HP BL860c User Manual
QuickSpecs
Overview
HP Integrity BL860c Server Blade
1.
Three Mezzanine slots
2.
Up to two Intel® Itanium® 9100 series processors
3.
Local I/O connector
4.
Two small form factor (SFF) hot-plug drive bays
5.
Up to 48 GB PC2-4200, DDR2 memory (12 DIMMs)
What's New
Support for Hot Plug SAS Enterprise 300GB 3G SAS 10K SFF DP ENT Hard Drive
At A Glance
This document covers the HP Integrity BL860c server blade only. For more information on HP BladeSystem c-Class
Enclosures and HP BladeSystem c-Class Interconnects, please see the following QuickSpecs:
HP BladeSystem c3000 Enclosure QuickSpecs:
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12790_na/12790_na.html
HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure QuickSpecs:
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12810_na/12810_na.html
HP BladeSystem c-Class Interconnect Components QuickSpecs:
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12524_na/12524_na.html
The HP Integrity BL860c delivers the performance, reliability, and availability on 64-bit operating systems for the
ultimate in scalability and flexibility in deployment: HP-UX 11i v3/v2, 64-bit versions of Red Hat and SUSE Linux,
MicrosoftWindows® Server 2008 for Itanium-based systems, Windows Server and 2003 for Itanium-based systems
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HP Integrity BL860c Server Blade
Overview
(Enterprise and Datacenter editions), and OpenVMS v8.3. To further enrich your cost-efficient, consolidated Integrity
blade infrastructure, HP Virtual Server Environment (VSE) can help with solution components such as HP Integrity
Virtual Machines, HP Integrity Essentials Capacity Advisor and Virtualization Manager, HP-UX Workload Manager,
HP VSE Reference Architectures, and HP Serviceguard.
Processor:
Up to two Intel® Itanium® 9100 Series processors
Memory:
Up to 48 GB of memory. Supporting (12) DDR2-533 ECC memory DIMMS
Storage Controller:
Embedded LSI 1068 SAS RAID Controller integrated on system board
Standard RAID 1 controller
Internal Drive Support:
Supports up to (2) two small form factor (SFF) SAS hot plug hard drives
Network Controller:
Four (4) Embedded Standard Gigabit Network Adapter ports
Plus one (1) additional 10/100 NIC dedicated to Integrity iLO 2 Management
Mezzanine Support:
Three (3) additional I/O expansion slots via mezzanine cards.
Supports up to (3) mezzanine cards
HP BLc Emulex LPe1105 FC HBA Opt kit for SAN connectivity
HP 4X DDR IB Dual Port Mezzanine HCA for low latency server interconnectivity
Dual-Port Fibre Channel Mezzanine (4-Gb) options for SAN connectivity (QLogic).
4X DDR InfiniBand (IB) Mezzanine (20 Gb/s) options for low latency server interconnectivity
NOTE:
HP NC364m Quad Port 1GbE BL-c Adapter allowing up to sixteen Gigabit Ethernet ports per server
HP PCIe Pass Thru for support of BLc SB40c Storage Blade
NOTE:
http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/storageworks/c-class/sb40c/index.html
Internal USB Support:
No internal USB port on the BL860c
Management:
HP Integrity Server Blades Management Software
Integrity Integrated Lights Out 2 (iLO 2) management processor
HP Integrity Integrated Light Out 2 (iLO 2) with Advanced Pack,(factory integrated - standard with all
BL860c models)
HP Integrity Essentials,
HP System Insight Manager
HP System Management Homepage
HP-UX 11i Management Software for Integrity Blades,
HP BladeSystem Infrastructure Management Software:
HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager in HP SIM
HP Insight Control Environment for BladeSystem
HP BladeSystem c-Class Onboard Administrator
HP BladeSystem c-Class Virtual Connect
Enterprise Management Software
Data Protector Software
GlancePlus Pak
Performance Manager and Agent
Virtualization with HP Virtual Server Environment,
Intelligent Control
