This document provides an overview of integrating and managing HP BladeSystem servers in an enterprise environment. It discusses HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosures, connectivity options including Ethernet, Fibre Channel, InfiniBand, and Virtual Connect. It also covers server deployment, management, high availability solutions, performance, and remote deployment using RDP.

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HP BladeSystem c-Class Enclosures
HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosure family
BladeSystem c-Class enclosure positioning
HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosure comparison
c7000 enclosure
Half-height server blade shelf
Signal midplane
Power backplane
Power connectivity
c7000 enclosure signal midplane
c3000 enclosure
c3000 rack enclosure
Half-height server blade enclosure divider
New c7000 Onboard Administrator module with
KVM
Dual Onboard Administrator tray
c3000 Onboard Administrator link module
Redundant Onboard Administrator Modules
Flashing the firmware
HP BladeSystem c-Class Connectivity Options
Fabric convergence and c-Class architecture
Fabric convergence
c-Class interconnect architecture
Single-wide switch modules
Double-wide switch modules
c3000 enclosure interconnect bays
c7000 enclosure interconnect bays
BladeSystem c-Class interconnect modules —
Ethernet switches and Pass-Thrus
BladeSystem c-Class interconnect modules —
Fibre Channel and InfiniBand switches
BladeSystem c-Class mezzanine slots and cards
Mezzanine slots
Mezzanine cards
Bandwidth
Type I mezzanine card
Type II mezzanine card
Current HP BladeSystem c-Class mezzanine
cards
Ethernet Connectivity Options for ProLiant
Server Blades
Available Ethernet interconnect modules
Ethernet interconnect module comparison
Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3020 features
Catalyst Blade Switch 3020 front bezel
Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3120 features
Model comparison
Catalyst Blade Switch 3120 front bezel
HP GbE2c Ethernet Blade Switch
GbE2c Switch front bezel
GbE2c Layer 2/3 Ethernet Blade Switch
1:10Gb Ethernet BL-c Switch
HP 10Gb Ethernet BL-c Switch
1/10Gb and 1/10Gb-F Virtual Connect Ethernet
Module
1/10Gb VC-Enet Module
1/10Gb-F VC-Enet Module
1/10Gb and 1/10Gb-F VC-Enet Module system
maintenance switch
Alert messages
Virtual Connect Flex-10 10Gb Ethernet Module
Virtual Connect Flex-10 10Gb Ethernet Module
1Gb Ethernet Pass-Thru Module
HP NC325m PCI Express Quad Port 1Gb Server
Adapter
Mezzanine slot compatibility
HP NC326m PCIe Dual-Port 1Gb Server Adapter
HP NC360m Dual-Port 1GbE BL-c Adapter
HP NC364m Quad-Port 1GbE BL-c Adapter
HP NC373m PCI Express Dual Port Multifunction
Gigabit Server Adapter
HP NC382m PCIe Dual Port Multifunction
Gigabit Server Adapter
HP NC512m Dual-Port 10GbE Multifunction BL-c
Adapter
HP NC532m Dual Port Flex-10 10GbE
Multifunction BL-c Adapter
QLogic QMH4062 iSCSI Adapter
PCI Express Mezzanine Pass-Thru Card
Smart Array P700m Controller
HP StorageWorks IO Accelerator
Server adapter specifications — Embedded
Server adapter specifications — Mezzanines
Fibre Channel Connectivity
Available Fibre Channel interconnect options
Fibre Channel interconnect module
recommendations
Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch features and
components
Brocade SAN switch models and licensing
Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch
Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch
Brocade SAN switch software
4Gb Fibre Channel Pass-Thru Module
Virtual Connect 8Gb 24-Port Fibre Channel
Module components

