768612-B21 HPE XL2X0 Gen9 Xeon E5-2667 v3 8-Core Processor Kit

This eight-core Xeon E5-2667 v3 processor kit for the XL2X0 Gen9 node family runs at a 3.2 GHz base clock and can boost to 3.6 GHz. Each of its eight cores handles two threads, giving sixteen in total, and the 20 MB of shared L3 cache sits alongside a 135 W power rating. Intel introduced it in the third quarter of 2014 for systems with up to two processors.

The processor talks to memory over four DDR4 channels and accepts speeds of 1600, 1866 and 2133 MHz, while two QPI links run at 9.6 GT/s. In the XL230a Gen9 server node, which sits in the Apollo a6000 chassis, it is one of the v3 options rated for 2133 MHz memory.

A node holds two processors and both must be the same model, and its 16 DIMM slots are split four channels per processor with two DIMMs per channel. The spare processor number is 762457-001, and the heat sink spare for the Gen9 node is 779142-001.