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Figure 1: c-Class HP BladeSystem Enclosure Family
Both enclosures share common:
• Half-height /full-height server blades
• Interconnect modules
• Mezzanine Host Bus Adapter (HBA) cards
• Storage blades
• Power Supplies (hot swappable and redundant)
• Fans (hot-swappable and redundant)
A comparison between the c3000 and c7000 enclosures is shown in Table 1.
Table 1: HP BladeSystem c-Class Enclosure Comparison
c3000 enclosure and tower enclosure c7000 enclosure
6U Height (rack) or tower 10U height
Horizontal blade orientation
Vertical blade orientation for tower
Vertical blade orientation
8 HH (half-height) Blades,
4 FH (full-height) Blades,6HH/1FH
16 HH (half-height) Blades,
8 FH (full-height) Blades
4 Interconnect bays 8 Interconnect bays
6 Power Supplies @ up to 1200W each 6 Power Supplies @ up to 2250W each
6 Active Cool Fans 10 Active Cool Fans
HP BladeSystem c3000 enclosure
HP BladeSystem c3000 Tower
HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosure