HPE BladeSystem

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HPE BladeSystem
HP c7000-1.jpg
HPE c7000 enclosure
Also known asHP BladeSystem
Developer Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Type Blade server
Release date2006 (2006)
CPU x86
Predecessor RLX ServerBlade

BladeSystem is a line of blade server machines from Hewlett Packard Enterprise (Formerly Hewlett-Packard) that was introduced in June 2006. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

The BladeSystem forms part of the HP ConvergedSystem platform, which use a common converged infrastructure architecture for server, storage, and networking products. [4] Designed for enterprise installations of 100 to more than 1,000 Virtual machines, the HP ConvergedSystem 700 is configured with BladeSystem servers. [5] When managing a software-defined data center, a System administrator can perform automated lifecycle management for BladeSystems using HPE OneView for converged infrastructure management. [6]

The BladeSystem allows users to build a high density system, up to 128 servers in each rack. [7]

Components

HPE ProLiant BL660 Gen8 server blade HP BL660 G8-2.jpg
HPE ProLiant BL660 Gen8 server blade

Enclosures

HPE currently offers 2 types of enclosures in its c-Class BladeSystem lineup succeeding the p-Class BladeSystem

c7000

The BladeSystem c7000 enclosure has had multiple versions, the first version of which was announced in June 2006. In 2007 there was a minor update to the first version that included a larger Onboard Administrator display (3 inches, up from 2 inches). The next update (second version) was in 2009 and brought RoHS compatibility, increased backplane speed (5 Tbit/s, up from 4 Tbit/s), 1 Gbit/s Onboard Administrator connectivity, and increased blade connectivity options like: 2x 10 Gbit/s Ethernet support, 4x QDR or 1x FDR InfiniBand port support, and 6 Gbit/s SAS. The third version of the c7000 enclosure, called the c7000 Platinum Enclosure was released in February 2013. It features location discovery services, thermal discovery services and redesigned backplane. The new backplane increased aggregate bandwidth 40% from 5 to 7 Tbit/s to allow use newest high-speed interconnect modules (such as 16 Gbit/s FC and multiple ports of 56 Gbit/s FDR InfiniBand). Also the new Platinum Plus rating power supplies were announced with higher efficiency than previous Gold Plus rating power supplies. [5]

All versions of the enclosure occupy 10 rack units and can accommodate up to 16 half-height blade servers. It includes space for 6 power supplies (single-phase, three-phase or a −48V DC), 10 cooling fans, 8 single-wide (such as 1/10 Gbit/s Ethernet or 8/16 Gbit/s FC) or 4 double-wide (such as 40 Gbit/s Ethernet or Infiniband) interconnect modules (that allows for up to 4 redundant interconnect fabrics)

c3000

The HPE c3000 enclosure was announced in August 2007. Updated version of the enclosure called c3000 Platinum was announced in February 2013.

All versions of the enclosure occupy 6 rack units or can be used as a standalone unit (with optional tower conversion kit) It can accommodate up to 8 half-height blade servers. It includes space for 6 power supplies (single-phase, or a -48V DC), 6 cooling fans, 4 single-wide or 2 single-wide and one double-wide interconnect modules

p-Class

Taking up 6 rack units, the p-Class enclosure can house 16 Half height, 8 Full-height or 2 Quad-wide p blades. There are two interconnect modules on the front allowing for different connectivity options such as Fibre channel. Power is managed by a Powerenclosure; 1u 6x PSU single-phase or 6x PSU three-phase / 48v DC 3u enclosures. [8] The two types of backplanes determine what blades are supported; the standard backplane supports BL20p and BL25p blades whereas the enhanced backplane supports BL20p, BL25p, BL30p, BL35p, BL40p, BL45p, and BL60p (All generations). [9]

Server blades

HPE has offered general-purpose Proliant server blades (based on Intel Xeon and AMD Opteron CPUs) as well as Integrity (based on the Intel Itanium CPU) and specialized ProLiant blades aimed at workstation virtualization. Blades can use half-height/full-height and single-wide/double-wide/quad-wide form factors. Apart from built-in 1 Gbit/s Ethernet network adapters, optional mezzanine cards can be installed on the blades to further increase connectivity options. These can include more network adapters, HBA/RAID Cards, SAN Fibre Channel Cards, and GPUs up to Nvidia Quadro FX 2800M via the (WS460c). WS ProLiant Blades can have a half-height GPU Blade that can be installed to accommodate full-height double graphics cards

Blade Models
ModelForm FactorYearChipsetCPU

(No. & Socket)

