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Background

These are far less powerful per-watt than the Proliant DL380p Gen8's, but they get the job done (as controller nodes) in a much more compact way with a lot less management headache. They also accept 40W CPU's, 20W lower than the DL380p's.

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The Goods

Product Overview: https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c03235277 Quick Specs: https://h20195.www2.hpe.com/V2/GetPDF.aspx/c04282677.pdf Option Parts: https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docLocale=en_US&docId=c01725614

Based on Intel Nehalem Westmere-EP architecture.

This server (the BL460c g6) has:

  • 2 LGA-1366 sockets supporting any Xeon 5500/5600-series CPU (E5xxx, L5xxx X5xxx)
  • 12 DDR3 slots supporting up to 192GB RDIMM RAM
  • NC532i Embedded Dual 10Gb Flex-10 Virtual Connect Adapter
    • Virtual Connect: 2 physical NICs may become 8 virtual NICs
    • 2 of the VC NICs may be FCoE or iSCSI
  • 2 Mezzanine Slots
  • ILO 2
  • Smart Array P410i
  • Internal USB + SD Card slot
  • Intel 5500 Chipset

Virtual Connect

Virtual Connect enables a VC port connected to a VC module to virtualize 4 NICs from the 1. In addition to the 2 onboard VC ports, up to 4 more VC ports may be added, giving each blade up to 24 (24!) ports. These mezzanine card options are VC-enabled:

  • NC532m Dual Port 10Gb Flex-10 MF: $10
  • NC542m Dual Port 10Gb Flex-10 MF: $8
  • NC550m 10GbE 2-port PCIEx8 Flex-10: $9
  • NC551m 2-Port 10Gb FlexFabric: $14
  • NC553m 10Gb 2-port FlexFabric: $10

A VC-enabled network module is required on each VC NIC to use this feature.

The Bads

  • The enclosure might be louder than the DL380p's.
  • Limited to 2 SAS drives without expansion blade.
  • Lower performance per-watt than G8 servers.
  • ILO 2