OCP Global Summit 2025: HPE’s Next-Gen AI Solutions and Quantum-Resistant Security

By Scott Shaffer, VP and chief technologist of compute, HPE

Summary:

• Security updates to HPE iLO 7 introduce new quantum computing-resistant features, self-encrypting drives, and component authentication 
• New HPE solutions for NVIDIA Kyber will be available time-to-market along with support for NVIDIA Spectrum-XGS Ethernet scale-across technology
• Open-source standards and modular server designs enhance interoperability, scalability and security to meet dynamic business needs  

As AI continues to shape the way businesses are evolving at an unprecedented pace, it is all the more critical that HPE (Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP) remains steadfast in our commitment to innovation, security, and open standards for our customers.

At this year’s OCP Global Summit in San Jose, CA, hosted by Open Compute Project, the company bringing that commitment with new features and support for the latest NVIDIA AI infrastructure and networking updates.

Embracing modularity and open-source hardware standards

Modularity has become a cornerstone of modern server architecture, enabling interoperability, scalability, and security while reducing operational costs. Earlier this year, HPE introduced 6 ProLiant Compute Gen12 servers with modular designs that are fully compliant with the Open Compute Project standards, in line with commitment to open-source collaboration across our portfolio. The modular design of these ProLiant Compute Gen12 servers enables flexibility, giving enterprise customers and service providers the ability to exercise greater control by fine-tuning infrastructure to fit dynamic business needs.

The modular design of these ProLiant Compute Gen12 servers enables flexibility, giving enterprise customers and service providers the ability to exercise greater control by fine-tuning infrastructure to fit dynamic business needs.

ProLiant Compute DL580 Gen12

This portfolio includes mainstream servers like the ProLiant Compute DL320, DL325, DL340, and DL345 Gen12. Furthermore, the ProLiant Compute DL380a Gen12 offers GPU acceleration for AI workloads, and the ProLiant Compute DL580 Gen12 offers scale-up capabilities for larger workloads and applications.

HPE iLO 7: Leap forward in server security

Cybersecurity Awareness Month serves as a reminder of the importance of securing our digital infrastructure, and Integrated Lights Out (iLO 7), first introduced in February, is further bolstering its capabilities with new features. iLO 7 is enabled by the integrated secure enclave, an HPE innovation which uses a dedicated security processor and secure storage to safeguard ProLiant Compute servers at every phase of its lifecycle. The capabilities initially introduced in iLO 7 allowed ProLiant Compute Gen12 to be the 1st and only servers to meet NIST’s quantum computing resistant security requirements.

Available, iLO 7 now supports stronger and longer encryptions keys, up to 4096-bit RSA keys, for post-quantum cryptography. Additionally, while the latest ProLiant Compute servers adopt modular hardware architecture, HPE iLO 7 has also become a detachable data center modular hardware system (DC-MHS) module. Modularity comes with many benefits; however, a standardization of parts can also give rise to supply chain risks with counterfeit parts. This version of iLO ensures that modules are authentic HPE-produced parts, ensuring system fidelity. Additionally, if a customer experiences an issue with a component, like a host processor module (HPM), the customer’s settings will still be preserved when the component is replaced.

HPE iLO also supports local key management server integrations through its secure enclave capabilities and by the 1st half of 2026 both iLO 6 and iLO 7 will add support of Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP), aligning with the latest remote key security standards. With these features, HPE is further bolstering server management security with unique capabilities only available from the company.

AI leadership: Top MLPerf benchmarks and NVIDIA AI Computing by HPE
The ProLiant Compute Gen12 servers aren’t just modular and secure – they are powerful. ProLiant Compute and HPE Cray servers achieved 14 No.1 rankings in the MLPerf Inference v5.1 benchmarks, showcasing industry-wide prowess in various AI workloads. This achievement is made possible by HPE’s ongoing collaboration with NVIDIA Corp. to deliver innovation across the firm’s NVIDIA AI Computing by HPE portfolio.

HPE is also announcing new solutions based on the NVIDIA Kyber architecture announcement and will support the upcoming NVIDIA Spectrum-XGS Ethernet scale-across technology as part of the Spectrum-X Ethernet Platform. These next-gen AI factory solutions will help customers optimize data flows and reduce latency. Support for NVIDIA Spectrum-XGS Ethernet and an HPE solution based on NVIDIA Kyber will be available time-to-market.  

Cybersecurity Awareness Month: A time to reflect and act
As the company observe Cybersecurity Awareness Month, it’s important to recognize the role innovation plays in securing our digital future. HPE’s advancements in hardware and security are not just technical achievements, they are a commitment to customers who require trust and resilience throughout their infrastructure.

At OCP Summit, HPE booth A42 showcasing latest AI solutions and modular computing designs that are shaping the future of business while keeping security front-and-center.