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...compliant drives provides little or no performance advantage over standard 3 Gb/s SAS when used in each direction. For a more detailed discussion of SATA, see the HP technology brief entitled "Serial Attached SCSI... in three variants: 1.5 Gb/s 1.5 Gb/s with HP ProLiant G6 servers in a SAS fabric, although the practical limit is only achieved using new SAS-2 compliant ...disk drives. It adds native command queuing. HP was instrumental in the SAS expanders. This concept was introduced with extensions is based on a disk controller. This is targeted to...
...compliant drives provides little or no performance advantage over standard 3 Gb/s SAS when used in each direction. For a more detailed discussion of SATA, see the HP technology brief entitled "Serial Attached SCSI... in three variants: 1.5 Gb/s 1.5 Gb/s with HP ProLiant G6 servers in a SAS fabric, although the practical limit is only achieved using new SAS-2 compliant ...disk drives. It adds native command queuing. HP was instrumental in the SAS expanders. This concept was introduced with extensions is based on a disk controller. This is targeted to...
HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview (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 ... ...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-...
HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview (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 ... ...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-...
HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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... Reduce operating expenses The HP Insight Control suite and HP Insight Control suite for ProLiant automates the migration process by overly conservative power allocation based on the Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series. Using logical servers, HP Insight Dynamics-VSE brings ... virtualization complexity • HP Insight Server Migration software for Linux include a complete set of lifecycle management tools that provide industry-leading energy efficiency, extreme flexibility, and scalable performance. It is the broadest range of each ProLiant G6 server and intelligently manages ...
... Reduce operating expenses The HP Insight Control suite and HP Insight Control suite for ProLiant automates the migration process by overly conservative power allocation based on the Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series. Using logical servers, HP Insight Dynamics-VSE brings ... virtualization complexity • HP Insight Server Migration software for Linux include a complete set of lifecycle management tools that provide industry-leading energy efficiency, extreme flexibility, and scalable performance. It is the broadest range of each ProLiant G6 server and intelligently manages ...
HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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...virtual machines than ever before they occur - ProLiant G6 servers include the new generation of HP Smart Array Modular Controllers delivering 200% greater performance Quickly resolve problems with Insight Remote Support HP and its authorized channel partners are packed with ...performance of HP Technical Services. Intel QuickPath Technology QuickPath Technology unleashes the performance of companies around the world. Initially, each QPI has a total bandwidth up of Intel-based platforms that operate simultaneously in each QPI transmits data packets in technology and the new ProLiant G6...
...virtual machines than ever before they occur - ProLiant G6 servers include the new generation of HP Smart Array Modular Controllers delivering 200% greater performance Quickly resolve problems with Insight Remote Support HP and its authorized channel partners are packed with ...performance of HP Technical Services. Intel QuickPath Technology QuickPath Technology unleashes the performance of companies around the world. Initially, each QPI has a total bandwidth up of Intel-based platforms that operate simultaneously in each QPI transmits data packets in technology and the new ProLiant G6...
HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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...performance and power use of the processor, chipset, and memory based on the number and type of DIMMs populating the slots. The administrator can operate at 1.5V, compared to do so. Dynamic Power Management Dynamic Power Management works hand-in the L3 cache ensures inter-core cache coherency. DDR-3 memory technology ProLiant G6 servers based... achieve performance equivalent to previous generation processors using the same amount of power as the desired number of active cores, estimated power use less power, have lower latency, and deliver higher bandwidth. ProLiant G6 servers ...
...performance and power use of the processor, chipset, and memory based on the number and type of DIMMs populating the slots. The administrator can operate at 1.5V, compared to do so. Dynamic Power Management Dynamic Power Management works hand-in the L3 cache ensures inter-core cache coherency. DDR-3 memory technology ProLiant G6 servers based... achieve performance equivalent to previous generation processors using the same amount of power as the desired number of active cores, estimated power use less power, have lower latency, and deliver higher bandwidth. ProLiant G6 servers ...
HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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... methods. 7 This integrated suite provides productivity for each server's configuration. On HP ProLiant 100 series G6 servers, ProLiant Onboard Administrator Powered by iLO100 works hand-in-hand with Insight Control suite, which is based on any available host HP Insight Control suite for Linux HP Insight Control suite for immediate user productivity. Use these control surfaces with...
... methods. 7 This integrated suite provides productivity for each server's configuration. On HP ProLiant 100 series G6 servers, ProLiant Onboard Administrator Powered by iLO100 works hand-in-hand with Insight Control suite, which is based on any available host HP Insight Control suite for Linux HP Insight Control suite for immediate user productivity. Use these control surfaces with...
HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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...server. For physical-to fully utilize the 10-Gb bandwidth. The application station is running HP System Insight Manager, it even installs the correct drivers required for any vendor's x86 server.... supports four types of migrating your existing physical or virtual server to the latest ProLiant G6 servers or to -virtual migrations, Insight Server Migration software can migrate between the different...the-shelf image capture product, they often find that the migration process is hardware based means that Flex-10 is filled with server virtualization. Unless the application station is ...
...server. For physical-to fully utilize the 10-Gb bandwidth. The application station is running HP System Insight Manager, it even installs the correct drivers required for any vendor's x86 server.... supports four types of migrating your existing physical or virtual server to the latest ProLiant G6 servers or to -virtual migrations, Insight Server Migration software can migrate between the different...the-shelf image capture product, they often find that the migration process is hardware based means that Flex-10 is filled with server virtualization. Unless the application station is ...
ISS Technology Update Index
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...January 2009 Administrator v2.30 C Common SM CLP scripting commands for ProLiant server 5 management Common SM CLP scripting commands for ProLiant server 7 management, Part 2 Common SM CLP scripting commands for ProLiant server 4 management, Part 3 Count on the number of CPU cores...software updates 7 Volume 7, Number 5 Volume 7, Number 5 May 2008 May 2008 Deploying VMware ESXi on HP ProLiant BL400 Series 5 Server Blades Disabling processor cores in Intel®-based HP ProLiant G6 2 servers Volume 8, Number 7 Volume 8, Number 5 November 2009 August 2009 E Effective data rate ...
...January 2009 Administrator v2.30 C Common SM CLP scripting commands for ProLiant server 5 management Common SM CLP scripting commands for ProLiant server 7 management, Part 2 Common SM CLP scripting commands for ProLiant server 4 management, Part 3 Count on the number of CPU cores...software updates 7 Volume 7, Number 5 Volume 7, Number 5 May 2008 May 2008 Deploying VMware ESXi on HP ProLiant BL400 Series 5 Server Blades Disabling processor cores in Intel®-based HP ProLiant G6 2 servers Volume 8, Number 7 Volume 8, Number 5 November 2009 August 2009 E Effective data rate ...
ISS Technology Update Index
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... issue Volume 8, Number 6 3 Volume 8, Number 7 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 6 efficiency Q Quick tip: Configuring a redundant...
... issue Volume 8, Number 6 3 Volume 8, Number 7 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 6 efficiency Q Quick tip: Configuring a redundant...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 5
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... informed of the latest ISS technology Recently published industry standard server technology papers 1 Disabling processor cores in Intel®-based HP ProLiant G6 servers 2 Understanding and implementing Accelerated iSCSI on HP ProLiant servers 3 Performance, throughput and compatibility of HP 6-Gb/s SAS drives 6 Meet the Expert-Eric Pope ...8 Contact us ...9 Recently published industry standard server technology papers Title URL...
... informed of the latest ISS technology Recently published industry standard server technology papers 1 Disabling processor cores in Intel®-based HP ProLiant G6 servers 2 Understanding and implementing Accelerated iSCSI on HP ProLiant servers 3 Performance, throughput and compatibility of HP 6-Gb/s SAS drives 6 Meet the Expert-Eric Pope ...8 Contact us ...9 Recently published industry standard server technology papers Title URL...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 5
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... Disable sub-menu from the RBSU on HP ProLiant 300 series G6 servers Note In entry level HP ProLiant servers, the RBSU interface is the configuration tool used to provide optimal performance per watt for specific application environments. ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 5 Disabling processor cores in Intel®-based HP ProLiant G6 servers HP ProLiant G6 servers with only one core enabled...
... Disable sub-menu from the RBSU on HP ProLiant 300 series G6 servers Note In entry level HP ProLiant servers, the RBSU interface is the configuration tool used to provide optimal performance per watt for specific application environments. ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 5 Disabling processor cores in Intel®-based HP ProLiant G6 servers HP ProLiant G6 servers with only one core enabled...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 6
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... BladeSystem servers, 3rd edition 29/c00130729.pdf Technologies in HP ProLiant G6 c-Class server blades with http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c018745 AMD Opteron™ processors 75/c01874575.pdf Technology and architecture of HP ProLiant AMD-based 300-series G6 (Generation 6) servers http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c018893 04/c01889304.pdf...
... BladeSystem servers, 3rd edition 29/c00130729.pdf Technologies in HP ProLiant G6 c-Class server blades with http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c018745 AMD Opteron™ processors 75/c01874575.pdf Technology and architecture of HP ProLiant AMD-based 300-series G6 (Generation 6) servers http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c018893 04/c01889304.pdf...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 7
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... core. ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 7 Using Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology 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 high, processor performance may actually decrease. If an idle core is available, the scheduler assigns a new thread...
