If you do not have the required documentation in your possession, see the following sources:
• The most current documentation for HP Server Blades, enclosures, and other server blade
components is available at the following Web site:
http://www.hp.com/go/bladesystem/documentation
• The most current edition of the Version 3.1 or Version 3.2 HP XC System Software
Documentation Set is available at the following Web site:
http://www.docs.hp.com/en/highperfcomp.html
• This HowTo is evolving, so go to http://www.docs.hp.com/en/highperfcomp.html and make
sure you have the latest version of this HowTo because it might have been updated since
you downloaded the version you are reading now.
1.3 Supported Server Blade Combinations
The HP XC System Software supports the following server blade hardware configurations:
• A hardware configuration composed entirely of HP server blades, that is, the head node,
the service nodes, and all compute nodes are server blades.
• A hardware configuration can contain a mixture of Opteron and Xeon server blades
• A mixed hardware configuration of HP server blades and non-blade servers where:
— The head node can be either a server blade or a non-blade server
— Service nodes can be either server blades or non-blade servers
— All compute nodes are server blades
1.4 c-Class Server Blade Hardware Components
This section describesthe various server blade components inan HP XC hardware configuration.
1.4.1 Supported HP ProLiant C-Class Server Blade Models
HP ProLiant C-Class server blades offer an entirely modular computing system with separate
computing and physical I/O modules that are connected and shared through a common chassis,
called an enclosure. Full-height Opteron server blades can take up to four dual core CPUs and
Xeon server blades can take up to two quad cores.
The following HP ProLiant hardware models are supported for use in an HP XC hardware
configuration:
• HP ProLiant BL460c (half-height)
— Up to two quad core or dual core Intel® Xeon® processors
— Two built-in network interface cards (NICs)
— Two hot plug drives
— Two mezzanine slots
• HP ProLiant BL465c (half-height)
— Up to two single or dual core AMD® Opteron® processors
— Two built-in network interface cards (NICs)
— Two hot plug drives
— Two mezzanine slots
• HP ProLiant BL480c (full-height)
— Up to two quad core or dual core Xeon processors
— Four built-in NICs
— Four hot plug drives
— Three mezzanine slots
10 Overview