For Linux support See the HPC Cluster Platform 6000 at:
For SB40c information see:
www.hp.com/go/integrityessentials
www.hp.com/go/hpuxblades
HP Ignite-UX
HP Software Assistant (SWA)
HP Dynamic Root Disk (DRD)
www.hp.com/go/vse
http://www.hp.com/go/hptc
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HP Capacity Advisor
HP Virtualization Manager
HP-UX Workload Manager and HP Global Workload Manager
HP Systems Insight Manager
Partitioning Continuum
HP Integrity Virtual Machines (with HP-UX guest OS's and Windows Guest OS's)
HP Process Resource Manager/pSets
Secure Resource Partitions
Continuous availability
HP Serviceguard for HP-UX 11i
HP Serviceguard Extensions for SAP
HP Serviceguard Extensions for Faster Failover
VSE Reference Architectures
VSE Suites including HP Capacity Advisor, HP Virtualization Manager, HP Global Workload Manager, HP
Integrity Virtual Machines, and VSE Reference Architectures
Form Factor:
HP Integrity BL860c server blade is a full-height, BladeSystem c-Class form factor. The BL860c server blade
plugs into the BladeSystem enclosure. In the c7000 enclosure, 8 server blades are supported per 10U
enclosure. 4 enclosures can be configured to a standard 42U rack; 32 BL860c server blades can be configured
in a fully populated rack. In the c3000 enclosure, 4 BL860c server blades are supported per 6U enclosure.
Warranty:
Protected by HP Services and a worldwide network of HP Authorized Channel Partners. Three-year parts, 3
Year Labor and 3 Year on-site limited global warranty. Certain restrictions and exclusions apply
HP Integrity BL860c Server Blade
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Standard Features (Server Blade)
HP Integrity BL860c Server Blade
NOTE:
specifications, please visit:
Processor
Upgradeability
Cache Memory
Chipset
Memory
For a brief, printer friendly data sheet that describes this product and informs you of the essential capabilities and
Intel® Itanium® Single-Core Processors Model 9110N (1.6 GHz, 12MB L3 cache, FSB533)
Intel® Itanium® Dual-Core Processors Model 9140M (1.66 GHz, 18MB L3 cache, FSB667)
Intel® Itanium® Dual-Core Processors Model 9120N (1.42 GHz, 12MB L3 cache, FSB533)
Upgradeable to two (2) processors
NOTE:
be identical
1.2 MB per Core Level 2 cache memory
HP zx2
Type
Minimum
Maximum
NOTE:
NOTE:
identical DIMM types and capacities
http://h71028.www7.hp.com/ERC/downloads/4AA1-0071ENW.pdf
The HP Integrity BL860c only supports 1 or 2 processor configurations. Processors must
PC2-4200 DDR2 DIMMs (DDR2-533)
2 GB (2 x 1 GB)
48 GB (12 x 4 GB)
Memory modules are DIMM pairs.
Double Chip Spare is enabled in a single memory module. Double Chip Spare requires
Network Adapter
Expansion Slots
Integrated
Manageability
Storage Controller
Maximum Internal
Storage
Four (4) embedded NIC ports, plus one (1) additional management NIC port:
Four (4) NIC ports via (2) Broadcom 5704 Dual Port Gigabit NIC
One (1) additional 10/100 NIC dedicated to Integrity iLO 2 Management
Up to twelve additional Gigabit Ethernet ports via the NC364m Quad-port mezzanine adapter
Three Mezzanine slots (two (2) Type II PCIe, one (1) Type I PCIe x4)
Integrity Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO 2) Advanced Pack (Factory integrated)
HP BladeSystem c-Class Onboard Administrator
HP BladeSystem c-Class Virtual Connect
LSI 1068 SAS Controller
Hot Plug SAS
2 SAS Channels (one to each HDD)
Supports RAID 1
600GB SAS
2 x 300GB SAS
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Standard Features (Server Blade)
HP Integrity BL860c Server Blade
Graphics
Graphics Resolution
Supported
Fiber Channel Support
Integrated ATI RN-50 1280 x 1024 x 16M color (32 MB DDR memory)
Resolution Color Depths
Optional Fibre Channel HBAs are supported by the HP Integrity BL860c. The mezzanine circuit
board connects directly to the server blade system board.
