Component Overview - Compaq BL10e - HP ProLiant - 512 MB RAM Configuration

An HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosure accommodates server blades, storage blades, I/O option
blades, interconnect modules (switches and pass-thru modules), a NonStop passive signal midplane, a
passive power backplane, power supplies, fans, and Onboard Administrator modules. The
BladeSystem c-Class employs multiple signal paths and redundant hot-pluggable components to
provide maximum uptime for components in the enclosure.

Component overview

This section discusses the components that comprise the BladeSystem c-Class. It does not discuss
details about all the particular products that HP has announced or plans to announce. For product
implementation details, the reader should refer to the HP BladeSystem website:
www.hp.com/go/bladesystem.
The HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosure announced in June 2006 was the first enclosure implemented
using the BladeSystem c-Class architecture. The BladeSystem c7000 10U enclosure (Figure 1) is
optimized for enterprise data centers. A single c7000 enclosure can hold up to 16 server, storage, or
I/O option blades.
Figure 1. HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure as viewed from the front and the rear
c7000 enclosure - front
Half-height Full-height
server blade server blade
10 U
Insight Display
Note: this figure shows the single phase enclosure. See the "HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure technologies"
brief for images of the other enclosure types:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00816246/c00816246.pdf
The HP BladeSystem c3000 enclosure announced in August 2007 is a 6U enclosure optimized for
smaller computing environments such as remote sites, small and medium-sized businesses, and data
centers with special power and cooling constraints. Figures 2 and 3 illustrate the c3000 rack and
tower implementations of the enclosure. The c3000 enclosure has the flexibility to scale from a single
c7000 enclosure - rear
Storage blade
Single-wide or double-wide
Redundant power
supplies
Redundant
Onboard
Administrators
8 interconnect bays
Redundant
fans
Redundant
single phase, 3-phase,
or -48V DC power
.
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