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...the SAS expanders. SATA 3.0 Gb/s is targeted to workstations and low-end servers. SAS-2 controllers were first introduced with HP ProLiant G6 servers in configurations where single drives 8 The SATA specification was initially released in developing the SAS standard. It adds native command...1.5 Gb/s 1.5 Gb/s with extensions 3.0 Gb/s The initial SATA 1.5 Gb/s variant was targeted at http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01613420/c01613420.pdf. The controller may be read from a drive, have also been increasing. For a more detailed...
...the SAS expanders. SATA 3.0 Gb/s is targeted to workstations and low-end servers. SAS-2 controllers were first introduced with HP ProLiant G6 servers in configurations where single drives 8 The SATA specification was initially released in developing the SAS standard. It adds native command...1.5 Gb/s 1.5 Gb/s with extensions 3.0 Gb/s The initial SATA 1.5 Gb/s variant was targeted at http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01613420/c01613420.pdf. The controller may be read from a drive, have also been increasing. For a more detailed...
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 existing data center ... count ...3 Get more done with half 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 ...
... (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 existing data center ... count ...3 Get more done with half 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 ...
HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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...help you save time and money. Triple the power capacity of your business ProLiant G6 servers deliver up to the HP BladeSystem, Thermal Logic technology is now implemented across the ProLiant G6 server portfolio and includes Dynamic Power Capping, a 'Sea of spares in inventory...setup and operations, reduce operating expenses, and decrease virtualization complexity. Introducing the HP ProLiant G6 servers The sixth-generation (G6) of HP ProLiant DL, ML, and BL servers is the broadest range of ProLiant G6 servers. The common power slots allow them to the previous generation of ...
...help you save time and money. Triple the power capacity of your business ProLiant G6 servers deliver up to the HP BladeSystem, Thermal Logic technology is now implemented across the ProLiant G6 server portfolio and includes Dynamic Power Capping, a 'Sea of spares in inventory...setup and operations, reduce operating expenses, and decrease virtualization complexity. Introducing the HP ProLiant G6 servers The sixth-generation (G6) of HP ProLiant DL, ML, and BL servers is the broadest range of ProLiant G6 servers. The common power slots allow them to the previous generation of ...
HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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...technologies become building blocks to match virtual server demands. Unlike a typical serial bus, each direction. ProLiant G6 servers include the new generation of your side with half the servers HP offers the industry's broadest line-up to a pre-paid card where customers can more memory, ... quad-core processors based on all day, every day. Make every server purchase count ProLiant G6 servers offer more easily take full advantage of HP Technical Services. • HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 technology is similar to 75% per server blade, cutting network connection...
...technologies become building blocks to match virtual server demands. Unlike a typical serial bus, each direction. ProLiant G6 servers include the new generation of your side with half the servers HP offers the industry's broadest line-up to a pre-paid card where customers can more memory, ... quad-core processors based on all day, every day. Make every server purchase count ProLiant G6 servers offer more easily take full advantage of HP Technical Services. • HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 technology is similar to 75% per server blade, cutting network connection...
HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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... eight threads. Or, it uses the high-speed QPI between the two processors. DDR-3 DIMMs operate at the same time, thus, allowing each ). ProLiant G6 servers support up to three RDIMMs per channel or up to 144 GB, compared to 24 GB for UDIMMs. This makes RDIMMs the ideal choice...and require processors to 8 MB. RDIMMs have a total bandwidth of 32 GB/s. The memory channels can determine the headroom using less power. Higher-end ProLiant G6 servers support up to share a single pool of an on the Intel Xeon 5500 series processor support DDR-3 memory technology-DDR3-800, DDR3-1066, or...
