1) Enclosure
- C7000 - can support upto 16 Half High Blade or 8 Full High or combination.
- C3000 - can support upto 8 Haf High or 4 Full High. or combination.
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| Specification for HP Blade c-Class Enclosure |
* notes : this blog article pay more attention to C7000 enclusure.
2) Interconnect
- Ethernet Swith,SAN switches and Pass-Thrus -> http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/blades/components/c-class-interconnects.html
- Adapters and mezzanines -> http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/blades/components/c-class-adapters.html
- Virtual Connect -> http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/blades/components/vc-interconnects.html
3) Server Blades
The naming convention for the Server Blade
BL ###c G#
The first # refer to the series or family
The second # refer to the type within the series
The third # is either 0 for intel cpu or 5 for AMD cpu
The G# refer to the generation.
Server Blade can be full high or half high. It define the space it take up for the enclosure.
- Proliant BL200c Server Blades -> http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF04a/3709945-3709945-3328410-241641-3722790.html
- Proliant BL400c Server Blades -> http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF04a/3709945-3709945-3328410-241641-3328419.html
- Proliant BL600c Server Blades -> http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF04a/3709945-3709945-3328410-241641-3722793.html
BL ###c G#
The first # refer to the series or family
The second # refer to the type within the series
The third # is either 0 for intel cpu or 5 for AMD cpu
The G# refer to the generation.
Server Blade can be full high or half high. It define the space it take up for the enclosure.
4) Integrity Blades
Flexible mission-critical server blades are now combined with the efficiency of HP BladeSystem to accelerate IT effectiveness. The ability to mix and match HP Integrity, HP ProLiant, and HP StorageWorks blades within the same BladeSystem c-Class enclosure provides flexibility to grow as your business demands change.
These new Integrity blades—the BL860c i2, BL870c i2, and BL890c i2—offer 2.5x the compute density compared to traditional rackmount servers. All feature HP’s unique Blade Link technology, which combines multiple blades to create 2-, 4-, and 8-socket systems. Plus, HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 offers increased network scalability and configuration flexibility with up to 20 times more networking bandwidth.
5) Storage Blades
HP Storage offers storage solutions designed to fit inside the BladeSystem enclosure, as well as external expansion to virtually unlimited storage capacity.
http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/bladesystem/index.html
HP Storage offers storage solutions designed to fit inside the BladeSystem enclosure, as well as external expansion to virtually unlimited storage capacity.
http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/bladesystem/index.html
6) Expansion
The HP BladeSystem PCI Expansion Blade provides PCI card expansion slots to an adjacent c-Class blade server. This blade expansion unit uses the c-Class midplane to pass standard PCI signals between adjacent enclosure bays, to allow a c-Class blade server to add off-the-shelf PCI-X or PCI-e cards. Customers would need one PCI Expansion Blade for each c-Class server blade needing PCI card expansion. Any PCI card from third-party manufacturers that works in HP ProLiant ML and HP ProLiant DL servers should work in this PCI Expansion Blade. HP does not offer any warranty or support for third-party PCI manufactured products. HP does joint market with selected PCI manufactures via the HP BladeSystem Solutions Builder Program.
http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/blades/expansion/index.html
