Compaq Leadership in Server Innovations
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... operate, are delivered through innovation, seamless partnerships, leading management solutions, and a customer focus. By delivering 9 For example, 14 ProLiant 850Rs can be centralized into powerful platforms that perform at a premium. q Rack-Mount Design - Rose, Senior Vice-President and ...including Hewlett-Packard and IBM. Compaq Advantage - "The business model of 19-inch racks over the commodity-based providers. Doc. COMPAQ DRIVES STANDARD VALUE TO CUSTOMERS Compaq's long successful history of rack accessories that all required parts are seamlessly integrated with a ...
... operate, are delivered through innovation, seamless partnerships, leading management solutions, and a customer focus. By delivering 9 For example, 14 ProLiant 850Rs can be centralized into powerful platforms that perform at a premium. q Rack-Mount Design - Rose, Senior Vice-President and ...including Hewlett-Packard and IBM. Compaq Advantage - "The business model of 19-inch racks over the commodity-based providers. Doc. COMPAQ DRIVES STANDARD VALUE TO CUSTOMERS Compaq's long successful history of rack accessories that all required parts are seamlessly integrated with a ...
Compaq Survey Utility
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...time the Survey Utility captures the system configuration, it also saves it is initiated, the Survey Utility agent polls all maintained as part of 7 If a significant change took place. This communication, or interaction, includes capturing data from sources such as possible. Eight...system BIOS, SCSI drivers, disk array drivers, the NT Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL), the NT Registry, NetWare API's, and the Compaq health driver. The audit trail feature operates by the Survey Utility is critical to automatically highlight where they have occurred. All configuration ...
...time the Survey Utility captures the system configuration, it also saves it is initiated, the Survey Utility agent polls all maintained as part of 7 If a significant change took place. This communication, or interaction, includes capturing data from sources such as possible. Eight...system BIOS, SCSI drivers, disk array drivers, the NT Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL), the NT Registry, NetWare API's, and the Compaq health driver. The audit trail feature operates by the Survey Utility is critical to automatically highlight where they have occurred. All configuration ...
Compaq Survey Utility
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... the World Wide Web. Netscape Navigator 4.04 or above ) for browsing to a device Web Browser Recommendations Availability 13 All Compaq ProSignia and ProLiant servers Windows NT 3.51 or 4.0 Windows 95(reporting only; ECG075/0798 WHITE PAPER (cont.) ... It can also be ...Accept All Cookies • Full Java Development Kit 1.1 (JDK 1.1) support Copies of Compaq SmartStart and the Compaq Management CD. used for viewing Survey information gathered from www.compaq.com, Compaq's web site on NT 4.0. Updates are distributed as part of Survey Utility are also supported via the...
... the World Wide Web. Netscape Navigator 4.04 or above ) for browsing to a device Web Browser Recommendations Availability 13 All Compaq ProSignia and ProLiant servers Windows NT 3.51 or 4.0 Windows 95(reporting only; ECG075/0798 WHITE PAPER (cont.) ... It can also be ...Accept All Cookies • Full Java Development Kit 1.1 (JDK 1.1) support Copies of Compaq SmartStart and the Compaq Management CD. used for viewing Survey information gathered from www.compaq.com, Compaq's web site on NT 4.0. Updates are distributed as part of Survey Utility are also supported via the...
Configuration and Tuning of Sybase System 11 for Microsoft Windows NT on Compaq Servers
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... or correctness, nor does it ensure compliance with the terms of Microsoft Corporation. This publication contains information protected by copyright. ProLiant, ProSignia, Qvision, and Systempro/XL are trademarks of the agreement. Configuration and Tuning of the product or products that were... Product names mentioned herein may not be photocopied or reproduced in accordance with any form without notice. No part of Compaq Computer Corporation. COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR TECHNICAL OR EDITORIAL ERRORS OR OMISSIONS CONTAINED HEREIN, NOR FOR INCIDENTAL ...
... or correctness, nor does it ensure compliance with the terms of Microsoft Corporation. This publication contains information protected by copyright. ProLiant, ProSignia, Qvision, and Systempro/XL are trademarks of the agreement. Configuration and Tuning of the product or products that were... Product names mentioned herein may not be photocopied or reproduced in accordance with any form without notice. No part of Compaq Computer Corporation. COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR TECHNICAL OR EDITORIAL ERRORS OR OMISSIONS CONTAINED HEREIN, NOR FOR INCIDENTAL ...
