Expansion Slots

Two (2) I/O expansion mezzanine slots:

x16 PCIe 3.0 Type A (supports Type A mezzanine cards) (expansion slot 1).

NOTE: 

This expansion slot supports dual-port mezzanine cards: one port is routed to

interconnect module bay 3 and the other to bay 4.

x16 PCIe 3.0 Type B (supports Type A and Type B mezzanine cards (expansion slot 2).

NOTE: 

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. 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.

NOTE: 

A second processor must be installed (in processor slot 2) to have access to the

second expansion slot (expansion slot 2).

Mezzanine card options include:

Dual-port 20Gb FlexFabric, Dual-port 10Gb FlexFabric, 10GbE options, and quad-port 1Gb
Ethernet 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 interconnectivity.
I/O accelerator mezzanine options for high transaction rate local storage

HP Server ROM

HP ROM (read only memory) is now digitally signed using HP's Corporate Signing Service. This
signature is verified before the flash process starts, reducing accidental programming and
preventing malicious efforts to corrupt system ROM.

HP ROM provides for essential initialization and validation of hardware components before
control is passed to the customer-installed operating system. The ROM also provides the
capability of booting from various fixed media (HDD, CD-ROM) and removable media (USB), to
continue operation to the operating system.

HP ROM performs very early configuration of the video controller, to allow monitoring of
initialization progress via an attached monitor. If configuration or hardware errors are discovered
during this early phase of hardware initialization, suitable messages are now displayed on the
connected monitor. Additionally, these configuration or hardware errors are logged to the
Integrated Management Log (IML) to assist in diagnosis.

HP's ProLiant ROM is used to configure the following:

Processor and chipset status registers
System memory, memory map, and memory initialization
System hardware configuration (integrated PCI devices and optional PCIe cards).
Customer-specific BIOS configuration using the HP ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).

NOTE: 

For further information, please refer to HP's RBSU (ROM based setup utility) user guide:

www.hp.com/support/rbsu

QuickSpecs

HP ProLiant BL460c Generation 9 (Gen9) Server

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