• Support for HP NC553m 10Gb 2-port FlexFabric Converged Network Adapter
• Support for new AMD Opteron 6100 Processor Kits

This document covers the HP ProLiant BL685c G7 server blade only. For more information on HP BladeSystem c-Class Enclosures and HP BladeSystem c-Class Interconnect and Mezzanine Components, please see the following:

• 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 and Mezzanine Components:
  https://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/blades/components/c-class-interconnects.html
  https://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/blades/components/c-class-adapters.html

The BL685c G7 helps simplify network connections, lower infrastructure costs, and delivers cost-effective, scalable, dense four-processor performance for virtualization and compute-intensive database applications.

HP ProLiant BL685c G7 server blade includes:

• Processor:
  • Up to four (4) Multi-Core AMD Opteron™ 6100 Series processors
    • Twelve-Core supports up to 2.3 GHz; 512 KB Level 2 cache memory per core; 12 MB Level 3 cache
    • Eight-Core supports up to 2.6 GHz; 512 KB Level 2 cache memory per core; 12 MB Level 3 cache
  • AMD SR5690 and SP5100 chipsets
• BL685c G7 Memory:
• Thirty-two (32) DIMM slots
• Up to 512GB of PC3-8500 DDR3 Registered (RDIMM) memory, operating at 1066 MHz when fully populated at 2 DIMMs per channel in 32 slots
• Up to 256GB of PC3-10600 DDR3 Registered (RDIMM) memory, operating at 1333 MHz when fully populated at 2 DIMMs per channel in 32 slots
• Supporting memory interleaving (2:1)
  NOTE: Each processor memory bus will operate at up to 1333 MHz with either one quad-rank (QR) or two single-rank/dual-rank (SR/DR) DIMMs per processor memory channel and 1066 MHz with up to two QR or one QR and one SR/DR DIMMs per processor memory channel with standard voltage (1.5V, PC3) DIMMs. Memory bus will operate one speed slower when low voltage (1.35V, PC3L) memory is installed. Memory bus speeds may be further limited by the speed of the memory used as well.
• Storage Controller:
• Smart Array P410i RAID controller with 1GB flash backed write cache (FBWC). Supports RAID 0,1.
  NOTE: The HP Smart Array P410i controller is required for all blades that support hot plug drives. See Factory Integrated Models section for more information.
• 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:
• Two (2) integrated NC551i Dual Port FlexFabric 10Gb Converged Network Adapters supporting stateless TCP/IP offload, TCP Offload Engine (TOE), Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and iSCSI protocols
  NOTE: Flex-10 capability requires the use of an HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 10Gb Ethernet module. Learn more at: www.hp.com/go/virtualconnect.
  NOTE: Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) capability requires the use of an HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric 10GB/24-port Module or HP 10GbE Pass-Thru Module.
  NOTE: Each port is autosensing 1 Gb / 10 Gb, and can interoperate with 1 Gb HP BladeSystem c-Class interconnect components. Both ports will operate at the same speed.
• One (1) additional embedded 10/100 network adapter dedicated to iLO 3 management
• Mezzanine Support:
• Three (3) I/O expansion mezzanine slots.
• Supports up to three (3) mezzanine cards
  • Dual-Port FlexFabric Adapter mezzanine option
  • Dual-Port Fibre Channel Mezzanine (4-Gb or 8-Gb) options for SAN connectivity
  • Dual-Port FlexFabric Converged Network Adapter
  • Ethernet server adapter mezzanine options for additional network ports
  • InfiniBand (IB) Mezzanine options for low latency server interconnectivity
  • I/O Accelerator mezzanine options for high transaction rate local storage
  • SAS mezzanine option for external direct attach and shared SAS storage
• Expansion Blade Support:
• Supports up to two (2) optional storage, tape, or PCI expansion blades
  NOTE: In a c3000 rack enclosure two half-height expansion blades may be installed above the full-height BL685c G7 in the two slots created by the mini divider in the top half of the c3000 enclosure. A mixture of half height and full height blades is not supported in the lower half of the c3000 enclosure. For more information, please see the HP BladeSystem c3000 Enclosure QuickSpecs at: https://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12790_div/12790_div.html
• Internal Media Support:
• One (1) internal USB 2.0 connector for security key devices and USB drive key
• One (1) internal MicroSD-HC card slot
• Trusted Platform Module:
• One (1) internal TPM 1.2 module connector
• Form Factor:
• HP ProLiant BL685c G7 server blade plugs into the BladeSystem c3000 and c7000 enclosures
• Infrastructure Management:
• This server blade requires the latest version of the Onboard Administrator firmware. This firmware release may also require other subsystem firmware upgrades. For information on the latest firmware versions, please see the Blades Firmware Maintenance website at: https://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/blades/components/c-class-compmatrix.html
• HP Integrated Lights-Out 3 (iLO 3) 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, 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, RHEL, SLES, -Oracle Solaris, VMware and 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/ossupport and our driver download page
• Enclosures:
• HP offers three (3) different c-Class server blade enclosures to meet your individual needs:
  • The HP BladeSystem c7000 rack enclosure is 10U high and holds up to eight (8) ProLiant BL685c G7 servers plugged vertically.
  • The HP BladeSystem c3000 rack enclosure is 6U high and holds up to four (4) HP ProLiant BL685c G7 servers plugged horizontally.
• 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.
  NOTE: For optimal cooling and system performance the BL685c G7 requires the c7000 enclosure to be configured with 10 fans and the c3000 enclosure to be configured with 6 fans.
• 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 the 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) additional 10/100 network adapter dedicated to iLO 3 Management