HP BLc Emulex LPe1105 FC HBA Opt kit for HP c-Class BladeSystem (403621-B21)
QLogic QMH2462 4Gb FC HBA for HP c-Class BladeSystem (403619-B21)
Fibre Channel HBAs feature
Optimal performance utilizing PCI Express
4/2/1Gb/s auto negotiating speeds
Dual-ports for redundant path connections
Two FC HBAs per server blade provide redundant FC HBA support
Optimized for HP StorageWorks and supported by third party SAN vendors
Support for HP-UX, Microsoft® Windows® OpenVMS, and Linux operating systems
environments
Depths 1280 x 1024, 16.7M , 64k, 256,16
1024 x 768, 16.7M, 64k, 256, 16
800 x 600, 16.7M, 64k, 256, 16
640 x 480, 16.7M, 64k, 256, 16
Compatible SAN
HP Integrity BL860c server blades are optimized for HP StorageWorks MSA, EVA, and XP
HP Integrity BL860c server blades are compatible with select third party SANs (please see blade
storage page for more details:
Class/storage.html
)
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliant-bl/c-
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Standard Features
HP Integrity BL860c Server Blade
Integrity Server Blades
Management Software
and HP Integrity
Essentials Software
Plug-ins
HP-UX 11i Management
Software for HP Integrity
BL860c Server Blade
and HP BladeSystem
Microsoft ®Windows for
Integrity Management
Software for HP Integrity
BL860c Server Blade
and HP BladeSystem
Getting Started
HP Systems Insight Manager
HP Integrity Essentials for HP-UX 11i
HP-UX 11i System Management
HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager in HP System Insight
Manager
HP Onboard Administrator
HP BladeSystem c-Class Onboard Administrator Firmware
HP BladySystem c-Class Virtual Connect Firmware
HP Insight Control Environment for BladeSystem
Deploy
HP Ignite-UX
Software Distributor-UX
Software Package Builder
Monitor
HP Systems Insight Manager
HP System Management Homepage
Glance Plus Pak
Performance Manager and Agent
HP Serviceguard Manager
Control
HP Integrity Integrated Lights Out (iLO) 2 (Advanced Pack
factory integrated with BL860c), includes Integrity iLO
2Power Regulator which is supported by HP-UX 11i v3
Protect
HP-UX Bastille
Secure Resource Partitions
Data Protector Software
Software Assistant (SWA)
Security Patch Check and Patch Assessment Tool
Optimize
HP Capacity Advisory
HP Virtualization Manager
HP-UX Workload Manager
HP Global Workload Manager
Process Resource Manager
HP Insight Power Manager
Integrate
HP Business Technology Optimization
IT Management Software
HP Virtual Server Environment Suite for HP-UX 11i for HP
Integrity server blades
Learn More
HP-UX 11i on Integrity Server Blade
Get Started
HP Systems Insight Manager
HP Integrity Essentials for Windows
HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager in HP Systems Insight
Manager
HP Onboard Administrator
HP BladeSystem c-Class Onboard Administrator Firmware
HP BladeSystem c-Class Virtual Connect Firmware
HP Insight Control Environment for BladeSystem
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Standard Features
Linux for Integrity
Management Software
for HP Integrity BL860c
Server Blade and HP
BladeSystem
HP Integrity BL860c Server Blade
Deploy
Integrity Essentials Foundation Pack for Windows
Smart Setup CD
Smart Setup Scripting Toolkit
HP Rapid Deployment Pack
Monitor
HP Systems Insight Manager
HP System Management Homepage
GlancePlus Pak
Performance Manager and Agent
Version Control
Repository Manager
NIC Configuration Utility
HP Performance Management Pack
Control
HP Integrity Integrated Lights Out (iLO) 2 (Advanced Pack
factory integrated with BL860c), includes Integrity iLO
2Power Regulator which is supported by Windows Server
2008
Protect
Data Protector Software
Optimize
HP Capacity Advisor
HP Virtualization Manager
HP Insight Power Manager
Integrate
HP Business Technology Optimization
IT Management Software
SMS Inventory Tool for HP ProLiant and Integrity Update
HP Management Packs for Microsoft Operations Manager
2005
HP Management Packs for Microsoft Operations Manager
2007
Learn More
Windows for Integrity
Get Started
HP Systems Insight Manager
HP Integrity Essentials for Linux
HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager in HP Systems Insight
Manager
HP Onboard Administrator
HP BladeSystem c-Class Onboard Administrator Firmware
HP BladeSystem c-Class Virtual Connect Firmware
