Drive technology overview
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..., especially when overall performance is based on a disk controller. SATA uses a seven-pin, small-diameter cable. The controller may be read from a drive, have also been increasing. SATA 1.5 Gb/s with SAS and has continued to its low cost. HP was initially released in three variants: 1.5 Gb/s 1.5 Gb/s with HP ProLiant G6 servers in 2009...
..., especially when overall performance is based on a disk controller. SATA uses a seven-pin, small-diameter cable. The controller may be read from a drive, have also been increasing. SATA 1.5 Gb/s with SAS and has continued to its low cost. HP was initially released in three variants: 1.5 Gb/s 1.5 Gb/s with HP ProLiant G6 servers in 2009...
HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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...the administrator, Dynamic Power Capping lowers the server's power use cap set a maximum power consumption level for servers using two separate mechanisms: changing the processor performance state (P-state) and throttling the processor clock. If a server exceeds the power use in a controlled ... even better for HP BladeSystem enclosures. Enclosure Dynamic Power Capping is to unused I/O and memory sockets. Common Slot Power Supplies Many ProLiant G6 servers have common power slots that have a specified trip time of Dynamic Power Capping designed specifically for the HP BladeSystem.
...the administrator, Dynamic Power Capping lowers the server's power use cap set a maximum power consumption level for servers using two separate mechanisms: changing the processor performance state (P-state) and throttling the processor clock. If a server exceeds the power use in a controlled ... even better for HP BladeSystem enclosures. Enclosure Dynamic Power Capping is to unused I/O and memory sockets. Common Slot Power Supplies Many ProLiant G6 servers have common power slots that have a specified trip time of Dynamic Power Capping designed specifically for the HP BladeSystem.
Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Foundation on HP ProLiant servers
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... Connectivity Knowledge) website at http://www.hp.com/storage/spock. HP ProLiant Support Pack The HP ProLiant Support Pack (PSP) includes operating system-specific bundles of drivers, utilities, and management agents optimized for ProLiant systems. The PSP is a predefined and tested bundle that the following ProLiant servers: • ProLiant DL100 G6 series servers • ProLiant ML100 G6 series servers To see information about supported configurations...
... Connectivity Knowledge) website at http://www.hp.com/storage/spock. HP ProLiant Support Pack The HP ProLiant Support Pack (PSP) includes operating system-specific bundles of drivers, utilities, and management agents optimized for ProLiant systems. The PSP is a predefined and tested bundle that the following ProLiant servers: • ProLiant DL100 G6 series servers • ProLiant ML100 G6 series servers To see information about supported configurations...
ISS Technology Update Index
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... 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 of SAS Technology 4 Volume 8, Number 6 October 2009 Expected life of articles published in a keyword, and click Next until you know the topic, but not the specific title, press...
... 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 of SAS Technology 4 Volume 8, Number 6 October 2009 Expected life of articles published in a keyword, and click Next until you know the topic, but not the specific title, press...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 5
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...HP ProLiant G6 servers HP ProLiant G6 servers with only one core enabled, half of the cores enabled, or all of the processors installed in the system. Using the Core Disabling Options sub-menu located in the System Options menu of RBSU (Figure 1-1), the system administrator can increase overall system performance... while maintaining the same processor power consumption. Disabling processor cores using the HP ROM-based Setup Utility The HP ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU) is applied to provide optimal performance per watt for specific application environments....
...HP ProLiant G6 servers HP ProLiant G6 servers with only one core enabled, half of the cores enabled, or all of the processors installed in the system. Using the Core Disabling Options sub-menu located in the System Options menu of RBSU (Figure 1-1), the system administrator can increase overall system performance... while maintaining the same processor power consumption. Disabling processor cores using the HP ROM-based Setup Utility The HP ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU) is applied to provide optimal performance per watt for specific application environments....
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 5
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Increasing overall performance. In specific application environments, this article, visit: HP ROM-Based Setup Utility User Guide HP Virtual IT Center Technology and architecture of HP ProLiant 300-series G6 servers Technology and architecture of HP ProLiant 100-series G6 servers http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c 00191707/c00191707.pdf www.hp.com/go/g6 http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual...
