Quickspecs – Server Technology QUICKSPECS BL20P User Manual

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Dynamic sector repairing and drive parameter tracking (with Smart Array controllers)
ProLiant network adapter teaming set-up utility

*NOTE: Advanced features such as Graphical Remote Console and Virtual Floppy are included
with the BL p-Class server.

Availability

Power redundancy: Redundant AC feeds into power enclosures, redundant DC feeds from power
enclosure to server blade enclosures, N + N redundant power supplies
Two hot-plug SCSI hard drive bays and integrated RAID (Smart Array 5i) on every server blade
(Battery-backed write cache is optional.)
Redundant ROM on each server blade
ECC Memory
Network adapter teaming (network fault tolerance, transmit load balancing, switch-assisted load
balancing)
Interconnects switch availability

Hot-plug and hot- remove with configuration retention and no need to cable/re-cable
Two network connections per server blade bay (four NICs total) routed to two redundant
interconnect switches
Redundant inter-switch communication and two sets of redundant Ethernet uplink ports per
each interconnect switch
Redundant front panel Ethernet ports per each interconnect switch for diagnostics,
management, and additional uplinks
Redundant serial ports
Compatibility with PVST+ (GbE2 switch) and 802.1D Spanning tree protocol support for
loop-free path redundancy
Static IEEE 802.3ad (EtherChannel compatible) trunking with automatic port load balancing
and failover
Redundant switch configuration files and operating system firmware images in memory
(GbE2 switch)
Redundant fans per each interconnect switch
Redundant 1+1 power to each interconnect switch
Support for ProLiant network adapter teaming
Redundant configurable community strings and SNMP trap manager hosts
Redundant configurable syslog servers, DNS servers, and default gateways (GbE2 switch)

Security

Power-on password
Administrator's password
Integrated Lights-Out has 12 customizable user accounts and SSL encryption
Integrated Lights-Out can be disabled via a Global Setting
Interconnect switch multilevel user names and passwords, management interface time out period
setting, SSH*, SCP secure copy protocol*, port-based IEEE 802.1Q tagged VLANs, RADIUS user
authentication and authorization*, and IP address restriction

* GbE2 Interconnect Switch only.

QuickSpecs

HP ProLiant BL20p p-Class Server Blade

Standard Features

DA - 11411 Worldwide QuickSpecs — Version 24 — 9.24.2004

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