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Virtual Connect 4Gb Fibre Channel Module
components
4Gb Virtual Connect Fibre Channel Module
components
Mezzanines and adapters
QLogic QMH2562 8Gb Fibre Channel HBA
QLogic QMH2462 4Gb Fibre Channel HBA
Emulex LPe1205-HP 8Gb/s Fibre Channel HBA
Emulex LPe1105-HP 4Gb Fibre Channel HBA
Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch benefits
Fabric zoning and Virtual Storage Area
Networks (VSANs)
VSANs for storage consolidation
InfiniBand Connectivity
InfiniBand technology
InfiniBand fabric communication
HP 4x InfiniBand
4x InfiniBand on Integrity BL860c/870c
HP-MPI
4X InfiniBand Switch Modules
InfiniBand Fabric Management
Subnet managers
HP-UX configurations
Voltaire GridStack
Voltaire GridVision
Management capability access
HP 4X InfiniBand Mezzanine HCAs
4x InfiniBand mezzanine card options
c-Class midplane block diagram
c-Class — Small configuration
c-Class — Single rack example
c-Class — 288-port switch example
Installing in a full-height server blade
Installation/removal tips
Installing in a half-height server blade
InfiniBand switch power-on sequence
InfiniBand mezzanine debug checklist
Using lspci to check PCI devices
Using ibv_devinfo –v for mezzanine information
ibv_devinfo –v: No InfiniBand devices found
Virtual Connect — Ethernet and Fibre Channel
Overview of Virtual Connect technology
Virtual Connect environment with BladeSystem
c-Class enclosure
How Virtual Connect works
Virtual Connect firmware
Overview of Virtual Connect Flex-10 technology
How Virtual Connect Flex-10 works
Virtual Connect predeployment planning
Building a Virtual Connect environment
Virtual Connect out-of-the-box steps
Virtual Connect Ethernet MAC addresses
Stacking Virtual Connect Ethernet modules
Recommended stacking links
Default module configuration
Reducing module hops
Virtual Connect Ethernet with stacked
enclosures
Virtual Connect Ethernet uplinks from the data
center network perspective
Administrator-defined local networks
Connecting using a shared uplink set
Dedicated and shared uplinks are available
Virtual Connect Fibre Channel WWNs
Virtual Connect Fibre Channel port types and
logins
Key Fibre Channel port types
Fibre Channel logins
Fibre Channel zoning and SSP
N_Port_ID virtualization
VC-FC uplink mapping
VC Manager
Accessing the VC Manager through the Onboard
Administrator
VC Manager Login page
VC Manager Home page
Setting up Virtual Connect
Virtual Connect role-based privileges
Security and permissions
Shared Uplink Sets page
Ethernet Networks page
Edit Ethernet Network page
Define a Server Profile page
Setting the server profile
Manually administering a server failover
Administering a server failover with Virtual
Connect
Failover and configuration backup
Virtual Connect guidelines
General
Virtual Connect guidelines
VC-Enet and VC-FC modules
Interconnects
Service and support
Resolved issues
Server profile troubleshooting

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Changes that require a reboot
Changes that do not require a reboot
Interconnect module reported "Missing" or
"Incompatible" after being removed or replaced
Erroneous "Failed to Create Processor Object"
pop-up message
Unable to log in to VC Manager when a VC-Enet
module is not installed in
Interconnect Bay 1
Fibre Channel switches with NPIV support
The switchShow command
The portCfgShow command The portShow
command
HP BladeSystem c-Class Server Blade
Deployment
iLO 2
Features of iLO 2 Standard Blade Edition
iLO 2 Select
iLO 2 MP
Logical functions of the MP
Insight Control Environment overview
HP Insight Control Environment features
Insight Control Environment components
Standard components
Optional components
Licensing
Model comparison
Hardware requirements
Software requirements
Tools and resources
Insight Control Environment for Linux overview
ICE-Linux tools and resources
Why boot from a SAN?
BladeSystem SAN connectivity
Booting a BladeSystem c-Class server from a
SAN
Prerequisite tasks
Deploying an operating system to a server that
boots from a SAN
RDP boot from SAN
Booting from a SAN
Operating system restrictions
Special considerations for boot disk partitions
Required hardware
Required software
HP BladeSystem c-Class ProLiant Server Blade
Management
Thermal Logic management — Single enclosure
Thermal Logic Management — Multi-enclosure
Enclosure management using Onboard
Administrator
Accessing the Onboard Administrator
Signing in to the Onboard Administrator
Onboard Administrator redundant failover
option
HP SIM and Onboard Administrator integration
Redundant Onboard Administrator
configuration
BladeSystem Integrated Manager
Rack view
Port Mapping/Mezzanine Cards tab
ProLiant Essentials Value Packs
ProLiant Essentials software
ProLiant Essentials Foundation Pack
HP SIM and ProLiant Essentials Value Packs
ProLiant Essentials Virtual Machine
Management Pack
New server performance opens opportunities
for virtualization
Virtual machine technology overview
Optimized utilization with virtualization
Key features and benefits of virtual machine
technology
Key virtual machine features
Portability
Managing the server environment
ProLiant Essentials Virtual Machine
Management Pack (VMM)
Integration with HP SIM
Status icons
Detailed VM information and functions
Installing the ProLiant Essentials Virtualization
Management Software
VMM installation requirements
Setting up the virtual machine host
Post-installation tasks
Version control
Licensing
Starting or stopping a virtual machine guest
Using templates
Backup options
Move, copy, and migrate
VMware ESX Server move operations
Failed host recovery
ProLiant Essentials Server Migration Pack
Universal Edition

