Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 on HP ProLiant servers
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ProLiant BL460c - ProLiant BL685c • ProLiant DL servers: - ProLiant DL385 G2 - ProLiant ML370 G5 For additional information about WHEA, visit the Microsoft website: www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/pnppwr/WHEA/default....hardware configuration established by Microsoft. Supported configurations Windows Server 2008 should load and run on any HP server listed in "Recommended system platform" section of information. ProLiant ML350 G5 - ProLiant BL680c G5 - ProLiant DL380 G5 - ProLiant DL580 G5 - WHEA support is enabled for the following servers. (See Table 2 for ROM details ...
ProLiant BL460c - ProLiant BL685c • ProLiant DL servers: - ProLiant DL385 G2 - ProLiant ML370 G5 For additional information about WHEA, visit the Microsoft website: www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/pnppwr/WHEA/default....hardware configuration established by Microsoft. Supported configurations Windows Server 2008 should load and run on any HP server listed in "Recommended system platform" section of information. ProLiant ML350 G5 - ProLiant BL680c G5 - ProLiant DL380 G5 - ProLiant DL580 G5 - WHEA support is enabled for the following servers. (See Table 2 for ROM details ...
Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 on HP ProLiant servers
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...ProLiant BL35p A03 03/01/06 ProLiant BL45p A02 03/01/06 ProLiant BL45p G2 A12 09/20/07 ProLiant BL460c* I15 08/21/07 ProLiant BL465c* A13 09/20/07 ProLiant BL480c* I14 08/21/07 ProLiant BL680c G5* I17 10/18/07 ProLiant BL685c* A08 09/20/07 ProLiant DL servers: ProLiant...Server 2008 is installed. ProLiant server platforms that support Windows Server 2008. IMPORTANT iLO 2 firmware must be updated to assist in determining the ROM version and family of the supported ProLiant server. • Software and drivers: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/ProductRoot...
...ProLiant BL35p A03 03/01/06 ProLiant BL45p A02 03/01/06 ProLiant BL45p G2 A12 09/20/07 ProLiant BL460c* I15 08/21/07 ProLiant BL465c* A13 09/20/07 ProLiant BL480c* I14 08/21/07 ProLiant BL680c G5* I17 10/18/07 ProLiant BL685c* A08 09/20/07 ProLiant DL servers: ProLiant...Server 2008 is installed. ProLiant server platforms that support Windows Server 2008. IMPORTANT iLO 2 firmware must be updated to assist in determining the ROM version and family of the supported ProLiant server. • Software and drivers: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/ProductRoot...
Dynamic Power Capping TCO and Best Practices White Paper (EMEA edition)
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...Power Caps for rack-mount servers 8 Setting Dynamic Power Cap with HP BladeSystem infrastructure 10 Conclusion...12 Appendix: TCO Test Configurations and Supported Servers 13 Test Configuration 1-HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Server 13 Test Configuration 2-HP ProLiant BL460c G1 Server 13 Test Configuration 3-HP ProLiant BL460c G5 Server 14 Supported Servers and Enclosures...14 For more information...15 ... Capacity 3 At the Rack Level ...4 At Blade Enclosure Level ...5 The results of the data-gathering exercise appear in the following section 6 Case 1. HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Server 6 Case 2.
...Power Caps for rack-mount servers 8 Setting Dynamic Power Cap with HP BladeSystem infrastructure 10 Conclusion...12 Appendix: TCO Test Configurations and Supported Servers 13 Test Configuration 1-HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Server 13 Test Configuration 2-HP ProLiant BL460c G1 Server 13 Test Configuration 3-HP ProLiant BL460c G5 Server 14 Supported Servers and Enclosures...14 For more information...15 ... Capacity 3 At the Rack Level ...4 At Blade Enclosure Level ...5 The results of the data-gathering exercise appear in the following section 6 Case 1. HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Server 6 Case 2.
Dynamic Power Capping TCO and Best Practices White Paper (EMEA edition)
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... power caps dynamically enables IT administrators to a typical 30Amp 3-phase circuit (208V) when budgeting power via three methods: power supply faceplate, HP Power Calculator or HP BladeSystem Sizer, and Dynamic Power Capping. Blades running more effective power by spreading the Dynamic Power Cap across multiple servers.. The Dynamic Power... methods for each blade without impacting blade performance. The Onboard Administrator, working in 5 Figure 2. Rapid response of peak power consumption for the ProLiant DL 380 G5 server, ProLiant BL460c G1 server, and ProLiant BL460c G5 server.