Three (3) optional dual-port Fibre Channel HBAs are supported by the HP ProLiant BL685c G7. 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 4Gb Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter for c-Class BladeSystem (PN  403621-B21)

Field-proven reliability and performance for a broad range of applications using drivers and management tools that are fully compatible with all Emulex HBAs

Emulex LPe1205 8Gb Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter for c-Class BladeSystem (PN 456972-B21)

• Exceptional performance, enhanced security, and scalable management for virtual server and enterprise-class applications

QLogic QMH2462 4Gb Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter for c-Class BladeSystem (PN  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

QLogic QMH2562 8Gb Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter for c-Class BladeSystem (PN 451871-B21)

• Provides a first step into the 8Gb future, advanced, embedded support for virtualized environments and reduced power consumption

HP BLc Brocade 804 8Gb Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter (PN 590647-B21)

• Application oriented Quality of Service (AQoS) providing the ability to configure, prioritize, and optimize traffic flows from virtual machines and/or applications to the target port

Brocade, 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®, Linux, VMware ESX and Citrix XenServer™ operating system environments

HP ProLiant BL685c G7 server blades are optimized for HP StorageWorks MSA, EVA, and XP
HP ProLiant BL685c G7 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 is an interconnect option for BladeSystem c-Class that simplifies server connectivity to data and storage networks, and reduces costs. Unique HP Flex-10 and FlexFabric technologies make maximum use of network bandwidths, provide dynamic tuning and enable extreme flexibility to meet individual server and infrastructure requirements. HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager (VCEM) provides a central console to administer network connections and workloads for thousands of servers. For more information on Virtual Connect Ethernet, Fibre Channel, Converged Network and management options see: www.hp.com/go/virtualconnect

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 DVD
• HP ProLiant Smart Update Firmware DVD
• SmartStart version supported (minimum): SmartStart 8.5
  https://www.hp.com/servers/smartstart

NOTE: In an effort to support reducing our environmental impact, the HP Insight Foundation Suite for ProLiant media will be available as a selectable option for this server at time of order of a Factory Integrated Model. This will allow customers to order the number of media kits that best meet their needs and eliminate receiving unnecessary duplicate media.

