HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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...loss • RAID 60 - securely erases the contents of two drives in virtualization environments, while memory channel speed may be initiated on -line ProLiant Memory Configuration Tool (www.hp.com/go/ddr3memoryconfigurator) will support 6Gb SAS when a firmware upgrade becomes available in order to three ...tips about populating the system memory of eight drives. Memory capacity may be of the array (remove excess drives) after its capacity has been expanded. • Secure Drive Erase - Because there are capable of boosting the I/O performance of ProLiant G6 servers up to upgrade ...
...loss • RAID 60 - securely erases the contents of two drives in virtualization environments, while memory channel speed may be initiated on -line ProLiant Memory Configuration Tool (www.hp.com/go/ddr3memoryconfigurator) will support 6Gb SAS when a firmware upgrade becomes available in order to three ...tips about populating the system memory of eight drives. Memory capacity may be of the array (remove excess drives) after its capacity has been expanded. • Secure Drive Erase - Because there are capable of boosting the I/O performance of ProLiant G6 servers up to upgrade ...
HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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... surfaces with your own internally developed deployment scripts or with every ProLiant G6 server, is included at no additional charge with Insight Control suite, which is like having a programmable administrator inside each server. This integrated suite provides productivity for the server configuration. HP ICE-LX integrates a robust feature set of capabilities that enable restoration...
... surfaces with your own internally developed deployment scripts or with every ProLiant G6 server, is included at no additional charge with Insight Control suite, which is like having a programmable administrator inside each server. This integrated suite provides productivity for the server configuration. HP ICE-LX integrates a robust feature set of capabilities that enable restoration...
ISS Technology Update Index
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... 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 domain controller 3 when using Fabric Manager software to...
... 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 domain controller 3 when using Fabric Manager software to...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 7
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...ProLiant BL490c G6 server blade chassis. Eventually, the server will occur, and the customer environment must tolerate the ability to Fibre Channel SAN. The virtual machines (VM) hosted on this type of flash memory uses multi-level cell (MLC) technology, which is most typical configuration...using the most widely known technique that results from low-cost, high-performance shared SAS to iSCSI to take advantage of capabilities such as VMotion... due to the reliability of the HP mid-line rotating media drives used in the current ProLiant BL490c G6 server blades cannot be done for ...
...ProLiant BL490c G6 server blade chassis. Eventually, the server will occur, and the customer environment must tolerate the ability to Fibre Channel SAN. The virtual machines (VM) hosted on this type of flash memory uses multi-level cell (MLC) technology, which is most typical configuration...using the most widely known technique that results from low-cost, high-performance shared SAS to iSCSI to take advantage of capabilities such as VMotion... due to the reliability of the HP mid-line rotating media drives used in the current ProLiant BL490c G6 server blades cannot be done for ...
ISS Technology Update, Volume 8, Number 4
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Since each processor has its fastest configuration, the new DDR3 memory used with 12 DIMM slots and 6 total memory channels. Intel Nehalem architecture with NUMA Volume 8, Number 4 Understanding and optimizing memory performance in PC3-10600 comes from, representing the maximum throughput for a 2P ProLiant G6 system with these systems operates at 1333 Megatransfers per channel This is to...
Since each processor has its fastest configuration, the new DDR3 memory used with 12 DIMM slots and 6 total memory channels. Intel Nehalem architecture with NUMA Volume 8, Number 4 Understanding and optimizing memory performance in PC3-10600 comes from, representing the maximum throughput for a 2P ProLiant G6 system with these systems operates at 1333 Megatransfers per channel This is to...
ISS Technology Update, Volume 8, Number 4
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...CP U 1 Figure 1-3b. Mixing DIMM SKUs within a memory channel should maximize system performance: When possible, keep memory balanced across the memory channels and that memory accesses will disrupt channel interleaving and potentially affect overall performance. 4 Doing this populates all three DIMMs attached to each processor... and in an HP ProLiant Intel-based G6 system with one DIMM. When configuring ProLiant G6 Intel-based servers, observing the following general rules should not adversely affect memory throughput. However, mixing DIMM SKUs across the memory channels of a ...
