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HPE ProLiant BL660c Gen9 E5-4600 v4 NVMe Server Blade Chassis

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Comes with:

  • System board assembly for Intel Xeon E5-4600 v4 processors (858552-001 )
  • NVMe drive backplane (744413-001 )

The HP ProLiant BL660c Gen9 scales workloads and infrastructure without compromise. Designed to deliver a balance of performance, scalability, and manageability, it delivers outstanding cost and accelerated time to value for data centers.

This blade is ideal for workloads that require a fine-tuned balance between space, price, and performance—such as database, virtualization, business processing, analytics, HPC, and other data-intensive applications.

What's New for BL660c Gen9

  • E5-4600 v4 Intel Xeon processors and HPE 2400MT/s DDR4 SmartMemory.
  • Support for 2 NVMe SSDs for high performance caching
  • Optional 120GB dual M.2 kit
  • Support for 2400 MT/s DDR4 memory
  • HPE PCIe Workload Accelerators for up to 3.2TB of flash based cache
  • 4 SFF Drive bays
  • Upto 4 SFF drives, internal USB 3.0, optional dual micro-SD, and optional M.2 support deliver a variety of system boot options.

Chassis
You have the choice of 4 CTO Chassis. They are split up for Processor and Drive reasons. Since this system can handle Intel Xeon e5-4600 V3 (759483-001) and V4 (858552-001 ). Both go on their own System board which can handle certain Memory DIMM speeds. The Chassis are also broken out into Drive Type. This system has two different backplanes to be installed on the drive cages. The SAS/SATA backplane (795117-001) and the NVMe backplane (744413-001 ). Below are more details into each type.

NVMe Drives
You must select the NVMe chassis, this has the NVMe backplane installed on it. You must also select the NVMe Pass-through controller along with the HPE BL460c G9 Broadwell NVMe FIO Setting (825555-B21) . This FIO option disables SFF bays 3 and 4 and is not compatible with the HPE Smart Array P246br. Hewlett Packard Enterprise
recommends the use of a dual M.2 solid state drive kit for boot when using this option. Once all of these are selected you can only choose up to (2) NVMe SSD Drives. When these Drives are installed the other two drive bays are non-functional and blanks will cover them.

SAS/SATA Drives
This server comes standard with the B140i Controller. This controller only supports SATA drives. If the HPE Smart Array P244br SAS Controller is not selected then 2 SATA cables will need to be installed. If you want to have RAID enabled while using Factory Standard B140i you'll also need to install the HPE FIO B140i SW RAID Enablement Kit (784308-B21).

For SAS Drives the HPE Smart Array P246br/1GB FBWC 12Gb 4 - ports Int SAS Controller (726793-B21) along with SAS cables will enable this server to run 4 SAS Drives.

HPE iLO Management (standard)
Monitor your servers for ongoing management, service alerting, reporting and remote management with iLO. Configure and boot your servers securely with industry standard Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI).

Server Utilities
 HPE Smart Update - Optimize firmware and driver updates with HPE Smart Update solutions. HPE OneView Standard - HPE OneView Standard can inventory, monitor, alert, and report on your G6 thru Gen9 servers, with use of the REST API and HPE OneView user interface.

Mezzanine Adapters
Up to three (3) optional Fibre Channel mezzanine HBAs and (2) FlexibleLOMs providing four Ethernet ports are supported on the HPE ProLiant BL660c Gen9.

When an InfiniBand adapter is installed in mezzanine slot 1, only one port is active
(regardless of operating mode). When installed in any other mezzanine slot, both ports
are active. The FDR InfiniBand adapter must be installed in mezzanine slot 1 for FDR mode and may be installed in any mezzanine slot if operated in any other mode. Optional dual-port Fibre Channel mezzanine card(s) for redundant SAN connections.

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Base Standard Capabilities

Product features

Feature
Description
Processor
One of the following depending on model:
E5-4600 v4 Series processors

  • HPE BL660c Gen9 Intel Xeon E5-4610v4 (1.8 GHz/10-core/25MB/105 W)

  • HPE BL660c Gen9 Intel Xeon E5-4620v4 (2.1 GHz/10-core/25MB/105 W)

  • HPE BL660c Gen9 Intel Xeon E5-4640v4 (2.1 GHz/12-core/30MB/105 W)

  • HPE BL660c Gen9 Intel Xeon E5-4650v4 (2.2 GHz/14-core/35MB/105 W)

  • HPE BL660c Gen9 Intel Xeon E5-4660v4 (2.2 Hz/16-core/40MB/120 W)

  • HPE BL660c Gen9 Intel Xeon E5-4669v4 (2.2 GHz/22-core/55MB/135 W)

  • HPE BL660c Gen9 Intel Xeon E5-4667v4 (2.2 GHz/18-core/45MB/135 W)

