HP ProLiant c-Class Server Blades
As HP began planning the next generation of BladeSystem architecture, it became clear that significant changes affecting I/O, processor, and memory technologies were on the horizon:
• New serialized I/O technologies to meet demands for greater I/O bandwidths
• More complex processors using multi-core architectures, providing virtualization, and requiring higher power loads
• Memory formats, such as Fully Buffered DIMMs, providing increased performance and capacity
Therefore, HP designed the BladeSystem architecture to accommodate these new technologies. HP
BladeSystem architecture uses full-featured server blades in a high-density form factor. For complete
specifications of each server blade, see the HP website:
http://www.hp.com/go/bladesystem/.
ProLiant c-Class server blade architecture
An HP ProLiant c-Class Server Blade is a complete server that slides into an HP BladeSystem c-Class Enclosure. The enclosure fits in an HP 10000 series rack and can operate with as few as one server blade installed. The great advantage of blade architecture, however, is the easy addition of more server blades. ProLiant c-Class server blades are built in standard form-factors, referred to as half-height (4U) and full-height (8U). Both half-height and full-height server blades fit into any device bay in a BladeSystem c-Class enclosure.
ProLiant c-Class server blades include enterprise-class technologies:
• Two or four AMD, Intel x86, or Intel Itanium® processors
• Hot-plug internal disk drives
• Memory modules using advanced memory technologies such as Fully Buffered DIMMs
• Multiple slots for I/O cards
• Embedded multifunction Gigabit Ethernet network interconnects that use TCP/IP offload engine (TOE)
• Thermal Logic technologies
• Power management
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