BladeSystem p-Class System Overview and Planning

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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)