HP Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) simplifies server setup, health monitoring, power and thermal control, and lights-out remote administration of ProLiant ML, DL, and BL servers. HP iLO functions without additional software and can be accessed from any location via a web browser. HP iLO works hand-in-hand with HP Systems Insight Manager, Insight Control suites, and Insight Dynamics for ProLiant, helping customers unleash the value of the ProLiant platform and deliver the highest possible quality of IT service. For more information, visit: www.hp.com/go/iLO

HP Cluster Platforms are specifically engineered, factory-integrated large-scale ProLiant clusters optimized for High Performance Computing, with a choice of servers, networks and software. Operating system options include specially priced offerings for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Novell SLES, as well as Microsoft Windows HPC Server. A Cluster Platform Configurator simplifies ordering. https://www.hp.com/go/clusters

High Performance Computing (HPC) interconnect technologies are available for this server as part of the HP Cluster Platform portfolio. These high-speed InfiniBand and Gigabit interconnects are fully supported by HP when integrated within an HP cluster. Flexible, validated solutions can be defined with the help of configuration tools. https://www.hp.com/techservers/clusters/ucp/index.html

Microsoft Windows Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)
Solaris
VMware
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, including how to purchase from HP, please visit our OS Support Site at: https://www.hp.com/go/supportos and our driver download page https://www.hp.com/support/BL685cG7

Dual-Port Fibre Channel Mezzanine Card for redundant SAN connection
Two (2) embedded dual-port 10Gb Converged Network Adapters for redundant LAN connections
Two (2) hot-plug SAS/SATA/SSD drive bays and integrated RAID (Smart Array P410i) controller with flash backed write cache
Redundant ROM on each server blade
Multiple mezzanine I/O expansion
Advanced ECC Memory
Online memory spare
Network adapter teaming (network fault tolerance, transmit load balancing, switch-assisted load balancing)

ACPI 2.0 Compliant
PCI 2.2 Compliant
WOL Support
Microsoft® Logo certifications
USB 2.0 Support

• Power-on password
• Administrator's password
• Integrated Lights-Out 3 with:
  • 12 customizable user accounts
  • SSL encryption
  • Secure Shell version 2
  • Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) and Triple Data Encryption Standard (3DES) on browser, CLP and XML scripting interface
  • AES and RC4 encryption of video
  • Disable via a global setting
• Keyboard password
• External USB port enable/disable
• Network server mode
• Serial interface control
• TPM (Trusted Platform Module) 1.2 option

The TPM (Trusted Platform Module) is a microcontroller chip that can securely store artifacts used to authenticate the server platform. These artifacts can include passwords, certificates and encryption keys. Windows® BitLocker™ Drive Encryption (BitLocker) is a data protection feature available in Windows Server® 2008. BitLocker leverages the enhanced security capabilities of a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) version 1.2. The TPM works with BitLocker to help protect user data and to ensure that a server running Windows Server 2008 has not been tampered with while the system was offline.

NOTE: For more information about TPM, including a white paper, go to: www.hp.com/go/TPM.
NOTE: ProLiant OS pre-installed units will come with the partition required for TPM deployment.
NOTE: The TPM key is unique to every TPM deployed server and must be retained. Misplacing or losing the key could result in data loss.

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.

For more information on Factory Express services for your specific server model please contact your sales representative or go to: https://www.hp.com/go/factory-express.

The HP eConfigure Enterprise Configurator now provides factory default racking for our HP hardware portfolio. This approach is aligned with our strategic direction to meet the needs and expectations of our valued customers. If you require "custom" rack configuration, please contact HP's Customer Business Center or an Authorized Partner for assistance. https://www.hp.com/products/configurator.

For increased uptime, productivity and ROI - HP Care Pack packaged services for Servers

These days, you need to get the most out of your server investment - you can't afford not to. When you buy HP server products and solutions, it's also a good time to think about what levels of service and support you may need. To help take the worry out of deploying, designing, maintaining, and managing your environment, we've designed a portfolio of service options that are as: flexible, reliable and scalable as your server. Unlike server-only vendors, we take a holistic approach to your entire environment, bridging storage, servers, blades, software and network infrastructures with our HP Care Pack packaged services for Servers.

Protect your business beyond the warranty

When it comes to robustness and reliability, standard warranties on today's computing equipment have matured just as the technologies have matured. Good news on some fronts - but also a source of potential problems and subsequent consequences that come from depending on standard warranties alone. Standard warranty protects against product defects and some causes of downtime - but not the business. By using a standard approach to warranty uplifts, such as HP Care Pack Services, you can reduce downtime risks and be more certain of operational consistency for both mission-critical and standard business computing. Simply put, HP Care Pack Services normalize the warranty of combined products - helping you proactively guard against unplanned downtime.

