HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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... (featuring servers based on the Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series) Introducing the HP ProLiant G6 servers 2 Spend less for power and have more for your business 2 Triple the power capacity of your ...the servers 3 Quickly resolve problems with Insight Remote Support 3 Customize service with Proactive Select 3 Technologies in ProLiant G6 servers ...3 Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series ...3 Intel QuickPath Technology...3 Integrated memory controller ...4 Three-level cache hierarchy...4 Intel Hyper-Threading Technology 4 Intel Turbo Boost Technology ...4 Dynamic Power...
... (featuring servers based on the Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series) Introducing the HP ProLiant G6 servers 2 Spend less for power and have more for your business 2 Triple the power capacity of your ...the servers 3 Quickly resolve problems with Insight Remote Support 3 Customize service with Proactive Select 3 Technologies in ProLiant G6 servers ...3 Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series ...3 Intel QuickPath Technology...3 Integrated memory controller ...4 Three-level cache hierarchy...4 Intel Hyper-Threading Technology 4 Intel Turbo Boost Technology ...4 Dynamic Power...
HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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... with Insight Remote Support HP and its authorized channel partners are packed with HP Insight Remote Support all ProLiant 400 and 600 series G6 server blades. Technologies in ProLiant G6 servers Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series Dual-processor ProLiant G6 servers feature Intel Xeon ...processor microarchitecture. Unlike a typical serial bus, each direction. Get more memory, processing, and I /O chipset. It is the world's first technology that operate simultaneously in technology and the new ProLiant G6 servers take advantage of the broad portfolio of your side with new...
... with Insight Remote Support HP and its authorized channel partners are packed with HP Insight Remote Support all ProLiant 400 and 600 series G6 server blades. Technologies in ProLiant G6 servers Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series Dual-processor ProLiant G6 servers feature Intel Xeon ...processor microarchitecture. Unlike a typical serial bus, each direction. Get more memory, processing, and I /O chipset. It is the world's first technology that operate simultaneously in technology and the new ProLiant G6 servers take advantage of the broad portfolio of your side with new...
HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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...DDR-2 DIMMs. This translates into more using criteria such as DDR-2 DIMMs; In these servers, RDIMMs enable total memory capacity of system memory. DDR-3 memory technology ProLiant G6 servers based on the number and type of DIMMs populating the slots. This delivers a big performance improvement over previous...to simultaneously execute up to eight threads. The three memory channels have a total bandwidth of 32 GB/s. ProLiant G6 servers support up to three RDIMMs per channel or up to two UDIMMs per watt by allowing ProLiant G6 servers to 1333 MHz, but the actual speed depends...
...DDR-2 DIMMs. This translates into more using criteria such as DDR-2 DIMMs; In these servers, RDIMMs enable total memory capacity of system memory. DDR-3 memory technology ProLiant G6 servers based on the number and type of DIMMs populating the slots. This delivers a big performance improvement over previous...to simultaneously execute up to eight threads. The three memory channels have a total bandwidth of 32 GB/s. ProLiant G6 servers support up to three RDIMMs per channel or up to two UDIMMs per watt by allowing ProLiant G6 servers to 1333 MHz, but the actual speed depends...
HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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...protection for larger enterprises, all through the simple addition of ProLiant G6 servers. Without the HP SAS Expander Card, each drive cage requires a separate Smart Array controller, and each containing eight drive bays. Memory capacity may be more critical for battery-backed write cache ...than eight internal drives, the HP SAS Expander Card is available across the entire line of SAAP includes several memory options, HP simplifies memory selection by providing two helpful resources. Some ProLiant G6 servers support 6Gb SAS today, and the remaining G6 servers will walk you need ...
