HP BladeSystem

Portfolio Introduction
Module 1

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The information contained herein is subject to change without notice
HP BladeSystem c-Class components
Enclosures A full range of 2P and 4P blades
Server Blades Workstation Storage
Blades Blades

Unified Management Choice of power Services

Assessment
Implementation
Support

Interconnect choices for LAN, SAN, SAS and scale-out clusters

Virtual LAN Ethernet NICs SAN & SAS FC & SAS InfiniBand
Connect 4X DDR

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HP BladeSystem c-Class server blade features
Full-height (8U) c-Class server
blades
Half-height (4U)
c-Class server blades

Double-dense Double-wide
c-Class server blades c-Class server blades

HP operating systems and virtualization software support for ProLiant servers

http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/software/index.html

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HP ProLiant Blade Workstations
• Plug into c7000 and c3000 enclosures
• Half-height
• Desktop Windows based
• RGS works as an enabler
• ProLiant xw2x220c
– Dual node in half-height package
– Up to 32 workstation nodes per c7000
enclosure
– Dual-processor computing on single nodes
– 3D graphics with NVIDIA Quadro FX 770M
• ProLiant xw460c (G6)
– Dual-processor computing
– 16 workstations max per c7000 enclosure
– Configurable with HP Graphics Expansion
Blade
– Choice of graphic cards
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HP Remote Graphics Software
• Advanced connection protocol that allows a
user to access and share the desktop of a
remote computer over a standard network
• Benefits
– Increased business efficiency
– Increased data security
– Increased business continuity
– Reduced management costs
– Increased training effectiveness

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HP BladeSystem
management
tools
Onboard Administrator module

Enclosure
link-up port

Enclosure
link-down port

c3000 Onboard Administrator

Tray/Insight Display

Onboard
Administrator
module

Ethernet and serial Redundant Onboard

connectors Administrator
module
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Onboard Administrator features and functions
• Monitors and manages
elements of the enclosure
• Provides local and remote
management capability
– Insight Display panel enables
installation and
configuration Insight Display
actions at the rack
– Browser access Enclosure
Ethernet and links
permits remote
serial connectors
management
through a GUI

Redundant Onboard
Administrator modules

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Insight Display
• Main Menu
– Health Summary
– Enclosure Settings
– Enclosure Info
– Blade or Port Info
– Turn Enclosure UID on
– View User Note
– Chat Mode
– USB Menu
• Enclosure Settings menu
– Power Mode
– Power Limit
– Dynamic Power
– OA1 Info - Actv
– OA2 Info - Stby
– Enclosure Name
– Rack Name
– DVD Drive
– Insight Display Lockout PIN#
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Insight Display/Onboard Administrator tasks
Insight Display Onboard Administrator

Role-based user account setup and

Set Power Mode
privileges
Enclosure device monitoring and
Set limit AC watts
alerting
Power and cooling management mode
Set Power Savings
settings and monitoring
Enclosure bay iLO IP addressing and
Set initial enclosure IP address
interconnect bay IP addressing
Access to individual device
Set the enclosure and rack name
configuration utilities
Replication of settings across multiple
Set Insight Display pin #
enclosures

Start initial power up Set delayed power up for some devices

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Using Insight Rapid Deployment software
(RDP) to deploy HP BladeSystem servers
• Deployment Solution
– Out-of-the-box functionality
for BladeSystem server
blades
– iLO management
capabilities
• Integration Modules
– Preconfigured scripts and
batch files for ProLiant and
Integrity servers
– Sample configuration jobs
– Support software
• HP Scripting Toolkits
– Custom toolkits for ProLiant
and Integrity servers
– Linux and Win PE utilities
10 and batch files
Ignite-UX for HP-UX deployment
• Install HP-UX on multiple Itanium and PA-RISC clients
• Create custom recovery media
• Create golden images for multiple client installations
• Recover HP-UX clients remotely
• Manage and monitor multiple client installation sessions
• GUI, TUI, and wizard modes
• Multi-sourced installations
• Application depots
• Multiple archive formats
• Support for HP SIM
Note: Ignite-UX version C.6.9.150 or later is supported on the Integrity BL860c
server blade

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BladeSystem Integrated Manager
• Component of HP
SIM
– Installed
automatically
• Enables you to
navigate blade
environments through
hierarchical tree
views

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Server blade
solutions and
scenarios
HP BladeSystem adoption scenarios
• IT consolidation
• Multi-tier applications
• SMP-to-Linux migration
• HPC
• Blade PCs
• HP VDI
The modular
building block
of next-generation
data centers

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HP Services and
warranties
HP BladeSystem c-Class warranty

Component Warranty
ProLiant and Integrity server blades and
3-3-3
storage blades
c3000/c7000 enclosures 3-3-3

Interconnects (switches and Pass-Thrus) 1-1-1

1-0-0 or system warranty
Options (mezzanines, fans, power supplies)
whichever is longer

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Comparing Care Pack services and warranties
Warranties protect hardware; Care Pack services protect the
business
Warranty Care Pack services
Hardware protection against
Protection against downtime
manufacturer defect
Parts and labor Committed response times
Best-effort response for
replacement of defective Software support
components
No software or network operating Expert help for the most popular
system support business software applications
No installation services Installation support if applicable
No specialized services to help
Flexible support levels
meet changing IT realities

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