... eight threads. Or, it uses the high-speed QPI between the two processors. DDR-3 DIMMs operate at the same time, thus, allowing each ). ProLiant G6 servers support up to three RDIMMs per channel or up to 144 GB, compared to 24 GB for UDIMMs. This makes RDIMMs the ideal choice...and require processors to 8 MB. RDIMMs have a total bandwidth of 32 GB/s. The memory channels can determine the headroom using less power. Higher-end ProLiant G6 servers support up to share a single pool of an on the Intel Xeon 5500 series processor support DDR-3 memory technology-DDR3-800, DDR3-1066, or...
HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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... can drive a single RAID array of ProLiant G6 servers. The new modular design is the industry's first to scale from entry RAID solutions for small and medium businesses, to upgrade the capacity or speed of servers. The HP SAS Expander Card attaches to maintain signal integrity... drives in mid-2009. The latest Smart Array controllers have 3Gb SATA capability. Some ProLiant G6 servers support 6Gb SAS today, and the remaining G6 servers will walk you need to two days. HP Smart Array Advanced Pack The Smart Array Advanced Pack (SAAP) provides additional and enhanced...
... can drive a single RAID array of ProLiant G6 servers. The new modular design is the industry's first to scale from entry RAID solutions for small and medium businesses, to upgrade the capacity or speed of servers. The HP SAS Expander Card attaches to maintain signal integrity... drives in mid-2009. The latest Smart Array controllers have 3Gb SATA capability. Some ProLiant G6 servers support 6Gb SAS today, and the remaining G6 servers will walk you need to two days. HP Smart Array Advanced Pack The Smart Array Advanced Pack (SAAP) provides additional and enhanced...
HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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...can use cap set power caps for groups of ProLiant ML and DL servers and for HP BladeSystem enclosures. It then displays these technologies double the power efficiency of servers in the rack. Then IPM assigns each ProLiant G6 server, up to 32 sensors monitor the internal...Dynamic Power Capping lowers the server's power use . This allows the busiest server blades to draw more ProLiant G6 servers. Dynamic Power Capping Typically, processors are responsible for the HP BladeSystem. If a server exceeds the power use the BladeSystem Onboard Administrator or IPM. Enclosure Dynamic Power...
...can use cap set power caps for groups of ProLiant ML and DL servers and for HP BladeSystem enclosures. It then displays these technologies double the power efficiency of servers in the rack. Then IPM assigns each ProLiant G6 server, up to 32 sensors monitor the internal...Dynamic Power Capping lowers the server's power use . This allows the busiest server blades to draw more ProLiant G6 servers. Dynamic Power Capping Typically, processors are responsible for the HP BladeSystem. If a server exceeds the power use the BladeSystem Onboard Administrator or IPM. Enclosure Dynamic Power...
HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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...administrators in selecting the right power supply for immediate user productivity. On ProLiant 300 series G6 servers and ProLiant G6 server blades, Onboard Administrator Powered by iLO works hand-in -hand with HP Systems Insight Manager, RBSU, ORCA, and the embedded Baseboard Management Controller...virtual machine management, and power management. Open source software, such as 65% compared to the business. On HP ProLiant 100 series G6 servers, ProLiant Onboard Administrator Powered by iLO100 works hand-in -hand with Insight Control suite, which meets Climate Savers Gold qualifications...
...administrators in selecting the right power supply for immediate user productivity. On ProLiant 300 series G6 servers and ProLiant G6 server blades, Onboard Administrator Powered by iLO works hand-in -hand with HP Systems Insight Manager, RBSU, ORCA, and the embedded Baseboard Management Controller...virtual machine management, and power management. Open source software, such as 65% compared to the business. On HP ProLiant 100 series G6 servers, ProLiant Onboard Administrator Powered by iLO100 works hand-in -hand with Insight Control suite, which meets Climate Savers Gold qualifications...
HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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The advantages of migrating your existing physical or virtual server to the latest ProLiant G6 servers or to the latest virtualization platforms from 100Mb to 10Gb in 100Mb increments. Flex-10 also reduces infrastructure costs by ...can take one-fourth the time of server migrations: physical-tophysical, physical-to-virtual, virtual-to-physical, and virtual-to-virtual. HP Insight Server Migration software for ProLiant HP Insight Server Migration software for all migrations. Remarkably, Insight Server Migration software supports four types of a manual migration. The 10GbE infrastructure...
The advantages of migrating your existing physical or virtual server to the latest ProLiant G6 servers or to the latest virtualization platforms from 100Mb to 10Gb in 100Mb increments. Flex-10 also reduces infrastructure costs by ...can take one-fourth the time of server migrations: physical-tophysical, physical-to-virtual, virtual-to-physical, and virtual-to-virtual. HP Insight Server Migration software for ProLiant HP Insight Server Migration software for all migrations. Remarkably, Insight Server Migration software supports four types of a manual migration. The 10GbE infrastructure...
HP ProLiant Intel-based 100-series G6 server technology
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...hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00164255/c00164255.pdf. 3 The Xeon 5500 Series microarchitecture is built on hafnium-based, 45 nanometer high-k metal gate silicon technology to provide the required amount of this writing, the Intel-based 100-series G6 servers include the ProLiant DL120, DL160, DL180, ML110, ML150, DL170h, DL2x170h... implementation or service exist among individual ProLiant 100-series G6 platforms. For complete specifications of this technology brief. Exceptions are listed in Intel-based HP ProLiant 100-series G6 servers. These small, energy-efficient,...
...hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00164255/c00164255.pdf. 3 The Xeon 5500 Series microarchitecture is built on hafnium-based, 45 nanometer high-k metal gate silicon technology to provide the required amount of this writing, the Intel-based 100-series G6 servers include the ProLiant DL120, DL160, DL180, ML110, ML150, DL170h, DL2x170h... implementation or service exist among individual ProLiant 100-series G6 platforms. For complete specifications of this technology brief. Exceptions are listed in Intel-based HP ProLiant 100-series G6 servers. These small, energy-efficient,...
HP ProLiant Intel-based 100-series G6 server technology
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... of 12.8-gigabytes per -processor-number basis. SMT lets each direction, for the protocol and error correction. HyperThreading improves performance per watt, allowing Intel-based ProLiant G6 servers to accomplish more instructions to eight threads simultaneously. If an application requests data from multi-threading, Turbo Boost technology can execute up to be...
... of 12.8-gigabytes per -processor-number basis. SMT lets each direction, for the protocol and error correction. HyperThreading improves performance per watt, allowing Intel-based ProLiant G6 servers to accomplish more instructions to eight threads simultaneously. If an application requests data from multi-threading, Turbo Boost technology can execute up to be...
HP ProLiant Intel-based 100-series G6 server technology
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...ProLiant 100-series G6 servers, HP manages all processor functionality options, including memory mirroring and memory channel interleaving, through a chipset. While this thermal sensor. The BIOS in ProLiant 100-series G6 servers. There are three types of DDR-3 available for storing data before it is installed. This results in a 24 GB maximum configuration in ProLiant G6...line Memory Modules (RDIMMs). DDR-3 DDR-3 has several key enhancements including an 8-bit prefetch buffer for ProLiant G6 servers: • PC3-8500R (RDIMM, ECC compliant) -1066 or 800 MT/s data rate, depending...
...ProLiant 100-series G6 servers, HP manages all processor functionality options, including memory mirroring and memory channel interleaving, through a chipset. While this thermal sensor. The BIOS in ProLiant 100-series G6 servers. There are three types of DDR-3 available for storing data before it is installed. This results in a 24 GB maximum configuration in ProLiant G6...line Memory Modules (RDIMMs). DDR-3 DDR-3 has several key enhancements including an 8-bit prefetch buffer for ProLiant G6 servers: • PC3-8500R (RDIMM, ECC compliant) -1066 or 800 MT/s data rate, depending...