  • HPE BL660c Gen9 Intel Xeon E5-4627v4 (2.6 GHz/10-core/25MB/135 W)

  • HPE BL660c Gen9 Intel Xeon E5-4655v4 (2.5 GHz/8-core/30MB/135 W)

E5-4600 v3 Series processors

  • HPE BL660c Gen9 Intel Xeon E5-4610v3 (1.7 GHz/10-core/25MB/105 W)

  • HPE BL660c Gen9 Intel Xeon E5-4620v3 (2.0 GHz/10-core/25MB/105 W)

  • HPE BL660c Gen9 Intel Xeon E5-4640v3 (1.7 GHz/12-core/30MB/105 W)

  • HPE BL660c Gen9 Intel Xeon E5-4650v3 (2.1 GHz/12-core/30MB/105 W)

  • HPE BL660c Gen9 Intel Xeon E5-4660v3 (2.1 Hz/14-core/35MB/120 W)

  • HPE BL660c Gen9 Intel Xeon E5-4669v3 (2.1 GHz/18-core/45MB/135 W)

  • HPE BL660c Gen9 Intel Xeon E5-4667v3 (2.0 GHz/16-core/40MB/135 W)

  • HPE BL660c Gen9 Intel Xeon E5-4627v3 (2.6 GHz/10-core/45MB/135 W)

  • HPE BL660c Gen9 Intel Xeon E5-4655v3 (2.9 GHz/6-core/30MB/135 W)

Cache memory
One of the following depending on model:

  • 55MB (1 x 55MB) L3 cache1

  • 45MB (1 x 45MB) L3 cache2

  • 40MB (1 x 40MB) L3 cache3

  • 35MB (1 x 35MB) L3 cache4

  • 30MB (1 x 30MB) L3 cache5

  • 25MB (1 x 25MB) L3 cache6

NOTE:
  1. E5-4669v4 processors
  2. E5-4669v3 and E5-4667v4 processors
  3. E5-4667v3 and E5-4660v4 processors
  4. E5-4660v3 and E5-4650v4 processors
  5. E5-4640v3, E5-4650v3, E5-4655v3, E5-4640v4, and E5-4655v4 processors
  6. E5-4627v3, E5-4610v3, E5-4620v3, E5-4610v4, E5-4620v4, and E5-4627v4 processors
Upgradeability
Upgradeable to four (4) processors
Chipset

  • Intel C610 series chipset

  • Intel E5-4600v3 and v4 processor families

On system management chipset
HPE iLO (Firmware HPE iLO4 2.0), 4GB NAND with 1GB USB user space configurable VIA UEFI and accessible VIA iLO
Memory protection

  • Advanced ECC

  • Memory online spare mode (Rank spare mode)

Memory
Type
HPE SmartMemory DDR4 Load Reduced Dual in-line Memory Module (LRDIMM), or Registered Dual in-line Memory Module (RDIMM)
Standard (Pre-configured models)

  • 128GB (4 x 32GB) DDR4 2133 MT/s RDIMMs at 1.2 V

  • 128GB (8 x 16GB) DDR4 2133 MT/s RDIMMs at 1.2 V

  • 64GB (4 x 16GB) DDR4 2133 MT/s RDIMMs at 1.2 V

  • 128GB (4 x 32GB) DDR4 2400 MT/s LRDIMMs at 1.2 V

  • 64GB (4 x 16GB) DDR4 2400 MT/s RDIMMs at 1.2 V

Maximum (LRDIMM)
4TB (32 x 128GB) up to 2400 MT/s at 1.2 V
Maximum (RDIMM)
1TB (32 x 32GB) up to 2133 MT/s at 1.2 V
512GB (32 x 16GB) up to 2400 MT/s at 1.2 V
Network controller

  • One (1) or two (2) 20Gb 2-port FlexFabric FLB adapter, 10Gb 2-port HPE FlexFabric FLB adapter, or 10Gb 2-port Ethernet FLB adapter1

  • One (1) HPE FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 536FLB FlexibleLOM2

  • One (1) HPE FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 650FLB FlexibleLOM2

Standard iLO network controller: One (1) 10/100 Mb/s port for the HPE iLO 4 to onboard administrator link.
The onboard administrator (With 10/100/1000 Mb/s) to BladeSystem link is 1 Gb/s.
NOTE:

    • Supports FCoE, TCP/IP offload engine, hardware-based accelerated iSCSI, iSCSI boot, and autosensing 10/1 GbE.
    • Each port is autosensing the speed and can interoperate with 1Gb HPE BladeSystem c-Class interconnect components. Both ports will operate at the same speed.
    • FlexFabric capabilities require the use of an HPE Virtual connect FlexFabric or Flex10/10D module.
    • Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) is supported with HPE interconnects.
  2. FlexibleLOMs are not compatible with prior generation c-Class server blades.
Expansion slots
Three (3) I/O expansion mezzanine slots:

  • x16 PCIe 3.0 Type A (Supports type A mezzanine cards) (Expansion slot 1)1

  • x16 PCIe 3.0 Type B (Supports type A and Type B mezzanine cards (Expansion slots 2 and 3)2

Mezzanine card options include:

  • Dual-port 20Gb FlexFabric, dual-port 10Gb FlexFabric, 10 GbE options, and quad-port 1 GbE server adapter mezzanine options for additional network ports.