HP Insight Control Environment for BladeSystem
Deploy
HP Integrity Essentials Foundation Pack for Linux
HP Rapid Deployment Pack
Monitor
HP Systems Insight Manager
HP System Management Homepage
GlancePlus Pak
Performance Manager and Agent
HP Serviceguard Manager
Control
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Standard Features
OpenVMS Management
Software for HP Integrity
BL860c Server Blade
and HP BladeSystem
HP Integrity BL860c Server Blade
HP Integrity Integrated Lights Out (iLO) 2 (Advanced Pack
factory integrated with BL860c)
Protect
Data Protector Software
Optimize
HP Integrity Essentials Capacity Advisor
HP Integrity Essentials Virtualization Manager
HP Insight Power Manager (monitoring features only)
Integrate
HP Business Technology Optimization
IT Management Software
Learn More
Linux for Integrity
Get Started
HP Systems Insight Manager
HP Integrity Essentials for OpenVMS
HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager in HP Systems Insight
Manager
HP Onboard Administrator
HP BladeSystem c-Class Onboard Administrator Firmware
HP BladeSystem c-Class Virtual Connect Firmware
HP Insight Control Environment for BladeSystem
Deploy
PCSI and Secure Delivery
Monitor
HP Systems Insight Manager
HP System Management Homepage
GlancePlus Pak
Performance Manager and Agent
Availability Manager
Control
HP Integrity Integrated Lights Out (iLO) 2 (Advanced Pack
factory integrated with BL860c)
Protect
Data Protector Software
Optimize
HP Integrity Essentials Capacity Advisor
HP Integrity Essentials Virtualization Manager
HP Insight Power Manager (monitoring features only)
Integrate
HP Business Technology Optimization
IT Management Software
Learn More
OpenVMS for Integrity
Glossary of Integrity
Server Blades
Management Software
Product Description
HP BladeSystem
Integrated Manager in
HP Systems Insight
Manager
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The HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager is a component in HP
Systems Insight Manager (SIM) that provides streamlined management
for the entire HP BladeSystem product family. The HP BladeSystem
Integrated Manager enables users to quickly navigate their HP blade
environments including blade servers, enclosure infrastructures, racks,
and integrated switches, via automatically generated blade rack picture
views and hierarchical trees. Users are able to conveniently configure,
deploy, and manage individual or groups of blade systems. Additionally,
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Standard Features
HP Blades Visualization
HP GlancePlus Pak
HP Ignite-UX
for HP-UX Deployments
HP Capacity Advisor
HP Integrity Essentials
Foundation Pack for
Windows
HP Integrity Essentials
Foundation Pack for
Linux
HP Integrity BL860c Server Blade
users are able to quickly set up logical collections of blade systems for
convenient management and control.
Used by System Administrators to identify, associate and group blades
into collections, using tables, trees, and picture views, and it can also be
used to monitor performance and launch Integrity Essentials.
NOTE:
Servers go to
HP GlancePlus Pak provides you with a single product for managing a
system's availability and performance. It is an integrated product that
includes HP GlancePlus and HP OpenView Performance Agent. As an
integrated product, the GlancePlus Pak includes the real-time diagnostic
capabilities of GlancePlus and the historical data collection capabilities
of the Performance Agent. The performance agent is used with other
availability and performance management products, thus providing an
integrated real-time and historical performance management solution.
HP Ignite-UX is a free toolset that enables a network install of HP-UX
onto multiple PA-RISC and/or Integrity servers on a network. It can also
be used to create custom install configurations, or golden images,
recover systems remotely, create custom recovery media including tape,
CD and DVD, and manage and monitor multiple client installation
sessions
HP Capacity Advisor is the industry's first lightweight, integrated tool for
ongoing capacity planning, simulating placement of application
workloads to help IT administrators improve server utilization. Capacity
Advisor provides planning capability for the intelligent control of the HP
Virtual Server Environment.
