Does the Synergy 480 Gen12 work outside a Synergy 12000 Frame?
No. It is a half-height compute module that installs only in an HPE Synergy 12000 Frame, which holds up to twelve of them. The frame carries the system fans (High Capacity Fan Kits are required), the interconnect modules the mezzanine ports connect to and Composer2/OneView management, and HPE refers the module’s power specifications to the frame’s QuickSpecs.
What is the maximum memory of the Synergy 480 Gen12?
8.0 TB — 32 × 256 GB 3DS RDIMMs, 4 TB per processor, at 5200 MT/s with two DIMMs per channel. HPE does not allow the 256 GB module with the 4SFF or 8EDSFF cages, so read as written a module with drives tops out at 32 × 128 GB, or 4 TB.
Which processors does the Synergy 480 Gen12 support?
One or two Intel Xeon 6 P-core processors of the same model, chosen from 16 SKUs: seven 6500P and nine 6700P parts with 8 to 86 cores and 150 W to 350 W. Each order also needs HPE’s Synergy heat sink kits — front for one processor, front and rear for two.
How many drives does the Synergy 480 Gen12 hold?
Up to eight E3.S NVMe SSDs in an 8EDSFF cage or four SFF drives in a 4SFF cage — one cage per module, or a drive-less front. The NS204i-d v2 can add two mirrored M.2 NVMe boot SSDs beneath any of them.
Does the Synergy 480 Gen12 support GPUs?
HPE’s QuickSpecs lists no GPU or accelerator for this module. Its expansion is the three mezzanine connectors, which take Ethernet and Fibre Channel adapters and, in Mezzanine 2, the MR416i-o RAID controller.
What networking does the Synergy 480 Gen12 have?
Three x16 PCIe 5.0 mezzanine connectors, at least one of which must carry a network adapter. HPE lists the Synergy 6310C 25/50Gb Ethernet adapter plus 32Gb (5331C) and 64Gb (7330C) Fibre Channel HBAs, and each connector sends a dual-port card’s ports to two of the frame’s six interconnect bays.
Which power supplies does the Synergy 480 Gen12 use?
None of its own. HPE’s module QuickSpecs gives no wattage, input or BTU figures; it sends readers to the HPE Synergy Frame QuickSpecs for power specifications and to HPE Power Advisor for typical consumption.
How big and heavy is the Synergy 480 Gen12?
It measures 6.35 × 21.4 × 60.0 cm (H × W × D) with the bezel. HPE gives 8.16 kg fully loaded — two processors, 32 DIMMs, drives, mezzanine cards and a flash-cache battery — and 6.57 kg with one processor and one DIMM.
Can the Synergy 480 Gen12 run with one processor?
Yes, but a one-processor module can use only half the DIMM slots and has no Mezzanine 2, which depends on the second socket. That also rules out the MR416i-o and the OCP Connect drive cages, both of which require two processors; the Direct Connect cages are wired to processor 1.
Is the HPE Synergy 480 Gen12 end of life?
Not according to its QuickSpecs: version 13, dated 8 September 2026, still offers the configure-to-order module (P68217-B21) and names no end-of-sale or end-of-support date. New modules carry HPE’s three-year parts, labour and on-site cover; look up any later HPE notice in our server end-of-life checker.
