• Support for hot plug 120GB and 60GB SATA 3G 2.5in MDL SSDs

This document covers the HP ProLiant BL685c Generation 5 (G5) server blade only. For more information on HP BladeSystem c-Class Enclosures and HP BladeSystem c-Class Interconnects, please see the following QuickSpecs:

• HP BladeSystem c3000 Enclosure QuickSpecs:
  https://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12790_div/12790_div.html
• HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure QuickSpecs:
  https://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12810_div/12810_div.html
• HP BladeSystem c-Class Interconnect Components QuickSpecs: https://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12524_div/12524_div.html

The HP ProLiant BL685c G5 delivers no-compromise performance and expansion in the densest 4P server blade form-factor available to handle your most demanding applications.
HP ProLiant BL685c G5 server blade includes:

• Processor:
• Up to four Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ 8300 Series processors
• Supports up to 2.7 GHz, 1 GHz HyperTransport™; 512 KB Level 2 cache memory per core; 6 MB Level 3 cache
• Supports up to 2.3 GHz, 1 GHz HyperTransport™; 512 KB Level 2 cache memory per core; 2 MB Level 3 cache
• AMD Dual Dynamic Power Management™ for optimum performance and reduced power consumption
• nVidia CK8-04, IO-04 chipsets
• Memory:
• Up to128 GB of memory, supported by (16) slots of PC2-5300 Registered DIMMs at 667 MHz or 64 GB of memory, supported by (16) slots of PC2-6400 Registered DIMMs at 800 MHz
• Supporting memory interleaving (2:1)
• Storage Controller:
• Integrated Smart Array E200i RAID controller with 64 MB cache (with optional battery-backed write cache with an upgrade to 128 MB cache (BBWC). Supports RAID 0,1.
• Internal Drive Support:
• Up to two (2) small form factor (SFF) SAS or SATA hot plug hard disk drives or SATA solid state drives
• Network Controller:
• Four (4) integrated network adapters:
• One (1) embedded NC326i Dual Port Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter
• Two (2) embedded NC373i Multifunction Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapters
• One (1) additional embedded 10/100 network adapter dedicated to iLO 2 management
  NOTE: The Gigabit Ethernet adapters transmit from the server only at 2000 Mbps, full duplex per port. For more information, see the "Network Controller" item in Standards Features section.
• Mezzanine Support:
• Three (3) I/O expansion mezzanine slots.
• Supports up to (3) mezzanine cards
• Dual-Port Fibre Channel Mezzanine (4-Gb) options for SAN connectivity (Choice of Emulex or QLogic)
• iSCSI Ethernet mezzanine option for optimized iSCSI connectivity
• Ethernet server adapter mezzanine options for additional network ports
• 4X DDR InfiniBand (IB) Mezzanine (20 Gb/s) options for low latency server interconnectivity (based on Mellanox technology)
• I/O Accelerator mezzanine options for high transaction rate local storage
• Internal USB Support:
• One (1) internal USB 2.0 connector for security key devices and USB drive key
• Form Factor:
• HP ProLiant BL685c G5 server blade plugs into the BladeSystem c3000 and c7000 enclosures
• Infrastructure Management:
  • HP ProLiant Onboard Administrator (powered by the HP Integrated Lights-Out 2 management processor) for simplified server setup, health monitoring and recovery, power and thermal control, and lights-out remote administration.
  • HP Insight Control, a product option, delivers essential infrastructure management that can help save time and money by making it easy to deploy, migrate, monitor, control and optimize your IT infrastructure through a single, simple management console. Insight Control supports both Windows and Linux-based central management servers.
  • HP Insight Dynamics for ProLiant, a product option, is an integrated command center that enables IT Staff personnel to continuously analyze and optimize a converged infrastructure, while automating and reducing the cost of common data center tasks by as much as 40 percent. This ultimately enables them to dynamically keep pace with the organization's changing business requirements.
    
