The HP ProLiant BL685c G7 Server Blade delivers scale-up, dense, cost-effective 4-socket performance for high-density virtualization and compute-intensive database environments. With up to 64 cores in a single blade and 32 DDR3 registered DIMM slots offering an impressive 1TB memory footprint, these servers are the ideal choice for the most demanding applications.
Delivering over 80 Gb of I/O bandwidth with four embedded HP NC551i Dual Port 10Gb FlexFabric Converged Network Adapter ports and three I/O expansion slots, this is the ideal 4-socket blade for enterprise data centers that demand cost-effective performance and scalability.
Multicore Scalability—Up to 64 Cores
• Up to four 4-, 8-, 12- or 16-core AMD Opteron processors, delivering outstanding compute power for high-density virtualization and compute-intensive database environments
Cost Effective with up to 1 TB of Memory and I/O Bandwidth over 80 Gb
• Economical blade design, for greater flexibility and lower TCO, reduces the amount of hardware required for the same performance
Industry-Leading Infrastructure Management for Virtual and Physical Servers
• Deploy servers quickly, proactively manage virtual or physical server health, and reduce power consumption with HP Insight Control
Chassis type |
Blade |
Compatible operating systems |
Microsoft Windows Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)
Oracle Solaris
VMware
Citrix XenServer |
Depth |
509.5 mm |
Energy Star certified |
No |
Ethernet LAN |
Yes |
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports |
2 |
Hard drive interface |
Serial ATA, Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) |
Hard drive size |
2.5 " |
Height |
366.3 mm |
Internal memory |
64 GB |
Internal memory type |
DDR3-SDRAM |
Memory clock speed |
1333 MHz |
Memory layout (slots x size) |
16 x 4 GB |
Memory slots |
32 DIMM |
Motherboard chipset |
AMD SR5690 |
Motherboard southbridge |
AMD SP5100 |
Operating system installed |
No |
Processor cores |
12 |
Processor family |
AMD Opteron |
Processor frequency |
2.6 GHz |
Processor model |
6344 |
Processor socket |
Socket G34 (1944) |
RAID levels |
0, 1 |
RAID support |
Yes |
Redundant power supply (RPS) support |
No |
Weight |
12250 g |
Width |
21.9 mm |
Specific References
- EAN13
- 0887111625229