HP BladeSystem requirements for hosting the server blade
Figure 4. HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosure, rear view
Deployment
Whether a small, medium, or large corporate network infrastructure, HP BladeSystem provides a faster, simpler, and lower cost way to build and configure in an IT infrastructure. The HP BladeSystem
The requirements for this implementation are to support the server blade operation in one to three basic IT scenarios. The server blade would first require specific physical and electrical requirements from the hosting enclosure and also require some physical and electrical infrastructure support to host a Windows operating system (i.e., support services from the network such as a TCP/IP infrastructure, a SAN infrastructure if that functionality is required, power and cabling infrastructure, etc.). This server blade would require the support of an HP BladeSystem enclosure as detailed below.
The following is a detailed list of requirements for the HP BladeSystem enclosure that is required to host and operate this server blade. This blade specification is written with the assumption that all services will be executed locally on the server blade itself. Therefore, this server blade will act as the PXE server and DHCP server. In addition, all images will be stored locally on the server blade. With that in mind, the HP
HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosure
The HP BladeSystem
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