• Operating Systems and Virtualization Software:
• Supports Windows, Linux, VMware ESX, and Citrix XenServer
• Enclosures:
• HP offers three different c-Class server blade enclosures to meet your individual needs:
• The HP BladeSystem c7000 rack enclosure is 10U high and holds up to 8 ProLiant BL685c G5 servers plugged vertically.
• The HP BladeSystem c3000 rack enclosure is 6U high and holds up to 4 HP ProLiant BL685c G5 servers plugged horizontally.
• The HP BladeSystem c3000 tower enclosure is designed with casters for sites without racks and holds up to 4 HP ProLiant BL685c G5 servers plugged vertically.
• Server blades, storage blades, and interconnect modules are all designed to fit into the c7000 and c3000 enclosures.
• For additional enclosure information, please see: https://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/blades/components/enclosures/c-class/index.html
• Warranty:
  • This product is covered by a global limited warranty and supported by HP Services and a worldwide network of HP Authorized Channel Partners. Hardware diagnostic support and repair is available for three years from date of purchase. Support for software and initial setup is available for 90 days from date of purchase. Enhancements to warranty services are available through HP Care Pack services or customized service agreements. Hard drives have either a one year or three year warranty; refer to specific hard drive QuickSpecs for details.
    NOTE: Server Warranty includes 3 year Parts, 3 year Labor, 3-year on-site support. Warranty repairs may be accomplished through the use of Customer Self Repair (CSR) parts. These parts fall into two categories: 1) Mandatory CSR parts are designed for easy replacement. A travel and labor charge will result when customers decline to replace a Mandatory CSR part; 2) Optional CSR parts are also designed for easy replacement but may involve added complexity. Customers may choose to have HP replace Optional CSR parts at no charge. Additional information regarding worldwide limited warranty and technical support is available at: https://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/platforms/warranty/index.html

One (1) embedded NC326i Dual Port Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter

Two (2) embedded NC373i Multifunction Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapters with TCP/IP Offload Engine, iSCSI boot, and optional accelerated iSCSI

One (1) additional 10/100 network adapter dedicated to iLO 2 Management
NOTE: The Gigabit Ethernet adapters transmit from the server only at 2000 Mbps, full duplex per port. However, within a Linux environment, the speed can be reduced or "throttled" using a feature available within the Linux operating system; see the white paper at https://h71028.www7.hp.com/ERC/downloads/4AA1-5513ENW.pdf for more information.
NOTE: The iSCSI offload feature of the embedded multifunction adapter requires the HP Accelerated iSCSI Pack. For more information, please see the QuickSpecs at: https://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12466_div/12466_div.html

The embedded multifunction NC373i combines standard Gigabit Ethernet networking, TCP/IP offload engine (TOE) acceleration, iSCSI boot, and optional iSCSI acceleration into a single adapter.

• TOE moves the processing of data in the TCP protocol stack from the server CPU to the network card, freeing CPU cycles for other activities. With TOE, network communications are improved, and server efficiency is increased. The NC373i offers TOE for Microsoft® Windows 2003 environments.
• The iSCSI network boot (iSCSI boot) allows the BL685c G5 to boot from a remote operating system (OS) image located on a storage area network (SAN) within a Red Hat or SUSE Linux environment. The BL685c G5 uses an iSCSI firmware image (iSCSI boot option ROM) making the remote disk drive appear as a local, bootable C: drive. The BL685c G5 is configured to connect to and boot from the iSCSI target disk on the network and download the OS image from the iSCSI target disk. The iSCSI boot option ROM is supplied by HP at no cost. The additional cost and mezzanine slot usage of an add-in iSCSI HBA card is not required. Additionally, the HP iSCSI boot solution includes scripts to significantly simplify the installation process.

Four optional Fibre Channel HBAs are supported by the HP ProLiant BL465c G5. Each mezzanine circuit board connects directly to the server blade system board. These Fibre Channel HBAs are available via option kits and must be ordered separately.

