Overview; Server Blade Overview - HPE BL860c i2 Getting Started Manual

1 Overview

The HPE Integrity BL860c i2 and i4 Server Blades are dense, low-cost, Intel® Itanium®
processor server blades. Using a Blade Link hardware assembly, multiple BL860c i2
or i4 Server Blades can be conjoined to create dual-blade, four socket and quad-blade,
eight socket variants.
Name
BL860c i2, BL860c i4
BL870c i2, BL870c i4
BL890c i2, BL890c i4
The three i2 blade configurations support the HP-UX, OpenVMS, and Windows
operating systems. The three i4 blade configurations support the HP-UX operating
system. All are designed for deployment in Hewlett Packard Enterprise c-Class
enclosures, specifically the 10U c7000 and the 6U c3000 Enclosures.
The nPartition configuration feature is enabled from the factory, enabling the BL870c
i4 and BL890c i4 to be partitioned into one more electrically isolated partitions. See
the nPartitions Administrator Users Guide for more information.
NOTE: For purposes of this guide, make sure that the c-Class server blade enclosure
is powered on and running properly and that the OA and iLO 3 is operational.

Server blade overview

Product
BL860c i2
BL860c i4
BL870c i2
BL870c i4
BL890c i2
BL890c i4
Number of Conjoined Server
Blades
1
2
4
CPU cores
(octo) DIMM slots
8 24
16 24
16 48
32 48
32 96
64 96
Number of Processor Sockets
2
4
8
PCIe I/O
Mezzanine
max memory card capacity
384 GB with 3
16 GB DIMMs
364 GB with 3
16 GB DIMMs
768 GB with 6
16 GB BIMMs
768 GB with 6
16 GB DIMMs
1.5 TB with 16 12
GB DIMMs
1.5 TB with 16 12
GB DIMMs
SAS Hard Disk
Drives
2
2
4
4
8
8
4