... power caps dynamically enables IT administrators to a typical 30Amp 3-phase circuit (208V) when budgeting power via three methods: power supply faceplate, HP Power Calculator or HP BladeSystem Sizer, and Dynamic Power Capping. Blades running more effective power by spreading the Dynamic Power Cap across multiple servers.. The Dynamic Power... methods for each blade without impacting blade performance. The Onboard Administrator, working in 5 Figure 2. Rapid response of peak power consumption for the ProLiant DL 380 G5 server, ProLiant BL460c G1 server, and ProLiant BL460c G5 server.
Dynamic Power Capping TCO and Best Practices White Paper (EMEA edition)
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..., users can potentially increase the number of blade servers deployed per server, a decrease of nearly 75%. HP ProLiant BL460c G5 Server Power and Costs Projections Faceplate Enclosure Power w/16 Blade Servers Maximum Number of 100%. HP ProLiant BL460c G1 and G5 Servers Comparisons of faceplate, power calculator, and SPECjbb benchmark with Dynamic Power Capping for a usable total of...
..., users can potentially increase the number of blade servers deployed per server, a decrease of nearly 75%. HP ProLiant BL460c G5 Server Power and Costs Projections Faceplate Enclosure Power w/16 Blade Servers Maximum Number of 100%. HP ProLiant BL460c G1 and G5 Servers Comparisons of faceplate, power calculator, and SPECjbb benchmark with Dynamic Power Capping for a usable total of...
Dynamic Power Capping TCO and Best Practices White Paper (EMEA edition)
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... Configurations and Supported Servers The following tables contain the configuration of the servers as tested. Test Configuration 1-HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Server 1 HP ProLiant DL380 G5 server 2 Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor E5450 8 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 Fully Buffered ...30 Amp, 3-phase) Operating Temperature: 22°C ±0.5°C Power calculated using HP Power Calculator REV111601 Power measured using Voltech PM1000 Power Analyzer Test Configuration 2-HP ProLiant BL460c G1 Server 16 HP ProLiant BL460c G1 Servers 2 Intel® Xeon® Processor L5450 4 4GB PC2-5300 DDR2 Fully...
... Configurations and Supported Servers The following tables contain the configuration of the servers as tested. Test Configuration 1-HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Server 1 HP ProLiant DL380 G5 server 2 Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor E5450 8 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 Fully Buffered ...30 Amp, 3-phase) Operating Temperature: 22°C ±0.5°C Power calculated using HP Power Calculator REV111601 Power measured using Voltech PM1000 Power Analyzer Test Configuration 2-HP ProLiant BL460c G1 Server 16 HP ProLiant BL460c G1 Servers 2 Intel® Xeon® Processor L5450 4 4GB PC2-5300 DDR2 Fully...
Dynamic Power Capping TCO and Best Practices White Paper (EMEA edition)
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...°C ±0.5°C Power calculated using HP BladeSystem Sizer v3.4.1 Power measured using Voltech PM1000 Power Analyzer Supported Servers and Enclosures Dynamic Power Capping supported on the following servers and enclosures: HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosure HP ProLiant BL 2x220 G5 server HP ProLiant BL260 G5 server HP ProLiant BL460c G1 server HP ProLiant BL460c G5 server HP ProLiant BL495c G5 server HP ProLiant BL685 G5 server HP ProLiant DL360 G5 server HP ProLiant DL380 G5 server 14
...°C ±0.5°C Power calculated using HP BladeSystem Sizer v3.4.1 Power measured using Voltech PM1000 Power Analyzer Supported Servers and Enclosures Dynamic Power Capping supported on the following servers and enclosures: HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosure HP ProLiant BL 2x220 G5 server HP ProLiant BL260 G5 server HP ProLiant BL460c G1 server HP ProLiant BL460c G5 server HP ProLiant BL495c G5 server HP ProLiant BL685 G5 server HP ProLiant DL360 G5 server HP ProLiant DL380 G5 server 14
Dynamic Power Capping TCO and Best Practices White Paper (WW edition)
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... Trapped Power Capacity 3 At the Rack Level...4 At Blade Enclosure Level ...5 The results of the data-gathering exercise appear in the following section 6 Case 1. HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Server 6 Case 2. HP ProLiant BL460c G1 and G5 Servers 7 Best Practices for Implementing Dynamic Power Capping 8 Setting Dynamic Power Caps for rack-mount servers 9 Setting Dynamic Power Cap with...
