened data protection during the manufacturing process. Recently, HPE
extended options for certified servers, from US-based factories, to
produce and ship worldwide.
Optimized performance for any workload
As organizations run more demanding workloads, including AI, machine
learning, and rendering projects, they require optimal compute and
accelerated compute performance. The next-generation HPE ProLiant
servers are optimized to deliver high performance on an organization's
most data-intensive workloads and support a diverse set of
architectures, including 4th Generation AMD EPYCTM processors, 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, and Ampere® Altra® and Ampere® Altra® Max Cloud Native Processors.
Compared to the previous generation, the new HPE ProLiant Gen11 servers
support twice as much I/O bandwidth for the most demanding applications,
50% more cores per CPU for improved workload consolidation, and 33%
more high-performance GPU density per server to support AI and
graphic-intensive workloads.
Service providers, and enterprises that are embracing cloud-native
workloads, require dedicated, cloud-native compute to deliver agile and
extensible capabilities to drive innovation. In June 2022, HPE announced
that it was the first tier-one server provider to offer compute with
optimized cloud-native silicon, using Ampere® Altra® and Ampere® Altra®
Max Cloud Native Processors in the new HPE ProLiant RL300 Gen11 server.
Delivering a pay-as-you-go consumption model with HPE GreenLake
Organizations looking to transition from one generation to the next, can
adopt HPE's next-generation compute through a traditional
infrastructure purchase or through a pay-as-you-go model with HPE
GreenLake. HPE GreenLake is an as-a-service platform that enables
customers to accelerate data-first modernization and provides over 70
cloud services that can run on-premises, at the edge, in a colocation
facility, and in the public cloud.
Additionally, through HPE Financial Services (HPEFS), customers can
convert existing technology assets into capital to purchase new or
upgraded technology.
Expanding the customer experience with new services
Through HPE Pointnext Services,
an award-winning team of over 15,000 experts, customers adopting the
HPE ProLiant Gen11 servers can leverage in-depth global expertise to
deploy next-generation HPE ProLiant servers and create new experiences,
gain real-time insights from their data, and modernize IT to unlock
value.
Today, HPE unveiled enhancements to its customer experience, supporting HPE ProLiant Gen11 servers, including:
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HPE Pointnext Complete Care Secure Locations offers customers
assigned experts to deliver support to locations where access,
connectivity as well as electronic and verbal communications, are
subject to specific security measures.
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HPE Expert on Demand provides customers with access to services
professionals with dedicated expertise related to HPE's next-generation
compute offerings.
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HPE Support Center, which provides online services and a support
platform, has been enhanced to include greater collaboration, case
management, enhanced virtual agent troubleshooting and a new digital
insights dashboard.
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Support for HPE's next-generation compute has been extended from three to five years, to up to seven years.
Availability
HPE ProLiant Gen11 servers featuring 4th Generation AMD EPYC
processors will be available to order worldwide starting on November
10, and available through the HPE GreenLake cloud platform.
The HPE ProLiant RL300 Gen11 server using Ampere processors is available to order worldwide today.
All HPE ProLiant servers can be purchased through HPE and HPE's channel partners.