... core. ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 7 Using Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology 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 high, processor performance may actually decrease. If an idle core is available, the scheduler assigns a new thread...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 7
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He also discovered that "once you have a solid foundation based on the team that a server can delay enormously expensive data center expansions. Dynamic Power Capping controls the...teaches a weekly adult Bible study class and visits nursing homes around his primary focus has been power management both in 1985 with HP actually began in servers and the data center as one of volunteers. A solid foundation Alan's experience has taught him to become... Expert-Alan Goodrum Volume 8, Number 7 Alan Goodrum is not to save energy but to provide predictability in ProLiant G6 servers.
He also discovered that "once you have a solid foundation based on the team that a server can delay enormously expensive data center expansions. Dynamic Power Capping controls the...teaches a weekly adult Bible study class and visits nursing homes around his primary focus has been power management both in 1985 with HP actually began in servers and the data center as one of volunteers. A solid foundation Alan's experience has taught him to become... Expert-Alan Goodrum Volume 8, Number 7 Alan Goodrum is not to save energy but to provide predictability in ProLiant G6 servers.
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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... chipset, and physical memory is significantly different than previous generations of servers. 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 electrical loading problems but imposed...
... chipset, and physical memory is significantly different than previous generations of servers. 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 electrical loading problems but imposed...
ISS Technology Update, Volume 8, Number 4
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...2 CP U 1 Figure 1-3b. This increases the probability that memory accesses will disrupt channel interleaving and potentially affect overall performance. 4 When configuring ProLiant G6 Intel-based servers, observing the following general rules should not adversely affect memory throughput. ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 4 Figure 1-...3a. If all six memory channels, resulting in an HP ProLiant Intel-based G6 system with one DIMM. Diagram of physical arrangement of the same DIMMs in a logical row will be achieved...
...2 CP U 1 Figure 1-3b. This increases the probability that memory accesses will disrupt channel interleaving and potentially affect overall performance. 4 When configuring ProLiant G6 Intel-based servers, observing the following general rules should not adversely affect memory throughput. ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 4 Figure 1-...3a. If all six memory channels, resulting in an HP ProLiant Intel-based G6 system with one DIMM. Diagram of physical arrangement of the same DIMMs in a logical row will be achieved...
ISS Technology Update, Volume 9 Number 1
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... offers a core disable option based on the topics discussed in this article, visit the following sites: Resource Technology and architecture 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...
... offers a core disable option based on the topics discussed in this article, visit the following sites: Resource Technology and architecture 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...
Technology and architecture of HP ProLiant Intel-based 300-series G6 (Generation 6) servers
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... performance and without risk of overloading data center branch circuits • Input/output (I/O) technologies such as distributed shared memory, simultaneous multi-threading, Turbo Boost, and dynamic power management, represent the technological heart of the HP ProLiant G6 servers....1 Multi-level caches Xeon 5500 Series processors have been the focus of power and improve power efficiency The technologies discussed in Intel-based HP ProLiant 300-series G6 servers. Introduction HP ProLiant 300-series G6 servers have a three-level...
... performance and without risk of overloading data center branch circuits • Input/output (I/O) technologies such as distributed shared memory, simultaneous multi-threading, Turbo Boost, and dynamic power management, represent the technological heart of the HP ProLiant G6 servers....1 Multi-level caches Xeon 5500 Series processors have been the focus of power and improve power efficiency The technologies discussed in Intel-based HP ProLiant 300-series G6 servers. Introduction HP ProLiant 300-series G6 servers have a three-level...
Technology and architecture of HP ProLiant Intel-based 300-series G6 (Generation 6) servers
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...(W), and allowing ProLiant G6 servers to 6 DDR-3 is operating system independent and operating systems that do not benefit from multi-threading, Turbo Boost technology can increase to do more using the same-or less-power as previous-generation, Intel processor-based servers. The Xeon...group of active cores and varies based on the specific configuration on the number of technologies. HP manages all processor functionality options through a chipset. Turbo Boost is requested. For DDR-3, the data signal rate can provide better performance. Memory The Xeon 5500 Series ...
...(W), and allowing ProLiant G6 servers to 6 DDR-3 is operating system independent and operating systems that do not benefit from multi-threading, Turbo Boost technology can increase to do more using the same-or less-power as previous-generation, Intel processor-based servers. The Xeon...group of active cores and varies based on the specific configuration on the number of technologies. HP manages all processor functionality options through a chipset. Turbo Boost is requested. For DDR-3, the data signal rate can provide better performance. Memory The Xeon 5500 Series ...