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Key Benefits

Ideal for hosting larger databases, applications and many virtual machines, the HP ProLiant BL680c G5 delivers no-compromise performance and expansion in the densest 4P server blade form-factor available.
  » No-compromise performance and expansion
  » Design and availability
  » Industry-leading management and configuration tools

No-compromise performance and expansion

Outstanding performance from the densest 4P server blade form factor available, including quad-core processors, extensive memory capacity and best-in-class networking.


  • Up to four Intel Xeon 7300 Series processors - delivering 64-bit quad-core computing, with industry-leading performance-per-watt and price/performance-per-watt.
  • Up to 128GB Fully Buffered DDR2 Memory - large footprint for memory-intensive applications. 16 PC2-5300 DIMM slots are available for expansion.
  • High performance HP Smart Array P400i with 256MB cache for hardware RAID 0,1.
  • Four integrated adapters- two are multifunction Gigabit Ethernet with TCP/IP offload engine (TOE) for Microsoft Windows 2003 and iSCSI boot for Linux, and two general Gigabit Ethernet.
  • Three mezzanine expansion slots support multifunction 10 Gigabit Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet, standard Gigabit Ethernet, 4Gb Fibre Channel, and 4x DDR (20Gb) InfiniBand.
  • SAS or SATA-With up to two SAS or SATA drives and a new Smart Array RAID controller, you get quicker access to data and increase storage bandwidth for cutting edge storage performance.

Design and availability

Proven ProLiant design and availability features you can depend on.


  • Delivers the ProLiant experience you expect - using the same drives, memory and RAID controllers as traditional ProLiant servers, plus the additional benefits of HP BladeSystem
  • Choose between up to two Small Form Factor (SFF) hot-plug SAS or SATA drives for maximum availability
  • Advanced ECC memory protection
  • HP Smart Array P400i controller and optional battery-backed write cache option provide fault tolerance to limit costly network downtime

Industry-leading management and configuration tools

Industry-leading management and configuration tools, offer superior remote administration, superb life cycle management and resource utilization.


Conserve valuable IT resources and time by centralizing and simplifying management functions with Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO 2) Standard Blade Edition and Insight Control Data Center Edition.

Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO 2) Standard Blade Edition
Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO 2) Standard Blade Edition delivers the industry's most complete, high-performance, out-of-band remote management solution. With new Virtual KVM performance, iLO 2 Standard Blade Edition now provides all of the capabilities required for administrative or maintenance tasks from a single remote console. iLO 2 Standard Blade Edition provides true in-front-of-the-server control of systems located in datacenters or remote locations from the office, home or travel location. This eliminates unnecessary travel and increases IT efficiency and responsiveness. Now IT customers have a single remote management and control solution.

iLO 2 Select
Get even more out of iLO 2 Select by upgrading to iLO Select Pack, featuring power regulator reporting, scripted multi-server virtual media and additional enterprise security. iLO 2 Select has flexible licensing including site licenses and an eight blade kit:

Insight Control Data Center Edition
Insight Control Data Center Edition is an integrated suite of software that simplifies the provisioning and management of HP BladeSystem infrastructures.

Organizations can use Insight Control Data Center Edition to:
  • Increase Data Center efficiency and consistency
  • Simplify installation and configuration of HP management software
  • Achieve faster time to production
Insight Control Data Center Edition delivers foundation management for HP BladeSystem lifecycles, including hardware resource deployment, health monitoring, software version control, performance monitoring, vulnerability scanning and patch management.

For additional product and licensing information about Insight Control Data Center Edition, HP Systems Insight Manager and Essentials software refer to: http://www.hp.com/servers/proliantessentials
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