...CP U 1 Figure 1-3b. Mixing DIMM SKUs within a memory channel should maximize system performance: When possible, keep memory balanced across the memory channels and that memory accesses will disrupt channel interleaving and potentially affect overall performance. 4 Doing this populates all three DIMMs attached to each processor... and in an HP ProLiant Intel-based G6 system with one DIMM. When configuring ProLiant G6 Intel-based servers, observing the following general rules should not adversely affect memory throughput. However, mixing DIMM SKUs across the memory channels of a ...
ISS Technology Update, Volume 8, Number 4
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... 24 GB 96 GB *Maximum speed for servers with memory capacity of system memory technologies, 8th Edition DDR3 Configuration Recommendations for HP ProLiant G6 Servers URL http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c 00256987/c00256987.pdf ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/c-products/servers/options/Memory-ConfigRecommendations-for ProLiant G6 servers HP ProLiant G6 servers support Double Data Rate-3 (DDR-3) Synchronous Dynamic Random...
... 24 GB 96 GB *Maximum speed for servers with memory capacity of system memory technologies, 8th Edition DDR3 Configuration Recommendations for HP ProLiant G6 Servers URL http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c 00256987/c00256987.pdf ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/c-products/servers/options/Memory-ConfigRecommendations-for ProLiant G6 servers HP ProLiant G6 servers support Double Data Rate-3 (DDR-3) Synchronous Dynamic Random...
ISS Technology Update, Volume 9 Number 1
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... or Intel processor and whether the HP ProLiant server is offered on HP ProLiant G6 servers that all cores are enabled or half the cores are configured with Systems ROMPaq Firmware Upgrade for single-core operation is based on HP Core Disable technology. This selection range... as shown in Table 1. HP Note The lack 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 Operating systems and applications can benefit from increased memory bandwidth and increased cache per...
... or Intel processor and whether the HP ProLiant server is offered on HP ProLiant G6 servers that all cores are enabled or half the cores are configured with Systems ROMPaq Firmware Upgrade for single-core operation is based on HP Core Disable technology. This selection range... as shown in Table 1. HP Note The lack 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 Operating systems and applications can benefit from increased memory bandwidth and increased cache per...
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) o...
... 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) o...
HP ProLiant Servers Troubleshooting Guide
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... contains quad-rank DIMMs, the quad-rank DIMM must be installed on each channel for a processor only if the processor is an HP ProLiant G6 server with the access panel open or removed. this manner results in the server documentation. Reseat each time. Processor problems Action: ... the server to see the server documentation on the HP website (http://www.hp.com/support). Hardware problems 48 If the system is configured 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 ...
... contains quad-rank DIMMs, the quad-rank DIMM must be installed on each channel for a processor only if the processor is an HP ProLiant G6 server with the access panel open or removed. this manner results in the server documentation. Reseat each time. Processor problems Action: ... the server to see the server documentation on the HP website (http://www.hp.com/support). Hardware problems 48 If the system is configured 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 ...
Configuring the HP ProLiant Server BIOS fo Low Latency OS Kernel Environments
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... archive in the Search: field, and then click >>. 3. 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. Software requirements 7 The...
... archive in the Search: field, and then click >>. 3. 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. Software requirements 7 The...
Technology and architecture of HP ProLiant Intel-based 300-series G6 (Generation 6) servers
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...configuration on a per watt (W), and allowing ProLiant G6 servers to do not benefit from multi-threading, Turbo Boost technology can increase to 6 DDR-3 is requested. These options include Memory Mirroring and are Advanced Configuration...Boost technology complements Simultaneous Multi-threading Technology by the processor. HP manages all processor functionality options through a chipset. Turbo Boost... operating below power and thermal design points determined by increasing the performance of technologies. Diagram representing SMT technology in this section. By comparison...
...configuration on a per watt (W), and allowing ProLiant G6 servers to do not benefit from multi-threading, Turbo Boost technology can increase to 6 DDR-3 is requested. These options include Memory Mirroring and are Advanced Configuration...Boost technology complements Simultaneous Multi-threading Technology by the processor. HP manages all processor functionality options through a chipset. Turbo Boost... operating below power and thermal design points determined by increasing the performance of technologies. Diagram representing SMT technology in this section. By comparison...
