The HP ProLiant BL490c Virtualization Blade raises the bar for memory capacity and I/O bandwidth in a half-height blade. Coupling up to 2 Intel® Xeon® processors with 18 DIMM slots and support for up to 24 NICs, the BL490c gives enterprise data center managers the ideal server platform for hosting virtual machines.
What's new
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Get quicker responses from your applications with up to two (2) Intel® Xeon® 5500 series processors featuring Quick Path Interconnect and Intel Hyper-Threading Technology
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Fit more virtual machines onto your blades from the 18 DIMM slots using PC3-10600 (DDR3-1333) registered memory.
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Fine-tune network bandwidth to your workloads by using the integrated dual-port 10 GbE server adapter with Flex-10 technology
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Conserve power without performance impact with the built-in HP Power Regulator, and reclaim trapped power in your data center by safely limiting server power consumption with Dynamic Power Capping.
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Maximize your server uptime and health with HP Systems Insight Manager, available at no additional cost
Features
Eliminate bottlenecks to maximize performance and support more virtual servers per blade
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18 DIMM slots, supporting up to 144GB of DDR3 memory
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Up to two (2) Intel® Xeon® 5500 Series processors featuring hardware-assisted Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT) with capabilities including Extended Page Tables
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Two (2) integrated 10 GbE ports for maximum network throughput
Reduce Your Cost per Virtual Machine
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Extend the reach of your hypervisor licenses with more memory per core than any other 2-processor server blade
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Squeeze more NICs from your hardware by dividing the embedded dual-port 10GbE adapter into 8 NICs using Virtual Connect Flex-10 technology
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Take advantage of the half-height form factor to pack up to 16 blades into 10U in the HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure
Deployment Versatility
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Create and start-up virtual servers in minutes by eliminating tedious set-up tasks with optional HP ProLiant iVirtualization
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Pick the storage that fits your needs with options including boot-from SAN options, internal SSD, direct-attached hot-plug SAS hard drives, and shared storage both internal & external to the blade enclosure
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Maximize your server uptime and health with HP Systems Insight Manager, available at no additional cost
Reviews dated from 9/1/09 – 10/15/09 may have been part of a sweepstakes submission
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