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blade.
Two storage blades, two tape blades, two PCI Expansion Blades, or a mixture of any two. For a mixed configuration that
contains a storage blade, the storage blade is installed on the bottom bay and the tape blade or PCI Expansion Blade is
installed on the top bay.
The upper expansion blade must be removed before removing the lower expansion blade.
When partnering an expansion blade with a ProLiant BL620c G7 Server Blade, an HP PCI Express Mezzanine Pass-Thru Card for
BladeSystem c-Class (431643-B21) is required. This card is installed in the mezzanine 3 connector in the server blade for a lower
bay expansion blade installation and a second card in installed in mezzanine 2 connector if a second expansion blade is required.
The HP ProLiant BL680c G7 Server Blade is a full-height, double-wide device. It does not support expansion blades.
QuickSpecs
HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure
Server Blade, Expansion Blade, and Fan Population Guidelines
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