The HP BladeSystem c3000 Enclosure brings new capabilities to HP BladeSystem. Now available in either a Tower model or rack model, the c3000 targets three separate market segments: 1) remote sites needing between 2 and 8 server blades; 2) mid-sized companies with between 3 and 100 servers in their company; and 3) enterprise accounts with special datacenter requirements, such as DC power, or very limited rack power & cooling capacity. Similar to the c7000, the Intelligent Management through the Onboard Administrator gives you complete control of your bladed infrastructure. A multi-terabit backplane ensures that the c3000 Enclosure can support today's Gigabit networks with an easy migration to tomorrows 10 Gigabit solutions.# Up to 8 multi-core dual processor half-height blades or 4 full height blades Up 3 I/O fabrics with multi-terabit backplane to support current and future I/O connections N+N and N+1 Power Redundancy for maximum configuration flexibility Choice of AC or DC power supplies * HP Insight LCD Display for easy setup and configuration on enclosure front HP Onboard Administrator for complete control of your bladed infrastructure Optional HP Insight Control suite for an integrated bladed server lifecycle management experience that automates and simplifies server hardware and operating system deployment, performance analysis, vulnerability operating system scan & patch, remote control, virtual machine and power management |