<s>
BladeSystem	B-Application
is	O
a	O
line	O
of	O
blade	B-Architecture
server	I-Architecture
machines	O
from	O
Hewlett	O
Packard	O
Enterprise	O
(	O
Formerly	O
Hewlett-Packard	O
)	O
that	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
June	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BladeSystem	B-Application
forms	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
HPE	B-Application
Converged	I-Application
Systems	I-Application
platform	O
,	O
which	O
use	O
a	O
common	O
converged	B-General_Concept
infrastructure	I-General_Concept
architecture	O
for	O
server	O
,	O
storage	O
,	O
and	O
networking	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Designed	O
for	O
enterprise	O
installations	O
of	O
100	O
to	O
more	O
than	O
1,000	O
Virtual	B-Architecture
machines	I-Architecture
,	O
the	O
HP	O
ConvergedSystem	O
700	O
is	O
configured	O
with	O
BladeSystem	B-Application
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
managing	O
a	O
software-defined	O
data	O
center	O
,	O
a	O
System	B-Application
administrator	I-Application
can	O
perform	O
automated	O
lifecycle	O
management	O
for	O
BladeSystems	B-Application
using	O
HPE	O
OneView	O
for	O
converged	B-General_Concept
infrastructure	I-General_Concept
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BladeSystem	B-Application
allows	O
users	O
to	O
build	O
a	O
high	O
density	O
system	O
,	O
up	O
to	O
128	O
servers	O
in	O
each	O
rack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BladeSystem	B-Application
c7000	O
enclosure	O
has	O
had	O
multiple	O
versions	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
which	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
June	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
backplane	O
increased	O
aggregate	O
bandwidth	O
40%	O
from	O
5	O
to	O
7	O
Tbit/s	O
to	O
allow	O
use	O
newest	O
high-speed	O
interconnect	O
modules	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
16	O
Gbit/s	O
FC	B-Architecture
and	O
multiple	O
ports	O
of	O
56	O
Gbit/s	O
FDR	O
InfiniBand	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
enclosure	O
occupy	O
10	O
rack	O
units	O
and	O
can	O
accommodate	O
up	O
to	O
16	O
half-height	O
blade	B-Architecture
servers	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
enclosure	O
occupy	O
6	O
rack	O
units	O
or	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
standalone	O
unit	O
(	O
with	O
optional	O
tower	O
conversion	O
kit	O
)	O
It	O
can	O
accommodate	O
up	O
to	O
8	O
half-height	O
blade	B-Architecture
servers	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
two	O
interconnect	O
modules	O
on	O
the	O
front	O
allowing	O
for	O
different	O
connectivity	O
options	O
such	O
as	O
Fibre	B-Architecture
channel	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
HPE	O
has	O
offered	O
general-purpose	O
Proliant	B-Device
server	B-Architecture
blades	I-Architecture
(	O
based	O
on	O
Intel	B-Device
Xeon	I-Device
and	O
AMD	B-General_Concept
Opteron	I-General_Concept
CPUs	O
)	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Integrity	B-General_Concept
(	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Intel	B-General_Concept
Itanium	I-General_Concept
CPU	O
)	O
and	O
specialized	O
ProLiant	B-Device
blades	O
aimed	O
at	O
workstation	O
virtualization	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
can	O
include	O
more	O
network	O
adapters	O
,	O
HBA/RAID	O
Cards	O
,	O
SAN	O
Fibre	B-Architecture
Channel	I-Architecture
Cards	O
,	O
and	O
GPUs	O
up	O
to	O
Nvidia	O
Quadro	O
FX	O
2800M	O
via	O
the	O
(	O
WS460c	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
connectivity	O
options	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
HPE	B-Application
BladeSystem	I-Application
:	O
</s>
