Overview; Server Blade Overview - HP Integrity BL860C i4 User's & Service Manual

Overview

The HPE Integrity BL860c i4 Server Blade is a dense, low-cost, Intel Itanium processor server blade.
Using a Blade Link hardware assembly, multiple BL860c i4 Server Blades can be conjoined to create
dual-blade, four socket and quad-blade, eight socket variants.
Name
BL860c i4
BL870c i4
BL890c i4
The three blade configurations support the HP-UX operating system and are designed for deployment in
HPE 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 i4
BL870c i4
BL890c i4
8 Overview
Number of Conjoined Server
Blades
1
2
4
CPU cores DIMM slots
(octo)
16 24
32 48
64 96
Number of Processor Sockets
2
4
8
max memory PCIe I/O
Mezzanine
card capacity
364GB with 3
16GB DIMMs
768GB with 6
16GB DIMMs
1.5TB with 12
16GB DIMMs
SAS Hard Disk
Drives
2
4
8