The combination of HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 and HPE Morpheus Software VM essentials is designed to help you rethink the economics of your virtualized environment while improving operational efficiency.

Key cost and efficiency benefits include:

• Up to 90% savings on virtualization licensing
  HPE Morpheus Software VM essentials uses a socket-based licensing model and can manage existing VMware clusters without additional VMware licensing fees. Compared to traditional core-based VMware models, this can reduce virtualization costs by up to 90%, freeing budget for other initiatives.
• Up to 65% power savings and better performance per watt
  HPE ProLiant Gen12 servers deliver up to 41% better performance per watt versus Gen10 systems and support 7:1 server consolidation. This can translate into up to 65% power savings, lower data center footprint, and reduced operating costs.
• Server consolidation and lower TCO
  With higher-density, AI-optimized platforms and direct liquid cooling options, Gen12 lets you do more with fewer servers. That helps lower total cost of ownership (TCO) while supporting demanding AI, data, VDI, and virtualization workloads.
• Operational efficiency through automation
  HPE Compute Ops Management adds predictive AI insights, including the ability to forecast energy costs and carbon emissions, and provides a global, map-based view of server health. This helps reduce downtime, streamline operations, and improve resource planning.

Together, these capabilities help you reshape your infrastructure strategy: you can consolidate hardware, cut licensing and power costs, and simplify day-to-day management without sacrificing performance.

HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 is built with a zero trust mindset and introduces several security capabilities aimed at regulated and mission-critical environments, while HPE Morpheus Software VM essentials supports secure operations across hypervisors.

Key security and compliance-related features include:

• Silicon root of trust with HPE iLO 7
  Firmware is validated from the silicon up, helping protect against firmware tampering and supply chain attacks. This supports a secure lifecycle from manufacturing through decommissioning.
• Secure enclave for key protection
  A hardware-based secure enclave acts as a vault for encryption keys, improving tamper resistance and reducing exposure associated with external key storage.
• Advanced cryptographic standards
  Gen12 servers are the first industry-standard servers designed to meet FIPS 140-3 Level 3 and CNSA 2.0 requirements, helping you prepare for quantum-resistant cryptography and align with stringent compliance mandates.
• Secure, policy-driven virtualization management
  HPE Morpheus Software VM essentials provides enterprise-grade cluster features such as secure hardening, integrated data protection, high availability, and live migration. This helps you enforce consistent security policies across both VMware ESXi and HVM (KVM-based) environments.
• Support from HPE Services
  HPE Services offers security, risk, and compliance services to assess your current posture and plan improvements, along with lifecycle management and product support to keep systems patched and aligned with best practices.

For organizations in regulated sectors or those running mission-critical workloads, this combination helps reduce risk exposure, protect sensitive data, and support compliance initiatives while you modernize your infrastructure.

HPE Morpheus Software VM essentials is designed to help you reimagine your virtualization strategy by giving you unified control across VMware and HVM (KVM-based) environments, while letting you move at your own pace.

Here’s how it addresses VMware lock-in and flexibility:

• Unified management across hypervisors
  Manage both VMware ESXi and HVM (KVM-based) clusters from a single, intuitive interface. IT teams can provision, monitor, and migrate workloads without juggling multiple tools.
• No extra licensing to manage existing VMware clusters
  You can manage your current VMware environment with HPE Morpheus Software VM essentials without additional VMware licensing fees, providing a unified VM vending experience while you plan your next steps.
• Socket-based pricing and up to 90% cost savings
  A transparent per-CPU socket licensing model avoids the overhead of core-based pricing. Compared to traditional VMware core-based models, this can reduce virtualization costs by up to 90%.
• Flexible migration at your own pace
  Built-in bulk migration capabilities streamline moving VMs from VMware to HPE virtual machine (HVM) clusters. You can replatform workloads gradually, minimizing disruption and aligning with business priorities.
• Enterprise-grade features across platforms
  You get high availability, live migration, distributed workload placement, integrated data protection, secure hardening, and external storage support across your clusters, so you don’t have to compromise on capabilities when you diversify beyond VMware.
• Cloud-ready and extensible
  HPE Morpheus Software VM essentials integrates with HPE Private Cloud Business Edition and HPE Private Cloud Enterprise, and can be upgraded to the full HPE Morpheus platform for Kubernetes, public cloud workload orchestration, and advanced automation—without rearchitecting your infrastructure.

This approach lets you reduce dependency on a single vendor, control costs, and evolve toward a hybrid or cloud-native model, while continuing to support your existing VMware investments.