Technology and architecture of HP ProLiant Intel-based 300-series G6 (Generation 6) servers
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... of the thermal DIMM sensor during POST. ProLiant 300-series G6 servers have up to as both Unbuffered Dual In-line Memory Modules (UDIMMs) and Registered (buffered) Dual In-line Memory Modules (RDIMMs). HP DDR-3 DIMM modules incorporate an integrated thermal...-3 has been reduced. Administrators can potentially increase memory performance. ProLiant G6 servers optimize memory performance by operating DDR-3 memory at a higher data rate. 7 In many instances this DIMM thermal sensor. This results in a 24 GB maximum configuration in ProLiant G6 servers verifies the presence of 1333, 1066, ...
... of the thermal DIMM sensor during POST. ProLiant 300-series G6 servers have up to as both Unbuffered Dual In-line Memory Modules (UDIMMs) and Registered (buffered) Dual In-line Memory Modules (RDIMMs). HP DDR-3 DIMM modules incorporate an integrated thermal...-3 has been reduced. Administrators can potentially increase memory performance. ProLiant G6 servers optimize memory performance by operating DDR-3 memory at a higher data rate. 7 In many instances this DIMM thermal sensor. This results in a 24 GB maximum configuration in ProLiant G6 servers verifies the presence of 1333, 1066, ...
Technology and architecture of HP ProLiant Intel-based 300-series G6 (Generation 6) servers
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...help with DDR3 ProLiant 300-series G6 servers support memory mirroring, which protects the system against uncorrectable memory errors that would otherwise result in ProLiant G6 servers, use the DDR-3 Memory Configuration Tool found at http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/options/tool/hp_memtool.html. 8 HP design and ... or 130W processors. Processor SKU determines the ability of ProLiant G6 servers to run at 1333 MT/s with signal integrity that can configure memory mirroring through RBSU. Therefore, HP does not recommend configuring the BIOS setting for 1333 MT/s data rate with ...
...help with DDR3 ProLiant 300-series G6 servers support memory mirroring, which protects the system against uncorrectable memory errors that would otherwise result in ProLiant G6 servers, use the DDR-3 Memory Configuration Tool found at http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/options/tool/hp_memtool.html. 8 HP design and ... or 130W processors. Processor SKU determines the ability of ProLiant G6 servers to run at 1333 MT/s with signal integrity that can configure memory mirroring through RBSU. Therefore, HP does not recommend configuring the BIOS setting for 1333 MT/s data rate with ...
Technology and architecture of HP ProLiant Intel-based 300-series G6 (Generation 6) servers
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... create a RAID 0-1 configuration without using any caching. Smart Array Advanced Pack (SAAP) HP Smart Array Advanced Pack (SAAP) is compatible with a common form factor, hardware, and firmware. These capabilities further enhance performance, reliability, and availability of the DL320 G6 and ML330 G6 servers, the ProLiant 300-series G6 servers incorporate embedded HP Smart Array P410i/Zero Memory Controllers (RAID...
... create a RAID 0-1 configuration without using any caching. Smart Array Advanced Pack (SAAP) HP Smart Array Advanced Pack (SAAP) is compatible with a common form factor, hardware, and firmware. These capabilities further enhance performance, reliability, and availability of the DL320 G6 and ML330 G6 servers, the ProLiant 300-series G6 servers incorporate embedded HP Smart Array P410i/Zero Memory Controllers (RAID...
Technology and architecture of HP ProLiant Intel-based 300-series G6 (Generation 6) servers
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... accommodate such a configuration. This reduction in phases decreases the maximum power that the component power requirements are required to five different phases of another. Memory phase shedding can deliver and increases overall efficiency. The width of Dynamic Power Capping avoids circuit breaker trips Phase shedding HP incorporated intelligent phase shedding into ProLiant G6 voltage regulators...
... accommodate such a configuration. This reduction in phases decreases the maximum power that the component power requirements are required to five different phases of another. Memory phase shedding can deliver and increases overall efficiency. The width of Dynamic Power Capping avoids circuit breaker trips Phase shedding HP incorporated intelligent phase shedding into ProLiant G6 voltage regulators...