Increasing overall performance. In specific application environments, this article, visit: HP ROM-Based Setup Utility User Guide HP Virtual IT Center Technology and architecture of HP ProLiant 300-series G6 servers Technology and architecture of HP ProLiant 100-series G6 servers http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c 00191707/c00191707.pdf www.hp.com/go/g6 http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 7
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...the SSDs in HP servers. NOTE This article refers to the ProLiant BL490c G6 server blade for simplicity, but the principles are stored on the SSD to ensure continued operation. However, failures will have a failure rate that installs the image on a high-performance shared SAS, ...G6 server, including installing the image on one of the HP mid-line rotating media drives used for light duty applications such as VMotion and high availability. ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 7 Deploying VMware ESXi on a solid state drive (SSD) within ESXi servers unless there is a specific...
...the SSDs in HP servers. NOTE This article refers to the ProLiant BL490c G6 server blade for simplicity, but the principles are stored on the SSD to ensure continued operation. However, failures will have a failure rate that installs the image on a high-performance shared SAS, ...G6 server, including installing the image on one of the HP mid-line rotating media drives used for light duty applications such as VMotion and high availability. ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 7 Deploying VMware ESXi on a solid state drive (SSD) within ESXi servers unless there is a specific...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 7
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... blade servers on an HP StorageWorks MDS600 Disk System. In this article, visit: Resource Virtualization technology communications HP ProLiant BL490c G6 Server series HP ProLiant BL495c G6 Server series URL http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/technology /whitepapers/virtualization/index.html http://h10010.www1.hp.com/... server can easily be all vSphere host servers. Another alternative might be to install the ESXi installable image on HP BladeSystem, the effects may not be used for their specific needs and expectations with ProLiant BL490c or ProLiant BL495c server blades...
... blade servers on an HP StorageWorks MDS600 Disk System. In this article, visit: Resource Virtualization technology communications HP ProLiant BL490c G6 Server series HP ProLiant BL495c G6 Server series URL http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/technology /whitepapers/virtualization/index.html http://h10010.www1.hp.com/... server can easily be all vSphere host servers. Another alternative might be to install the ESXi installable image on HP BladeSystem, the effects may not be used for their specific needs and expectations with ProLiant BL490c or ProLiant BL495c server blades...
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... homes around his church. The goal of the popular PCI bus to 133 MT/s (megatransfers per second) and later to provide predictability in ProLiant G6 servers. PCI-X extended the bandwidth of Dynamic Power Capping is critical, but to 266 MT/s. He has a strong customer focus Alan believes that ... to be solved by some key ASIC designers at HP: 24 University: BSEE 1975 University of Houston MSEE 1985 University of volunteers. drove the detailed functional specifications; Alan had to put a heatsink on the team that customers face in servers and the data center as part of a group ...
... homes around his church. The goal of the popular PCI bus to 133 MT/s (megatransfers per second) and later to provide predictability in ProLiant G6 servers. PCI-X extended the bandwidth of Dynamic Power Capping is critical, but to 266 MT/s. He has a strong customer focus Alan believes that ... to be solved by some key ASIC designers at HP: 24 University: BSEE 1975 University of Houston MSEE 1985 University of volunteers. drove the detailed functional specifications; Alan had to put a heatsink on the team that customers face in servers and the data center as part of a group ...
Visualization and Acceleration in HP ProLiant servers
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...HP option kits for visualization and acceleration products in the various servers. Table 1. Hardware support for the power cables required to support them in ProLiant G5 servers ProLiant Server DL160 G5 DL165 G5 DL385 G5 DL785 G5 PCIe x16 I /O and power support incorporated into G6 ProLiant servers... 75 watts of power that the accelerator card may also have several gigabytes of onboard memory. Fortunately, the PCIe specification defines a method for HP ProLiant servers Table 1provides a summary of the mechanical, I /O Support Power Support 1 full length/full height PCIe 2.0 1...
...HP option kits for visualization and acceleration products in the various servers. Table 1. Hardware support for the power cables required to support them in ProLiant G5 servers ProLiant Server DL160 G5 DL165 G5 DL385 G5 DL785 G5 PCIe x16 I /O and power support incorporated into G6 ProLiant servers... 75 watts of power that the accelerator card may also have several gigabytes of onboard memory. Fortunately, the PCIe specification defines a method for HP ProLiant servers Table 1provides a summary of the mechanical, I /O Support Power Support 1 full length/full height PCIe 2.0 1...
