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Introducing the HP Blade Connect online community!


What's New with Blades?

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Community Connected

You have questions about blades. The community has answers. Inside Blade Connect, you can find the info you need and connect to others with a click. Meet other blade users, share your thoughts, and talk to the experts that built the blades . . .or just catch up on the latest buzz. Try it out.



The Blade Connect online community is a free service designed to help you learn more about blades for your business straight from your peers and the experts around the world. Inside, you can:
  • Expand Your Network with the People Map - Search, match and connect with other members
  • Make your voice heard - Weigh in on hot topics and current events or start your own group
  • Schedule Time to Connect - Plan online or offline meetings
  • Build Business Relationships - Grow your network of industry contacts
Our easy-to-use community helps you to quickly find other members so you can exchange knowledge, develop a business partnership, or share tips and tricks. Get in, get connected, and get out - or stay online to collaborate and chat with your peers and the blade experts.


HP Innovation at its best. This community is focused on Virtual Connect - the newest, ground-breaking blade interconnect technology on the market. We would like to hear from you! Give us your feedback on the Virtual Connect solution, and we will keep you updated on the latest improvements and tools.


Calling all IHVs, ISVs, System Integrators and VARs interested in building and selling solutions based on HP BladeSystem. This is a no cost program, and all partners are invited to join at www.hp.com/go/solutionbuilder



A complete list of over 240 (as of March 2007) HP BladeSystem Solutions can be found at www.hp.com/go/bladesolutions.

Examples of pre-tested BladeSystem application software solutions include:


Customers and users of the Onboard Administrator: we welcome your questions about the use of the OA. In addition, we want to use this discussion group to solicit your needs for enhancements to the Onboard Administrator. As you know, the Onboard Administrator has two usage modes: a browser-based...

A venue for business and technical discussion about server, storage, and network virtualization on BladeSystem.


Anything to do with running Linux on HP BladeSystem servers. Post technical tips, configuration suggestions, cool links, open source ideas, etc.



 Discussion group to talk about making it even better:
c-class uses the lowest power, the least space, the lowest airflow.
c-class power and cooling can support whatever is coming

If you believe that blades cost more and use more power than rack mounted servers, you are in for a surprise. Participate with us in discussing the value of blades.

Best Practices, Lessons learned from the field and hopefully info about VMware compatibility list additions ahead of time?



Providing a focal point for customers, partners and HP experts to share and discuss issues, opportunities and insights relative to Oracle on the HP BladeSystem including database and applications.

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