HP XC System Software Hardware Preparation Guide Version 3.2

Table 1-2 Supported HP ProLiant Server Blade Models
Mezzanine
Slots
Hot Plug
DrivesBuilt-In NICs
Core
Height
HP Proliant
Blade Model NumberProcessor
222up to two quad core or
up to two dual core
Intel XeonhalfBL460c
222up to two single core or
up to two dual core
AMD OpteronhalfBL465c
344up to two quad core or
up to two dual core
Intel XeonfullBL480c
324up to four dual coreAMD OpteronfullBL685c
324up to two quad core or
dual core
Intel Itanium®fullBL860c
1.1.3 Supported Server Blade Combinations
The HP XC System Software supports the following server blade hardware configurations:
• A hardware configuration composed entirely of HP server blades, that is, the head node,
the service nodes, and all compute nodes are server blades.
• A hardware configuration can contain a mixture of Opteron, Xeon, and Itanium server blades
• A mixed hardware configuration of HP server blades and non-blade servers where:
— The head node can be either a server blade or a non-blade server
— Service nodes can be either server blades or non-blade servers
— All compute nodes are server blades
1.2 Server Blade Enclosure Components
HP server blades are contained in an enclosure which is managed by an Onboard Administrator.
This section discusses the following topics:
• “HP Server Blade c7000 Enclosure” (page 21)
• “HP BladeSystem c-Class Onboard Administrator ” (page 22)
• “Insight Display” (page 22)
For more information about enclosures and their related components, see the HP Server Blade
c7000 Enclosure Setup and Installation Guide.
1.2.1 HP Server Blade c7000 Enclosure
The HP Server Blade c7000 Enclosure is the enclosure model supported for use in an HP XC
hardware configuration. An enclosure is a chassis that houses and connects blade hardware
components. It can house a maximum of 16 half-height or 8 full-height server blades and contains
a maximum of 6 power supplies and 10 fans.
The following are general guidelines for configuring enclosures:
• Up to four enclosures can be mounted in a 42U rack.
• If an enclosure is not fully populated with fans and power supplies, see the positioning
guidelines in the HP Server Blade c7000 Enclosure documentation.
• Enclosures are cabled together using their uplink and downlink ports.
• The top uplink port in each rack is used as a service port to attach a laptop or other device
for initial configuration or subsequent debugging .
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