Table 2: HP Integrity Blade Comparison

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BL860c

 

 

BL870c

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Intel® Itanium® 9100 Processors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 Sockets

 

 

Intel® Itanium® 9100 Processors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.66 GHz/18MB FSB667

 

 

4 Sockets

 

 

 

 

Processor

 

1.42GHz/12MB FSB533

 

 

1.6 GHz/24MB FSB533

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.6GHz/12MB FSB533, single-core

 

 

1.6 GHz/18MB FSB533

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: 9000 series processor (Montecito)

 

 

1.42 GHz/12MB FSB533

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

also supported

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chipset

 

hp zx2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PC2-4200 DDR-SDRAM (533 MHz)

 

 

PC2-4200 DDR-SDRAM (533 MHz)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memory

 

 

12 Sockets

 

 

24 Sockets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

48GB max (using 4GB DIMMs)

 

 

192GB max (using 8GB DIMMs)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HDD and

 

2 SFF Hot-Plug SAS HDDs

 

4 SFF Hot-Plug SAS HDDs

 

 

 

Controller

 

HW RAID 1 support

 

HW RAID 1 support

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Networking

 

 

4 Integrated Gigabit NICs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Management

 

Integrity iLO 2 Advanced Pack

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OS Support

 

 

HP-UX 11i v3 and v2; OpenVMS; Linux (Red Hat and SUSE); and Windows

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enclosure

 

 

8 Server Blades in c7000

 

 

4 Server Blades in c7000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4 Server Blades in c3000

 

 

2 Server Blades in c3000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mezzanine

 

3 mezzanine cards

 

3 mezzanine cards

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Choices: 4Gb FC; IB; PCI-e pass-thru; 4-

 

Choices: 4Gb FC, IB, 4-port NIC

 

 

 

Support

 

 

 

 

 

 

port NIC expansion

 

expansion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eliminating Single Points of Failure in HP BladeSystem Configurations

Designing a system architecture that eliminates all hardware-related single points of failure is the first step in achieving high availability for business and mission-critical applications. While there are many components of the HP BladeSystem that are redundant, it is still possible to configure HP BladeSystem solutions that have single points of failure (SPOFs). It is up to the system architect to carefully design HP BladeSystem solutions that will mitigate these SPOFs before using Serviceguard to achieve the highest levels of availability. This section will describe where SPOFs can occur in HP BladeSystem configurations and how to avoid them. Once these SPOFs have been addressed from a hardware-

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