Quickspecs, At a glance – HP PROLIANT BL685C User Manual

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At A Glance

This document covers the HP ProLiant BL685c G6 server blade only. For more information on HP BladeSystem c-Class Enclosures
and HP BladeSystem c-Class Interconnects, please see the following QuickSpecs:

HP BladeSystem c3000 Enclosure QuickSpecs:

http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12790_div/12790_div.html

HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure QuickSpecs:

http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12810_div/12810_div.html

HP BladeSystem c-Class Interconnect Components QuickSpecs:

http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12524_div/12524_div.html

Engineered with a large memory footprint and more I/O than any other four socket server blade, the BL685c G6 eliminates the
barriers to server consolidation and delivers outstanding performance for compute-intensive applications.

HP ProLiant BL685c G6 server blade includes:

Processor

Processor:

Up to four (4) Six-Core AMD Opteron™ 8400 Series processors

Supports up to 2.6 GHz, 2.2 GHz HyperTransport™; 512 KB Level 2 cache memory per core; 6 MB Level 3
cache

Up to four (4) Quad-Core AMD Opteron 8300 Series processors

Supports up to 2.9 GHz, 2.2 GHz HyperTransport; 512 KB Level 2 cache memory per core; 6 MB Level 3 cache

AMD Dual Dynamic Power Management™ for optimum performance and reduced power consumption
ServerWorks HT-2100, HT-1000 chipsets

Memory

Memory:

Up to 256 GB of memory, supported by thirty-two (32) slots of PC2-5300 Registered DIMMs or 128 GB of memory,
supported by thirty-two (32) slots of PC2-6400 Registered DIMMs
Supporting memory interleaving (2:1)

NOTE:

NOTE: The memory bus will operate at 800 MHz with four (4) or fewer DIMMs per processor, 667 MHz with six (6)
DIMMs per processor, and 533 MHz with eight (8) DIMMs per processor.

Storage Controller

Storage Controller:

Smart Array P400i RAID controller with 512 MB cache (optional battery to enable battery-backed write cache (BBWC).
Supports RAID 0,1.

NOTE:

NOTE: The HP Smart Array P400i controller is required for all blades that support hot plug hard disk drives. For
customers who choose to configure a driveless model via CTO or choose to use Solid State Drives, a Smart Array
P400i controller is not required. See Factory Integrated Models section for more information.

HP Embedded SATA Controller

Internal Drive Support

Internal Drive Support:

Up to two (2) small form factor (SFF) SAS or SATA hot plug hard disk drives, or
Up to two (2) non-hot plug SATA Solid State Drives (SSD)

NOTE:

NOTE: Simultaneous operation of hot plug hard drives and solid state drives is not supported.

Network Controller

Network Controller:

Two (2) embedded NC532i Dual Port Flex-10 10GbE Multifunction Server Adapters

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: Each port is autosensing 1Gb / 10Gb, and can interoperate with 1Gb HP BladeSystem c-Class interconnect
components.

One (1) additional embedded 10/100 network adapter dedicated to iLO 2 management

Mezzanine Support

Mezzanine Support:

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

Dual-Port Fibre Channel Mezzanine (4-Gb or 8-Gb) options for SAN connectivity (Choice of Emulex or QLogic)

QuickSpecs

HP ProLiant BL685c Generation 6 (G6) Server Blade

Overview

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