QuickSpecs
HP ProLiant BL660c Gen9 Server Blade
Standard Features
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One (1) HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 536FLB FlexibleLOM
One (1) HP FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 650FLB FlexibleLOM
NOTE:
FlexibleLOMs are not compatible with prior generation c-Class server blades
Standard iLO Network Controller:
One (1) 10/100 Mbps port for the HP iLO 4 to Onboard Administrator link. The Onboard Administrator (with
10/100/1000 Mbps) to BladeSystem link is 1Gbps
Expansion Slots
Three (3) I/O expansion mezzanine slots:
x16 PCIe 3.0 Type A (supports Type A mezzanine cards) (expansion slot 1).
NOTE:
This expansion slot supports dual-port mezzanine cards: one port is routed to interconnect
module bay 3 and the other to bay 4.
x16 PCIe 3.0 Type B (supports Type A and Type B mezzanine cards (expansion slots 2 and 3).
NOTE:
This expansion slot supports dual-port and quad-port mezzanine cards. For dual-port
cards, one port is routed to interconnect module bay 5 and the other to bay 6 (or interconnect
module bays 5 and 6 for mezz slot 3). For quad-port cards, one port is routed to interconnect
module bay 5, one to bay 6, one to bay 7, and one to bay 8.
NOTE:
Four processors must be installed to have access to the second expansion slot (expansion
slot 2).
Mezzanine card options include:
Dual-port 20Gb FlexFabric, Dual-port 10Gb FlexFabric, 10GbE options, and quad-port 1Gb
Ethernet server adapter mezzanine options for additional network ports.
Dual-port 16Gb Fibre Channel HBA for SAN connectivity.
QDR and FDR InfiniBand for low latency and high bandwidth server interconnectivity.
I/O accelerator mezzanine options for high transaction rate local storage
HP Server ROM
HP ROM (read only memory) is now digitally signed using HP's Corporate Signing Service. This signature is
verified before the flash process starts, reducing accidental programming and preventing malicious efforts
to corrupt system ROM.
HP ROM provides for essential initialization and validation of hardware components before control is
passed to the customer-installed operating system. The ROM also provides the capability of booting from
various fixed media (HDD, CD-ROM) and removable media (USB), to continue operation to the operating
system.
HP ROM performs very early configuration of the video controller, to allow monitoring of initialization
progress via an attached monitor. If configuration or hardware errors are discovered during this early
phase of hardware initialization, suitable messages are now displayed on the connected monitor.
Additionally, these configuration or hardware errors are logged to the Integrated Management Log (IML) to
assist in diagnosis.
HP's ProLiant ROM is used to configure the following:
Processor and chipset status registers
System memory, memory map, and memory initialization
System hardware configuration (integrated PCI devices and optional PCIe cards).
Customer-specific BIOS configuration using the HP ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU).
NOTE:
For further information, please refer to HP's RBSU (ROM based setup utility) user guide:
http://www.hp.com/support/rbsu
HP Server UEFI
/Legacy ROM
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) is an industry standard that provides better manageability
and more secured configuration while interacting with your server at boot time. HP ProLiant Gen9 platform
defaults to UEFI and can be factory or field configured for Legacy BIOS Boot Mode.
