
Figure 6: HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure Interconnect Bay Numbering
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| NIC 1 and NIC 3 ( embedded ) | 1 |
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| NIC 2 and NIC 4 ( embedded ) | 2 |
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| Mezzanine 1 | 3, 4 |
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| Mezzanine 2 | 5, 6 and then 7, 8 |
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| Mezzanine 3 | 7, 8 and then 5, 6 |
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BladeSystem Onboard Administrator (OA) (figure 7) is located below the interconnect bays and provides component management in
∙Detecting component insertion and removal
∙Identifying components and required connectivity
∙Managing power and cooling
∙Controlling components
Administrators access the BladeSystem OA in several ways:
∙Remotely through the web browser graphical user interface (GUI)
∙Scriptable command line interface (CLI)
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∙OA with KVM (Keyboard, Video, Mouse) module allows direct connection to the enclosure with a keyboard, video monitor, mouse or KVM switch through a VGA port
When a component is inserted into a bay, the BladeSystem Onboard Administrator immediately recognizes and identifies the component through presence signals on each bay. If a component is removed from a bay, the BladeSystem Onboard Administrator deletes the information about that component from its current configuration.
Each Onboard Administrator module has one Ethernet and one serial port that can be used to link enclosures in a rack. Enclosure links are designed to support only
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