  • Dual-port 16Gb fibre channel HBA for SAN connectivity

  • QDR and FDR InfiniBand for low latency and high bandwidth server inter connectivity.

  • I/O Accelerator mezzanine options for high transaction rate local storage.

NOTE:
  1. This expansion slot supports dual-port mezzanine cards: one port is routed to interconnect module bay 3 and the other to bay 4.

    • This expansion slot supports dual-port and quad-port mezzanine cards.
    • For dual-port cards, one port is routed to interconnect module bay 5 and the other to bay 6 (Or interconnect module bays 5 and 6 for mezz slot 3).
    • For quad-port cards, one port is routed to interconnect module bay 5, one to bay 6, one to bay 7, and one to bay 8.
    • Four processors must be installed to have access to the second expansion slot (Expansion slot 2).
Server ROM
The HPE ProLiant ROM is used to configure:

  • Processor and chipset status registers

  • System memory, memory map, and memory initialization

  • System hardware configuration (Integrated PCI devices and optional PCIe cards)

  • User-specific BIOS configuration using the HPE ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU)

Server UEFI/Legacy ROM
UEFI Is an industry standard that provides better manageability andmore secured configuration while interacting with users server at boot time. HPE ProLiant Gen9 platform defaults to UEFI and can be factory or field configured for legacy BIOS boot mode.
UEFI Enables numerous new capabilities specific to HPE ProLiant servers

  • Secure boot

  • Operating system specific functionality

  • Support for > 2.2TB (Using GPT) Boot drives

  • USB 3.0 stack

  • Embedded UEFI shell

  • Mass configuration deployment tool using HPE RESTful API

  • PXE Boot support for IPv6 networks

  • Boot support for option cards that only support a UEFI option ROM

NOTE:
  • For UEFI Boot mode, boot environment and OS image installations should be configured properly to support UEFI.
  • HPE UEFI FIO Setting (758959-B22) can be selected to configure the system in Legacy mode in the factory.
Storage controller (All BTO models)
One (1) HPE Smart Array P246br Controller with 1GB Flash Backed Write Cache (FBWC) supporting RAID 0, 1, and 5
NOTE: The HPE Smart Array P246br and the HPE B140i (Chipset SATA). Support four (4) Small Form Factor (SFF) hot plug drive bays.
Maximum internal storage
One of the following depending on model:
Hot Plug SFF SAS
8.0TB
4 x 2.0TB
Hot Plug SFF SATA
8.0TB
4 x 2.0TB
Hot Plug SFF SAS SSD
15.36TB
4 x 3.84TB
Hot Plug SFF SATA SSD
15.36TB
4 x 3.84TB
Hot Plug SFF NVMe SSD
4.0TB
2 x 2.0TB
NOTE:

  • The ProLiant BL660c Gen9 server includes the HPE hot plug SFF SmartDrive carrier for enhanced management and reduced maintenance errors. HPE drives from previous generation servers (Prior to Gen8) are not compatible with the ProLiant BL660c Gen9 drive bays.

  • Maximum of two (2) NVMe drives are supported on the BL660c Gen9. When using these drives, the other two drive bays must remain unused.

Interfaces
Micro SDHC slot
One (1) internal Micro Secure Digital High Capacity (Micro SDHC) card slot
USB 3.0 port
Two (2) internal USB 3.0 connectors for USB flash media drive keys
Industry standard compliance

  • ACPI 2.0

  • Microsoft logo certifications

  • USB 3.0 Support

  • IPMI 2.0

  • Secure digital 2.0

  • Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2 Support

  • Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)

  • IEEE (Specific IEEE standards depending on Ethernet adapter card(s) installed)

  • Triple Data Encryption Standard (3DES)

  • Microsoft logo certifications

  • SNMP

  • SSL 2.0

  • PCIe 3.0

  • Active directory v1.0

  • ASHRAE A3

  • DMTF Systems Management Architecture for Server Hardware Command Line Protocol (SMASH CLP)

  • FIPS 140-2 Level-2 certification pending

Enclosures
Hewlett Packard Enterprise offers two different c-Class server blade enclosures to meet users individual needs:

  • The HPE BladeSystem c7000 rack enclosure is 10U high and holds up to eight (8) ProLiant BL660c Gen9 servers plugged vertically.

