QuickSpecs
ProLiant
BL20p and p-Class system
DA-11411 World Wide — Version
4
— September 19, 2002
4
Standard Features
(Server Blade Enclosure & Interconnects)
ProLiant BL p-Class
Interconnect Switch Option
(Two switches per kit)
(Every BL p-Class server blade enclosure
requires two Interconnect switches OR two
RJ-45 patch panels)
Provides up to a 32 to 1 server networking cable reduction per server enclosure. Each interconnect switch (two
per enclosure) reduces sixteen 10/100 Base-T/Base-TX server network ports to four uplinks ports (eight uplinks
total). Only one to all eight uplinks may be used per enclosure.
The ProLiant BL p-Class F-GbE Interconnect Kit includes two GbE interconnect switches and two DualTSX
Interconnect Modules that provide four (4) LC 1000 SX and four (4) RJ-45 10/100 T/TX uplink ports per server
enclosure.
The ProLiant BL p-Class C-GbE Interconnect Kit includes two GbE interconnect switches and two QuadT
Interconnect Modules that provide four (4) RJ-45 10/100/1000 T/TX/T and four (4) RJ-45 10/100 T/TX uplink ports
per server enclosure.
Also included (per Interconnect Switch):
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Two (2) RJ-45 10/100 T/TX front panel ports for management or additional uplinks
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One (1) RS-232 DB-9 front panel out-of-band management port
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Redundant 10/100 cross links ports connecting the two Interconnect Switches
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Redundant power and cooling inputs
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Hot-plug and hot- remove with configuration retention capability
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Power ON, management, and per port status and speed LED indicators
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Reset/power momentary push-button switch
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Compaq ProLiant BL Interconnect Switch Management Utilities and User Documentation CD
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Fully pre-configured for rapid deployment and immediate operation
ProLiant BL Interconnect Switch Management System and Utilities:
Full featured web-based interface, menu-driven console interface, Telnet, SNMP-based scripting utility and
example scripts, SNMP and RMON MIBs, BootP and DHCP client, port mirroring, QoS packet prioritization, IGMP
multicasting, and TFTP server utilities for management of interconnect switch
6U (10.5-inch), Plugs into BL p-Class 6U server blade enclosures
Used to pass NIC signals from all server blades in server blade enclosure out as RJ-45 connections
Supports Gigabit Ethernet network controllers
ProLiant BL p-Class RJ-45
patch panel
(Two patch panels per kit)
(Every BL p-Class server blade enclosure
requires two Interconnect switches OR two
RJ-45 patch panels)
16 RJ-45 connectors on the back of each BL p-Class 6U RJ-45 patch panel (32 RJ-45 connections per server
blade enclosure)
Required Network Cabling
10Base-T
Categories 3, 4 or 5 UTP (100 meters)
EIA/TIA-568 100-ohm STP (100 meters)
100Base-TX Category 5 UTP (100 meters)
EIA/TIA-568 100-ohm STP (100 meters)
1000Base-T Category 5 UTP (100 meters)
EIA/TIA-568 100-ohm STP (100 meters)
1000Base-SX 50/125 µm Multimode Fiber, 400 MHz/Km (500 meters)
50/125 µm Multimode Fiber, 500 MHz/Km (550 meters)
62.5/125 µm Multimode Fiber, 160 MHz/Km (220 meters)
62.5/125 µm Multimode Fiber, 200 MHz/Km (275 meters)
Note: For cabling information, refer to the Compaq Web site at:
http://www.compaq.com/products/servers/
.
Note: This Web site is available in English only.