Planning For A Hp Bladesystem P-Class Installation; Hp Bladesystem P-Class Sizing Utility - HP 279720-B21 - ProLiant BL p-Class F-GbE Interconnect Overview

Planning for a HP BladeSystem p-Class installation

The HP BladeSystem p-Class Sizing Utility is a free, flexible, graphical tool that provides valuable
information necessary to help plan and prepare a site for delivery and installation of HP BladeSystem
p-Class solutions and order the necessary components for the installation. Site planning information,
such as power requirements and environmental specifications, is generated based on user-defined
system configuration criteria. Simply configure each server blade and blade enclosure with
appropriate options, choose interconnects for each server blade enclosure, and enter data center
power information.

HP BladeSystem p-Class Sizing Utility

Figure 30. HP BladeSystem p-Class Sizing Utility
Once configuration information is entered, the tool calculates:
Power specifications
Heat generation and cooling requirements
Summary table of server blade components in the rack (server blades, memory, processor, etc.)
Number of power supplies and power enclosures needed for configuration entered
System weight
Equipment list (refer to Figure 31)
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