Optional Components; Partner Blades; Hot-Plug Sas Disk Drives - HP Integrity BL860C i4 User's & Service Manual

Optional components

If your server blade has no additional components to install, go to Installing and powering on the
server blade on page 17.

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 on page 25.
NOTE:
SAS tape boot is now supported with tape blades on HPE Integrity BL860c i4, BL870c i4, and
BL890c 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.

Hot-plug SAS disk drives

The server blade supports up to two hot-plug SAS drives.
CAUTION:
To prevent improper cooling and thermal damage, do not operate the server blade or the enclosure
unless all hard drive and device bays are populated with either a component or a blank.
IMPORTANT:
The disk drive does not seat properly when 180° out of alignment. Verify the orientation before
insertion.
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