Extending warranties with HP Care Pack Services

For cost-effective upgrading or extending your standard warranty, HP Care Pack Services offer a suite of standard reactive hardware and software support services that are sold separately, or combined as with our Support Plus and Support Plus 24 services. The portfolio also provides a combination of proactive and reactive services, such as Proactive 24 Service and Critical Service. In addition, with HP Proactive Select we offer an innovative approach to service delivery that gives you the flexibility to acquire the specific proactive services you need today, then add services as your needs evolve. HP Proactive Select offers a broad set of technical or per-event type service options - including server, storage, and network, SAN device, and software, environment, installation and education services. Services that you can mix and match depending on your specific requirements, from preliminary planning and equipment delivery to installation, configuration, integration, and testing, through every level of ongoing support. Our HP Care Pack packaged services for Servers assures help when you need it most. And for many products, post-warranty HP Care Pack Services are available when your original warranty has expired.

HP Server Services: Offering reliability, flexibility and value - just like your storage

HP Server Services offers a full spectrum of customer care, from technology support to complex migrations to complete completely managed services. HP Factory Express provides customization, integration and deployment services for turnkey solutions. HP Education offers flexible, comprehensive training on server networking and server software to help your IT staff get the most out of your investments. And HP Financial solutions extend innovative financing and asset management programs to cost-effective buy, manage and eventually retire your older equipment.

HP Server Services, the trusted business technology experts who manage your technology in action, because when technology works, business works. https://www.hp.com/services/servers, https://www.hp.com/services/storage

NOTE: Care Pack Services availability may vary by product and country.

HP Care Pack Services are sold by HP and HP Authorized Service Partners:

• Services for customers purchasing from HP or an enterprise reseller are quoted using HP order configuration tools.
• Customers purchasing from a commercial reseller can find HP Care Pack Services at: https://www.hp.com/go/lookuptool

Hardware Support - 3-Year HP 24x7 6-hour call to repair Care Pack

3-Year HP 24x7 6-hour call to repair Care Pack - This cost-effective service helps you minimize system downtime due to hardware failure. It features a commitment to resolve hardware problems within 6 hours from the time your service call is received. (Please note repair-time restrictions below.)

When you experience system problems, your call is immediately connected to an HP-certified resolution engineer for troubleshooting. If your problem cannot be resolved remotely, an experienced support professional is dispatched to your site to begin hardware repair activities.

HP is committed to repairing your hardware within a maximum of six hours. The benefits include:

• Improved system uptime
• Predictable repair times
• More effective IT resource planning
• Consistent level of hardware support across your multi-technology systems

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Hardware Support - 3 - Years 24x7 24 hour Call-to-Repair

3-Year HP 24x7 24-hour call to repair Care Pack - This cost-effective service helps you minimize system downtime due to hardware failure. It features a commitment to resolve hardware problems within 6 hours from the time your service call is received. (Please note repair-time restrictions below.)

When you experience system problems, your call is immediately connected to an HP-certified resolution engineer for troubleshooting. If your problem cannot be resolved remotely, an experienced support professional is dispatched to your site to begin hardware repair activities. HP is committed to repairing your hardware within a maximum of six hours. The benefits include:

• Improved system uptime
• Predictable repair times
• More effective IT resource planning
• Consistent level of hardware support across your multi-technology systems

https://h20195.www2.hp.com/V2/GetPDF.aspx/5981-6636ENN

ProLiant Servers Installation and Startup Service
HP Installation and Startup of HP ProLiant Servers provides for the installation of your new HP ProLiant server and operating system. This will assist you in bringing your new HP ProLiant server and operating system into operation in a timely and professional manner.
This service provides a trained HP service specialist to perform an installation that meets HP quality standards, for:

