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ProLiant BL solution The ProLiant BL portfolio addresses all tiers of a multi-tiered architecture. An open strategy for networking and storage, spanning one-, two-, and four-processor systems, enables enterprise data centers, service providers, and telecommunications companies to build a complete, multi-tiered adaptive infrastructure using blade servers. To maximize its value and strengthen the commonality across all ProLiant products, the ProLiant BL line takes advantage of management and system deployment technology developed for all ProLiant servers. The ProLiant BL portfolio is designed to provide specific customer benefits including: • Better utilization of valuable data center rack space • More efficient use of data center power resources • Simplified cable management and network cable reduction • Investment protection for customers' existing infrastructure and hardware • Increased serviceability through modularity and simplified spares inventory Modular infrastructure The ProLiant BL portfolio uses a modular infrastructure that separates components to help enable a truly adaptive enterprise and provide maximum flexibility and investment protection for customers. The ProLiant BL Line includes four key components: • Server blade and power enclosures • Server blades • Interconnects • Power infrastructure ProLiant BL architecture is designed to protect customer investments in two important ways: by providing longevity of the ProLiant BL server and interconnect architecture and by enabling installation of ProLiant BL server blades in standard racks along with legacy servers and storage. Server blade and power enclosures The cornerstone of the ProLiant BL architecture is a set of server blade and power enclosures that install easily in 19-inch-wide HP, third-party, and telecommunication (telco) racks, allowing customers to deploy ProLiant BL server blades along with existing hardware for full utilization of racks. In this architecture, the power subsystem is decoupled from individual server blades to improve power efficiency, to increase server availability, and to significantly improve cable management in densely populated racks. The ProLiant BL server blade enclosures include a 3U e-Class enclosure and a 6U p-Class enclosure. The ProLiant BL e-Class enclosure accommodates up to 20 ProLiant BL10e servers and allows customers to deploy up to 280 ProLiant BL10e server blades in a standard 42U rack. The p-Class enclosure accommodates a mixture of ProLiant BL20p and ProLiant BL40 p server blades, as well as the p-Class interconnect options. ProLiant BL servers include HP industry-leading technologies such as tool-free mechanical designs and hot-plug components. To drive commonality across the entire ProLiant line, each ProLiant BL server also includes light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on the front to indicate the status of power, network interface controller (NIC) link and activity, disk drive activity, and health of the blade. A blue unit identification LED on the front can be activated remotely to help a user on site find a specific blade instantly in a densely loaded rack. 3