User's Manual

5 Optional components
If your server blade has no additional components to install, go to “Installing and powering on the
server blade” (page 14).
Partner blades
The following partner blades are supported:
• Ultrium 448c Tape Blade
• SB920c Tape Blade
• SB1760c Tape Blade
• SB3000c Tape Blade
• SB40c Storage Blade
• D2200sb Storage Blade
IMPORTANT: In c7000 enclosures, partner blades are supported with BL860c i2 servers and
BL870c i2 servers with BL2E blade links.
In c3000 enclosures, partner blades are supported with BL860c i2 servers.
Partner blades are not supported with BL890c i2 servers.
Partner blade slotting rules are dependent on the conjoined blade configuration. For more
information on partner bay blade locations, see “Installing the Blade Link for BL860c i4, BL870c
i4 or BL890c i4 configurations” (page 21).
NOTE: SAS tape boot is now supported with tape blades on HP Integrity BL860c i4, BL870 i4,
and BL980 i4 server blades.
NOTE: PCIe Gen-1 (driven from the ICH10 on the monarch blade’s ICH mezzanine card) provides
the interface to the partner blades. A separate mezzanine pass-thru card is not required.
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