HP ProLiant BL620c HP BladeSystem c-Class architecture - Page 1

HP BladeSystem c-Class architecture Technology brief, 3rd edition Introduction...2 Enclosures and hardware components...2 General-purpose flexible design ...4 Scalable blade form factors...5 Scalable interconnect form factors...7 Star topology...7 NonStop signal midplane provides flexibility 8 High bandwidth and performance ...11 NonStop signal midplane scalability 11 Power backplane scalability and reliability 13 Power and cooling architecture with HP Thermal Logic 13 Server blades and processors ...14 Enclosure ...14 Configuration and management technologies 16 Integrated Lights-Out...16 Onboard Administrator...17 HP Insight Control and HP Insight Dynamics 17 HP Virtual Connect and Virtual Connect Flex-10 technology 18 Virtual Connect ...19 Virtual Connect Flex-10...19 Virtual Connect FlexFabric ...20 Managing Virtual Connect ...20 Availability technologies...21 Redundant configurations...21 Reliable components...21 Reducing configuration time ...21 For more information...22 Call to action ...23