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HP BladeSystem c-Class:an Adaptive Infrastructureout of the box

What if you could:

•Deploy new servers and their connections to LAN and SAN in minutes,not weeks•Wire your infrastructure once and change on the fly to meet currentbusiness priorities•Cut system administrator time spent on many common IT tasks by 90percent or more•Reduce power up to 40 percent without sacrificing applicationperformance•Turn high density into a cooling advantage and use less than half thepower to do it•Provide high availability for every application at a negligible cost•Cut the number and cost of cables out of each rack by 94 percent or moreRedesigned from the start to deliver a bold agenda for the future of bladecomputing, the new HP BladeSystem c-Class tackles the toughest problemsfacing today’s IT organizations—cost, time, energy and change. Plus, itincludes flexibility, scalability and support for future technologies so it’snot only easier to create, change and manage, but also helps yourbusiness take full advantage of new things to come.

HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure with ProLiant BL460c and BL480c server blades

The fundamental goals of business never change. Theability to serve customers better. To stand out abovethe competition. To lower costs and raise productivity.To be profitable.Now more than ever, a company’s IT infrastructureforms the foundation for the difference betweenleadership and mediocrity. But too often, thetechnology that should accelerate success simply getsin the way. The businesses that use IT most effectivelyin their business often spend far less on infrastructurethan their competitors. Why is that? The answer isbecause they get more value out of what they spend.These leaders have adaptive infrastructures that HPdescribes as “best-run.” Meaning they run their IT assetsand organizations with high levels of productivity, atlow operational costs, high utilization and extremeflexibility—all aimed at delivering superior servicequality to their users.Unfortunately, the only thing keeping the rest of theworld from having a best-run adaptive infrastructure isthat too many continue to build IT with the same staticand hardwired components that create a racked andstacked model of inefficiency. In almost all cases, thecommon limitations of an infrastructure trace back tothe way it’s built, the silos it creates and the inefficientmanagement processes behind it.Enter the next-generation HP BladeSystem c-Class.The new HP BladeSystem is a modular evolution oftoday’s racked, stacked and wired infrastructure. Itconsolidates from the start with the essential elements ofa modern datacenter—power, cooling, management,connectivity, redundancy, security—into a modular,self-tuning unit wrapped with intelligence. It’sexpandable with a variety of server, storage andinterconnect choices to build solutions for any business. With unique innovations built-in, HP BladeSystemdelivers more value back to your business and givesyou the freedom to focus on what matters most so youcan take on the increasing demand for IT services withconfidence.•

Cost-savvy

—The consolidated design is moreaffordable to buy and efficient to own thanconventional IT•

Change-ready

—HP Virtual Connect and modularsystem approach reduces barriers to change•

Energy-thrifty

—HP Thermal Logic technologyincreases energy efficiency by managing power andcooling as a resource•

Time-smart

—HP Insight Control for unifiedinfrastructure management to save valuable timeBuilt to support a wider variety of applications andmission-critical environments, the new BladeSystemincludes more features that don’t compromiseperformance, reliability, cost or energy efficiency. With a strong alliance of industry partners and HPServices, the new BladeSystem can reduce costs andinefficiency, get new applications to market faster,scale applications more quickly, and meet service-levelagreements for availability and performance.

“Cerner faced many of the same datacenter challenges day-to-day as othercompanies. We were running out of floor space but increasing our demandfor compute capabilities at the same time. Once we realized the bottom linebenefits of the new HP BladeSystem c-Class infrastructure compared to thecosts of simply buying more and more rack-mount servers, it became clearwhat the future direction would be. We anticipate the cost saving of theblade-based infrastructure to help us improve the business results whileallowing us to manage growth more effectively.”

Tony LinvilleSr. Manager, Infrastructure Services, Cerner