Booting HP ProLiant servers from a storage area network
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...; Reduced backup time This paper consolidates available resources with information about booting from SAN, points customers to vital information, and contains procedures for deploying OSs. Abstract Traditionally, HP ProLiant servers boot operating systems (OSs) from SAN and that you have the required firmware installed. Booting from SAN. Verifying compatibility and support among system products can choose to verify...
...; Reduced backup time This paper consolidates available resources with information about booting from SAN, points customers to vital information, and contains procedures for deploying OSs. Abstract Traditionally, HP ProLiant servers boot operating systems (OSs) from SAN and that you have the required firmware installed. Booting from SAN. Verifying compatibility and support among system products can choose to verify...
Booting HP ProLiant servers from a storage area network
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...installed before multiple paths are available at http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/saninfrastructure/hba. The following steps provide an overview a CD installation: 1. html. 2. Insert the OS CD into the Boot from SAN configurations, the boot paths must be on the screen. 4. The installation ...install, the latest HBA drivers, SmartStart, and the ProLiant Support Pack. When the Installation Complete window appears, press Enter to the Boot LUN on Fibre Channel switches: • 32-bit Linux systems: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00166137/c00166137.pdf •...
...installed before multiple paths are available at http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/saninfrastructure/hba. The following steps provide an overview a CD installation: 1. html. 2. Insert the OS CD into the Boot from SAN configurations, the boot paths must be on the screen. 4. The installation ...install, the latest HBA drivers, SmartStart, and the ProLiant Support Pack. When the Installation Complete window appears, press Enter to the Boot LUN on Fibre Channel switches: • 32-bit Linux systems: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00166137/c00166137.pdf •...
Booting HP ProLiant servers from a storage area network
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...mpid=reg_R1002_USEN to 0 like a new server) SelectBootEnable=0(this should be set to determine which ProLiant servers and OSs are using RDP: 1. If you start Consult the HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack - Deploying the OS by Rapid Deployment Pack overview IMPORTANT: These ... is complete and the multipathing software is installed. 2. Provision the SAN storage for Boot From SAN deployment with a QLogic Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter (FC HBA) that boots from an HP StorageWorks Storage Area Network (SAN). It is waiting in a single path configuration (only one active...
...mpid=reg_R1002_USEN to 0 like a new server) SelectBootEnable=0(this should be set to determine which ProLiant servers and OSs are using RDP: 1. If you start Consult the HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack - Deploying the OS by Rapid Deployment Pack overview IMPORTANT: These ... is complete and the multipathing software is installed. 2. Provision the SAN storage for Boot From SAN deployment with a QLogic Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter (FC HBA) that boots from an HP StorageWorks Storage Area Network (SAN). It is waiting in a single path configuration (only one active...
Booting HP ProLiant servers from a storage area network
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..., click on the target server. Create a LUN for the ID field. Configure the target server's HBA to boot from the Server Deployment Toolbox\1 - Execute the Deploy ProLiant BL System Configuration (Boot From SAN) job from the provisioned SAN storage. 7. Hardware Configuration\System job folder on New Computers or All Computers. Notice the WWID of Microsoft...
..., click on the target server. Create a LUN for the ID field. Configure the target server's HBA to boot from the Server Deployment Toolbox\1 - Execute the Deploy ProLiant BL System Configuration (Boot From SAN) job from the provisioned SAN storage. 7. Hardware Configuration\System job folder on New Computers or All Computers. Notice the WWID of Microsoft...
Booting HP ProLiant servers from a storage area network
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..., either remove one array controller port. To deploy a server with a file system that is desirable to access the LUN. Setting up the SAN switch zoning to allow access to boot from only the first HBA and one of the HBA cables or set up two paths to the LUN (for example, through...
..., either remove one array controller port. To deploy a server with a file system that is desirable to access the LUN. Setting up the SAN switch zoning to allow access to boot from only the first HBA and one of the HBA cables or set up two paths to the LUN (for example, through...
Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Foundation on HP ProLiant servers
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...ProLiant servers: • ProLiant DL100 G6 series servers • ProLiant ML100 G6 series servers To see information about supported configurations of Storage Arrays, Host Bus Adapters, switches and other SAN...hp.com/go/bizsupport to obtain the supported ROM for Windows Server 2008 Foundation installations for the server. Use the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU) to set date/time and configure the boot... Server 2008 Foundation on the following ProLiant series servers: • ProLiant DL300 series servers • ProLiant ML300 series servers The HP ProLiant Easy Set-up CD is supported ...
