HP ProLiant BL685c Generation 7 Quickspecs Download

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offload, TCP Offload Engine (TOE), Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and iSCSI protocols

NOTE:

NOTE: Flex-10 capability requires the use of an HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 10Gb Ethernet module. Learn more at:

www.hp.com/go/virtualconnect

NOTE:

NOTE: Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) capability requires the use of an HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric 10GB/24-
port Module or HP 10GbE Pass-Thru Module.
NOTE:

NOTE:

NOTE: Each port is autosensing 1 Gb / 10 Gb, and can interoperate with 1 Gb HP BladeSystem c-Class interconnect
components. Both ports will operate at the same speed.

One (1) additional embedded 10/100 network adapter dedicated to iLO 3 management

Mezzanine Support

Mezzanine Support:

Three (3) I/O expansion mezzanine slots.
Supports up to three (3) mezzanine cards

Dual-Port FlexFabric Adapter mezzanine option
Dual-Port Fibre Channel Mezzanine (4-Gb or 8-Gb) options for SAN connectivity
Dual-Port FlexFabric Converged Network Adapter
Ethernet server adapter mezzanine options for additional network ports
InfiniBand (IB) Mezzanine options for low latency server interconnectivity
I/O Accelerator mezzanine options for high transaction rate local storage
SAS mezzanine option for external direct attach and shared SAS storage

Expansion Blade Support

Expansion Blade Support:

Supports up to two (2) optional storage, tape, or PCI expansion blades

NOTE:

NOTE: In a c3000 rack enclosure two half-height expansion blades may be installed above the full-height BL685c G7
in the two slots created by the mini divider in the top half of the c3000 enclosure. A mixture of half height and full
height blades is not supported in the lower half of the c3000 enclosure. For more information, please see the HP
BladeSystem c3000 Enclosure QuickSpecs at:

http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12790_na/12790_na.html

Internal Media Support

Internal Media Support:

One (1) internal USB 2.0 connector for security key devices and USB drive key
One (1) internal MicroSD-HC card slot

Trusted Platform Module

Trusted Platform Module:

One (1) internal TPM 1.2 module connector

Form Factor

Form Factor:

HP ProLiant BL685c G7 server blade plugs into the BladeSystem c3000 and c7000 enclosures

Infrastructure Management

Infrastructure Management:

This server blade requires the latest version of the Onboard Administrator firmware. This firmware release may also
require other subsystem firmware upgrades. For information on the latest firmware versions, please see the Blades
Firmware Maintenance website at:

http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/blades/components/c-class-

compmatrix.html

HP Integrated Lights-Out 3 (iLO 3) management processor for simplified server setup, health monitoring and recovery,
power and thermal control, and lights-out remote administration.
HP Insight Control, a product option, delivers essential infrastructure management that can help save time and money
by making it easy to deploy, monitor, control and optimize your IT infrastructure through a single, simple management
console. Insight Control supports both Windows and Linux-based central management servers.
HP Insight Dynamics for ProLiant, a product option, is an integrated command center that enables IT Staff personnel to
continuously analyze and optimize a converged infrastructure, while automating and reducing the cost of common data
center tasks by as much as 40 percent. This ultimately enables them to dynamically keep pace with the organization's
changing business requirements.

Operating Systems and Virtualization Software

Operating Systems and Virtualization Software:

Supports Windows, RHEL, SLES, -Oracle Solaris, VMware and Citrix XenServer

NOTE:

NOTE: For more information on HP's Certified and Supported ProLiant Servers for OS and Virtualization Software and
latest listing of software drivers available for your server, please visit our Support Matrix at:

http://www.hp.com/go/ossupport

and our driver download page

Enclosures

Enclosures:

QuickSpecs

HP ProLiant BL685c Generation 7 (G7) Server Blade

Overview

DA - 13655 North America — Version 19 — September 26, 2011

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