The HP Integrity Essentials Foundation Pack for Windows contains
software designed to simplify the installation, configuration, and
management of Microsoft Windows Server environments on HP Integrity
Servers. The Smart Setup bootable utility simplifies tasks including
system and disk partitioning and the Integrity Support Pack provides
necessary drivers and management agents for use with your Windows
Server environments
The HP Integrity Essentials Foundation Pack for Linux contains software
designed to simplify the installation, configuration, and management of
Linux on HP Integrity Servers with Linux in a Data Center. HPIEFPL
simplifies tasks including system and disk partitioning as well as
prepares your system for installing either the RHEL or SLES distribution.
For more information about Manageability solutions for Integrity
http://www.hp.com/go/integrityessentials
The Smart Setup application is a bootable media that HP recommends
to be used prior to installing the operating system distribution. This
application media contains the latest documentation, firmware, and tools
to help configure and optimize your system. Smart Setup provides the
following: a system hardware inventory tool, tools to help configure
system internal storage arrays and adapters, installation of the hardware
diagnostics tools, and tools to launch the appropriate Red Hat or Novell
distribution installer.
The Support Pack component of HPIEFPL includes HP value added
software that can be used to either integrate with existing system
management solutions or directly manage an HP Integrity server.
Following the installation of the Linux distribution of choice, use the
Management media to install additional tools, HP Insight Management
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Standard Features
HP Virtualization
Manager
HP Integrity Integrated
Lights Out (iLO) 2
(Advanced Pack factory
integrated with BL860c)
HP Onboard
Administrator
HP Integrity BL860c Server Blade
Agents, HP WBEM providers, and System Management Homepage
(SMH).
HP System Insight Manager
HP Insight Manager Agents
HP System Management Homepage
Web-based Enterprise Management (WBEM) Solutions
HP Management Base for Integrity Servers
OpenPegasus
HP Array Configuration Utility
HP Virtualization Manager is easy-to-use virtualization management
software that reduces complexity by providing unified visualization and
management of physical and virtual servers. Virtualization Manager
provides a central point of control that allows you to manage all the
resources in your Virtual Server Environment (VSE). It is a powerful way
to connect IT resources to real business needs.
HP Integrity Integrated Lights Out (iLO) management processors make
it simpler, faster, and less costly to remotely manage your Integrity
servers. HP Integrity iLO 2, the next generation of iLO management
processors, is available in the newest Integrity entry-class servers.
Integrity iLO 2 enables a complete remote console experience with the
Advanced Pack addition of Virtual Media and Integrated Remote
Console (virtual keyboard, video, and mouse). iLO 2 Advanced Pack
also enables integration with Insight Power Manager. Integrity BL860c
ships with an Integrity iLO 2 Advanced Pack license factory installed no additional iLO licensing is needed.
The Onboard Administrator for the HP BladeSystem enclosure is the
brains of the new c-Class infrastructure. Together with the enclosure's
HP Insight Display, the Onboard Administrator has been designed for
both local and remote administration of HP BladeSystem c-Class. This
module and its firmware provides:
HP Serviceguard
Manager
HP Systems Insight
Manager
HP System Management
Homepage
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Wizards for simple, fast setup and configuration
Highly available and secure access to the HP BladeSystem
infrastructure
Security roles for server, network, and storage administrators
Automated power and cooling of the HP BladeSystem
infrastructure
Agent-less device health and status
Thermal Logic power and cooling information and control
HP Serviceguard Manager is a graphical user interface (GUI) that
provides configuration, administration, and monitoring capabilities for
Serviceguard, Serviceguard Extension for RAC, Metrocluster, and
Continentalclusters. Using Serviceguard Manager, operators see colorcoded icons that provide a big-picture view of multiple clusters. From
this big-picture view, operators can drill down and proactively manage
clusters, systems (nodes), and packages that run applications.
HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) provides a unified, secure and
extensible environment to centrally manage servers, storage and other
infrastructure devices across multiple operating system platforms.
HP System Management Homepage is a web-based interface that
consolidates and simplifies the management of individual ProLiant and
Integrity servers running Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems,
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