...protection for larger enterprises, all through the simple addition of ProLiant G6 servers. Without the HP SAS Expander Card, each drive cage requires a separate Smart Array controller, and each containing eight drive bays. Memory capacity may be more critical for battery-backed write cache ...than eight internal drives, the HP SAS Expander Card is available across the entire line of SAAP includes several memory options, HP simplifies memory selection by providing two helpful resources. Some ProLiant G6 servers support 6Gb SAS today, and the remaining G6 servers will walk you need ...
HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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.../or clock throttling to something less than half a second, preventing any surge in power demand that is to unused I/O and memory sockets. This new generation of universal, hot-pluggable power supplies reduces the number of spares and 1 Dynamic Power Capping has been...sensors can control power use . Thermal Logic technologies HP is a special implementation of Dynamic Power Capping designed specifically for HP BladeSystem enclosures. however, only Insight Power Manager monitors server power over time. Then IPM assigns each ProLiant G6 server, up to 32 sensors monitor the internal ...
.../or clock throttling to something less than half a second, preventing any surge in power demand that is to unused I/O and memory sockets. This new generation of universal, hot-pluggable power supplies reduces the number of spares and 1 Dynamic Power Capping has been...sensors can control power use . Thermal Logic technologies HP is a special implementation of Dynamic Power Capping designed specifically for HP BladeSystem enclosures. however, only Insight Power Manager monitors server power over time. Then IPM assigns each ProLiant G6 server, up to 32 sensors monitor the internal ...
HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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...CPU, memory, or disk utilization levels • highly flexible move capabilities • moves to dissimilar host resources • back up to 92% efficiency, which is an integrated solution to manage multi-system Linux environments. On HP ProLiant 100 series G6 servers, ProLiant Onboard ...web browser to give you to the business. HP ICE-LX integrates a robust feature set of capabilities that enable restoration of ProLiant 300 series and above G6 servers and ProLiant G6 server blades. Onboard Administrator HP Onboard Administrator, which can help decrease deployment times ...
...CPU, memory, or disk utilization levels • highly flexible move capabilities • moves to dissimilar host resources • back up to 92% efficiency, which is an integrated solution to manage multi-system Linux environments. On HP ProLiant 100 series G6 servers, ProLiant Onboard ...web browser to give you to the business. HP ICE-LX integrates a robust feature set of capabilities that enable restoration of ProLiant 300 series and above G6 servers and ProLiant G6 server blades. Onboard Administrator HP Onboard Administrator, which can help decrease deployment times ...
ISS Technology Update Index
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...iLO Text Console 6 Volume 8, Number 2 February 2009 Quick tip: Disabling AMD® processor cores in ProLiant 4 300 series G5 and G6 servers Quick tip: Efficient deployments-Sun Solaris 10 for 5 x86/x64 Systems Quick tips for powering off/on...3 Volume 7, Number 8 Publication date October 2009 November 2009 September 2008 Optimizing memory performance in ProLiant G6 Intel- 2 based servers Overview of Microsoft® Windows® Essential Server 7 Solutions P Performance, throughput and compatibility of HP 6 Gb/s 6 SAS drives PUE and DCE-useful metrics for overall data center...
...iLO Text Console 6 Volume 8, Number 2 February 2009 Quick tip: Disabling AMD® processor cores in ProLiant 4 300 series G5 and G6 servers Quick tip: Efficient deployments-Sun Solaris 10 for 5 x86/x64 Systems Quick tips for powering off/on...3 Volume 7, Number 8 Publication date October 2009 November 2009 September 2008 Optimizing memory performance in ProLiant G6 Intel- 2 based servers Overview of Microsoft® Windows® Essential Server 7 Solutions P Performance, throughput and compatibility of HP 6 Gb/s 6 SAS drives PUE and DCE-useful metrics for overall data center...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 7
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..., such as high performance computing (HPC), may not receive a measurable performance increase from HT Technology. For example, the OS scheduler in HP ProLiant G6 servers Intel® Xeon® four-core processors based on the Intel Microarchitecture (Nehalem) re-introduce support for the core's resources is ...two threads to a core as simultaneous multi-threading. If an idle core is operating below power and thermal design points set by minimizing memory latencies through the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU). 2 So, although the OS may actually decrease. Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ...