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Server Migration Pack overview
HP Server Migration Pack Universal Edition
features and benefits
SMP Universal benefits
SMP Universal components
SMP Universal installation interface
Installing management application
Installing migration agent
Types of agents
Installing agent methods
Choosing the appropriate agent
Booting destination server for P2P and V2P
migration
Booting the destination server for P2P, V2P, and
X2V (COS-less) migrations
SAN, concurrent and queued migrations
SAN migrations
Concurrent and queued migrations
BladeSystem High-Availability Clusters and
Disaster Recovery Solution
Definition of availability terms
Comparing high-availability and fault-tolerant
systems
Availability levels
Percentages of availability
Reliability and availability
Types of cluster models
Advantages of clustering
Types of x86 clusters
High-availability cluster
ProLiant Cluster F200
ProLiant Cluster F500
ProLiant Cluster with Storage Mirroring
HP Serviceguard for Linux
HP Parallel Database Cluster for Oracle RAC
High-performance compute cluster
Building block for HP Cluster Platform
Microsoft Windows 2003 Clustering Services
Quorum model
Majority node set model
HP Serviceguard for Linux
Basic high-availability cluster requirements
Cluster planning
Cluster design goals
Data protection
Site protection
Server protection
Business functions
Hardware and software components
Cluster node capacity planning
Active/active
Active/standby
Rotating standby
Building effective data protection for a cluster
environment
Data protection strategy
How much data protection is enough?
Clustering with remote data replication
Requirements for remote locations
HP Storage Mirroring
Providing disaster recovery for Microsoft
Cluster Server
Designing a Storage Mirroring solution
Performance Planning and Bottleneck
Detection
Components that contribute to performance
Bottlenecks
Baselines
Performance baseline
HP Six-Step Troubleshooting Methodology
Memory optimization in Microsoft Windows
Server
Using more than 4GB on 32-bit systems
PAE switch and AWE
HP Smart Array controllers for blade servers
Smart Array E200i
Smart Array P400i
Performance measurement tools
Windows performance tools
System Monitor
Performance Monitor
Linux performance tools
Linux System Monitor
HP Performance Management Pack
SIM integration
Performance Management Pack features
Reports
Planning for RDP in the Enterprise
Assessing the enterprise infrastructure
Designing and implementing an enterprise
deployment infrastructure
Planning the RDP installation
Implementation environments
Advanced Deployment Techniques
Disk imaging with RDP 3.80
Using RapiDeploy

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Using Sysprep
Advanced settings for distributing a disk image
in Windows Vista
Best practices for imaging
Multicast technology
Deployment Solution multicast configuration
Configuring role-based security for RDP
Best practices for deployment server security
Identifying permissions
Modes used to manage computers
Automation boot methods
PXE
Importing and exporting computers
Importing user accounts from Active Directory
Creating virtual computers
Integrating RDP into a backup and disaster
recovery process
Scripted Installation and Imaging Jobs
Jobs and tasks
Building jobs
Scheduling jobs
RDP job structure
Job categories
Server Deployment Toolbox
Server Imaging
Hardware configuration file
Array configuration file
Array and disk defaults
Scripted deployment
Unattend text file Linux kick start file
Infrastructure prework for scripting
Configuration flow for scripting
Scripted configuration process
Default scripting process for server deployment
jobs
ProLiant Support Packs
REM statements
Imaging
Advantages and disadvantages
Image processing
Imaging preparation
Configuration flow for imaging
Advanced imaging options
Media spanning
Image compression
Partition resizing
Comparing imaging and scripting
Imaging and scripting working together
Installing Linux using a scripted installation
Creating an IIS FTP virtual directory
Default scripting process for server deployment
jobs