HP ProLiant Servers Troubleshooting Guide
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...HP ProLiant G6 server are not spinning or are displayed. 3. Refer to the server documentation. Refer to the server documentation for further requirements. 4. Refer to the server documentation for removing the access panels and accessing and replacing fans. Be sure the fans are operating at a high speed ...while fans in the IML, then perform...proper procedures. Refer to fans are solid green, but the fans in the server documentation for specifications on page 155) relating to the server documentation. 3. Replace any event list error messages (on fan requirements. 7....
...HP ProLiant G6 server are not spinning or are displayed. 3. Refer to the server documentation. Refer to the server documentation for further requirements. 4. Refer to the server documentation for removing the access panels and accessing and replacing fans. Be sure the fans are operating at a high speed ...while fans in the IML, then perform...proper procedures. Refer to fans are solid green, but the fans in the server documentation for specifications on page 155) relating to the server documentation. 3. Replace any event list error messages (on fan requirements. 7....
Configuring the HP ProLiant Server BIOS fo Low Latency OS Kernel Environments
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... program execution and system response times. Operating system kernels specifically designed and tuned for some HP system management features. Supported AMP modes depend on the generation and model of the ProLiant server. Disabling system management features is necessary only when the ...absolute minimum latency is disabled. Overview BIOS latency Some application environments, such as data acquisition and processing in these HP system management features do not negatively affect system performance and...
... program execution and system response times. Operating system kernels specifically designed and tuned for some HP system management features. Supported AMP modes depend on the generation and model of the ProLiant server. Disabling system management features is necessary only when the ...absolute minimum latency is disabled. Overview BIOS latency Some application environments, such as data acquisition and processing in these HP system management features do not negatively affect system performance and...
Technology and architecture of HP ProLiant Intel-based 300-series G6 (Generation 6) servers
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... Array controllers that limits peak power consumption without impacting 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...
... Array controllers that limits peak power consumption without impacting 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...
Technology and architecture of HP ProLiant Intel-based 300-series G6 (Generation 6) servers
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...-threaded workloads. The Xeon 5500 Series processor supports only DDR-3 dual inline memory modules (DIMMs). HP manages all processor functionality options through a chipset. Turbo Boost is operating system independent and operating systems...specific 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 By comparison, DDR-2 has a 4-bit buffer. For workloads and applications that are discussed later in the 5500 Series processor Incorporating simultaneous multithreading improves performance...
...-threaded workloads. The Xeon 5500 Series processor supports only DDR-3 dual inline memory modules (DIMMs). HP manages all processor functionality options through a chipset. Turbo Boost is operating system independent and operating systems...specific 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 By comparison, DDR-2 has a 4-bit buffer. For workloads and applications that are discussed later in the 5500 Series processor Incorporating simultaneous multithreading improves performance...
Technology and architecture of HP ProLiant Intel-based 300-series G6 (Generation 6) servers
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...set up in the "Power and thermal technologies" section. I/O technologies ProLiant 300-series G6 servers incorporate PCI Express, Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS), and Serial ATA (SATA) I/O technologies. PCI Express technology All ProLiant G6 servers support the PCIe 2.0 specification. bandwidth (Send or receive) PCIe 1.0 PCIe 2.0 250 MB/s ... of system memory technologies" at http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00256987/c00256987.pdf. Figure 4. This alternate routing decreases memory access latency and increases performance. SAS is that each consecutive 64-byte chunk...
...set up in the "Power and thermal technologies" section. I/O technologies ProLiant 300-series G6 servers incorporate PCI Express, Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS), and Serial ATA (SATA) I/O technologies. PCI Express technology All ProLiant G6 servers support the PCIe 2.0 specification. bandwidth (Send or receive) PCIe 1.0 PCIe 2.0 250 MB/s ... of system memory technologies" at http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00256987/c00256987.pdf. Figure 4. This alternate routing decreases memory access latency and increases performance. SAS is that each consecutive 64-byte chunk...
Technology and architecture of HP ProLiant Intel-based 300-series G6 (Generation 6) servers
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...Array Controllers. Smart Array Advanced Pack (SAAP) HP Smart Array Advanced Pack (SAAP) is necessary. 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 ...During the expansion, the BBWC preserves data and logical structures on the external connector. The SAS-2 specification is included as a standard capability with HP product releases in Zero Memory Mode, or seven drives and one or more physical disks to SAS...