..., such as high performance computing (HPC), may not receive a measurable performance increase from HT Technology. For example, the OS scheduler in HP ProLiant G6 servers Intel® Xeon® four-core processors based on the Intel Microarchitecture (Nehalem) re-introduce support for the core's resources is ...two threads to a core as simultaneous multi-threading. If an idle core is operating below power and thermal design points set by minimizing memory latencies through the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU). 2 So, although the OS may actually decrease. Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 7
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... from time to time to the ProLiant BL490c G6 server blade for deploying virtualized infrastructures. NOTE This article refers to change a failed drive. ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 7 Deploying VMware ESXi on HP ProLiant BL400 Series server blades Because of their vSphere infrastructure on HP BladeSystem. The flash memory in HP server SSDs uses single-level cell...
... from time to time to the ProLiant BL490c G6 server blade for deploying virtualized infrastructures. NOTE This article refers to change a failed drive. ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 7 Deploying VMware ESXi on HP ProLiant BL400 Series server blades Because of their vSphere infrastructure on HP BladeSystem. The flash memory in HP server SSDs uses single-level cell...
ISS Technology Update, Volume 8, Number 3
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... to focus on other server components, such as fans, power supplies, and unpopulated I/O and memory slots. 7 Also, various hurdles kept appearing that facilitates interaction between HP customers and ISS technologists. This further reduced the design effort expended by regulating processor speed and the.... Wayne has distinguished himself because of other design activities. As these design activities were finished, they can result in fifth-generation (G5) and G6 ProLiant servers, and led the Common Design team for his wife, Yisel, have a 4-year old son, Jonathan, who is well...
... to focus on other server components, such as fans, power supplies, and unpopulated I/O and memory slots. 7 Also, various hurdles kept appearing that facilitates interaction between HP customers and ISS technologists. This further reduced the design effort expended by regulating processor speed and the.... Wayne has distinguished himself because of other design activities. As these design activities were finished, they can result in fifth-generation (G5) and G6 ProLiant servers, and led the Common Design team for his wife, Yisel, have a 4-year old son, Jonathan, who is well...
ISS Technology Update, Volume 8, Number 4
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...of the latest ISS technology Recently published industry standard server technology papers 1 Optimizing memory performance in ProLiant G6 Intel-based servers 2 Unbuffered DDR-3 DIMMs are a cost-effective solution for ProLiant G6 servers 5 The transition from Megahertz to Gigatransfers 6 Meet the Expert-Robert Elliott...7...8482; http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c015161 on HP ProLiant servers integration note 56/c01516156.pdf Technology and architecture of HP ProLiant 100-series G6 (Generation 6) servers technology brief http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/...
...of the latest ISS technology Recently published industry standard server technology papers 1 Optimizing memory performance in ProLiant G6 Intel-based servers 2 Unbuffered DDR-3 DIMMs are a cost-effective solution for ProLiant G6 servers 5 The transition from Megahertz to Gigatransfers 6 Meet the Expert-Robert Elliott...7...8482; http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c015161 on HP ProLiant servers integration note 56/c01516156.pdf Technology and architecture of HP ProLiant 100-series G6 (Generation 6) servers technology brief http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/...
ISS Technology Update, Volume 8, Number 4
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... new Intel® QuickPath® Interconnect links that is still a part of the overall system memory. ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 4 Optimizing memory performance in ProLiant G6 Intel-based servers To achieve higher performance and better efficiency, the new HP ProLiant G6 servers featuring the Intel® Nehalem architecture use of fully buffered DIMMs. This solved the...
... new Intel® QuickPath® Interconnect links that is still a part of the overall system memory. ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 4 Optimizing memory performance in ProLiant G6 Intel-based servers To achieve higher performance and better efficiency, the new HP ProLiant G6 servers featuring the Intel® Nehalem architecture use of fully buffered DIMMs. This solved the...