HBA mezzanine card option kits:

Emulex LPe1105-HP 4Gb FC HBA ( 403621-B21)

• Based on the same field-proven ASIC, firmware, and driver technology as Emulex's renowned LPe1150 HBA, the Emulex LPe1105-HP is fully driver compatible with all Emulex HBAs
  Emulex LPe 1205-HP 8Gb FC HBA (456972-B21)
  

QLogic QMH2462 4Gb FC HBA ( 403619-B21)

• Uses common drivers which means that customers can standardize on one QLogic driver whether they are using the QMH2462 or other HBAs powered by QLogic
  

Emulex and QLogic Fibre Channel HBAs for HP BladeSystem c-Class feature:

• Optimal performance utilizing PCI Express
• 4/2/1Gb/s auto negotiating speeds (4Gb HBAs)
• 8/4/2Gb/s auto negotiation speeds (8Gb HBAs)
• Dual-ports for redundant path connections
• Up to two FC HBAs per server blade providing redundant FC HBA support
• Optimized for HP StorageWorks and supported by third party SAN vendors
• Support for Microsoft® Windows® and Linux operating system environments

HP ProLiant BL685c G5 server blades are optimized for HP StorageWorks MSA, EVA, and XP
HP ProLiant BL685c G5 server blades are compatible with select third party SANs (please see blade storage page for more details:
https://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/blades/components/c-class-sans.html

HP Virtual Connect simplifies server connectivity to LANs and SANs, and reduces costs. Unique HP Flex-10 technology makes maximum use of 10Gb Ethernet bandwidth by allowing multiple ports within a single Industry Standard connection that can be dynamically tuned to meet individual server requirements. HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager (VCEM) provides a central console to administer connections and workloads for thousands of servers. For more information on Virtual Connect Ethernet, Fibre Channel and management options see www.hp.com/go/virtualconnect

HP Insight management software

Managing the growing number of servers can be complex and expensive for your organization. IT managers need to address changing business needs with tools that meet the challenges of managing today's complex Datacenters.

HP provides management solutions that are designed to simplify a server's installation, configuration and maintenance throughout the entire server lifecycle. This provides the customer with higher levels of operational efficiency and highly reliable systems: www.hp.com/go/foundation.

The foundation pack includes:

• HP SmartStart
• HP Management
• HP ProLiant Firmware Maintenance

SmartStart version supported (minimum): SmartStart 8.0
https://www.hp.com/servers/smartstart

Two versions of Insight Control are available, to serve environments requiring either a Linux-based or a Windows-based central management server: HP Insight Control for Linux, and HP Insight Control. See www.hp.com/go/insightcontrol

HP Insight Control includes one year of 24 x 7 HP Software Technical Support and Update Service ensuring rapid access to HP support staff and proactive delivery of software updates. For more information about this service, please visit: https://www.hp.com/services/insight.

NOTE: For more information, visit:
https://www.hp.com/go/insightdynamics

Microsoft Windows Server
Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)
Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL)
Solaris 10 for x86/x64 based Systems
VMware ESX
Citrix XenServer

NOTE: For more information on HP's Certified and Supported ProLiant Servers for OS and Virtualization Software and latest listing of software drivers available for your server, please visit our Support Matrix at: https://www.hp.com/go/supportos and our driver download page: https://www.hp.com/support/BL685cG5

Dual-Port Fibre Channel Mezzanine Card for redundant SAN connection
Two embedded Gigabit Ethernet adapters for redundant LAN connections
Two hot-plug SAS/SATA hard drive bays and integrated RAID (Smart Array E200i) controller on every server blade (Battery-backed write cache is optional.)
Redundant ROM on each server blade
Multiple mezzanine I/O expansion
ECC Memory
Network adapter teaming (network fault tolerance, transmit load balancing, switch-assisted load balancing)

Power-on password
Administrator's password
Integrated Lights-Out 2 has 12 customizable user accounts and SSL encryption
Integrated Lights-Out 2 can be disabled via a Global Setting

HP Factory Express offers configuration, customization, integration and deployment services for HP servers and storage products. Customers can choose how their factory solutions are built, tested, integrated, shipped and deployed.

