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c-Class Blades

Jun 23 2009   11:41PM GMT

Important c-Class Blade Enclosure Updates inc. iLO Updates



Posted by: Nathan Simon
HP ILO, HP, The Onboard Administrator, c-Class Blades, Updates, firmware, no downtime, online update, Power Management Controller, bootable cd

Here are some very important updates for HP Blade Enclosures, I have also included iLO Updates as they are very important to keep up to date. Remember iLO and the Onboard Administrator firmwares can be updated live with no impact to the enclosure, ESX/vSphere server, Windows Servers, or Virtual Machine’s on ESX/vSphere. The Power Management Controller will have to be updated via a Bootable firmware CD.

HP Onboard Administrator for c-Class Blades is at rev 2.51 (May 28 2009)

HP ILO is at revision 1.7.8 (June 16th 2009)

HP Power Management Controller rev 3.4(B) (June 17th 2009) (haven’t figured out how to apply this one)

 Here is the whole HP Blade System Online Firmware Bundle

 If the files are out of date, which they shouldn’t be..

 then go here for ILO or Integrated Lights-Out and here for the Onboard Administrator  and here for The Power Management Controller Update

 NS

Feb 22 2009   10:23PM GMT

Dreamworks utilizes HP c-Class Blade Servers



Posted by: Nathan Simon
HP ProLiant, c-Class Blades, Dreamworks, supercomputer

HP announced that Paprikaas(a strategic partner of Dreamworks) chose HP ProLiant BL460c G5 servers to increase performance and establish an energy-efficiency standard in its data center. With its low-power module and the latest low-watt quad-core processor from Intel, the HP ProLiant BL460c is optimized for power-constrained environments. The company stated that they were able to increase computer capacity greatly while not increase the total power draw at all. With 240 Blade servers, Paprikaas’ production system was placed on the TOP 500 List of the worlds fastest supercomputers.

Another win for HP!

NS