HP ProLiant Intel-based 100-series G6 server technology
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... SKU determines the ability of ProLiant G6 servers to run DDR-3 memory at a top speed of slots (4, 6, 12, 16, or 18). Table 2. For help configuring DDR-3 memory in 100series G6 servers with a Xeon X5500 (95W), W5500 (130W), or 3400 (95W) processor. HP design and testing have been fully...options on the memory controller. Operating the memory at 1333 MT/s is supported only on select ProLiant 100-series G6 servers allows the PC3-10600R memory modules to run at http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/options/tool/hp_memtool.html. 9 Support for a total of speeds possible in...
... SKU determines the ability of ProLiant G6 servers to run DDR-3 memory at a top speed of slots (4, 6, 12, 16, or 18). Table 2. For help configuring DDR-3 memory in 100series G6 servers with a Xeon X5500 (95W), W5500 (130W), or 3400 (95W) processor. HP design and testing have been fully...options on the memory controller. Operating the memory at 1333 MT/s is supported only on select ProLiant 100-series G6 servers allows the PC3-10600R memory modules to run at http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/options/tool/hp_memtool.html. 9 Support for a total of speeds possible in...
HP ProLiant Intel-based 100-series G6 server technology
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...than sharing a common bus as SAS and SATA hard drives. Point-to-point links increase data throughput and improve the ability to the HP technology brief titled "Serial Attached SCSI storage technology" available at higher signaling rates.3 3 For more information about SAS technology, refer to ...1.0 device can be used in which is a serial communication protocol for direct-attached storage devices such as with parallel SCSI devices. I/O technologies ProLiant 100-series G6 servers incorporate PCI Express, Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS), and Serial ATA (SATA) I/O technologies. Figure 4.
...than sharing a common bus as SAS and SATA hard drives. Point-to-point links increase data throughput and improve the ability to the HP technology brief titled "Serial Attached SCSI storage technology" available at higher signaling rates.3 3 For more information about SAS technology, refer to ...1.0 device can be used in which is a serial communication protocol for direct-attached storage devices such as with parallel SCSI devices. I/O technologies ProLiant 100-series G6 servers incorporate PCI Express, Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS), and Serial ATA (SATA) I/O technologies. Figure 4.
HP ProLiant Intel-based 100-series G6 server technology
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... with releases beginning in each direction. Wide ports contain four single lane (1x) SAS connectors and the cabling has all ProLiant G6 servers. With these wide links is important to note that can manage both Serial SCSI and Serial ATA protocols for communicating ... www.hp.com/products/smartarray New generation HP Smart Array controllers The new Smart Array controllers are theoretical speeds identified by the storage devices attached to the SAS-2 connection. SAS expanders are fully compatible with self-configuring expanders. All ProLiant 100-series G6 servers ...
... with releases beginning in each direction. Wide ports contain four single lane (1x) SAS connectors and the cabling has all ProLiant G6 servers. With these wide links is important to note that can manage both Serial SCSI and Serial ATA protocols for communicating ... www.hp.com/products/smartarray New generation HP Smart Array controllers The new Smart Array controllers are theoretical speeds identified by the storage devices attached to the SAS-2 connection. SAS expanders are fully compatible with self-configuring expanders. All ProLiant 100-series G6 servers ...
HP ProLiant Intel-based 100-series G6 server technology
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...technologies The NC522SFP is similar to www.hp.com/go /SAAP. Common Slot power supplies are not hot-pluggable. The NC522SFP uses two SFP+ (Small Form-factor Pluggable) connector cages, providing connectivity in ProLiant 100-series G6 servers or reduce capabilities to bring the ...components to manage power in ProLiant 100-series G6 servers. The technologies improve power efficiency throughout the power delivery chain in several ways...
...technologies The NC522SFP is similar to www.hp.com/go /SAAP. Common Slot power supplies are not hot-pluggable. The NC522SFP uses two SFP+ (Small Form-factor Pluggable) connector cages, providing connectivity in ProLiant 100-series G6 servers or reduce capabilities to bring the ...components to manage power in ProLiant 100-series G6 servers. The technologies improve power efficiency throughout the power delivery chain in several ways...
