HP BLc7000 Platinum Enclosure

The BladeSystem c7000 enclosure provides all the power, cooling, and I/O infrastructure needed to support modular server, interconnect, and storage components today and throughout the next several years. The enclosure is 10U high and holds up to 16 server and/or storage blades plus optional redundant network and storage interconnect modules.

It includes a shared 7.1 Tbps high-speed NonStop mid-plane for wire-once connectivity of server blades to network and shared storage. Power is delivered through a pooled-power backplane, and power input flexibility is provided with choices of single-phase, 3-Phase AC input, and -48V DC input.  
     
What's New

Increased power supply wattage and mid-plane bandwidth for demanding workloads – 2650W Platinum Hot Plug Power Supply – 40% increase with FDR InfiniBand support – 2x storage bandwidth with 16Gb FC
HP Intelligent Power Module and HP Intelligent PDU to automate power configuration and monitoring, verify power redundancy, and eliminate manual errors that can cause unplanned downtime
HP Intelligent Series Racks with Location Discovery Services automatically record the exact location of BladeSystem Platinum enclosures, eliminating error prone manual inventory tracking