CPU (Type)RAM (Max)RAM (Type)Drive Bays
BL260c G5Half-Height2007Intel 51002 LGA 771 Intel Clovertown 5200, 5300, 54006x DIMMs, 48 GBDDR2, 6672x Non-Hot plug SATA
BL460c G5Half-Height2007Intel 51002 LGA 771 Intel Clovertown 5200, 5300, 54008x DIMMs, 64 GBDDR2, 6672x SFF SAS/SATA E200i
BL465c G5Half-Height2007 ServerWorks HT-1000 and HT-21002 Socket F AMD Opteron 23008x DIMMs, 64 GB (667), 32 GB (800)DDR2, 8002x SFF SAS/SATA E200i
BL480c G5Full-Height2007Intel 5000P2 LGA 771 Intel Clovertown 5200, 5300, 540012x DIMMs, 64 GBDDR2, 6674x SFF SAS/SATA P400i
BL680c G5Full-Height2007Intel 73004 Socket 604 Intel Dunnington 16x DIMMs, 128 GBDDR2, 6672x SFF SAS/SATA P400i
BL685c G5Full-Height2007nVidia CK8-04, IO-044 Socket F AMD Opteron 8200, 83004x DIMMs Per processor, 128 GBDDR2, 6672x SFF SAS/SATA P400i
BL860cFull-Height2007HP ZX22 MPGA 700Intel Itanium 2 9000, 910012x DIMMs, 48 GBDDR2, 5332x SFF SAS/SATA LSI 1068
BL870cDouble Full-Height2007HP ZX24 MPGA 700Intel Itanium 2 9000, 910024x DIMMs, 192 GBDDR2, 5334x SFF SAS/SATA LSI 1068
BL2x220c G62 Node Half-Height2009Intel 55002x 2 LGA 1366 Intel Nehalem 55003x DIMMs Per Processor, 96 GBDDR3, 13331x Non-Hot plug SATA
BL280c G6Half-Height2009Intel 55002 LGA 1366 Intel Nehalem 55006x DIMMs Per Processor, 192 GBDDR3, 13332x Non-Hot plug SATA SSD
BL460c G6Half-Height2009Intel 55002 LGA 1366 Intel Nehalem 55006x DIMMs Per Processor, 192 GBDDR3, 13332x SFF SAS/SATA P410i
WS460cHalf-Height2009Intel 55002 LGA 1366 Intel Nehalem 55006x DIMMs Per Processor, 192 GBDDR3, 13332x SFF SAS/SATA P410i
BL465 G6Half-Height2009 ServerWorks HT-2100, HT-10002 Socket F AMD Opteron 24004x DIMMs Per Processor, 64 GB (667), 32 GB (800)DDR2, 8002x SFF SAS/SATA E200i
BL490c G6Half-Height2009Intel 55002 LGA 1366 Intel Nehalem 55009x DIMMs Per Processor, 192 GBDDR3, 13332x Non-Hot plug SATA SSD
BL495c G6Half-Height2009 ServerWorks HT-2100, HT-10002 Socket F AMD Opteron 24008x DIMMs Per Processor, 128 GBDDR2, 8002x Non-Hot plug SATA SSD
BL685c G6Full-Height2009 ServerWorks HT-2100, HT-10004 Socket G34 AMD Opteron 8200, 8300, 84008x DIMMs Per Processor, 256 GB (533), 128 GB (800)DDR2, 8002x SFF SAS/SATA P400i
BL2x220c G72 Node Half-Height2010Intel 55202x 2 LGA 1366 Intel Westmere 56003x DIMMs Per Processor, 96 GBDDR3, 13331x Non-Hot plug SATA
BL460c G7Half-Height2010Intel 55202 LGA 1366 Intel Westmere 56006x DIMMs Per Processor, 384 GBDDR3, 13332x SFF SAS/SATA P410i
BL 465c G7Full-Height2010AMD SR5690 and SP51002 Socket G34 AMD Opteron 6200, 63008x DIMMs Per Processor, 512 GBDDR3, 13332x SFF SAS/SATA P410i
BL490c G7Half-Height2010Intel 55202 LGA 1366 Intel Westmere 56009x DIMMs Per Processor, 384 GBDDR3, 13332x Non-Hot plug SATA SSD
BL620c G7Full-Height2010Intel 75002 LGA 1567 Westmere EX 280016x DIMMs Per Processor, 1 TBDDR3, 13332x SFF SAS/SATA P410i
