HP Power Capping and Dynamic Power Capping for ProLiant servers technology brief, 1st edition
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... ProLiant G5 servers ML350, ML370, DL360, DL365, DL380, and DL385 All c-Class BladeSystem servers Basic Power Capping also requires the following system firmware: System BIOS 2008.11.01 or later iLO 2 version 1.70 or later Onboard Administrator firmware version 2.32 or later (for HP ...BladeSystem enclosures) At introduction, support for Dynamic Power Capping requires a certain level of ProLiant c-Class server blades. Support for Power Capping in place for servers through Insight Power Manager.
... ProLiant G5 servers ML350, ML370, DL360, DL365, DL380, and DL385 All c-Class BladeSystem servers Basic Power Capping also requires the following system firmware: System BIOS 2008.11.01 or later iLO 2 version 1.70 or later Onboard Administrator firmware version 2.32 or later (for HP ...BladeSystem enclosures) At introduction, support for Dynamic Power Capping requires a certain level of ProLiant c-Class server blades. Support for Power Capping in place for servers through Insight Power Manager.
HP Power Capping and Dynamic Power Capping for ProLiant servers technology brief, 1st edition
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... capacity by capping the group at 4000-watts. When applied to servers running fairly uniform workloads, capping to average 1900 watts Savings in the data center. Power consumption for 8 ProLiant DL580 G5 servers (based on HP Power Calculator) 3384 watts Maximum power consumption when capping to average ... less than 4000 watts, then two full enclosures can be provisioned and operated from the same circuit with 16 server blades. For example, consider an HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosure fully configured with no performance loss, as long as both enclosures are capped at the average ...
... capacity by capping the group at 4000-watts. When applied to servers running fairly uniform workloads, capping to average 1900 watts Savings in the data center. Power consumption for 8 ProLiant DL580 G5 servers (based on HP Power Calculator) 3384 watts Maximum power consumption when capping to average ... less than 4000 watts, then two full enclosures can be provisioned and operated from the same circuit with 16 server blades. For example, consider an HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosure fully configured with no performance loss, as long as both enclosures are capped at the average ...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 6
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...for use with HP http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c001307 ProLiant and BladeSystem servers, 3rd edition 29/c00130729.pdf Technologies in HP ProLiant G6 c-Class server blades with http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs...HP 10000 G1 series racks http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c002514 18/c00251418.pdf HP ProLiant DL580 G5 server technology http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c018910 77/c01891077.pdf Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 on HP http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c016395 ProLiant servers...
...for use with HP http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c001307 ProLiant and BladeSystem servers, 3rd edition 29/c00130729.pdf Technologies in HP ProLiant G6 c-Class server blades with http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs...HP 10000 G1 series racks http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c002514 18/c00251418.pdf HP ProLiant DL580 G5 server technology http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c018910 77/c01891077.pdf Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 on HP http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c016395 ProLiant servers...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 7
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... server blades 5 Meet the Expert-Alan Goodrum ...7 Contact us ...8 Recently published industry standard server technology papers Title Configuring SATA and SAS in HP ProLiant SL6000 servers HP ProLiant SL6000 Scalable System technology Implementing Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 Foundation on HP ProLiant servers Implementing Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 Hyper-V™ and Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 on HP ProLiant servers HP ProLiant DL585 G5/G6 server...
... server blades 5 Meet the Expert-Alan Goodrum ...7 Contact us ...8 Recently published industry standard server technology papers Title Configuring SATA and SAS in HP ProLiant SL6000 servers HP ProLiant SL6000 Scalable System technology Implementing Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 Foundation on HP ProLiant servers Implementing Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 Hyper-V™ and Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 on HP ProLiant servers HP ProLiant DL585 G5/G6 server...
Dynamic Power Capping TCO and Best Practices White Paper (EMEA edition)
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... 3-HP ProLiant BL460c G5 Server 14 Supported Servers and Enclosures...14 For more information...15 Feedback...15 HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Server 6 Case 2. Dynamic Power Capping TCO and Best Practices White Paper Executive Summary ...2 Introduction ...2 Poor Power Planning Results in Trapped Power Capacity 2 Thermal Logic and Dynamic Power Capping Reclaim Trapped Power Capacity 3 At the Rack Level ...4 At Blade Enclosure...
... 3-HP ProLiant BL460c G5 Server 14 Supported Servers and Enclosures...14 For more information...15 Feedback...15 HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Server 6 Case 2. Dynamic Power Capping TCO and Best Practices White Paper Executive Summary ...2 Introduction ...2 Poor Power Planning Results in Trapped Power Capacity 2 Thermal Logic and Dynamic Power Capping Reclaim Trapped Power Capacity 3 At the Rack Level ...4 At Blade Enclosure...
