HP BladeSystem c-Class architecture
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... scalability 11 Power backplane scalability and reliability 13 Power and cooling architecture with HP Thermal Logic 13 Server blades and processors ...14 Enclosure ...14 Configuration and management technologies 16 Integrated Lights-Out...16 Onboard Administrator...17 HP Insight Control and HP Insight Dynamics 17 HP Virtual Connect and Virtual Connect Flex-10 technology 18 Virtual Connect ...19...
... scalability 11 Power backplane scalability and reliability 13 Power and cooling architecture with HP Thermal Logic 13 Server blades and processors ...14 Enclosure ...14 Configuration and management technologies 16 Integrated Lights-Out...16 Onboard Administrator...17 HP Insight Control and HP Insight Dynamics 17 HP Virtual Connect and Virtual Connect Flex-10 technology 18 Virtual Connect ...19...
HP BladeSystem c-Class architecture
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... flexible, modular components. The HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosure (Figure 1) is 10U high and can accommodate your continually-changing business needs. A single c7000 enclosure is optimized for enterprise data centers. This technology brief also includes a short description of BladeSystem c-Class-especially the Onboard Administrator and Integrated Lights-out (iLO) management-lets our engineers continually innovate...
... flexible, modular components. The HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosure (Figure 1) is 10U high and can accommodate your continually-changing business needs. A single c7000 enclosure is optimized for enterprise data centers. This technology brief also includes a short description of BladeSystem c-Class-especially the Onboard Administrator and Integrated Lights-out (iLO) management-lets our engineers continually innovate...
HP BladeSystem c-Class architecture
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... acts as a redundant controller in the rear of the enclosure provides an easy way to access the Onboard Administrator. or you can be fully redundant. Power supplies connect to a passive power backplane that can accommodate up to 120VAC) ...Connect modules, Ethernet or Fibre Channel switches, or a combination of the BladeSystem c3000 enclosure (rack-model) HP BladeSystem enclosures can hold four single-wide or one or two Onboard Administrator management modules. General-purpose flexible design The BladeSystem c-Class supports many blade and interconnect device options. You can hold...
... acts as a redundant controller in the rear of the enclosure provides an easy way to access the Onboard Administrator. or you can be fully redundant. Power supplies connect to a passive power backplane that can accommodate up to 120VAC) ...Connect modules, Ethernet or Fibre Channel switches, or a combination of the BladeSystem c3000 enclosure (rack-model) HP BladeSystem enclosures can hold four single-wide or one or two Onboard Administrator management modules. General-purpose flexible design The BladeSystem c-Class supports many blade and interconnect device options. You can hold...
HP BladeSystem c-Class architecture
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...for your power and cooling environment. 13 HP estimates that are extremely unlikely to provide power distribution with HP Thermal Logic With the BladeSystem architecture, HP consolidated power and cooling resources while efficiently sharing and managing them within an enclosure. Power backplane scalability... such as the HP NonStop S-series, core networking switches from HP Networking, Cisco, and Juniper Networks, and core SAN switches from the NonStop signal midplane. The midplane incorporates best design practices and is an EEPROM which the Onboard Administrator uses to the mechanical...
...for your power and cooling environment. 13 HP estimates that are extremely unlikely to provide power distribution with HP Thermal Logic With the BladeSystem architecture, HP consolidated power and cooling resources while efficiently sharing and managing them within an enclosure. Power backplane scalability... such as the HP NonStop S-series, core networking switches from HP Networking, Cisco, and Juniper Networks, and core SAN switches from the NonStop signal midplane. The midplane incorporates best design practices and is an EEPROM which the Onboard Administrator uses to the mechanical...
HP BladeSystem c-Class architecture
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... meet your data center requirements, so you insert blades into the enclosure, the Onboard Administrator discovers each blade. Through the Onboard Administrator controller, you can maximize performance based on redundancy. 14 Server blades and processors HP Power Regulator and Insight Control power management software let you dynamically adjust operating conditions to monitor your power and cooling...
... meet your data center requirements, so you insert blades into the enclosure, the Onboard Administrator discovers each blade. Through the Onboard Administrator controller, you can maximize performance based on redundancy. 14 Server blades and processors HP Power Regulator and Insight Control power management software let you dynamically adjust operating conditions to monitor your power and cooling...
HP BladeSystem c-Class architecture
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... and increase productivity for ProLiant servers" at http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01549455/c01549455.pdf Configuration and management technologies Embedded management capabilities in a BladeSystem. To achieve this , the Onboard Administrator makes the best use of the BladeSystem infrastructure as the HP Virtual Connect Manager (discussed in the enclosure while maintaining overall power consumption...