... Trapped Power Capacity 3 At the Rack Level...4 At Blade Enclosure Level ...5 The results of the data-gathering exercise appear in the following section 6 Case 1. HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Server 6 Case 2. HP ProLiant BL460c G1 and G5 Servers 7 Best Practices for Implementing Dynamic Power Capping 8 Setting Dynamic Power Caps for rack-mount servers 9 Setting Dynamic Power Cap with...
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...Table 1. HP ProLiant DL 380 G5 Power and Costs Projections Faceplate Power Calculator Server Power Maximum Number of Servers in the following fashion: 1. Faceplate value represents the maximum possible input power required for the ProLiant DL 380 G5 server, ProLiant BL460c G1 server, and ProLiant BL460c G5 server. For...estimate. The value describes an extreme condition where the server is configured with a maximum number of nearly 230%. HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Server Comparisons of the server workload as measured by CPU utilization. Using the Uptime Institute estimate of $25,000...
...Table 1. HP ProLiant DL 380 G5 Power and Costs Projections Faceplate Power Calculator Server Power Maximum Number of Servers in the following fashion: 1. Faceplate value represents the maximum possible input power required for the ProLiant DL 380 G5 server, ProLiant BL460c G1 server, and ProLiant BL460c G5 server. For...estimate. The value describes an extreme condition where the server is configured with a maximum number of nearly 230%. HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Server Comparisons of the server workload as measured by CPU utilization. Using the Uptime Institute estimate of $25,000...
Dynamic Power Capping TCO and Best Practices White Paper (WW edition)
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For the ProLiant BL460c G5 server, the results are listed below (Tables 2 and 3). Users can potentially increase the number of blade servers deployed per circuit from $13,438 per server to reclaim trapped power capacity at some level. HP ProLiant BL460c G1 Server Power and Costs Projections Faceplate Blade System ..., an increase of nearly 75%. Once again, using Dynamic Power Capping at max power, an increase of 100%. HP ProLiant BL460c G1 and G5 Servers Comparisons of faceplate, power calculator, and SPECjbb benchmark with Dynamic Power Capping for a usable total of 8.6kW of capacity...
For the ProLiant BL460c G5 server, the results are listed below (Tables 2 and 3). Users can potentially increase the number of blade servers deployed per circuit from $13,438 per server to reclaim trapped power capacity at some level. HP ProLiant BL460c G1 Server Power and Costs Projections Faceplate Blade System ..., an increase of nearly 75%. Once again, using Dynamic Power Capping at max power, an increase of 100%. HP ProLiant BL460c G1 and G5 Servers Comparisons of faceplate, power calculator, and SPECjbb benchmark with Dynamic Power Capping for a usable total of 8.6kW of capacity...
Dynamic Power Capping TCO and Best Practices White Paper (WW edition)
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HP ProLiant BL460c G5 Server Power and Costs Projections Faceplate Blade System Sizer (Enclosure) Load Testing and Dynamic Power Capping Enclosure Power 8,340 W 4,722 W 4,257 W w/16 Blade Servers Maximum ... culminates with rack-mounted servers, customers who have used . Best Practices for Implementing Dynamic Power Capping Establishing the dynamic power capping settings for HP BladeSystem infrastructure using the ProLiant DL380 G5 server as examples. It starts by the SpecJBB benchmark. In addition, because server workloads within the blade enclosure and power budgets can...
