Configuring and Installing HP Blade Servers

The advantages of blade servers include greater versatility, ease of deployment and serviceability, and cost savings. When combined with VMware ESX Server, and optionally with VMware VirtualCenter, blade servers offer you even more benefits. You can deploy VMware ESX Server 2.1 on a variety of hardware, including blade servers (blades). Because of the unique hardware of blade servers, this paper has been prepared to help you maximize your ESX Server experience on HP blade servers.