Dynamic Power Capping TCO and Best Practices White Paper (EMEA edition)
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...within the OA or from the power management module within HP Insight Control Environment. Blades running more effective power by spreading the Dynamic Power Cap across multiple servers.. blades running lighter workloads will peak and subside at the enclosure ...blade without impacting blade performance. Dynamic Power Capping TCO analysis This section discusses the TCO benefits customers can be set the enclosure-level Dynamic Power Cap below the sum of Dynamic Power Capping. The Dynamic Power Cap for the ProLiant DL 380 G5 server, ProLiant BL460c G1 server, and ProLiant BL460c G5 server...
...within the OA or from the power management module within HP Insight Control Environment. Blades running more effective power by spreading the Dynamic Power Cap across multiple servers.. blades running lighter workloads will peak and subside at the enclosure ...blade without impacting blade performance. Dynamic Power Capping TCO analysis This section discusses the TCO benefits customers can be set the enclosure-level Dynamic Power Cap below the sum of Dynamic Power Capping. The Dynamic Power Cap 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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... W 4,790 W w/16 Blade Servers Maximum Number of 16 Blade Servers* 20 Blade Servers 28 Blade Servers Blade Servers and 1 Enclosure 2 Enclosures 2 Enclosures Enclosures in this exercise, and reclaim an even larger percentage of 8,340 W 16Blade Server* Blade System Sizer (Enclosure) 4,722W 28 Blade Servers Load Testing and Dynamic Power Capping 4,257 W 32 Blade Servers 7 For the ProLiant BL460c G5 server, the results are listed below (Tables 2 and 3). HP Note Tests...
... W 4,790 W w/16 Blade Servers Maximum Number of 16 Blade Servers* 20 Blade Servers 28 Blade Servers Blade Servers and 1 Enclosure 2 Enclosures 2 Enclosures Enclosures in this exercise, and reclaim an even larger percentage of 8,340 W 16Blade Server* Blade System Sizer (Enclosure) 4,722W 28 Blade Servers Load Testing and Dynamic Power Capping 4,257 W 32 Blade Servers 7 For the ProLiant BL460c G5 server, the results are listed below (Tables 2 and 3). HP Note Tests...
Dynamic Power Capping TCO and Best Practices White Paper (EMEA edition)
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... that setting and adjusting 8 Best Practices for Implementing Dynamic Power Capping Establishing the dynamic power capping settings for blades is an interactive process. To begin using the ProLiant DL380 G5 server as their primary means of HP Insight Control Environment. There is not used faceplate as an example. It involves updating ROM BIOS, iLO and...
... that setting and adjusting 8 Best Practices for Implementing Dynamic Power Capping Establishing the dynamic power capping settings for blades is an interactive process. To begin using the ProLiant DL380 G5 server as their primary means of HP Insight Control Environment. There is not used faceplate as an example. It involves updating ROM BIOS, iLO and...
Dynamic Power Capping TCO and Best Practices White Paper (WW edition)
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... Server 13 Test Configuration 3-HP ProLiant BL460c G5 Server 14 Supported Servers and Enclosures...14 For more information...15 Feedback...15 Dynamic Power Capping TCO and Best Practices White Paper Executive Summary ...2 Introduction...2 Poor Power Planning Results in Trapped Power Capacity 2 Thermal Logic and Dynamic Power Capping Reclaim Trapped Power Capacity 3 At the Rack Level...4 At Blade...
... Server 13 Test Configuration 3-HP ProLiant BL460c G5 Server 14 Supported Servers and Enclosures...14 For more information...15 Feedback...15 Dynamic Power Capping TCO and Best Practices White Paper Executive Summary ...2 Introduction...2 Poor Power Planning Results in Trapped Power Capacity 2 Thermal Logic and Dynamic Power Capping Reclaim Trapped Power Capacity 3 At the Rack Level...4 At Blade...
Dynamic Power Capping TCO and Best Practices White Paper (WW edition)
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... Capping at max power, an increase of capacity. 7 For the ProLiant BL460c G5 server, the results are listed below (Tables 2 and 3). Table 2. HP Note Tests assume a 30AMP, 208V 3-phase circuit for a typical BL460c G1 configuration, users can potentially increase the number of blade servers deployed per server, a decrease of an additional enclosure. While customers who use faceplate...
... Capping at max power, an increase of capacity. 7 For the ProLiant BL460c G5 server, the results are listed below (Tables 2 and 3). Table 2. HP Note Tests assume a 30AMP, 208V 3-phase circuit for a typical BL460c G1 configuration, users can potentially increase the number of blade servers deployed per server, a decrease of an additional enclosure. While customers who use faceplate...
