1 Overview
The HPE Integrity BL860c i2 and i4 Server Blades are dense, low-cost, Intel® Itanium®
processor server blades. Using a Blade Link hardware assembly, multiple BL860c i2
or i4 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, BL860c i4
4
2
BL870c i2, BL870c i4
8
4
BL890c i2, BL890c i4
The three i2 blade configurations support the HP-UX, OpenVMS, and Windows
operating systems. The three i4 blade configurations support the HP-UX operating
system. All are designed for deployment in Hewlett Packard Enterprise c-Class
enclosures, specifically the 10U c7000 and the 6U c3000 Enclosures.
The nPartition configuration feature is enabled from the factory, enabling the BL870c
i4 and BL890c i4 to be partitioned into one more electrically isolated partitions. See
the
nPartitions Administrator Users Guide
for more information.
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 and iLO 3 is operational.
Server blade overview
SAS Hard Disk
Drives
PCIe I/O
Mezzanine
card capacity
max memory
DIMM slots
CPU cores
(octo)
Product
2
3
384 GB with
16 GB DIMMs
24
8
BL860c i2
2
3
364 GB with
16 GB DIMMs
24
16
BL860c i4
4
6
768 GB with
16 GB BIMMs
48
16
BL870c i2
4
6
768 GB with
16 GB DIMMs
48
32
BL870c i4
8
12
1.5 TB with 16
GB DIMMs
96
32
BL890c i2
8
12
1.5 TB with 16
GB DIMMs
96
64
BL890c i4
4
