Compaq ProLiant BL e-Class System Overview and Planning

Compaq ProLiant BL e-Class System Overview and Planning 5
The ProLiant BL e-Class system is comprised of several different components. The following
table provides the required component categories.
Note:
In order to design a successful configuration, at least one component from each category is
required.
Table 1. ProLiant BL e-Class System Required Components
Required Component
Categories
Function Options
ProLiant BL10e power-
efficient edge server blade
Each ProLiant BL10e server blade features a single
Ultra-Low Voltage Intel Pentium III processor
(Tualatin-based) with 512-K cache operating at
700 MHz, 2 DIMM slots for up to 1 GB max
ECC memory, one 30-GB non-hot-plug ATA hard drive,
and two 10/100 NICs.
Server blades will be sold in
singles and in 10-packs.
ProLiant BL e-Class server
blade enclosure
Each rack-mountable ProLiant BL e-Class server blade
enclosure is 3U high and holds up to 20 ProLiant BL10e
server blades. The enclosure contains dual, 1 + 1
redundant 600-Watt hot-plug power supplies and four
2 + 2 redundant hot-plug fans. Server blades plug into
the server blade enclosures for network and power
connections.
Interconnect trays (three
options)
Each ProLiant BL e-Class server blade enclosure
requires an interconnect tray. The interconnect tray
routes the network connections from the server blades
out the back of the enclosure. There are three different
interconnect tray configurations for network cable
management.
ProLiant BL e-Class RJ-45
Patch Panel (with forty RJ-45
connectors)
-or-
ProLiant BL e-Class RJ-21
Patch Panel (with four RJ-21
connectors)
- or -
ProLiant BL e-Class C-GbE
Interconnect Switch (with four
Gigabit Ethernet uplink
connectors): reduces network
cables per enclosure from
forty to as few as one
(Available Spring 2002)