HPE BLc7000 CTO Platinum Enclosure with ROHS

HPE BLc7000 CTO Platinum Enclosure with ROHS

A BladeSystem c7000 enclosure holds up to 16 server and/or storage blades plus redundant network and storage switches. It includes a shared, multi-terabit high-speed mid-plane for wireonce connectivity of server blades to network and shared storage. Power is delivered through a pooled power backplane that ensures the full capacity of the redundant hot-plug power supplies is available to all blades.

What's New for BLc7000 Gen2 Enclosure

• RoHS compliance
• 5Tb/s Midplane (25% increase), improved signal integrity; adds:
  • 20GbE
  • 4xQDR IB, 4xFDR IB (1 port/server)
  • 6Gb SAS

• 2400W Platinum power supply options
• 1Gb/s OA connectivity

Each c7000 enclosure is built with the following functions:

• Up to 16 half-height and/or up to 8 full-height server blades and/or storage blades per enclosure.
• Up to 4 different interconnect fabrics (Ethernet, FC, IB, iSCSI, SAS, etc.) supported simultaneously within the enclosure.
• Choice of a single-phase, three-phase or a -48V DC power subsystem for flexibility in connecting to datacenter power.
• HP Thermal Logic technology for lower power consumption and airflow.
• Four (4) or Ten (10) Active Cool 200 fans as standard. For redundancy and improved power consumption and acoustics; additional Active Cool 200 Fan kits can be added for a maximum of 10 fans.
• Redundant hot-plug cooling, redundant hot-plug power supplies, redundant connections, redundant interconnect modules, optional redundant BladeSystem Onboard Administrator management modules.
• Lowest cost of ownership.
• Full AC redundancy - with no power zones.

HPE BladeSystem c7000 Base Knowledge.

The enclosures listed below include an Onboard Administrator with KVM and four (4) hot-plug Active Cool 200 Fans. The power module, power supply kits, power cables, interconnects, additional fans, etc. are added per the steps below.

The HPE c7000 is like the big brother to the HPE c3000. Both can handle the same HPE Blade server with the main difference being the amount each can support. The c3000 can handle up to 8 Blade Servers while the c7000 can handle up to 16 Blade Servers.

The c7000 enclosure is divided into 4 zones by the vertical support metalwork. Within each zone, a removable divider is used to support half-height devices. To install a full-height blade in any zone this divider must be removed. As a consequence, a zone can only contain either full-height server blades or half-height server blades.

An enclosure zone can only contain either full-height server blades or half-height server blades; mixing of the two form factors is not allowed except when connecting an expansion blade to a server partner blade.

NOTE: Insight Control is not supported with Gen10 server blades.


HPE BladeSystem c7000 Interconnect and Networking
The HPE c7000 can handle up to 8 Interconnects and 2 Onboard Administrators. The Interconnect bays 1 and 2 support the network (i.e. Ethernet capable) interconnects. These bays connect to the included network adapter ports in the server blades. Interconnect bays 3 and 4 must contain the same type of interconnect (network, SAN, SAS, etc) as they connect to the same mezzanine slot. Likewise for interconnect bays 5, 6, 7, and 8.


HPE BladeSystem c7000 Cooling
With a total of 10 fans this server can handle configurations with 4 or 6 fans. Ten fans are strongly recommended for maximum cooling efficiency and redundancy, reduced power consumption, and reduced noise. The enclosure supports a minimum of 4 Active Cool 200 Fans to a maximum of 10 Active Cool 200 Fans.


HPEBladeSystem c7000 PSU
Mixing of power supplies is not supported, except during hot swaps to different level or higher efficient power supplies.