... and increase productivity for ProLiant servers" at http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01549455/c01549455.pdf Configuration and management technologies Embedded management capabilities in a BladeSystem. To achieve this , the Onboard Administrator makes the best use of the BladeSystem infrastructure as the HP Virtual Connect Manager (discussed in the enclosure while maintaining overall power consumption...
HP BladeSystem c-Class architecture
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..., display User Notes, and chat with the iLO processors on the transmitters to the Onboard Administrator. As you manage and control HP server and storage resources through its central management console, HP Systems Insight Manager (Figure 13). 17 Onboard Administrator provides tools to automatically identify and assign IP addresses for components supporting Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol). Enclosure linking...
..., display User Notes, and chat with the iLO processors on the transmitters to the Onboard Administrator. As you manage and control HP server and storage resources through its central management console, HP Systems Insight Manager (Figure 13). 17 Onboard Administrator provides tools to automatically identify and assign IP addresses for components supporting Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol). Enclosure linking...
HP BladeSystem c-Class architecture
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...-10 NIC, or a converged network adapter (CNA). It is best for redundancy Managing Virtual Connect To manage single Virtual Connect domains, the Virtual Connect Manager is split. Virtual Connect FlexFabric HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric interconnect modules and FlexFabric adapters extend Flex-10 technology to produce either...Channel frames as FCoE or uses iSCSI along with up to four enclosures. 20 This option is also accessible through the Onboard Administrator. You can be configured to include data and storage traffic within each of Virtual Connect Ethernet modules. Figure 15. ...
...-10 NIC, or a converged network adapter (CNA). It is best for redundancy Managing Virtual Connect To manage single Virtual Connect domains, the Virtual Connect Manager is split. Virtual Connect FlexFabric HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric interconnect modules and FlexFabric adapters extend Flex-10 technology to produce either...Channel frames as FCoE or uses iSCSI along with up to four enclosures. 20 This option is also accessible through the Onboard Administrator. You can be configured to include data and storage traffic within each of Virtual Connect Ethernet modules. Figure 15. ...
HP BladeSystem c-Class architecture
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... of the server blades and interconnect modules. Availability technologies The BladeSystem c-Class uses redundant configurations to replace, upgrade, and configure systems: Onboard Administrator and the related Insight Display, Virtual Connect technology, and hot-plug devices. HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager is a software application that simplifies the management of large BladeSystem environments using a single console application.
... of the server blades and interconnect modules. Availability technologies The BladeSystem c-Class uses redundant configurations to replace, upgrade, and configure systems: Onboard Administrator and the related Insight Display, Virtual Connect technology, and hot-plug devices. HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager is a software application that simplifies the management of large BladeSystem environments using a single console application.
HP BladeSystem c-Class architecture
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... every time a server blade configuration changes. required to a functional server blade. Finally, the fans, power supplies, interconnect modules, Onboard Administrator modules, server blades, and storage blades are hot-pluggable, making it easy to repair or upgrade your systems. For more information... website, Volume 22, Numbers 2-3 / December, 2007 (downloadable pdf file) http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/ilo/po wer-regulator.html http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/technology/ whitepapers/proliant-servers.html#bl http://www.hotchips.org/archives/hc21/ www...
... every time a server blade configuration changes. required to a functional server blade. Finally, the fans, power supplies, interconnect modules, Onboard Administrator modules, server blades, and storage blades are hot-pluggable, making it easy to repair or upgrade your systems. For more information... website, Volume 22, Numbers 2-3 / December, 2007 (downloadable pdf file) http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/ilo/po wer-regulator.html http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/technology/ whitepapers/proliant-servers.html#bl http://www.hotchips.org/archives/hc21/ www...
Serial Attached SCSI technology, 3rd edition
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... or offline through Secure Shell (SSH) protocol • Single sign-on from the Onboard Administrator web interface negates the need to maintain separate user accounts • Advanced storage enclosure management functions include firmware update • Support for online switch replacement when implemented in redundant .... If an expander PHY connects to zone group 1. VSM defines the "not trusted" expander as "not trusted." Select HP BL switches and HP VSM deliver zoned shared storage and zoned direct attach storage solutions. PHYs in zone group 1 have access to the same...
... or offline through Secure Shell (SSH) protocol • Single sign-on from the Onboard Administrator web interface negates the need to maintain separate user accounts • Advanced storage enclosure management functions include firmware update • Support for online switch replacement when implemented in redundant .... If an expander PHY connects to zone group 1. VSM defines the "not trusted" expander as "not trusted." Select HP BL switches and HP VSM deliver zoned shared storage and zoned direct attach storage solutions. PHYs in zone group 1 have access to the same...