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server blade features a Blade Link connector that connects selected QPI Quick Path Interconnect

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Figure 3. BladeSystem c-Class form factors scale vertically with half-height and full-height blades Full-Height Blade Half-Height Blades Midplane connectors on the same PCB Room for tall heat sink Vertical memory DIMMs (90º to PCB) Two full-height bays can be used in combination for a full-height double-wide blade form factor. Or, adjacent single-wide full-height blades can be used together. For example, HP Integrity server blades can combine multiple blades to create 2, 4, or 8 socket systems, as shown in Figure 4. Each base server blade features a Blade Link connector that connects selected QPI (Quick Path Interconnect) ports among processors, the required clock signals, and side band signals for the system to operate as a scale-up multiprocessor system. Blade Link is available only with Integrity blades. Figure 4. Horizontal scaling with Integrity blades and Blade Link connections 2-socket Blade 4-socket Blade 8-socket Blade Blade Link connect 6

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Figure 3.
BladeSystem c-Class form factors scale vertically with half-height and full-height blades
Midplane connectors
on the same PCB
Full-Height
Blade
Half-Height
Blades
Vertical memory DIMMs
(90ยบ to PCB)
Room for tall
heat sink
Two full-height bays can be used in combination for a full-height double-wide blade form factor. Or,
adjacent single-wide full-height blades can be used together. For example, HP Integrity server blades
can combine multiple blades to create 2, 4, or 8 socket systems, as shown in Figure 4. Each base
server blade features a Blade Link connector that connects selected QPI (Quick Path Interconnect)
ports among processors, the required clock signals, and side band signals for the system to operate
as a scale-up multiprocessor system. Blade Link is available only with Integrity blades.
Figure 4.
Horizontal scaling with Integrity blades and Blade Link connections
2-socket
Blade
8-socket Blade
4-socket
Blade
Blade Link connect
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