Dynamic Power Capping TCO and Best Practices White Paper (WW edition)
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.... This takes you to the following URL, www.hp.com/go/ice and click buy online. 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 Number of 16Blade Server* 28 Blade Servers 32 Blade Servers Blade Servers and 1 Enclosures 2 Enclosures 2 Enclosures Enclosures in power provisioning...
.... This takes you to the following URL, www.hp.com/go/ice and click buy online. 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 Number of 16Blade Server* 28 Blade Servers 32 Blade Servers Blade Servers and 1 Enclosures 2 Enclosures 2 Enclosures Enclosures in power provisioning...
Sun Solaris 10 Deployment Guide for HP ProLiant Servers
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... disabled using ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU). • OS releases affected-All • Servers affected-All supported ProLiant servers • Description-Disabling PCI devices in RBSU might fail, or Solaris will not deploy on an HP ProLiant BL260c G5 or BL280c G6 blade server when the SATA controller is configured in RAID mode. • OS releases affected-Solaris...
... disabled using ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU). • OS releases affected-All • Servers affected-All supported ProLiant servers • Description-Disabling PCI devices in RBSU might fail, or Solaris will not deploy on an HP ProLiant BL260c G5 or BL280c G6 blade server when the SATA controller is configured in RAID mode. • OS releases affected-Solaris...
Delivering an Adaptive Infrastructure with the HP BladeSystem c-Class architecture
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... high-density compute blades such as the ProLiant BL2x220c, up to -blade connections. Figure 5. storage, or I/O option blades. The BladeSystem c-class...the signal midplane and high reliability. HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure - can scale server blade management by pooling multiple enclosures and managing... them together. It does not include traffic between the device bays and interconnect bays only. side view The enclosure also houses the Onboard Administrator modules that provides management capabilities for the G5...
... high-density compute blades such as the ProLiant BL2x220c, up to -blade connections. Figure 5. storage, or I/O option blades. The BladeSystem c-class...the signal midplane and high reliability. HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure - can scale server blade management by pooling multiple enclosures and managing... them together. It does not include traffic between the device bays and interconnect bays only. side view The enclosure also houses the Onboard Administrator modules that provides management capabilities for the G5...
ISS Technology Update, Volume 6 Number 9 - Newsletter
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...latest information, go /proliant and check the QuickSpecs for a specific server. Table 2-1. Number of PCI-X slots in ProLiant DL and ML servers Server series ML 300 ML 500 DL 100 DL 300 DL 500 Server model Standard ML 310 G4 2 ML 350 G5 3 ML 370 G5 2 ML 570 G4...article, visit the following links: Resource HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation QuickSpecs HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - At the same time, the continued commitment from HP to PCI-X allows ProLiant server customers to connect to be supported on the topics discussed in ProLiant servers PCI Express (PCIe) is expected that ...
...latest information, go /proliant and check the QuickSpecs for a specific server. Table 2-1. Number of PCI-X slots in ProLiant DL and ML servers Server series ML 300 ML 500 DL 100 DL 300 DL 500 Server model Standard ML 310 G4 2 ML 350 G5 3 ML 370 G5 2 ML 570 G4...article, visit the following links: Resource HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation QuickSpecs HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation - At the same time, the continued commitment from HP to PCI-X allows ProLiant server customers to connect to be supported on the topics discussed in ProLiant servers PCI Express (PCIe) is expected that ...
Technologies in HP ProLiant G5 c-Class Server Blades
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Technologies in HP ProLiant G5 c-Class server blades technology brief Abstract...2 Introduction...2 ProLiant c-Class server blade architecture 2 Processor technologies ...5 Intel processors ...5 Xeon 5200, 5300 and 5400 Series processors 5 Xeon 7300 and 7400... technologies 14 BladeSystem Onboard Administrator 14 ProLiant Onboard Administrator (Integrated Lights-Out 2) for ProLiant server blades 15 HP Insight Control suite ...15 Power management technologies...15 Power meter ...16 HP Power Regulator for ProLiant...16 HP Dynamic Power Capping and HP Power Capping 16 Data security technology ...
Technologies in HP ProLiant G5 c-Class server blades technology brief Abstract...2 Introduction...2 ProLiant c-Class server blade architecture 2 Processor technologies ...5 Intel processors ...5 Xeon 5200, 5300 and 5400 Series processors 5 Xeon 7300 and 7400... technologies 14 BladeSystem Onboard Administrator 14 ProLiant Onboard Administrator (Integrated Lights-Out 2) for ProLiant server blades 15 HP Insight Control suite ...15 Power management technologies...15 Power meter ...16 HP Power Regulator for ProLiant...16 HP Dynamic Power Capping and HP Power Capping 16 Data security technology ...
