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The 448018-B21 is the HPE BLc PCI Expansion Blade, one of the three expansion blade types for the BladeSystem c-Class c7000 enclosure; the others are storage blades and tape blades. A c7000 supports up to 8 expansion blades in total.
An expansion blade always sits directly beside a partner server blade. A half-height partner supports one expansion blade, and the pair takes bays 1 and 2, 3 and 4, continuing through 15 and 16. A full-height, single-wide partner supports one or two expansion blades. Full-height, double-wide server blades are not supported with expansion blades.
A coupler bracket is included with each expansion blade. When two expansion blades share a full-height partner, two PCI Expansion Blades or any mix of two expansion types works, and with a storage blade in the mix the storage blade takes the bottom bay. With a ProLiant BL620c G7 partner, an HPE PCI Express Mezzanine Pass-Thru Card (431643-B21) is required in mezzanine 3, and a second card in mezzanine 2 for a second expansion blade. More BladeSystem parts are in HPE server systems and HPE miscellaneous parts.
| Part number | 448018-B21 |
| Name | HPE BLc PCI Expansion Blade |
| Type | expansion blade (PCI) |
| Enclosure | BladeSystem c7000 |
| Per enclosure | up to 8 expansion blades |
| Half-height partner blade | 1 expansion blade |
| Full-height single-wide partner blade | 1 or 2 expansion blades |
| Coupler bracket | included with each expansion blade |
| Not supported with | full-height, double-wide server blades |
| Pass-thru card for BL620c G7 partner | 431643-B21 |
| Compatible with | BladeSystem c7000 enclosure, half-height and full-height single-wide server blades |