Enclosure Blade Zones - HP Xw460c - ProLiant - Blade Workstation Overview

Figure A-2. Numbering of half-height server bays in the HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure

Enclosure blade zones

The c7000 enclosure is divided into four zones by vertical support metalwork. These are not the same
as the cooling zones referred to above. Within each zone a removable divider is used to support
half-height devices. To install a full-height server blade in any zone, this divider must be removed.
Storage blades and tape blades can be installed in the same zone as either full-height or half-height
server blades. Each SB40c or tape blade comes with a bracket that allows a half-height blade to be
mounted on top of the storage blade.
Figure A-3. Mixed configuration – full-height and half-height population rules
A half-height SB40c storage blade must be installed within the same zone as its partner server blade.
If the SB40c is partnered with a full-height server blade, the SB40c must be installed in the bottom
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