By Justin Christiansen, HPE Global Sales Director, Intel
As the digital environment rapidly evolves, organizations are increasingly seeking solutions that offer flexibility, enhanced performance, and cost-effectiveness. Intel and HPE are collaborating to push the boundaries of performance and scalability with HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software providing virtualization for the HPE ProLiant Gen12 servers powered by Intel® Xeon® 6 processors. This strategic collaboration marks a significant advancement in virtualization, delivering superior performance and workload optimization for today’s dynamic IT demands.
Enabling Virtualization through HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software
HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software is engineered to simplify hybrid IT deployments by reducing operational costs and mitigating vendor lock-in. Designed as an open virtualization platform, it is ideally suited to the HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 servers, which are purpose-built for enhanced security, AI-driven automation, and improved performance. By leveraging the capabilities of Intel Xeon 6 processors, we enable our customers to benefit from optimized configurations and measurable performance enhancements.
This solution provides the adaptability required by enterprises operating within increasingly complex hybrid IT environments. With seamless integration into existing infrastructures, VM Essentials facilitates modernization without necessitating disruptive overhauls, empowering IT teams to retain control while improving efficiency.
A Unified Commitment to Innovation
The Intel and HPE collaboration is grounded in a shared vision to empower enterprises through technology that drives innovation and operational excellence. The integration of Intel’s advanced Xeon 6 processor technology into the HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 platform exemplifies this vision. By combining Intel’s leadership in processor innovation with HPE’s strengths in server architecture, we deliver solutions that offer improved performance per watt, enhanced virtualization experiences, and scalable deployment options.
This strategic partnership is built on a foundation of trust, collaboration, and a mutual commitment to customer success. Together, HPE and Intel bring complementary capabilities that result in powerful, reliable, and future-ready IT solutions.
Performance and Optimization: Delivering a Competitive Edge
The HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 servers, powered by Intel Xeon 6 processors, are designed to efficiently manage high-performance workloads, such as Microsoft SQL Server and AI applications, which are highly relevant for businesses. Intel performed a series of tests, using HPE ProLiant Compute DL380 Gen12 servers configured with two 32-core Xeon 6 6730P processors, 16x 128 GB DDR5 memory, and 2x 100GB high-speed network interface cards (NICs), enabling them to process demanding computing tasks with exceptional efficiency.
Preliminary performance benchmarks demonstrate significant gains, underscoring the Gen12 platform’s capacity for workload consolidation, energy efficiency, and optimized total cost of ownership (TCO). Testing of a database workload (Microsoft SQL Server) achieved ~96% of bare metal performance in a virtualized environment, delivering near native speed with the flexibility of virtualization. For AI workloads, VM Essentials and the Intel Xeon 6 processors demonstrated exceptional scalability, supporting up to 192 simultaneous prompts on a dual socket configuration. Notably, the Intel Xeon 6 processors deliver superior performance across a broad range of workloads, making them ideally suited for real-time analytics and data-intensive applications.
Experience the Future of Virtualization at HPE Discover 2025 Las Vegas
Intel is excited to welcome you to our booth (#2000) at HPE Discover, where we will present a demonstration of HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software on the HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 platform in the Intel booth, just across from the HPE Private Cloud and Virtualization area and VM Essentials demo (Demo #515). Attendees will have the opportunity to witness firsthand the transformative potential of this solution and explore its application in modern IT environments.
The demo will showcase real-world scenarios that illustrate the value VM Essentials brings to hybrid infrastructures. Experts from Intel and HPE will be available to provide insights, answer questions, and discuss how your organization can harness virtualization to accelerate innovation and growth.
Conclusion
The launch of HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 servers, powered by Intel Xeon 6 processors, combined with HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software, represents a new chapter in the evolution of virtualization. This solution reflects the combined expertise of HPE and Intel and is designed to meet—and exceed—the performance and scalability needs of modern enterprises.
As we continue to advance the frontiers of virtualization, Intel and HPE remain committed to providing solutions that drive measurable business outcomes. Our strong collaboration is a testament to our ongoing pursuit of excellence and our continued focus on delivering value to our customers.
We look forward to engaging with you at HPE Discover and sharing the innovations that are shaping the future of virtualization.
Contributing Authors: Manav Bhalla (Intel), Greg Kaine (Intel), Andy Bryant (HPE)
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