• Delivery of the service at a mutually scheduled time convenient to your organization
• Availability of an HP service specialist to answer basic questions during the onsite delivery of this service
• Custom installation as detailed in "Delivery specifications" or in a Statement of Work (SOW)
• Verification prior to installation that all service prerequisites are met

https://h20195.www2.hp.com/V2/GetPDF.aspx/5981-9356EN

3-Year HP Support Plus 24 Service Care Pack

As an alternative to our recommended support level, for customers who need access to responsive 24x7 hardware and software support plus software updates on HP and selected third party products:

HP Support Plus 24 helps you increase performance and availability with comprehensive, consistent hardware and software services. Working with your IT team, HP Services engineers deliver onsite hardware support and over-the-phone software support around-the-clock 365 days per year. Service coverage encompasses HP products and selected multi-vendor hardware and software.

In addition, this convenient HP Care Pack packaged service makes software updates available to you at substantial savings.

Choose Support Plus 24 when you need to:

• Improve uptime with responsive hardware and software services available anytime
• Cost-effectively obtain expert 24x7 multi-vendor hardware and software support
• Enjoy consistent service coverage across geographically dispersed sites
• Update HP and selected third-party software at a predictable cost
• Take advantage of subscription savings on software updates

https://h20195.www2.hp.com/V2/GetPDF.aspx/5981-6638EEE

3 Year HP Proactive 24

As an alternative to our recommended support level, for customers who want enhanced operational effectiveness and proactive problem identification:

HP Proactive 24 Service (P24) integrates hardware and software support to help you improve the stability and operational effectiveness of your IT environment. An HP Account Manager acts as your primary point of contact to ensure that HP meets your support needs effectively.

P24 provides the maximum value when multiple technologies in the environment (e.g. servers, storage, SAN and the network), are all covered. It provides an environment-wide view and consistent support of all of these components which affect stability of your key applications.

Choose P24 when you want to:

• enhance operational effectiveness with proactive problem identification and recommendations from HP
• partner with technical experts who help coordinate support, provide hands-on assistance, and share knowledge with your staff
• rapidly access support and expertise spanning your environment
• obtain personalized services tailored to your business environment and critical success factors
• anticipate necessary change - and execute it correctly the first time
• efficiently manage infrastructure resources to meet your performance objectives

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Hardware Support - 3-Year, 24x7 Same-Business-Day, On-site. 4-Hour response coverage

As an alternative to our recommended support level, for customers who need same day response service level 24x7.

3-Year, 24x7 Same-Business-Day, On-site. 4-Hour response coverage provides high-quality remote assistance and onsite support for your covered hardware, helping you to improve product uptime. You have the flexibility to choose between different service-level options featuring different response times and coverage windows, as well as between several coverage periods to address your specific service needs.

Service benefits:

• Help improve or maintain system uptime
• Convenient onsite support
• Reliable response times
• Remote problem diagnosis and support
• Onsite hardware support
• Materials included
• Service-level options with different coverage windows and response times
• Work to completion
• Escalation management
• Access to electronic support information and services
• HP electronic remote monitoring and support solution (for eligible products only)
• Optional Defective Media Retention Service

https://h20195.www2.hp.com/V2/GetPDF.aspx/5982-6547EEE

HP eSupport is a portfolio of technology-based services that assist you with managing your business environment - from the desktop to the data center.

Support Portal
The HP support portal provides one-stop access to the information, tools and services you need to manage the daily operations of your IT environment.

Features include:

• Access to self-solve tools (including search technical knowledge base)
• Efficient logging and tracking of support cases
• Collaboration with other business and IT professionals
• Download of patches and drivers
• Access to diagnostic tools
• Proactive notification of relevant information

HP Insight Remote Support software delivers secure remote support for your HP Servers and Storage, 24 X 7, so you can spend less time solving problems and more time focused on your business. You can have your systems remotely monitored for hardware failure using secure technology that's been proven at thousands of companies around the world. In many cases, you can avoid problems before they occur.

