• Support for HP NC553m 10Gb 2-port FlexFabric Adapter

One (1) additional 10/100 server adapter dedicated to iLO 2 management

Two (2) I/O expansion mezzanine slots (One x8 and one x4 PCI Express)

Two (2) optional dual-port Fibre Channel HBAs are supported by the HP ProLiant BL495c G6. 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)

• 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

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

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)
• 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 BL495c G6 server blades are optimized for HP StorageWorks MSA, EVA, and XP
HP ProLiant BL495c G6 server blades are compatible with select 3rd 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 Foundation

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 8.1
  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 Insight Control, a product option, delivers essential infrastructure management that can help save time and money by making it easy to deploy, migrate, monitor, remote control, and optimize your IT infrastructure through a single, simple management console.

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.

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. As a powerfully integrated by design toolkit to accelerate complex technology projects and simplify daily operations that ultimately enable IT Staff personnel to dynamically keep pace with the organizations changing business requirements. It enables them to plan capacity and power continuously, balance across physical and virtual resources, and ensure cost-effective high availability. It also enables IT organizations to provision infrastructure consistently and automatically from pools of shared resources using a self-service portal. Resources provisioned can range from a single virtual machine to complex multi-tier environments and their associated physical and virtual resource requirements. In addition to the previous functional benefits, it also provides a cost-effective disaster recovery for physical and virtual environments that works with HP StorageWorks Continuous Access software for both the Enterprise Virtual Array and the XP storage array allowing application environments to be reactivated in minutes with the touch of a button to a remote location.

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

HP Cluster Platforms

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

HP Cluster Management Utility (CMU) is an HP-licensed and HP-supported suite of tools that are used to manage large-scale Linux ProLiant systems. CMU includes software for the centralized provisioning, management and monitoring of nodes. CMU makes the administration of clusters user friendly, efficient, and effective. https://www.hp.com/go/cmu

HP HPC Linux Value Pack (Value Pack) is an HP-licensed and HP-supported specially priced software bundle for the development and deployment of applications on HPC Cluster Platforms. Value Pack includes the Platform LSF workload scheduler, the HP-MPI parallelization library, the HP Unified Parallel C compiler and the HP Shmem library, as well as the execution environments for the libraries and compiler. HP HPC Linux Value Pack

Microsoft Windows Server
Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)
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 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/BL495cG6

Dual-Port Fibre Channel Mezzanine Card for redundant SAN connection
Dual- and Quad-Port server adapter for redundant LAN connections
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)

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

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.

For more information on Factory Express services on 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.

HP Care Pack Services: Packaged server and storage services for increased uptime, productivity and ROI
When you buy HP server and storage products and solutions, it's also a good time to think about what levels of support you may need. Our portfolio of service options reduce deployment and management worries while helping you get the most out of your server and storage investments. We take a holistic approach to your environment, bridging servers, blades, storage, software and network infrastructures with our packaged HP Care Pack Services for servers and storage.

Protect your business beyond warranty
When it comes to robustness and reliability, standard computing equipment warranties have matured along with technology. Good news that can also create problems stemming from depending on standard warranties designed to only protect against product defects and some downtime causes. Using a standard approach to warranty uplifts, such as HP Care Pack Services, helps reduce downtime risks and provides operational consistency for mission-critical and standard business computing.

HP Care Pack Services: Upgrading or extending standard server and storage warranties cost effectively
HP Care Pack Services offer a standard reactive hardware and software support services suite sold separately, or combined with our Support Plus and Support Plus 24 services. The portfolio also provides a combination of integrated proactive and reactive services, such as Proactive 24 Service and Critical Service. In addition with HP Proactive Select, you can acquire the specific proactive constancy and technical services. HP Proactive Select menu offers a broad set of service options that you can mix and match depending on your specific requirements. Proactive service options include offers for server, storage, network, SAN device, software, environment and education services.

HP server and storage lifecycle support services offers a full spectrum of customer care-from technology support to complex migrations to complete managed services. HP Factory Express provides customization, integration and deployment services for turnkey solutions. HP Education Services offer flexible, comprehensive training on to help your IT staff get the most out of your server and storage investments. HP Financial solutions extend innovative financing and cost-effective asset management programs-from purchase to equipment retirement.

Learn more: www.hp.com/services/servers and 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

3-Year HP Hardware Support Onsite Call-to-Repair (CTR) Service, 6- or 24-hour
Provides your IT manager with a team of support specialists who will quickly begin troubleshooting the system to help return the hardware to operating condition within 6 or 24 hours of the initial service request to the HP Global Solution Center.