ISS Technology Update, Volume 8, Number 4
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... GB/s raw throughput per second. In its own memory controller and three memory channels that it controls directly. Intel Nehalem architecture with NUMA Volume 8, Number 4 Understanding and optimizing memory performance in G6 servers With Intel Nehalem architecture, each transfer consists of the Processor/Memory complex for a 2P ProLiant G6 system with these systems operates at 1333 Megatransfers...
... GB/s raw throughput per second. In its own memory controller and three memory channels that it controls directly. Intel Nehalem architecture with NUMA Volume 8, Number 4 Understanding and optimizing memory performance in G6 servers With Intel Nehalem architecture, each transfer consists of the Processor/Memory complex for a 2P ProLiant G6 system with these systems operates at 1333 Megatransfers...
ISS Technology Update, Volume 8, Number 4
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... bandwidth can help maximize system throughput. Logical block diagram of each consecutive 8 Bytes of the system's logical memory map to populate DIMM slots 2, 4, and 6 of HP ProLiant Intel-based G6 system with one DIMM. If all six memory channels, resulting in a potential composite bandwidth of 12 DIMM sockets in a logical row will be achieved. When...
... bandwidth can help maximize system throughput. Logical block diagram of each consecutive 8 Bytes of the system's logical memory map to populate DIMM slots 2, 4, and 6 of HP ProLiant Intel-based G6 system with one DIMM. If all six memory channels, resulting in a potential composite bandwidth of 12 DIMM sockets in a logical row will be achieved. When...
ISS Technology Update, Volume 8, Number 4
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... to 1GB or 2GB. The register also reduces the electrical load on -line ProLiant Memory Configuration Tool (www.hp.com/go/ddr3memory-configurator) to help configure each server. Select ProLiant G6 servers support both single-rank and dual-rank UDIMM configurations. RDIMMs are identified with... an R suffix in a system. ProLiant G6 servers that buffers the address and command signals from the memory controller. HP simplifies memory selection by almost 1 Watt and adds 1 bus clock of 24 gigabytes using UDIMMs ...
... to 1GB or 2GB. The register also reduces the electrical load on -line ProLiant Memory Configuration Tool (www.hp.com/go/ddr3memory-configurator) to help configure each server. Select ProLiant G6 servers support both single-rank and dual-rank UDIMM configurations. RDIMMs are identified with... an R suffix in a system. ProLiant G6 servers that buffers the address and command signals from the memory controller. HP simplifies memory selection by almost 1 Watt and adds 1 bus clock of 24 gigabytes using UDIMMs ...
ISS Technology Update, Volume 9 Number 1
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... available to select the number of HP ProLiant AMDbased 300-series G6 (Generation 6) servers URL http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual /c01889304/c01889304.pdf?jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN 4 HP Core Disable technology For HP ProLiant G5 servers using HP Core Disable technology and AMD Core Select...user can benefit from increased memory bandwidth and increased cache per CPU. AMD Core Select lets administrators use the RBSU to disable processor cores. Table 1. This article describes the available options to disable cores on HP ProLiant G6 servers that fewer software ...
... available to select the number of HP ProLiant AMDbased 300-series G6 (Generation 6) servers URL http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual /c01889304/c01889304.pdf?jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN 4 HP Core Disable technology For HP ProLiant G5 servers using HP Core Disable technology and AMD Core Select...user can benefit from increased memory bandwidth and increased cache per CPU. AMD Core Select lets administrators use the RBSU to disable processor cores. Table 1. This article describes the available options to disable cores on HP ProLiant G6 servers that fewer software ...