  • The HPE BladeSystem c3000 rack enclosure is 6U high and holds up to four (4) HPE ProLiant BL660c Gen9 servers plugged horizontally.

Server blades, interconnect modules, power supplies, fans and redundant onboard administrator modules are all designed to fit into the c3000 and c7000 enclosures.
Graphics
Integrated Matrox G200eh video controller

  • 1600 x 1200 (32 b/p)

  • 1920 x 1200 (16 b/p)

HPE iLO Management on system management memory

  • 16MB Flash vdeo memory

  • 256MB DDR3 With ECC (112MB After ECC and video)

Form factor
HPE ProLiant BL660c Gen9 is a full-height server blade that plugs into the HPE BladeSystem c3000 and c7000 enclosures
Embedded management

  • HPE iLO

  • UEFI

  • HPE RESTful API

  • Intelligent provisioning

Server utilities

  • HPE Smart update

  • HPE OneView standard

  • HPE Systems Insight Manager (HPE SIM)

  • Scripting tool kit and windows PowerShell

  • HPE RESTful interface tool

  • HPE iLO mobile application

  • HPE Insight online

Security

  • Power-on password

  • Administrator's password

  • Keyboard password (QuickLock)

  • HPE iLO Management on system management chipset with:

    • SSL Encryption

    • Secure Shell version 2

    • AES and 3DES on browser, CLP and XML scripting interface

    • AES and RC4 Encryption of video

  • External USB port enable/disable

  • Network server mode

  • Serial interface control

  • TPM 1.2 option

  • AES

  • Intel Advanced Encryption Standard-New Instructions (AES-NI)

  • FIPS 140-2 Level-2 certification pending

Fibre channel support
Up to three (3) optional fibre channel mezzanine HBAs are supported on the HPE ProLiant BL660c Gen9
Compatible SAN

  • HPE ProLiant BL660c Gen9 server blades are optimized for HPE MSA, EVA, 3PAR and XP

  • HPE ProLiant BL660c Gen9 server blades are compatible with select 3rd party SANs

Server management

  • HPE Insight Control

  • HPE OneView Advanced

  • HPE Matrix Operating Environment

  • HPE Insight Cluster Management Utility (CMU)

High performance clusters

  • HPE Cluster platforms

  • HPE HPC Interconnects

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Specs 1

Software overview

Feature
Description
Operating systems and virtualization software support for ProLiant servers

  • Microsoft Windows Server

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)

  • VMware

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Physical specifications

Specification
Description
Dimensions (H x W x D)
With bezel:
366.27 x 56.54 x 516.67 mm (14.42 x 2.23 x 20.34 in)
Weight (Approximate)

  • Maximum (4 Processors, 2 FlexibleLOMs, 32 DIMMs, 4 hard drives, 3 mezzanine cards, and 1 flash cache batteries installed):

    6.33 kg (14.00 lb)

  • Minimum (2 Processors, 1 FlexibleLOM, and 2 DIMMs installed):

    4.75 kg (10.50 lb)

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Environmental specifications

Specification
Description
System inlet temperature
Operating:
10° to 35°C (50° to 95°F)
At sea level with an altitude derating of 1.0°C per every 305 m (1.8°F per every 1,000 ft) above sea level to a maximum of 3,050 m (10,000 ft), no direct sustained sunlight
Maximum rate of change is 10°C/hr (18°F/hr). The upper limit may be limited by the type and number of options installed
System performance may be reduced if operating with a fan fault or above 30°C (86°F).
Non-operating:
-30° to 60°C (-22° to 140°F) Maximum rate of change is 20°C/hr (36°F/hr)
Relative Humidity (Non-Condensing)
Operating: 10 to 90% Relative humidity (Rh), 28°C (82.4°F) maximum wet bulb temperature
Non-operating: 5 to 95% Relative humidity (Rh), 38.7°C (101.7°F) maximum wet bulb temperature
Extended ambient operating support
For Approved hardware configurations, the supported system inlet range is extended to be:
5° to 10°C (41° to 50°F) and 35° to 40°C (95° to 104°F)
At sea level with an altitude derating of 1.0°C per every 175 m (1.8°F per every 574 ft) above 900 m (2953 ft) to a maximum of 3050 m (10,000 ft)
Altitude
Operating: 3,050 m (10,000 ft)
This value may be limited by the type and number of options installed. Maximum allowable altitude change rate is 457 m/min (1,500 ft/min)
Non-operating: 9,144 m (30,000 ft)
Maximum allowable altitude change rate is 457 m/min (1,500 ft/min)

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