HP Blade Server c7000

A BladeSystem c7000 enclosure holds up to 16 server and/or storage blades plus redundant networkand storage switches. It includes a shared, multi-terabit high-speed mid-plane for wire-once connectivity of server blades to network and shared storage. Power is delivered through a pooled power backplane that ensures the full capacity of the hot-plug power supplies is available to all blades.

Each c7000 Blade enclosure is built with the following functions:

• Up to 16 half-height and/or up to 8 full-height server blades and/or storage blades per enclosure.
• Up to 4 different interconnect fabrics (Ethernet, FC, IB, iSCSI, SAS, etc.) supported simultaneously within the enclosure.
• Choice of a single-phase or a three-phase power subsystem - for flexibility in connecting to datacenter power.
• PARSEC enclosure design - Parallel, redundant and scalable cooling and airflow design
• Four (4) or Six (6) Active Cool fans as standard. For redundancy and improved power consumption and acoustics; additional Active Cool Fan kits can be added for a maximum of 10 fans
• Fully redundant design-redundant interconnections between servers and interconnect modules; a mid-plane with no active components; redundant cooling using hot-plug Active Cool fans; hot-plug power supplies.
• Best performance per watt - lower wattage per server blade, in comparison to rack-mounted servers
• Full AC redundancy - with no power zones.
• Redundant Onboard Administrator management modules (optional active-standby design)

HP Blade Servers c7000 Enclosures Options