| Q1. |
How many Blades are supported in the c7000 Enclosure? |
| A1. |
Up to 16 Half-Height c-Class Blades or 8 Full-Height c-Class Blades, or a mix of half and full-height blades. |
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| Q2. |
Will the c7000 Enclosure support anything other than Server Blades? |
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Yes the c7000 Enclosure currently supports the SB40c Storage Blade, HP StorageWorks Ultrium Tape Blades and PCI Expansion Blade. Future Blades will provide additional capabilities and processor support beyond the existing c-Class Server & Storage Blades. |
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| Q3. |
Can I connect an HP CAT5 KVM to the server blades? |
| A3. |
Yes with the purchase of the HP BladeSystem c-Class KVM Interface Adapter. |
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| Q4. |
Will the new enclosure with the 3 inch display support the existing blades. |
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Yes all HP c-Class enclosures have full backwards and forwards compatibility, that is existing blades are supported in the new enclosures and any future blades will be supported in the enclosure with a 2 inch display. |
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| Interconnects |
| Q1. |
How many interconnect bays are in the c7000 enclosure? |
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There are 8 interconnect bays in the c7000 Enclosure that can support up to 4 redundant I/O fabrics. |
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| Q2. |
What I/O fabrics are supported in the c7000 Enclosure? |
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A broad variety of Interconnects are supported in the c7000 enclosure including:
- HP Virtual Connect Ethernet and Fibre Channel
- Gigabit Ethernet Switches from HP and Cisco
- 4Gbit Fibre Channel Switches from Brocade and Cicso
- InfiniBand DDR
- Ethernet and Fibre Channel Pass Through modules
View more information on c-Class Interconnects. |
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| Q3. |
Can the c7000 enclosure support future high performance interconnects such as 8Gbit Fibre Channel, QDR InfiniBand and 10Gbit Ethernet? |
| A3. |
Yes, the multi-terabit backplane in the c7000 Enclosure is designed to accommodate future high-speed networking, server and storage interconnects. |
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| Power |
| Q1. |
What power is required for the c7000 enclosure? |
| A1. |
The c7000 enclsoure supports a broad range of power inputs:
- Single-Phase 100 VAC - 120 VAC and 200 VAC - 240 VAC
- Three-Phase North America/Japan: 208V line to line 3-Phase Delta
- Three-Phase International: 346 VAC to 415 VAC Line to Line 200 VAC to 240 VAC Line to Neutral, 3-Phase WYE
- DC Input: -48VDC nominal, -36VDC to -72 VDC
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| Q2. |
Can I support a full enclosure of 16 Half-Height Server Blades when running on Low-Line (100VAC - 120VAC) power? |
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This is dependant on the configuration of the blades use the power sizer.
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| Q3. |
What power connectors does the c7000 Enclosure use? |
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- Single-phase - 6 x IEC320 C20 connectors
- Three-phase North America/Japan model - 2 × NEMA L15-30p
- Three-phase International models - 2 × IEC 309, 4-Pole 5-wire, 200/346V 240/415V, 16A
-48V DC Input Module - Terminal lug: 45DG 4AWG 1/4 2H |
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| Q4. |
Where can I find detailed information on the power specifications on the c7000 enclosure? |
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Detailed information on the c7000 can be found in the c7000 Enclosure Quickspecs.
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| Management |
| Q1. |
What management software bundles are available? |
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Insight Control Environment for BladeSystem Bundles and Insight Control Environment For Linux bundle
- Insight Control Environment Single-Phase Enclosure Bundle 403320-B22
- Insight Control Environment 3-Phase Enclosure NA/JPN Bundle 412133-B22
- Insight Control Environment 3-Phase Enclosure International Bundle 403319-B22
- Insight Control Environment For Linux V2.0 Single-Phase Enclosure Bundles 441908-B23
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| Q2. |
What features does Insight Control Environment provide? |
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Insight Control Environment contains the following fully licensed components:
- HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack (RDP) for rapid deployment of operating systems
- HP ProLiant Essentials Performance Management Pack (PMP)
- HP ProLiant Essentials Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack (VPM)
- iLO Select and Insight Power Manager
- Virtual Machine Management Pack
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| Q3. |
What features does Insight Control Environment For Linux V2.0 Support? |
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Easy to use interface that is tailored to the specific tasks and operations unique to blade and Linux users
- Discovery, health monitoring and alerting, and control operations for HP BladeSystem through a secure, web-based console
- Modular and Easy to use design, flexible task chain operations for deployment and change management tasks
- One to many operating system provisioning of HP BladeSystem c-Class and p-Class servers
- Detailed blade rack visualization combined with an interface to HP BladeSystem Onboard Administrator (OA) enclosure management module and HP's Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) and iLO 2 remote management processor
- Secure and separate management network unites deployment, monitoring and remote management for all types of customer networking environments
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| Service Warranty |
| Q1. |
What is the warranty on this product? |
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The c7000 eclosure is supported with a Worldwide Limited warranty featuring 3 year of parts, labor, and on-site service. In addition processors, memory, and hard drives are also covered by HP's prefailure warranty. Click for a complete description of your warranty.
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| Q2. |
What Service offerings are recommended? |
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HP recommends customers purchase for deployment, HP Bladesystem Infrastructure Installation and Start Up and same day 24x7 hardware support combined with software technical support for opertaing system and management software. This combination provides ready access to technical expertise, will help minimize downtime, and enable customers to focus on their core business. For a complete list of Support Services that are available, visit: www.hp.com/services/bladesystemservices.
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