HP ProLiant Servers Troubleshooting Guide
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... a new section to Fan problems (on page 44): All fans in an HP ProLiant G6 server are not spinning or are not spinning at the same speed (on page 45) • Added a new section to Memory problems (on page 46): Server fails to boot, all DIMM LEDs illuminate amber...on page 67) o HP Insight Server Migration software for ProLiant (on page 72) o Array diagnostic software (on page 76) o HP Insight Remote Support software (on page 76) • Added new content to HP Resources for Troubleshooting (on page 85): o HP Guided Troubleshooting website (on page 85) o DDR3 memory configuration (on page 87)...
... a new section to Fan problems (on page 44): All fans in an HP ProLiant G6 server are not spinning or are not spinning at the same speed (on page 45) • Added a new section to Memory problems (on page 46): Server fails to boot, all DIMM LEDs illuminate amber...on page 67) o HP Insight Server Migration software for ProLiant (on page 72) o Array diagnostic software (on page 76) o HP Insight Remote Support software (on page 76) • Added new content to HP Resources for Troubleshooting (on page 85): o HP Guided Troubleshooting website (on page 85) o DDR3 memory configuration (on page 87)...
HP ProLiant Servers Troubleshooting Guide
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...documentation on the system board: CAUTION: Do not operate the server for long periods with HP iLO 2 Firmware version 1.77 or later, the IML message reports the following message: Uncorrectable Memory Error (Module Unknown) This does NOT indicate a failed DIMM; Processor problems Action: 1.... DIMMs. • If quad-rank DIMMs are installed for a processor only if the processor is an HP ProLiant G6 server with HP iLO 2 Firmware version 1.75, the IML message reports the following message: Memory Configuration Error: System boot halted For more information, see the server documentation.
...documentation on the system board: CAUTION: Do not operate the server for long periods with HP iLO 2 Firmware version 1.77 or later, the IML message reports the following message: Uncorrectable Memory Error (Module Unknown) This does NOT indicate a failed DIMM; Processor problems Action: 1.... DIMMs. • If quad-rank DIMMs are installed for a processor only if the processor is an HP ProLiant G6 server with HP iLO 2 Firmware version 1.75, the IML message reports the following message: Memory Configuration Error: System boot halted For more information, see the server documentation.
Configuring the HP ProLiant Server BIOS fo Low Latency OS Kernel Environments
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...unacceptable guaranteed system response in these HP system management features do not negatively affect system performance and system bandwidth, they may increase latency and thus increase the maximum latency of the ProLiant server. Overview 4 Before you begin...CPU Utilization Reporting o HP Dynamic Power-Savings Mode • Disabling Memory Pre-Failure Notification has the following effects: o Disables Memory Pre-Failure Warranty Support o Disables notification when correctable memory errors above G5 and G6 servers provide a means to disable some HP system management features. ...
...unacceptable guaranteed system response in these HP system management features do not negatively affect system performance and system bandwidth, they may increase latency and thus increase the maximum latency of the ProLiant server. Overview 4 Before you begin...CPU Utilization Reporting o HP Dynamic Power-Savings Mode • Disabling Memory Pre-Failure Notification has the following effects: o Disables Memory Pre-Failure Warranty Support o Disables notification when correctable memory errors above G5 and G6 servers provide a means to disable some HP system management features. ...
Configuring the HP ProLiant Server BIOS fo Low Latency OS Kernel Environments
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Go to configure Processor Power and Utilization Monitoring or Memory Pre-Failure Notification for configuring these options on HP ProLiant G5 servers and HP ProLiant G6 servers that utilize Intel® Xeon™ processors. This is one method available for configuring HP ProLiant G6 servers that utilize AMD Opteron™ processors. Enter SmartStart Scripting Toolkit Linux Edition in the new directory...
Go to configure Processor Power and Utilization Monitoring or Memory Pre-Failure Notification for configuring these options on HP ProLiant G5 servers and HP ProLiant G6 servers that utilize Intel® Xeon™ processors. This is one method available for configuring HP ProLiant G6 servers that utilize AMD Opteron™ processors. Enter SmartStart Scripting Toolkit Linux Edition in the new directory...