HP ProLiant BL460c G5 Server Power and Costs Projections Faceplate Blade System Sizer (Enclosure) Load Testing and Dynamic Power Capping Enclosure Power 8,340 W 4,722 W 4,257 W w/16 Blade Servers Maximum ... culminates with rack-mounted servers, customers who have used . Best Practices for Implementing Dynamic Power Capping Establishing the dynamic power capping settings for HP BladeSystem infrastructure using the ProLiant DL380 G5 server as examples. It starts by the SpecJBB benchmark. In addition, because server workloads within the blade enclosure and power budgets can...
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Test Configuration 1-HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Server 1 HP ProLiant DL380 G5 server 2 Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor E5450 8 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 Fully Buffered Low-Power DIMMs 4 Hot Plug SFF SAS 10K 72GB ...Power: 208VAC Circuit Size: 8.6kW (30 Amp, 3-phase) Operating Temperature: 22°C ±0.5°C Power calculated using HP Power Calculator REV111601 Power measured using Voltech PM1000 Power Analyzer Test Configuration 2-HP ProLiant BL460c G1 Server 16 HP ProLiant BL460c G1 Servers 2 Intel® Xeon® Processor L5450 4 4GB PC2-5300 DDR2 Fully Buffered Low-Power DIMMs 2 Hot...
Test Configuration 1-HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Server 1 HP ProLiant DL380 G5 server 2 Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor E5450 8 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 Fully Buffered Low-Power DIMMs 4 Hot Plug SFF SAS 10K 72GB ...Power: 208VAC Circuit Size: 8.6kW (30 Amp, 3-phase) Operating Temperature: 22°C ±0.5°C Power calculated using HP Power Calculator REV111601 Power measured using Voltech PM1000 Power Analyzer Test Configuration 2-HP ProLiant BL460c G1 Server 16 HP ProLiant BL460c G1 Servers 2 Intel® Xeon® Processor L5450 4 4GB PC2-5300 DDR2 Fully Buffered Low-Power DIMMs 2 Hot...
Dynamic Power Capping TCO and Best Practices White Paper (WW edition)
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...°C ±0.5°C Power calculated using HP BladeSystem Sizer v3.4.1 Power measured using Voltech PM1000 Power Analyzer Supported Servers and Enclosures Dynamic Power Capping supported on the following servers and enclosures: HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosure HP ProLiant BL 2x220 G5 server HP ProLiant BL260 G5 server HP ProLiant BL460c G1 server HP ProLiant BL460c G5 server HP ProLiant BL495c G5 server HP ProLiant BL685 G5 server HP ProLiant DL360 G5 server HP ProLiant DL380 G5 server 14
...°C ±0.5°C Power calculated using HP BladeSystem Sizer v3.4.1 Power measured using Voltech PM1000 Power Analyzer Supported Servers and Enclosures Dynamic Power Capping supported on the following servers and enclosures: HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosure HP ProLiant BL 2x220 G5 server HP ProLiant BL260 G5 server HP ProLiant BL460c G1 server HP ProLiant BL460c G5 server HP ProLiant BL495c G5 server HP ProLiant BL685 G5 server HP ProLiant DL360 G5 server HP ProLiant DL380 G5 server 14
Sun Solaris 10 Deployment Guide for HP ProLiant Servers
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Table 1 Applicable HP ProLiant servers BL20p G4 BL25p BL25p G2 BL260c G5 BL2x220c G5 BL35p BL45p BL45p G2 BL460c BL460c G6 BL465c BL480c BL490c G6 BL680c G5 BL685c BL685c G5 DL385 G6 DL140 G2 DL145 DL145 G2 DL160 G5 DL165 G5 DL180 G5 DL185 G5 DL360 G4p SCSI DL360 G5 DL360 G6 DL365 DL365 G5 DL370 G6 DL380 G4 DL380 G5 DL380 G6 DL585 G6 DL385...
Table 1 Applicable HP ProLiant servers BL20p G4 BL25p BL25p G2 BL260c G5 BL2x220c G5 BL35p BL45p BL45p G2 BL460c BL460c G6 BL465c BL480c BL490c G6 BL680c G5 BL685c BL685c G5 DL385 G6 DL140 G2 DL145 DL145 G2 DL160 G5 DL165 G5 DL180 G5 DL185 G5 DL360 G4p SCSI DL360 G5 DL360 G6 DL365 DL365 G5 DL370 G6 DL380 G4 DL380 G5 DL380 G6 DL585 G6 DL385...