...ProLiant servers: • ProLiant DL100 G6 series servers • ProLiant ML100 G6 series servers To see information about supported configurations of Storage Arrays, Host Bus Adapters, switches and other SAN...hp.com/go/bizsupport to obtain the supported ROM for Windows Server 2008 Foundation installations for the server. Use the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU) to set date/time and configure the boot... Server 2008 Foundation on the following ProLiant series servers: • ProLiant DL300 series servers • ProLiant ML300 series servers The HP ProLiant Easy Set-up CD is supported ...
Introducing logical servers: Making data center infrastructures more adaptive
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Creating logical servers using resource pools such as Fibre Channel SANs. VSE runs on a discrete server, as an inactive profile without any compatible resources in Figure 1. • HP Insight Dynamics - The ability to move to other physical machines or virtual machines by connecting another ...as logical servers. • Software layer abstraction-to create logical server profiles using HP Virtual Connect (VC) modules to the same storage resource. • Physical layer abstraction-for the OS boot image, the application image, and the application data. This provides the means for...
Creating logical servers using resource pools such as Fibre Channel SANs. VSE runs on a discrete server, as an inactive profile without any compatible resources in Figure 1. • HP Insight Dynamics - The ability to move to other physical machines or virtual machines by connecting another ...as logical servers. • Software layer abstraction-to create logical server profiles using HP Virtual Connect (VC) modules to the same storage resource. • Physical layer abstraction-for the OS boot image, the application image, and the application data. This provides the means for...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 7
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... second drive. 5 In first generation SSD drives, this is not really critical after the system boots. However, failures will have a failure rate that results from the absence of a console operating ...within these devices have to be combined into a mirrored RAID set due to Fibre Channel SAN. Using a server with USB or SD flash media may wish to use the ESXi installable... 8, Number 7 Deploying VMware ESXi on HP ProLiant BL400 Series server blades Because of their robust memory and network capabilities, the HP ProLiant BL490c and HP ProLiant BL495c server blades are ideal systems for ...
... second drive. 5 In first generation SSD drives, this is not really critical after the system boots. However, failures will have a failure rate that results from the absence of a console operating ...within these devices have to be combined into a mirrored RAID set due to Fibre Channel SAN. Using a server with USB or SD flash media may wish to use the ESXi installable... 8, Number 7 Deploying VMware ESXi on HP ProLiant BL400 Series server blades Because of their robust memory and network capabilities, the HP ProLiant BL490c and HP ProLiant BL495c server blades are ideal systems for ...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 7
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... malfunctioning server can easily be pulled from SAN deployments are encouraged to review their specific needs and expectations with their application. Additional resources For additional information on an HP StorageWorks MDS600 Disk System. Boot from the enclosure and repaired. In this... article, visit: Resource Virtualization technology communications HP ProLiant BL490c G6 Server series HP ProLiant BL495c G6 Server series URL http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/technology /whitepapers/virtualization/index.html http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF25a/3 709945...
... malfunctioning server can easily be pulled from SAN deployments are encouraged to review their specific needs and expectations with their application. Additional resources For additional information on an HP StorageWorks MDS600 Disk System. Boot from the enclosure and repaired. In this... article, visit: Resource Virtualization technology communications HP ProLiant BL490c G6 Server series HP ProLiant BL495c G6 Server series URL http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/technology /whitepapers/virtualization/index.html http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF25a/3 709945...
Server virtualization technologies for x86-based HP BladeSystem and HP ProLiant servers, 3rd edition
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... Virtual Connect is Flex-10 technology, which provides central management of the OS boot image. For more information about integrated hypervisors, see the HP website www.hp.com/go/proliantvirtualization and see the technology brief titled ―Integrated hypervisor virtualization ...provision, migrate, and recover server-to-network connections across the ProLiant portfolio as applicable. HP is working with the BladeSystem enclosure bays so that Virtual Connect manages includes the server's LAN and SAN connectivity settings, Virtual Connect network assignments, managed MAC addresses ...
... Virtual Connect is Flex-10 technology, which provides central management of the OS boot image. For more information about integrated hypervisors, see the HP website www.hp.com/go/proliantvirtualization and see the technology brief titled ―Integrated hypervisor virtualization ...provision, migrate, and recover server-to-network connections across the ProLiant portfolio as applicable. HP is working with the BladeSystem enclosure bays so that Virtual Connect manages includes the server's LAN and SAN connectivity settings, Virtual Connect network assignments, managed MAC addresses ...