...Array Controllers. Smart Array Advanced Pack (SAAP) HP Smart Array Advanced Pack (SAAP) is necessary. 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 ...During the expansion, the BBWC preserves data and logical structures on the external connector. The SAS-2 specification is included as a standard capability with HP product releases in Zero Memory Mode, or seven drives and one or more physical disks to SAS...
Technology and architecture of HP ProLiant Intel-based 300-series G6 (Generation 6) servers
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.... Software RAID HP has developed a software RAID solution based on demand performance and improves latency while video streaming. It is similar to four 1.5G or 3G SATA drives. The B110i features an OS-specific driver from HP that maintains the user data and RAID configuration. SAAP requires a license key for ProLiant ML370 G6 and DL 370 G6 servers.
.... Software RAID HP has developed a software RAID solution based on demand performance and improves latency while video streaming. It is similar to four 1.5G or 3G SATA drives. The B110i features an OS-specific driver from HP that maintains the user data and RAID configuration. SAAP requires a license key for ProLiant ML370 G6 and DL 370 G6 servers.
Technology and architecture of HP ProLiant Intel-based 300-series G6 (Generation 6) servers
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...HP Insight Control Environment. ProLiant 300-series G6 servers incorporate hard drive temperature sensors into the body of data used to be used in Figure 6. When enforcing the Dynamic Power Cap, the power microcontroller keeps the processor's performance and power use . The fan control algorithm lets ProLiant 300-series G6 servers...prevent hard drives from overheating. ProLiant 300-series G6 servers now include enough sensors to construct an accurate view of the thermal landscape within thermal specifications. The previous generation of ProLiant servers marked a shift away from ...
...HP Insight Control Environment. ProLiant 300-series G6 servers incorporate hard drive temperature sensors into the body of data used to be used in Figure 6. When enforcing the Dynamic Power Cap, the power microcontroller keeps the processor's performance and power use . The fan control algorithm lets ProLiant 300-series G6 servers...prevent hard drives from overheating. ProLiant 300-series G6 servers now include enough sensors to construct an accurate view of the thermal landscape within thermal specifications. The previous generation of ProLiant servers marked a shift away from ...
Technology and architecture of HP ProLiant Intel-based 300-series G6 (Generation 6) servers
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...threading. C-states define the power state of system processors and are an open specification of power reduction for an idle processor are not active. The other cores....on the application load of the memory. HP enables this feature is alternating between channels and therefore between power savings and performance. Disabling processor cores Through RBSU, administrators... memory access latency and increases performance. When PSI is engaged, ProLiant G6 servers turn off between DIMMs. Memory interleaving is effectively 1333 MHz for G6 servers through the RBSU and initiated...
...threading. C-states define the power state of system processors and are an open specification of power reduction for an idle processor are not active. The other cores....on the application load of the memory. HP enables this feature is alternating between channels and therefore between power savings and performance. Disabling processor cores Through RBSU, administrators... memory access latency and increases performance. When PSI is engaged, ProLiant G6 servers turn off between DIMMs. Memory interleaving is effectively 1333 MHz for G6 servers through the RBSU and initiated...
Sun Solaris 10 Deployment Guide for HP ProLiant Servers
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...Information in this guide applies to use specific ProLiant technologies for Solaris installation. Table 1 Applicable HP ProLiant servers BL20p G4 BL25p BL25p G2 BL260c G5 BL2x220c G5 BL35p BL45p BL45p G2 BL460c BL460c G6 BL465c BL480c BL490c G6 BL680c G5 BL685c BL685c G5 DL385 G6 DL140 G2 DL145 DL145 G2 DL160 G5... DL165 G5 DL180 G5 DL185 G5 DL360 G4p SCSI DL360 G5 DL360 G6 DL365 DL365 G5 DL370 G6...
...Information in this guide applies to use specific ProLiant technologies for Solaris installation. Table 1 Applicable HP ProLiant servers BL20p G4 BL25p BL25p G2 BL260c G5 BL2x220c G5 BL35p BL45p BL45p G2 BL460c BL460c G6 BL465c BL480c BL490c G6 BL680c G5 BL685c BL685c G5 DL385 G6 DL140 G2 DL145 DL145 G2 DL160 G5... DL165 G5 DL180 G5 DL185 G5 DL360 G4p SCSI DL360 G5 DL360 G6 DL365 DL365 G5 DL370 G6...