HP Services continues to be recognized for service and support excellence by customers, partners, industry organizations and publications around the world. Recent honors and award reflect our services team's dedications, technical expertise, professionalism and uncompromising commitment to customer satisfaction. For a list of all our awards, please visit:
https://h10033.www1.hp.com/hpinfo/hpawards/index.asp

For more information about HP Care Pack Services for Servers, please visit:
https://www.hp.com/services/servers

To learn more on HP ProLiant servers and HP BladeSystem, please contact your HP sales representative or HP Authorized Channel Partner, or visit: www.hp.com/services/proliant or
www.hp.com/services/bladesystem

HP BL685c G7 6176 12C 4P 64G Svr
632993-B21

HP BL685c G7, 6174 12C, 64G (4P)
518870-B21

(4) AMD Opteron™ processor Model 6176 (2.3GHz)
(4) AMD Opteron™ processor Model 6174 (2.2 GHz)

HP BL685c G7 6136, 8C, 32G (4P)
518873-B21

(4) AMD Opteron processor Model 6136 (2.4 GHz)

For detailed memory configuration rules and guidelines, please use the Online DDR3 Memory Configuration Tool:
www.hp.com/go/ddr3memory-configurator

Some DIMM installation guidelines are summarized below:

• For the HP ProLiant BL685c G7 server blade with thirty-two (32) memory slots:
  • There are four (4) channels per processor; sixteen (16) channels per server
  • There are two (2) DIMM slots for each memory channel; thirty-two (32) total slots.
  • Memory channel 1 consists of the two (2) DIMMs that are furthest from the processor
  • Memory channel 4 consists of the two (2) DIMMs that are closest from the processor
• A minimum of two (2) DIMMs per processor are required
• DIMM slots that are white should be populated first
• Do not install DIMMs if the corresponding processor is not installed
• If only two (2) processors are installed in a four (4) CPU system, only half of the DIMM slots are available
• To maximize performance, balance the total memory capacity between all installed processors
• To maximize performance, balance the total memory capacity on any given processor across the memory channels
• You may only have up to eight (8) ranks installed per channel
• You may install up to two (2) quad-rank DIMMs per channel
• If mixing DIMM voltage is a requirement, please note that the DIMMs will run at 1.5V since all 1.35V are capable of supporting 1.5V operations
• When running virtualization software, a minimum of two (2) DIMMs per processor are required. Populate DIMM sockets 1A and 5B for each processor socket populated.

Basic memory slot and population diagram

• Population order; start with "A" first, "B" second, "C" third, etc.

Standard memory configuration (4 CPU model)

• 32GB, consisting of eight (8) 4GB single-rank PC3-10600 RDIMMs

Standard memory configuration (4 CPU model)

• 64GB, consisting of sixteen (16) 4GB single-rank PC3-10600 RDIMMs

Standard Memory Plus Optional Memory (4 CPU model)

• 416GB, consisting of two (2) 4GB RDIMMs plus six (6) 16GB RDIMMs
  • 8 x 4GB single-rank PC3-10600 RDIMMs
  • 24 x 16GB quad-rank PC3-8500 RDIMMs

Standard Memory Plus Optional Memory (4 CPU model)

• 320GB, consisting of two (2) 4GB RDIMMs plus six (6) 16GB RDIMMs
  • 16 x 4GB single-rank PC3-10600 RDIMMs
  • 16 x 16GB quad-rank PC3-8500 RDIMMs

Standard Memory Replaced with Optional Memory (4 CPU Model)
RDIMM maximum configuration

• 512GB, consisting of sixteen (16) 16GB quad-rank PC3-8500 RDIMMs

Altitude

Acoustic Noise

• ProLiant Teaming including Network Fault Tolerance, Transmit Load Balancing, and Switch-Assisted Load Balancing
• 9K Jumbo frames (4K Jumbo frames when in FCoE mode)
• Microsoft Windows Receive Side Scaling (RSS)
• Accelerated FCoE or iSCSI

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.

The EU WEEE directive (2002/95/EC) requires manufacturers to provide treatment information for each product type for use by treatment facilities. This information (product disassembly instructions) is posted on the Hewlett Packard web site at: https://www.hp.com/go/green. These instructions may be used by recyclers and other WEEE treatment facilities as well as HP OEM customers who integrate and re-sell HP equipment.