The HP ProLiant BL2x220c G7, a breakthrough fabric and density server, offers industry leading networking capabilities with an embedded Mellanox QDR Infiniband solution. This gives customers a focused Infiniband networking environment to reduce cost and simplify network management. The combination of density and accelerated fabrics offers excellent performance, as well as leading power efficiency for scale-out data centers.
What's new
Offers embedded Mellanox QDR Infiniband and Flex-10 networking functionality
Supports the latest 4 and 6 core Intel® Xeon® 5600 series processors
Scales to up to 96 GB of DDR3 memory per server node
Features
Flexible, High Performance Networking
One embedded single-port Mellanox QDR Infiniband/Flex-10 network adapter per node dramatically reduces the cost of Infiniband networking in the data center
Mellanox ConnectX-2 adapter offers high bandwidth and low-latency for optimal Infiniband performance with High Performance Computing applications
NC543i network controller supports HP's unique Virtual Connect Flex-10 technology as well as QDR Infiniband
Networking enhancements include auto-sense capability to identify which personality, Infiniband or Ethernet, the server needs to take on
Excellent Blade Density
Combines two server nodes in one blade chassis to optimize compute performance
Supports 384 processor cores in a c7000 enclosure and 1536 cores in a 42U rack
Expansion of up to 96 GB of memory per server node and 12 TB per rack
Industry-Leading Management Tools
Save time and conserve valuable IT resources by simplifying remote management with HP Integrated Lights-Out 3 (iLO 3)
Deploy servers quickly, proactively manage virtual or physical server health, and optimize power consumption with HP Insight Control
Rapidly provision, continuously analyze, and confidently optimize your converged server infrastructure with HP Insight Dynamics
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Reviews dated from 9/1/09 – 10/15/09 may have been part of a sweepstakes submission