BladeSystem p-Class System Overview and Planning

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HP BladeSystem modular architecture key benefits
• Rapid deployment/redeployment saves valuable time
– Server blades and interconnect switches can be installed and ready for immediate automated
provisioning
– Easy access to most pluggable components from the front of the rack, including server blades,
hot-plug hard drives, and interconnect options
– Easily add server blade capacity as needed without disrupting the system
• Innovative design dramatically cuts network and power cables compared to traditional servers
– As few as one network cable for as many as 16 server blades using the interconnect switch
options
– Designed for headless management, eliminating the need for keyboard, video, and mouse cables
for each server and a KVM switch infrastructure
– Rack-centralized power subsystem eliminates individual server power cables as well as the clutter
and cost of power distribution units (PDUs)
– Modular interconnect design enables server blades and interconnect options to be rapidly added
and replaced without re-cabling Ethernet and FC connections
– Server blade management module on enhanced server blade enclosures provides a single
network cable connection for managing up to 16 server blades simultaneously
• Designed to protect your investment
– New HP BladeSystem p-Class 1U Power Enclosure is ideal for small blade deployments such as in
remote office locations and is compatible with all server blades, networking, storage options.
– Broad server blade portfolio enables complete, end-to-end solutions, including enterprise
applications and high-performance computing clusters using modular building blocks.
– Server blades and network interconnect options can be mixed in the same blade enclosure while
operating independently and running different operating systems and applications.
– HP BladeSystem enclosures may be installed in HP, telco, and third-party racks.
– HP BladeSystem enclosures may share racks with traditional servers, networking, and storage
devices.
– Power and network interconnect options support all current and future
ProLiant BL p-Class server blades, including the latest AMD Opteron-based server blade models.
– FC SAN connectivity options support HP and select third party storage products.
• Availability features to provide peace of mind
– Redundant, hot-plug power supplies
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Hot-plug SCSI hard drives and integrated RAID controller on some blade models
– Dual-port FC SAN connectivity
– Multiple general-purpose NICs on each server blade for redundant connections to data networks
– Redundant ROM on each server blade
– Redundant pairs of hot-plug interconnect switch options