Telcos get both performance and openness for their 5G radio access network infrastructure

[ComputeExperts]

Hewlett Packard Enterprise announces commercial availability of the HPE ProLiant DL110 Gen11 server featuring 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors with Intel vRAN Boost, delivering improved performance and reduced power requirements. 

Fifth-generation (5G) mobile networks offer higher bandwidth, lower latency, and greater capacity than 4G predecessors — and these advances promise to enable new services that will change the way people live and work.

With the radio access network (RAN) representing the most TCO-intensive component of a 5G network, telcos must balance the prospect of new service revenues against the challenge of keeping RAN costs under control. For this reason, mobile network operators have applied the principles of virtualization to the RAN (vRAN) to help them achieve more flexibility with better economics and multi-vendor openness.

With infrastructure virtualization extended to the RAN, network operators can migrate away from specialized monolithic appliances and software, and instead, deploy industry standard compute servers and virtualized radio access network software.  This approach provides telcos with the agility needed to rapidly introduce innovative new services, and the ability to scale capacity more easily for TCO optimization.

Move to 5G vRAN with confidence

Customized for performance-sensitive edge applications requiring high bandwidth and low latency, the HPE ProLiant DL110 Gen11 server provides telco operators with an open, standards-compliant infrastructure platform that is ideal for meeting the performance demands of 5G baseband software; namely, virtualized distributed unit (vDU) and virtualized centralized unit (vCU) network functions. 

As an evolution of the HPE ProLiant DL110 Gen10 Plus Telco server, the new Gen11 server introduces dense I/O capabilities, PCIe Gen5 speeds, and powerful compute driven by 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors with Intel vRAN Boost.

To meet the unique demands of space-constrained RAN environments, the HPE ProLiant DL110 Gen11 provides a reduced footprint with a compact, short depth, 1U/1P front accessible chassis ruggedized for harsh environments — with post-launch NEBS Level 3 certification underway.

Delivering the trusted HPE ProLiant experience with embedded HPE Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) management and security via HPE Silicon Root of Trust, the HPE ProLiant DL110 Gen11 is ready to meet the needs of Communications Service Providers deploying 5G vRAN.

Architected for high performance and low TCO

The HPE ProLiant DL110 Gen11 server is characterized by powerful acceleration and compute capabilities driven by 4th Gen Intel Xeon® Scalable processors with Intel vRAN Boost, helping telcos to deploy vRAN services that are competitive with traditional RANs in terms of performance and TCO efficiency.

First launched during the Mobile World Congress in 2023, 4^th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors are designed for powering high-performance, power-efficient vRAN:  4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors with Intel vRAN Boost feature fully integrated vRAN acceleration and deliver up to twice the capacity with an additional 20% compute power savings versus the previous generation[1]. This integrated acceleration eliminates the need for an external accelerator card, which helps reduce system complexity and optimize power efficiency. 

HPE ProLiant DL110 Gen11 paves the way for 5G vRAN deployment

• Performance optimized to meet the demands of vRAN workloads
• Open, standards-based architecture supports multi-vendor software-based RAN solutions
• Front cabled configuration-to-order for ease of manageability
• Dense I/O for fronthaul networking and acceleration
• Reduced footprint with a short depth 1U form factor for ease of integration into space-constrained environments
• Consistency from core to edge with the same ProLiant security and manageability experience
• Support for high-powered vRAN accelerators to deliver high density within 1U platform
• Compute capabilities powered by 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors with Intel vRAN Boost

As telcos migrate to 5G vRAN, they need a platform — and a partner — that they can trust at every step of the process from initial strategy through to rollout and beyond.  HPE’s new ProLiant DL110 Gen11 helps telcos meet this need with an open, standards-compliant infrastructure that provides optimized performance, lower TCO, and a very compelling competitive advantage in this 5G era. 

Learn more about the new HPE ProLiant DL110 Gen11 here

• Virtual RAN and the Future of High Performing Telecom Networks video
• Intel-HPE Verified Reference Configuration for vRAN on the HPE ProLiant DL110 Gen 11 white paper
• HPE ProLiant DL110 Gen11 specifications

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Meet Jim McLaughlin, HPE Telco Marketing  

As a marketing leader for HPE’s telco industry product portfolio, Jim focuses on driving go-to-market strategy for 5G cloud platforms, multi-access edge computing, and open virtualized RAN solutions.

[1] For workloads and configurations visit www.Intel.com/PerformanceIndex. Results may vary.