Technologies in HP ProLiant G5 c-Class Server Blades
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...became clear that slides into any device bay in HP ProLiant G5 c-Class server blades based on the network interconnect card. For complete specifications of each server blade, see the HP website: www.hp.com/go /bladesystem/. The rack enclosures fit in...8226; Integrated multifunction Ethernet network adapters that the reader is designed with HP ProLiant server technology and has some knowledge of BladeSystem architecture. ProLiant c-Class server blade architecture An HP ProLiant c-Class Server Blade is assumed that support TCP/IP offload engine (TOE)2 and iSCSI acceleration...
...became clear that slides into any device bay in HP ProLiant G5 c-Class server blades based on the network interconnect card. For complete specifications of each server blade, see the HP website: www.hp.com/go /bladesystem/. The rack enclosures fit in...8226; Integrated multifunction Ethernet network adapters that the reader is designed with HP ProLiant server technology and has some knowledge of BladeSystem architecture. ProLiant c-Class server blade architecture An HP ProLiant c-Class Server Blade is assumed that support TCP/IP offload engine (TOE)2 and iSCSI acceleration...
Technologies in HP ProLiant G5 c-Class Server Blades
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... Execute Disable Bit technology.3 Xeon 5200, 5300 and 5400 Series processors ProLiant G5 server blades with a total of 12 MB of L2 cache. 3 For additional information about Intel processors, see the HP technology brief titled "The Intel processor roadmap for dual-socket platforms (...5 This chipset contains two main components: the Memory Controller Hub (MCH) and the I/O controller hub. Processor technologies HP BladeSystem ProLiant G5 c-Class server blades use less power and produce less heat than previous-generation Intel processors. The 5400 processor operates at a maximum frequency...
... Execute Disable Bit technology.3 Xeon 5200, 5300 and 5400 Series processors ProLiant G5 server blades with a total of 12 MB of L2 cache. 3 For additional information about Intel processors, see the HP technology brief titled "The Intel processor roadmap for dual-socket platforms (...5 This chipset contains two main components: the Memory Controller Hub (MCH) and the I/O controller hub. Processor technologies HP BladeSystem ProLiant G5 c-Class server blades use less power and produce less heat than previous-generation Intel processors. The 5400 processor operates at a maximum frequency...
Technologies in HP ProLiant G5 c-Class Server Blades
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... processors 4 For additional information about AMD processors, see the HP technology brief titled "The AMD processor roadmap for industry standard servers": http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00428708/c00428708.pdf. 7 Intel Xeon 7300 and 7400 Series processors are available on the ProLiant BL680 G5 server blade. share a 16 MB L3 cache (Figure 6). Figure 7. Figure...
... processors 4 For additional information about AMD processors, see the HP technology brief titled "The AMD processor roadmap for industry standard servers": http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00428708/c00428708.pdf. 7 Intel Xeon 7300 and 7400 Series processors are available on the ProLiant BL680 G5 server blade. share a 16 MB L3 cache (Figure 6). Figure 7. Figure...
Technologies in HP ProLiant G5 c-Class Server Blades
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...PCI Express (PCIe) serial interface provides point-to a memory bandwidth of 2.5 Gb/s per direction per DIMM on the model, HP ProLiant c-Class G5 Server Blades support the following memory technologies: • Registered PC2 (DDR2) DIMMs • Fully buffered PC2 (DDR2) DIMMs DDR2 memory...effective bandwidth of system memory technologies": http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00256987/c00256987.pdf. 9 Each lane contains a send pair and a receive pair to improve signal quality. Figure 9. ProLiant G5 server blades support PCIe 1.0 slots, which translates to -point ...
...PCI Express (PCIe) serial interface provides point-to a memory bandwidth of 2.5 Gb/s per direction per DIMM on the model, HP ProLiant c-Class G5 Server Blades support the following memory technologies: • Registered PC2 (DDR2) DIMMs • Fully buffered PC2 (DDR2) DIMMs DDR2 memory...effective bandwidth of system memory technologies": http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00256987/c00256987.pdf. 9 Each lane contains a send pair and a receive pair to improve signal quality. Figure 9. ProLiant G5 server blades support PCIe 1.0 slots, which translates to -point ...
Technologies in HP ProLiant G5 c-Class Server Blades
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... form factor to accommodate new technologies such as passwords and encryption keys to the HP technology brief titled "HP Power Capping and HP Dynamic Power Capping for ProLiant servers": http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01549455/c01549455.pdf. Select ProLiant G5 server blades support an optional TPM v1.2. To prevent possible damage to the TPM module or...
... form factor to accommodate new technologies such as passwords and encryption keys to the HP technology brief titled "HP Power Capping and HP Dynamic Power Capping for ProLiant servers": http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01549455/c01549455.pdf. Select ProLiant G5 server blades support an optional TPM v1.2. To prevent possible damage to the TPM module or...