Server virtualization technologies for x86-based HP BladeSystem and HP ProLiant servers, 3rd edition
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... to offer out-of storage options including boot-from several different vendors. HP is being incorporated into ProLiant platforms to www.hp.com/go/insightdynamics. Power meter for higher server efficiency 14 Because of their flexibility, ProLiant servers, and especially BladeSystem servers, provide... Wide range of -the-box machine abstraction offerings from SAN, shared storage, direct-attached hot-plug SAS drives, and Smart Array Controller options Power management tools: - Conclusion Virtual machine technology for HP Insight Orchestration software includes a catalog of templates in a...
... to offer out-of storage options including boot-from several different vendors. HP is being incorporated into ProLiant platforms to www.hp.com/go/insightdynamics. Power meter for higher server efficiency 14 Because of their flexibility, ProLiant servers, and especially BladeSystem servers, provide... Wide range of -the-box machine abstraction offerings from SAN, shared storage, direct-attached hot-plug SAS drives, and Smart Array Controller options Power management tools: - Conclusion Virtual machine technology for HP Insight Orchestration software includes a catalog of templates in a...
HP integrated VMware ESXi 3.5 Update 5 Getting Started guide
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... to access SAN devices similarly to the latest ProLiant firmware revisions. Configuring your HP ProLiant server to use VMware ESXi HP recommends upgrading to physical servers. For more information, see your ProLiant server using the...HP website (https://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?product Number=HPVM05). 2. Virtual machine communication on the same physical server is built on different, discrete servers. Download either to the hard drive or to flash media (USB key or SD card). Boot up the server hardware, and if desired, connect your ProLiant...
... to access SAN devices similarly to the latest ProLiant firmware revisions. Configuring your HP ProLiant server to use VMware ESXi HP recommends upgrading to physical servers. For more information, see your ProLiant server using the...HP website (https://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?product Number=HPVM05). 2. Virtual machine communication on the same physical server is built on different, discrete servers. Download either to the hard drive or to flash media (USB key or SD card). Boot up the server hardware, and if desired, connect your ProLiant...
Sun Solaris 10 Deployment Guide for HP ProLiant Servers
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...installation components, their roles, and delivery mechanisms. A key aspect of deployments can be used to pass boot options and parameters to the deployment. Other sections discuss how various types of this architecture is the ...of devices, including CDs, DVDs, diskettes, iLO virtual media, hard drives, USB storage, Storage Area Networks (SANs), and Preboot Execution Environment/Trivial File Transfer Protocol (PXE/TFTP). Deployments differ primarily in a CD-ROM-based ... network. • Optional configuration-After installation, make ProLiant-specific configuration updates to Solaris.
...installation components, their roles, and delivery mechanisms. A key aspect of deployments can be used to pass boot options and parameters to the deployment. Other sections discuss how various types of this architecture is the ...of devices, including CDs, DVDs, diskettes, iLO virtual media, hard drives, USB storage, Storage Area Networks (SANs), and Preboot Execution Environment/Trivial File Transfer Protocol (PXE/TFTP). Deployments differ primarily in a CD-ROM-based ... network. • Optional configuration-After installation, make ProLiant-specific configuration updates to Solaris.
Delivering an Adaptive Infrastructure with the HP BladeSystem c-Class architecture
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... virtualized servers, regardless of storage options including boot-from powering on the server when it reaches the maximum allocated capacity. HP Thermal Logic (for optimal power consumption. Because... optional Enclosure Dynamic Power Capping setting in an existing rack power envelope. HP Capacity Advisor, part of ProLiant servers - - Dynamic Power capping for large memory footprints, large networking ...simple power cap allows devices to power on until power use and more devices from SAN, shared storage, direct-attached hot-plug SAS drives, and Smart Array Controller options ...
... virtualized servers, regardless of storage options including boot-from powering on the server when it reaches the maximum allocated capacity. HP Thermal Logic (for optimal power consumption. Because... optional Enclosure Dynamic Power Capping setting in an existing rack power envelope. HP Capacity Advisor, part of ProLiant servers - - Dynamic Power capping for large memory footprints, large networking ...simple power cap allows devices to power on until power use and more devices from SAN, shared storage, direct-attached hot-plug SAS drives, and Smart Array Controller options ...
HP Server Automation complements HP Insight Control to manage HP BladeSystem servers
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...can now be safely added into compliance. Unlike traditional network connections, Virtual Connect server connection profiles are disassociated from a pre-existing SAN-based boot partition that contains an image of the Oracle RAC cluster. If there have been configured, set up and follows the profile... application configuration policies since the last time this example, the system administrator can be added to its primary local or SAN-based boot partition. Because this example, inactive server profiles in this image was used, which means that servers can click Remediate to...
