Figure 1: c-Class HP BladeSystem Enclosure Family

HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosure

HP BladeSystem c3000 Tower

HP BladeSystem c3000 enclosure

Both enclosures share common:∙Half-height /full-height server blades∙Interconnect modules∙Mezzanine Host Bus Adapter (HBA) cards∙Storage blades∙Power Supplies (hot swappable and redundant)∙Fans (hot-swappable and redundant)A comparison between the c3000 and c7000 enclosures is shown in Table 1.

Table 1: HP BladeSystem c-Class Enclosure Comparison

 

c3000 enclosure and tower enclosure

c7000 enclosure

 

 

 

 

 

6U Height (rack) or tower

10U height

 

 

 

 

 

Horizontal blade orientation

Vertical blade orientation

 

Vertical blade orientation for tower

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

HH (half-height) Blades,

16 HH (half-height) Blades,

 

4

FH (full-height) Blades,6HH/1FH

8

FH (full-height) Blades

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Interconnect bays

8

Interconnect bays

 

 

 

 

 

6 Power Supplies @ up to 1200W each

6 Power Supplies @ up to 2250W each

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

Active Cool Fans

10 Active Cool Fans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3