C7000

[pons_freebsd]

I am in the process of getting HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure

Management - Dual Redundant Onboard Administrator management modules

Network Module Two HP 6120XG Blade Switches for HP c-Class BladeSystem; each

configured with:

- 16 x 10Gb downlinks to server NICs

- 8 x 10Gb SFP+ uplinks (including a dual personality CX4 and SFP+ 10G (unpopulated) uplink, and two 10Gb cross-connects)

SAN Module Two Brocade 8Gb SAN Switches for HP c-Class BladeSystem; each

configured with:

- 24 ports enabled (16 internal, 8 external)

- 8 x Shortwave 8Gb SFP+ Transceivers

- 8 x LC-LC OM4 Fiber Cables, 15m

- Full fabric connectivity

Power and Cooling 􀂃 HP BLc7000 Single Phase Power Module

- Ten Active Cooling Fans

- Six Redundant Hot Plug Power Supplies

- The power supplies and cooling fans are installed directly into the chassisand are designed to provide redundant cooling and power for a fully configured enclosure

Can you please adivise about the roadmap of the Blade, are there known issues if the blade will discontinue in the next few years...

pons

[Torsten.]

Have a look:

http://h17007.www1.hp.com/us/en/enterprise/servers/bladesystem/index.aspx#.Uvy5LYXjvvM

HP calls it "future-proof" and in fact this is an excellent piece of technology... but you did not tell about the blade server you are going to get ...

[pons_freebsd]

HP ProLiant BL460c Gen8 Blade Server

Quantity Six

Processor Two Intel Xeon E5-2680v2 (2.8GHz/10-core/25MB/115W) Processors

Memory 128GB Dual Rank x4 PC3-14900R (DDR3-1866) Registered CAS-13 Memory

Storage Controller HP Smart Array P220i RAID Controller

Internal Storage Two SFF SAS drive bays. Please refer to “Optional Items” Section for Internal

disk drives

Network HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 560FLB FIO Adapter

SAN Connectivity One QLogic QMH2572 Dual Channel 8Gb Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter

Form Factor Half-Height server blade that plugs into the HP BladeSystem enclosures

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HP Integrity BL860c i4 Blade Server

Quantity Two

Processor One Intel Itanium 9560 (2.53GHz/8-core/32MB/170W) Processor,

Expandable to two processors

Memory 128GB PCL3-10600 Registered RDIMM Memory

Storage Controller Integrated HP Smart Array p410i SAS Controller with Embedded SAS read

only 512MB cache

Internal Storage Two SFF SAS drive bays. Please refer to “Optional Items” Section for Internal

disk drives

Network Four (4) integrated HP NC553i 10Gb FlexFabric adapter ports supporting

10Gb/1Gb autosensing Ethernet, FCoE, Flex-10, and TCP/IP offload engine

SAN Connectivity QLogic QMH2562 Dual Channel 8Gb Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter

Operating System HP-UX 11i v3 Base Operating Environment with One HP-UX 11i v3 BOE Per

Socket E-Delivery License To Use, and E-Delivery Media

Virtualization Support virtualization. Please refer to “Optional Items” Section for HP

Integrity Virtual Machines (Integrity VM) option.

Form Factor Full-Height server blade that plugs into the HP BladeSystem enclosures

[TVVJ]

The HP ProLiant BL460c Gen8 Server Blade and HP Integrity BL860c i4 Server Blade are among the latest in HP Integrity and ProLiant Blade Server offerings respectively.  The following links provide more information about it:

http://www8.hp.com/us/en/products/proliant-servers/product-detail.html?oid=5177949#!tab=features

http://www8.hp.com/us/en/products/integrity-servers/product-detail.html?oid=5330436

For a comparison of features of latest Integrity Blade servers, please review the following url:

http://www8.hp.com/us/en/products/integrity-servers/index.html?facet=Integrity-blades#!view=grid&page=1&facet=Integrity-blades

For a comparison of features of latest ProLiant Blade servers, please review the following url:

http://www8.hp.com/us/en/products/proliant-servers/index.html?facet=ProLiant-BL-Blade#!view=grid&page=1&facet=ProLiant-BL-Blade

Regards,

Vijayasarathy

[SwisspostIT]

hi,

the BL460c Gen8 is the current Intel half height c-Class Bladeserver on the market.

I'm sure you can buy this model at least until summer next year! (no guarantee though)

After that you will get spare parts at least for the next 5 years!

Heres an HP statement about the c-Class architecture:

HP remains committed to the c-Class architecture and plans to offer c-Class through at least 2016.
There is no end-of-life (EOL) date set for c-Class at this point in time. Our current plans are to
support the c-Class portfolio with spares for at least 5 years after the cessation of selling
individual c-Class products.

Regards,

Ville

[Server-Support]

Thanks for sharing.