1 Overview
The HP Integrity BL860c i2 Server Blade is a dense, low-cost, Intel® Itanium® processor server
blade. Using a Blade Link hardware assembly, multiple BL860c i2 Server Blades can be conjoined
to create dual-blade, four socket and quad-blade, eight socket variants.
Number of Processor Sockets
Number of Conjoined Server Blades
Name
2
1
BL860c i2
4
2
BL870c i2
8
4
BL890c i2
The three blade configurations support the HP-UX, HP OpenVMS, and Windows operating systems
and are designed for deployment in c-Class enclosures, specifically the 10U c7000 and the 6U
c3000 Enclosures.
NOTE:
For purposes of this guide, make sure that the c-Class server blade enclosure is powered
on and running properly and that the OA iLO 3 is operational.
Server blade overview
SAS Hard Disk
Drives
PCIe I/O
Mezzanine card
capacity
max memory
DIMM slots
CPU cores (quad)
Product
2
3
384GB with
16GB DIMMs
24
8
BL860c i2
4
6
768GB with
16GB DIMMs
48
16
BL870c i2
8
12
1.5TB with 16GB
DIMMs
96
32
BL890c i2
8
Overview
