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HP server blades offer an entirely modular computing system with separate computing and
physical I/O modules that are connected and shared through a common chassis, called an
enclosure; for more information on enclosures, see “Server Blade Enclosure Components”
(page 22). Full-height Opteron server blades can take up to four dual core CPUs and Xeon server
blades can take up to two quad cores.
Table 1-2 lists the HP ProLiant hardware models supported for use in an HP XC hardware
configuration.
Table 1-2 Supported HP ProLiant Server Blade Models
Mezzanine
Slots
Hot Plug
DrivesBuilt-In NICs
Core
Height
HP Proliant
Blade Model NumberProcessor
2 (1 per
server node)
02 (1 per
server node)
up to two quad core or
up to two dual core per
server node
Intel XeonhalfBL2x220c G5
101up to two quad core or
up to two dual core
Intel XeonhalfBL260c G5
222up to two quad core or
up to two dual core
Intel XeonhalfBL460c
222up to two single core or
up to two dual core
AMD OpteronhalfBL465c
222up to two single core or
up to two dual core
AMD OpteronhalfBL465c G5
344up to two quad core or
up to two dual core
Intel XeonfullBL480c
324two quad core or four
quad core
Intel XeonfullBL680c G5
324up to four dual coreAMD OpteronfullBL685c
324up to four dual coreAMD OpteronfullBL685c G5
324up to two quad core or
dual core
Intel Itanium®fullBL860c
For more information on an individual server blade, see the QuickSpec for your model. The
QuickSpecs are located at the following Web address:
http://www.hp.com/go/clusters
1.1.2 Supported Server Blade Combinations
The HP XC System Software supports the following server blade hardware configurations:
• A hardware configuration composed entirely of HP server blades, that is, the head node,
the service nodes, and all compute nodes are server blades.
• A hardware configuration can contain a mixture of Opteron and Xeon server blades, but
not Itanium server blades.
• A mixed hardware configuration of HP server blades and non-blade servers where:
— The head node can be either a server blade or a non-blade server
— Service nodes can be either server blades or non-blade servers
— All compute nodes are server blades
1.1 Supported Cluster Platforms 21