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Ideal for hosting larger databases, applications and many virtual machines, the HP ProLiant BL680c G5 delivers no-compromise performance and expansion in a compact 4P server blade form factor.


» No-compromise performance and expansion
» Design and availability
» Industry-leading management and configuration tools



No-compromise performance and expansion


Outstanding performance from a 4P server blade form factor, including 4 and 6 core processors, extensive memory capacity and best-in-class networking.

Two or four Intel® Xeon® 7200, 7300, or 7400 Series processors deliver industry leading multi-processor (MP) performance.
128GB fully buffered DDR2 memory via 16 PC2-5300 DIMM slots provide a large footprint for memory-intensive applications.
High performance integrated HP Smart Array P400i Controller with 256MB cache and RAID 0/1/0+1/5. Optional 512MB battery-backed write cache upgrade with RAID 6.
Four integrated adapters - two are general Gigabit Ethernet and two are multifunction Gigabit Ethernet with TCP/IP offload engine (TOE), iSCSI boot, and optional accelerated iSCSI.
Three mezzanine expansion slots support multifunction 10 Gigabit Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet, standard Gigabit Ethernet, 4Gb Fibre Channel, and 4x DDR (20Gb) InfiniBand.
Supporting up to 600GB of internal storage, two hot plug SAS or SATA drive days and the integrated Smart Array P400i RAID controller allow quicker access to data and increase storage bandwidth.



Design and availability


Proven ProLiant design and availability features you can depend on.

The BL680c G5 Delivers the ProLiant experience you expect using the same drives, memory and RAID controllers as traditional ProLiant servers, plus the additional benefits of HP BladeSystem.
Choose between - up to two Small Form Factor (SFF) hot plug SAS or SATA drives for maximum availability.
Advanced ECC memory protection, memory interleaving (2 x 1), memory mirroring, and online spare capacity.
HP Smart Array P400i controller and optional battery-backed write cache option provide fault tolerance to limit costly network downtime.



Industry-leading management and configuration tools


Industry-leading management and configuration tools, offer superior virtualization configuration and control, remote administration, superb life cycle management, and resource utilization.

Conserve valuable IT resources and time by centralizing and simplifying management functions with Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO 2) Standard Blade Edition and Insight Control Data Center Edition.
Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO 2) Standard Blade Edition delivers the industry's most complete, high-performance, out-of-band remote management solution.
Get more out of iLO 2 Select: Upgrade to iLO Select Pack, featuring power regulator reporting, scripted multi-server virtual media and additional enterprise security. iLO 2 Select has flexible licensing including site licenses and an eight blade kit.
Insight Control Data Center Edition is an integrated suite of software that simplifies the provisioning and management of HP BladeSystem infrastructures.
For additional product and licensing information about Insight Control Data Center Edition, HP Systems Insight Manager and Essentials software refer to: http://www.hp.com/servers/proliantessentials




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