BL680c G7Double Full-Height2010Intel 75004 LGA 1567 Westmere EX 4800, 880016x DIMMs Per Processor, 2 TBDDR3, 13334x SFF SAS/SATA P410i
BL685 G7Full-Height2010AMD SR5690 and SP51004 Socket G34 AMD Opteron 6100, 6200, 63008x DIMMs Per Processor, 1 TBDDR3, 10662x SFF SAS/SATA P410i
BL860c i2Full-Height2011Intel 75002 LGA 1248Intel Itanium 2 930024x DIMMs, 384 GBDDR3, 16002x SFF SAS/SATA P410i
BL870c i2Double Full-Height2011Intel 75004 LGA 1248Intel Itanium 2 930048x DIMMs, 768 GBDDR3, 16004x SFF SAS/SATA P410i
BL890c i2Quad Full-Height2011Intel 75008 LGA 1248Intel Itanium 2 930096x DIMMs, 1.5 TBDDR3, 16008x SFF SAS/SATA P410i
BL860c i4Full-Height2011Intel 75002 LGA 1248Intel Itanium 2 950024x DIMMs, 384 GBDDR3, 16002x SFF SAS/SATA P410i
BL870c i4Double Full-Height2011Intel 75004 LGA 1248Intel Itanium 2 950048x DIMMs, 768 GBDDR3, 16004x SFF SAS/SATA P410i
BL890c i4Quad Full-Height2011Intel 75008 LGA 1248Intel Itanium 2 950096x DIMMs, 1.5 TBDDR3, 16008x SFF SAS/SATA P410i
BL860c i6Full-Height2011Intel 75002 LGA 1248Intel Itanium 2 970024x DIMMs, 384 GBDDR3, 16002x SFF SAS/SATA P410i
BL870c i6Double Full-Height2011Intel 75004 LGA 1248Intel Itanium 2 970048x DIMMs, 768 GBDDR3, 16004x SFF SAS/SATA P410i
BL890c i6Quad Full-Height2011Intel 75008 LGA 1248Intel Itanium 2 970096x DIMMs, 1.5 TBDDR3, 16008x SFF SAS/SATA P410i
BL420c Gen8Half-Height2011Intel 75002 LGA 1356Intel Sandy Bridge EN 24006x DIMMs Per Processor, 192 GBDDR3, 13332x SFF SAS/SATA P220i/B320i
WS460c Gen8Half-Height2011Intel C6002 LGA 2011 (R1)Intel Sandy Bridge EP 26008x DIMMs Per Processor, LRDIMMs 1333 512 GB, RDIMMs 1866 256 GBDDR3, 18662x SFF SAS/SATA P220i
BL460c Gen8Half-Height2011Intel C6002 LGA 2011 (R1)Intel Sandy Bridge EP 26008x DIMMs Per Processor, LRDIMMs 1333 512 GB, RDIMMs 1600 256 GBDDR3, 16002x SFF SAS/SATA P220i
BL465c Gen8Half-Height2011AMD SR5690 and SP51002 Socket G34 AMD Opteron 63008x DIMMs Per Processor, LRDIMMs 1333 512 GB, RDIMMs 1600 256 GBDDR3, 16002x SFF SAS/SATA P220i
BL660c Gen8Full-Height2011Intel C6004 Socket 2011-1Intel Sandy Bridge EP, Ivy Bridge EX8x DIMMs Per Processor, LRDIMMs 1 TBDDR3, 18662x SFF SAS/SATA P220i
BL460c Gen9Half-Height2013Intel C6102 LGA 2011-v3 (R3)Intel Haswell-EP 26008x DIMMs Per Processor, LRDIMMs 2 TBDDR4, 24002x SFF SAS/SATA P244br/B140i
WS460c Gen9Half-Height2013Intel C6102 LGA 2011-v3 (R3)Intel Haswell-EP 26008x DIMMs Per Processor, LRDIMMs 1 TBDDR4, 24002x SFF SAS/SATA P244br/B140i
BL660c Gen9Full-Height2013Intel C6104 LGA 2011-v3 (R3)Intel Haswell-EP 46008x DIMMs Per Processor, LRDIMMs 4 TBDDR4, 24004x SFF SAS/SATA P246br/B140i
BL460c Gen10Half-Height2017Intel C6212 LGA 3647Intel Skylake-SP8x DIMMs Per Processor, LRDIMMs 2 TBDDR4, 29332x SFF NVMe P204i-b/S100i SR

Networking

Several connectivity options are available for the HPE BladeSystem:

Storage

Storage options include:

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