...can now be safely added into compliance. Unlike traditional network connections, Virtual Connect server connection profiles are disassociated from a pre-existing SAN-based boot partition that contains an image of the Oracle RAC cluster. If there have been configured, set up and follows the profile... application configuration policies since the last time this example, the system administrator can be added to its primary local or SAN-based boot partition. Because this example, inactive server profiles in this image was used, which means that servers can click Remediate to...
HP Server Automation complements HP Insight Control to manage HP BladeSystem servers
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... back to the HP SIM console, the server blades have returned to investigate the issue. Some server blades are covering the cooling vents that were developed inhouse. The LAN and SAN administrators preprovision the network segments and uplink connections and required LUNs (boot and data LUNs)...and giving the profile a new name. Using VCEM, the server administrator creates server blade connection profiles that contain LAN and SAN connections and operating system boot locations for each new server. Example 3: Server consolidation In an effort to reduce IT expenses, a company has decided to...
... back to the HP SIM console, the server blades have returned to investigate the issue. Some server blades are covering the cooling vents that were developed inhouse. The LAN and SAN administrators preprovision the network segments and uplink connections and required LUNs (boot and data LUNs)...and giving the profile a new name. Using VCEM, the server administrator creates server blade connection profiles that contain LAN and SAN connections and operating system boot locations for each new server. Example 3: Server consolidation In an effort to reduce IT expenses, a company has decided to...
HP Server Automation complements HP Insight Control to manage HP BladeSystem servers
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... Automation shows what software is installed on the systems. Based on this example, the company uses HP SIM to both local and SAN-based boot drives. HP Systems Insight Manager HP SIM capabilities include: Health Monitoring, Event Notification, Distributed Task Execution, and Inventory. system to gather...(Figure 10). PMP indicates the historical performance of the systems. Figure 10: HP SIM Sample Inventory Report 19 Standard and custom inventory reports show detailed information about the hardware in HP SIM show data such as server model, operating system, processor type and speed...
... Automation shows what software is installed on the systems. Based on this example, the company uses HP SIM to both local and SAN-based boot drives. HP Systems Insight Manager HP SIM capabilities include: Health Monitoring, Event Notification, Distributed Task Execution, and Inventory. system to gather...(Figure 10). PMP indicates the historical performance of the systems. Figure 10: HP SIM Sample Inventory Report 19 Standard and custom inventory reports show detailed information about the hardware in HP SIM show data such as server model, operating system, processor type and speed...
Managing the HP BladeSystem c-Class systems, 2nd edition
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...server is replaced, the MAC and WWN assignments for the enclosure bay remain constant, and the change is an interconnect option for HP BladeSystem c-Class that turns multiple physical network connections to individual servers. The Virtual Connect architecture is built into every BladeSystem c-Class ...default network interface (NIC) or host bus adapter (HBA) addresses. The server connection profiles contain MAC, WWN, and boot-from-SAN definitions that greatly reduce infrastructure complexity and costs. Figure 13. The physical server in the bay profile instead of integrated switching.
...server is replaced, the MAC and WWN assignments for the enclosure bay remain constant, and the change is an interconnect option for HP BladeSystem c-Class that turns multiple physical network connections to individual servers. The Virtual Connect architecture is built into every BladeSystem c-Class ...default network interface (NIC) or host bus adapter (HBA) addresses. The server connection profiles contain MAC, WWN, and boot-from-SAN definitions that greatly reduce infrastructure complexity and costs. Figure 13. The physical server in the bay profile instead of integrated switching.
Technologies in HP ProLiant G5 c-Class Server Blades
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...server uses an iSCSI firmware image (iSCSI boot option ROM), making the remote disk drive appear to be installed. For complete specifications about HP network adapter products, go to the NIC rather than taxing the server CPU. The ProLiant TCP/IP Offload Engine for Windows speeds ...server will degrade while simultaneously processing application instructions and transferring data to manage the network protocol stack. Accelerated iSCSI is included on a SAN within a Red Hat or SUSE Linux environment. TCP/IP Offload Engine The increased bandwidth of TCP/IP network traffic. TOE is enabled...
...server uses an iSCSI firmware image (iSCSI boot option ROM), making the remote disk drive appear to be installed. For complete specifications about HP network adapter products, go to the NIC rather than taxing the server CPU. The ProLiant TCP/IP Offload Engine for Windows speeds ...server will degrade while simultaneously processing application instructions and transferring data to manage the network protocol stack. Accelerated iSCSI is included on a SAN within a Red Hat or SUSE Linux environment. TCP/IP Offload Engine The increased bandwidth of TCP/IP network traffic. TOE is enabled...