Factory Express offers service packages for simple configuration, racking, installation, complex configuration and design services as well as individual factory services, such as image loading, asset tagging, and custom packaging. HP products supported through Factory Express include a wide array of servers and storage: HP Integrity, HP ProLiant, HP ProLiant Server Blades, HP BladeSystem, HP 9000 servers as well as the MSAxxxx, VA7xxx, EVA, XP, rackable tape libraries and configurable network switches.

HP Care Pack services provide total care and support expertise with committed response designed to meet your IT and business needs.

The HP Care Pack service for HP ProLiant BL c-Class server blades, cover the server blade and all HP branded hardware options qualified for the server, purchased at the same time or afterwards, internal to the server.

To fully capitalize on your HP BladeSystem servers' capabilities requires a service partner who thoroughly understands your server technology and systems environment. HP Services, an industry leader in provision of multi vender support solutions provides a range of support services designed to meet the varying needs of business. Whether an SMB or large global corporation HP has a HP BladeSystem server support offer to help you speedily deploy and maximize system uptime.

Recommended Service - Simplify ProLiant solution implementation, maintenance and management.

• Support Service - 4-Hour Response Coverage, 3-Year, 24 x 7, Same Business Day
• Deployment Service - Installation and Start Up for HP BladeSystem Infrastructure

Enhanced Service - Optimize service level to increase IT performance and availability

• Support Service - HP Proactive BladeSystem Service, 1-Year
• Deployment Service - Enhanced Network Installation and Start-up for HP BladeSystem Switches

Installation & Start-Up service for HP BladeSystem Infrastructure plus HP BladeSystem Enhanced Network Installation and Start-UP as per the Customer Description and/or Data Sheet. To be delivered on a scheduled basis 8am-5pm, M-F, excluding HP holidays.

HP ProLiant BL685c G5 8382 QC 8G (2P)
516049-B21

NOTE: Please see the QuickSpecs for Technical Specifications and additional information: https://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/13021_div/13021_div.html (Worldwide) 

Following are memory options available from HP:

 483399-B21

 408851-B21

 408853-B21

Dimensions
(H x W x D)

Shipping Dimensions
(H x W x D)

For power specifications including input requirements, BTU rating, and power supply output, please see the HP BladeSystem c-Class Enclosures QuickSpecs located at:
HP BladeSystem c3000 Enclosure QuickSpecs:
https://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12790_div/
12790_div.html
HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure QuickSpecs:
https://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12810_div/
12810_div.html

To review typical system power ratings use the HP BladeSystem Power Sizer available at:
https://www.hp.com/go/bladesystem/powercalculator

• 9K Jumbo frames
• TCP/IP checksum offload (TCO)
• Large send offload (LSO)
• Interrupt coalescence
• Dual address cycles (DAC)
• Wake-on-LAN (WOL)
• Pre-boot execution environment (PXE)
• ProLiant Teaming including Network Fault Tolerance, Transmit Load Balancing, and Switch-Assisted Load Balancing
• IPv6 packet transmit and receive (excluding all offload capabilities); IPv6 aware SNMPv1 agents for Windows

• TCP/IP offload engine (TOE) for Microsoft Windows 2003
• iSCSI Boot
• Optional accelerated iSCSI
• 9K Jumbo frames
• TCP/IP checksum offload (TCO)
• Large send offload (LSO)
• Interrupt coalescence
• Dual address cycles (DAC)
• Wake-on-LAN (WOL)
• Pre-boot execution environment (PXE)
• ProLiant Teaming including Network Fault Tolerance, Transmit Load Balancing, and Switch-Assisted Load Balancing
• IPv6 packet transmit and receive (excluding all offload capabilities); IPv6 aware SNMPv1 agents for Microsoft Windows

Hewlett-Packard offers end-of-life HP product return, trade-in, and recycling programs in many geographic areas. For trade-in information, please go to: https://www.hp.com/go/green. To recycle your product, please go to: https://www.hp.com/go/green or contact your nearest HP sales office. Products returned to HP will be recycled, recovered or disposed of in a responsible manner.