HP is committed to repairing your hardware within a maximum of six or twenty four 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

3-Year HP Hardware Support Onsite Service, 4-hour response, 24x7
Provides you with rapid remote support and if required an HP authorized representative who will arrive on site any time and day of the year to begin hardware maintenance service within 4 hours of the service request being logged.

This service provides a trained HP service specialist to perform an installation that meets HP quality standards, for:

• Help improve or maintain system uptime
• Convenient onsite support
• Committed response time

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

HP ProLiant Server Hardware Installation
Provides for the basic hardware installation of HP branded servers, storage devices and networking options to assist you in bringing your new hardware into operation in a timely and professional manner.

• Expedited installation, with all service prerequisites met before the installation is performed
• Installation in accordance with manufacturer's specifications, enhancing the supportability of your HP-installed hardware and software
• Service delivery at a mutually scheduled time
• Allows your IT resources to stay focused on their core tasks and priorities
• Availability of an HP service specialist to answer questions during the onsite delivery of this service

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

HP Enhanced Network Installation & Startup for BladeSystem Switches
Provides for the configuration and testing of BladeSystem Ethernet interconnect switches to facilitate proper implementation of network protocols and access to advanced features.

https://h20195.www2.hp.com/V2/GetPDF.aspx/4aa0-5969ENW

3-Year HP Proactive 24
As an alternative to our recommended support level, for customers who want enhanced operational effectiveness and proactive problem identification:

Provides improved stability, availability and operational effectiveness with an integrated hardware and software support service that combines industry-leading reactive technical assistance with proactive account services, giving your IT manage support from a team of service specialists.

https://h20195.www2.hp.com/V2/GetPDF.aspx/4AA0-1614ENUC

HP Proactive Select Service
Customer needs on demand access to consulting, technical proactive services and education courses

Provides a flexible way to purchase HP best-in-class consultancy and technical services. You can buy Proactive Select Service Credits when you purchase your hardware and then use the credits over the next 12 months.

https://h20195.www2.hp.com/V2/GetPDF.aspx/4AA2-3842ENN

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

Access to certain features of the support portal requires an HP service agreement. To access the support portal, visit: https://www.hp.com/support

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.

In today's cost-conscious business environment, IT professionals, developers, consultants and users face an interesting challenge: how to keep up with the latest technologies and expand important skills while delivering profitable results on current projects. To help address this challenge, HP offers innovative training solutions that help keep you up-to-date on virtualization, server, storage, Insight Control, Citrix, Microsoft® and open source/Linux-related topics-while spending less time away from business-critical activities.

HP Technology 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.

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

HP ProLiant BL495c G6 2435 6C, 4G (1P)
539804-B21

HP ProLiant BL495c G6 2427 6C, 4G (1P)
539807-B21

(1) AMD Opteron™ processor Model 2435 (2.6 GHz)
(1) AMD Opteron processor Model 2427 (2.2 GHz)

AMD Opteron™ 2435 2.60GHz Six Core 75 Watts BL495c G6 Factory Integrated Processor Option Kit

Gigabit Ethernet Mezzanines

HP NC382m Dual Port 1GbE Multifunction BL-c Adapter

HP Insight Control including 1yr 24x7 Technical Support and Updates Electronic License

DIMM installation guidelines:

1. All DIMMs must be PC2-5300 Registered DDR2 DIMMs (667 MHz) or PC2-6400 Registered DDR2 DIMMs (800 MHz).
2. Both DIMM slots in a memory bank must be populated.
3. Both DIMMs in a memory bank must be identical.
4. Processor 1 memory bank A must always be populated.
5. DIMM banks are active only when the corresponding processor socket is populated.
6. If installing only one bank on a processor, populate the bank physically farthest from the processor.
7. If mixing DIMM sizes on the same processor, the largest capacity DIMMs must be populated in the bank physically farthest from the processor. The smallest capacity DIMMs must be populated in the bank physically nearest the processor.
8. For optimal performance in most applications, populate the first memory bank for every populated processor socket.
9. The memory bus will operate at 800 MHz with four (4) or fewer DIMMs per processor, 667 MHz with six (6) DIMMs per processor, and 533 MHz with eight (8) DIMMs per processor.

Altitude

Acoustic Noise

• ProLiant Teaming including Network Fault Tolerance, Transmit Load Balancing, and Switch-Assisted Load Balancing
• 4K Jumbo frames
• Microsoft Windows Receive Side Scaling (RSS)
• Optional accelerated 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.