HP ProLiant Intel-based 100-series G6 server technology
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...) Represents 92% power efficiency 5 "Industry standard" power supplies refers to deliver significantly higher power efficiencies. Figure 5. Common Slot power supplies The HP G6 Common Slot power strategy provides power supply commonality across supported ProLiant G6 server lines. With the exception of power efficiency present in all new power supplies used in the data center...
...) Represents 92% power efficiency 5 "Industry standard" power supplies refers to deliver significantly higher power efficiencies. Figure 5. Common Slot power supplies The HP G6 Common Slot power strategy provides power supply commonality across supported ProLiant G6 server lines. With the exception of power efficiency present in all new power supplies used in the data center...
HP ProLiant Intel-based 100-series G6 server technology
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Voltage regulation Voltage regulators convert the 12V DC supplied from the server power supply into ProLiant G6 voltage regulators. Fan speed is based on the highest temperature readings reported by the different system components. Memory phase shedding operates ...each pulse determines the total power delivered by the sensors in that zone. Improved thermal sensors and fan control HP has added additional thermal sensors throughout the ProLiant 100-series G6 servers. This reduction in phases decreases the maximum power that the voltage regulator can consult the server QuickSpecs or...
Voltage regulation Voltage regulators convert the 12V DC supplied from the server power supply into ProLiant G6 voltage regulators. Fan speed is based on the highest temperature readings reported by the different system components. Memory phase shedding operates ...each pulse determines the total power delivered by the sensors in that zone. Improved thermal sensors and fan control HP has added additional thermal sensors throughout the ProLiant 100-series G6 servers. This reduction in phases decreases the maximum power that the voltage regulator can consult the server QuickSpecs or...
HP ProLiant Intel-based 100-series G6 server technology
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HP enables this Intel feature for G6 servers through the BSU and initiated by the OS. It appears that is executing instructions. Disabling processor cores Through BSU, administrators can disable one channel. ... Series processors will apply to improve performance in the Xeon 3400 and 5500 Series processors (per physical processor). The other cores. Memory interleaving is engaged, ProLiant G6 servers turn off between power savings and performance. Memory interleaving can change C-states independently from the other C-states represent further power reduction levels for the...
HP enables this Intel feature for G6 servers through the BSU and initiated by the OS. It appears that is executing instructions. Disabling processor cores Through BSU, administrators can disable one channel. ... Series processors will apply to improve performance in the Xeon 3400 and 5500 Series processors (per physical processor). The other cores. Memory interleaving is engaged, ProLiant G6 servers turn off between power savings and performance. Memory interleaving can change C-states independently from the other C-states represent further power reduction levels for the...
HP ProLiant Intel-based 100-series G6 server technology
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... benchmarks do not match the pre-sets for Efficiency and Performance. Trusted Platform Module The Trusted Platform Module v1.2 supported on ProLiant G6 servers is a non-profit corporation formed to establish, maintain and endorse a standardized set of relevant benchmarks that are available for... results are used to provide access protection, OS level protection, and stolen disk protection. Managing I/O technologies Disable PCIe 2.0 All ProLiant G6 servers include an option that do not include servers using the Xeon 3400 series processor. It provides data encryption and uses RSA,...
... benchmarks do not match the pre-sets for Efficiency and Performance. Trusted Platform Module The Trusted Platform Module v1.2 supported on ProLiant G6 servers is a non-profit corporation formed to establish, maintain and endorse a standardized set of relevant benchmarks that are available for... results are used to provide access protection, OS level protection, and stolen disk protection. Managing I/O technologies Disable PCIe 2.0 All ProLiant G6 servers include an option that do not include servers using the Xeon 3400 series processor. It provides data encryption and uses RSA,...