Overview; Server Blade Overview; Server Blade Dimensions; Server Blade Components - HP Integrity BL870c User's & Service Manual

1 Overview

The HP Integrity BL870c server blade is a dense, low-cost, c-Class enclosure-based Intel Itanium
Dual-Core processor server blade. The BL870c server blade is a full-height, double-width server
blade that holds up to four processors and includes 24 DIMM slots. The BL870c server blade
supports the HP-UX, HP OpenVMS, Linux, and Windows operating systems. The BL870c server
blade is designed for commercial server blade customers deploying c-Class blade enclosures.
NOTE: This documentation is based on the assumption that the c-Class server blade enclosure
is powered on and running properly, and that the Onboard Administrator Integrated Lights Out
(OA iLO 2) management processor is operational.

Server Blade Overview

The server blade supports up to four Intel Itanium (267 MHz front side bus [FSB]) dual-core
processors. The server blade supports up to 24 4-GB DIMMs for a total of 96 GB of memory, up
to four hot-pluggable serial-attached SCSI (SAS) disk drives, and up to three mezzanine I/O cards.

Server Blade Dimensions

Table 3 shows the dimensions and values of the server blade.
Table 3 Server Dimensions
Dimensions
Height
Width
Depth
Weight

Server Blade Components

The following sections describe the components of the server blade.
Figure 1 (page 15)
server blade.
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Values
36.6 cm (14.42 in)
10.41 cm (4.10 in)
50.9 cm (20.05 in)
Unloaded: 1 1.5 kg (25 lb.)
Fully loaded: 17 kg (38 lb.)
shows the locations of these components under the right access panel of the