Server Technology BL20P manual Availability, Security

QuickSpecs

HP ProLiant BL20p p-Class Server Blade

Standard Features

	Dynamic sector repairing and drive parameter tracking (with Smart Array controllers)
	ProLiant network adapter teaming set-up utility
	*NOTE: Advanced features such as Graphical Remote Console and Virtual Floppy are included
	with the BL p-Class server.
Availability	Power redundancy: Redundant AC feeds into power enclosures, redundant DC feeds from power
	enclosure to server blade enclosures, N + N redundant power supplies
	Two hot-plug SCSI hard drive bays and integrated RAID (Smart Array 5i) on every server blade
	(Battery-backed write cache is optional.)
	Redundant ROM on each server blade
	ECC Memory
	Network adapter teaming (network fault tolerance, transmit load balancing, switch-assisted load
	balancing)
	Interconnects switch availability
	Hot-plug and hot- remove with configuration retention and no need to cable/re-cable
	Two network connections per server blade bay (four NICs total) routed to two redundant
	interconnect switches
	Redundant inter-switch communication and two sets of redundant Ethernet uplink ports per
	each interconnect switch
	Redundant front panel Ethernet ports per each interconnect switch for diagnostics,
	management, and additional uplinks
	Redundant serial ports
	Compatibility with PVST+ (GbE2 switch) and 802.1D Spanning tree protocol support for
	loop-free path redundancy
	Static IEEE 802.3ad (EtherChannel compatible) trunking with automatic port load balancing
	and failover
	Redundant switch configuration files and operating system firmware images in memory
	(GbE2 switch)
	Redundant fans per each interconnect switch
	Redundant 1+1 power to each interconnect switch
	Support for ProLiant network adapter teaming
	Redundant configurable community strings and SNMP trap manager hosts
	Redundant configurable syslog servers, DNS servers, and default gateways (GbE2 switch)
Security	Power-on password
	Administrator's password
	Integrated Lights-Out has 12 customizable user accounts and SSL encryption
	Integrated Lights-Out can be disabled via a Global Setting
	Interconnect switch multilevel user names and passwords, management interface time out period
	setting, SSH*, SCP secure copy protocol*, port-based IEEE 802.1Q tagged VLANs, RADIUS user
	authentication and authorization*, and IP address restriction
	* GbE2 Interconnect Switch only.

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