topic Re: blade bongle in BladeSystem - General

blade bongle

study unix — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:20:41 GMT

who can introduce bland bongle?
i don't understand bongle is one software or molectron inserted into hardware, pls introduce its function! many thnaks!

Re: blade bongle

AnthonySN — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:43:42 GMT

i have heard about blade dongle which connects on the front side of the blade and has a usb,vga and serial port.

Re: blade bongle

study unix — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:53:35 GMT

HI SASJ,
what is bland bongle's funtion ?

Re: blade bongle

AnthonySN — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:59:26 GMT

frankly i have never heard of term BLAND BONGLE, is it a typo error, do u mean blade dongle. pls clarify ?

Re: blade bongle

study unix — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 06:17:31 GMT

Sorry,it should be blade bongle

Re: blade bongle

AnthonySN — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 06:43:25 GMT

im sorry never heard of that too.
there is a blade Dongle which i explained in my previos post.
it can be used to connect usb mouse,keyboard,dvd drive and vga monitor.
maybe some else can help you

Re: blade bongle

Duncan Edmonstone — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 07:56:12 GMT

unlike a racked server, blades have no external USB, VGA or serial ports, so there's nowhere to plug in a keyboard, monitor or mouse - or a external USB DVD drive You don't normally need these as you can access all these functions through iLO and the blade chassis OA. In the event for whatever reason you need "local" access to one of these devices, you attach the blade dongle to the front of the blade, and plug in a KVM or a DVD drive.

HTH

Duncan

Re: blade bongle

Clarete Riana — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:09:46 GMT

Just to add to what Duncan has already mentioned, this blade dongle is also called a SUV( Serial USB Video) cable.

Refer to the link below to see what the cable looks and how to use it.( SUV cable and Ports subtopic in teh overview section)

http://g4u0420c.houston.hp.com/en/AH232-9008A-ed4/AH232-9008A-ed4.pdf

Regards,
Clarete

Re: blade bongle

Torsten. — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:39:01 GMT

What is a "blade bongle"???

In case of a "dongle", some blade servers have an internal USB connector where you can attach an USB dongle safely.

Re: blade bongle

study unix — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:30:28 GMT

if I can understand bland bongle is one cable with usb,VGA,serial port ?

Re: blade bongle

Torsten. — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:34:26 GMT

Where did you get this term "bland bongle"???

Re: blade bongle

Dan Robinson_4 — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 03:57:42 GMT

There is no such thing as a Blade Bongle.
most likely where-ever you got that from it was a typo.

The Blade Dongle has been accurately described several times above.
Each c7000 chassis comes with 2.
http://www.dectrader.com/images/D/416003-001.jpg

FYI, on newer c7000 Chassis that contain the updated OA Modules, there is a VGA Port on the OA. This allows you to connect a VGA monitor and USB Keyboard/Mouse/DVD to the back of the chassis and access an internal KVM Switch so that the Dongle is not really required.

If you need to connect a USB Key for Software licensing, most Blades have an internal USB port you can use so you dont have to leave the Dongle hanging off the front of the server all the time.

And again, there is no such thing as a Blade BONGLE. :)