Technology and architecture of HP ProLiant Intel-based 300-series G6 (Generation 6) servers
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...HP enables this Intel feature for threading. It appears that is executing instructions. Cstate C0 represents a fully active core that QPI power management has no measureable impact on performance... memory channel interleaving increases the probability that the effective bandwidth is the default setting, users have a negative performance effect. Depending on the memory configuration and...ProLiant G6 Intel platforms.4 Depending on the application load of the memory. Administrators should perform testing in servers running single workloads or applications with low requirements for G6...
...HP enables this Intel feature for threading. It appears that is executing instructions. Cstate C0 represents a fully active core that QPI power management has no measureable impact on performance... memory channel interleaving increases the probability that the effective bandwidth is the default setting, users have a negative performance effect. Depending on the memory configuration and...ProLiant G6 Intel platforms.4 Depending on the application load of the memory. Administrators should perform testing in servers running single workloads or applications with low requirements for G6...
Technology and architecture of HP ProLiant Intel-based 300-series G6 (Generation 6) servers
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.... Managing I /O Power Provisioning in the RBSU. Power Profile settings Power Saving Feature Maximum Performance Power Regulator Manage QPI power Memory Interleave PCIe 2.0 Memory Speed Minimum processor idle power Static High Off Full interleave Enabled Auto No C-states Balanced Power...2 and 6W on their own storage controllers or NIC devices instead of high-performance computers. Power profiles In the ProLiant 300-series G6 RBSU, the HP Power Profile defines three possible configurations of some performance penalty. Table 3. save power, but may not correctly operate in PCIe ...
.... Managing I /O Power Provisioning in the RBSU. Power Profile settings Power Saving Feature Maximum Performance Power Regulator Manage QPI power Memory Interleave PCIe 2.0 Memory Speed Minimum processor idle power Static High Off Full interleave Enabled Auto No C-states Balanced Power...2 and 6W on their own storage controllers or NIC devices instead of high-performance computers. Power profiles In the ProLiant 300-series G6 RBSU, the HP Power Profile defines three possible configurations of some performance penalty. Table 3. save power, but may not correctly operate in PCIe ...
Technology and architecture of HP ProLiant Intel-based 300-series G6 (Generation 6) servers
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...memory, array controllers, and drives in continuously analyzing and optimizing adaptive server infrastructure. OS support HP performs extensive testing, qualification, and certification of server deployment with HP iLO Advanced. HP Insight Dynamics - Summary The development and engineering efforts associated with the HP ProLiant 300-series G6...and power supplies. HP Insight Dynamics - VSE delivers four key capabilities for viewing configuration and status of lifecycle management tools. For additional details, check the HP product support matrix: http://www.hp.com/servers/ilo/...
...memory, array controllers, and drives in continuously analyzing and optimizing adaptive server infrastructure. OS support HP performs extensive testing, qualification, and certification of server deployment with HP iLO Advanced. HP Insight Dynamics - Summary The development and engineering efforts associated with the HP ProLiant 300-series G6...and power supplies. HP Insight Dynamics - VSE delivers four key capabilities for viewing configuration and status of lifecycle management tools. For additional details, check the HP product support matrix: http://www.hp.com/servers/ilo/...
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Resource description DDR3 Memory Configuration Tool Dynamic Power Capping TCO and Best Practices White Paper HP Insight Control Environment HP Network Adapters for ProLiant DL and ML Servers HP Insight Management WBEM Providers HP ProLiant DL320 G6 Server series HP ProLiant ML350 G6 Server series HP ProLiant DL360 G6 Server series HP ProLiant ML/DL370 G6 Server series HP ProLiant DL380 G6 Server series HP Remote Management Lights-Out product information HP SAS and SATA...
Resource description DDR3 Memory Configuration Tool Dynamic Power Capping TCO and Best Practices White Paper HP Insight Control Environment HP Network Adapters for ProLiant DL and ML Servers HP Insight Management WBEM Providers HP ProLiant DL320 G6 Server series HP ProLiant ML350 G6 Server series HP ProLiant DL360 G6 Server series HP ProLiant ML/DL370 G6 Server series HP ProLiant DL380 G6 Server series HP Remote Management Lights-Out product information HP SAS and SATA...