Technologies in the HP BladeSystem c7000
Enclosure
technology brief, 4th edition
Abstract .............................................................................................................................................. 3
Enclosure management ......................................................................................................................... 5
Insight Display ............................................................................................................................... 10
HP Insight Control suite ................................................................................................................... 11
Interconnect modules ...................................................................................................................... 13
Server blades ................................................................................................................................ 14
Mezzanine cards ........................................................................................................................... 16
Virtual Connect .............................................................................................................................. 16
c7000 bay-to-bay crosslinks ............................................................................................................ 19
Active Cool 200 fans ..................................................................................................................... 20
HP PARSEC architecture .................................................................................................................. 21
Identifying components ................................................................................................................. 6
Managing power and cooling ....................................................................................................... 6
Controlling components ................................................................................................................. 7
Security ....................................................................................................................................... 8
Role-based user accounts............................................................................................................... 9
Enclosure linking .......................................................................................................................... 9
Shared storage .......................................................................................................................... 15
NAS/SAN Gateway .................................................................................................................. 15
Storage server ............................................................................................................................ 15
Device bay crosslinks .................................................................................................................. 19
Interconnect bay crosslinks .......................................................................................................... 19
Parallel ...................................................................................................................................... 21
Redundant ................................................................................................................................. 23
Scalable .................................................................................................................................... 24
Pooled power ............................................................................................................................ 27