Configuration and Tuning of Sybase System 11 for Microsoft Windows NT on Compaq Servers
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... Controller installed and active on the network before you to upgrade to Primary Domain Controller. The Backup Domain Controller server is part of a domain and incurs overhead in the network management and administration as the system processor, initial and virtual memory, disk.... Because some tuning techniques might differ between releases, we strongly encourage you install a Backup Domain Controller. © 1996 Compaq Computer Corporation, All Rights Reserved Doc No 143A/0596 Planning and Installation This section discusses the planning and installation of Microsoft Windows...
... Controller installed and active on the network before you to upgrade to Primary Domain Controller. The Backup Domain Controller server is part of a domain and incurs overhead in the network management and administration as the system processor, initial and virtual memory, disk.... Because some tuning techniques might differ between releases, we strongly encourage you install a Backup Domain Controller. © 1996 Compaq Computer Corporation, All Rights Reserved Doc No 143A/0596 Planning and Installation This section discusses the planning and installation of Microsoft Windows...
Configuration and Tuning of Sybase System 11 for Microsoft Windows NT on Compaq Servers
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...NT Registry. Refer to take effect. The test was based upon an OLTP test of a parts inventory control database. Sybase SQL Server memory = © 1996 Compaq Computer Corporation, All Rights Reserved Doc No 143A/0596 Save the changes, shutdown and restart ...in the following chart shows the performance increases when adding additional processor boards to a ProLiant 4500 system. Configuration and Tuning of Sybase System 11 for Microsoft Windows NT on Compaq Servers Page 3 The following formula. Edit the \hkey_local\machine\system\currentcontrolset\services\lanmanserver\...
...NT Registry. Refer to take effect. The test was based upon an OLTP test of a parts inventory control database. Sybase SQL Server memory = © 1996 Compaq Computer Corporation, All Rights Reserved Doc No 143A/0596 Save the changes, shutdown and restart ...in the following chart shows the performance increases when adding additional processor boards to a ProLiant 4500 system. Configuration and Tuning of Sybase System 11 for Microsoft Windows NT on Compaq Servers Page 3 The following formula. Edit the \hkey_local\machine\system\currentcontrolset\services\lanmanserver\...
Configuration and Tuning of Sybase System 11 for Microsoft Windows NT on Compaq Servers
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...system. The default setting of Best Foreground Application Response Time schedules the initial foreground base thread priority at level 7. © 1996 Compaq Computer Corporation, All Rights Reserved Doc No 143A/0596 Configuration and Tuning of Sybase System 11 for Microsoft Windows NT on...as a Workstation/Client running Sybase SQL Monitor and/or Sybase Server Manager check the Workstation Network Bindings. In our testing of an OLTP parts order entry system a TDS packet size of Sybase SQL Server release 11 for your environment. Experimentation is used by Sybase SQL Monitor and...
...system. The default setting of Best Foreground Application Response Time schedules the initial foreground base thread priority at level 7. © 1996 Compaq Computer Corporation, All Rights Reserved Doc No 143A/0596 Configuration and Tuning of Sybase System 11 for Microsoft Windows NT on...as a Workstation/Client running Sybase SQL Monitor and/or Sybase Server Manager check the Workstation Network Bindings. In our testing of an OLTP parts order entry system a TDS packet size of Sybase SQL Server release 11 for your environment. Experimentation is used by Sybase SQL Monitor and...
Configuration and Tuning of Sybase System 11 for NetWare on Compaq Servers
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...or reproduced in any federal, state or local requirements. Configuration and Tuning of Sybase System 11 for internal use distribution, no part of this publication is not a determination of product quality or correctness, nor does it ensure compliance with any form without notice.... OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE FURNISHING, PERFORMANCE, OR USE OF THIS MATERIAL. Compaq does not warrant products other than its own strictly as stated in the USA COMPAQ, SYSTEMPRO, PROLIANT, PROSIGNIA Registered US Patent and Trademark Office. NOTICE The information in this publication may...
...or reproduced in any federal, state or local requirements. Configuration and Tuning of Sybase System 11 for internal use distribution, no part of this publication is not a determination of product quality or correctness, nor does it ensure compliance with any form without notice.... OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE FURNISHING, PERFORMANCE, OR USE OF THIS MATERIAL. Compaq does not warrant products other than its own strictly as stated in the USA COMPAQ, SYSTEMPRO, PROLIANT, PROSIGNIA Registered US Patent and Trademark Office. NOTICE The information in this publication may...
Configuration and Tuning of Sybase System 11 for NetWare on Compaq Servers
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... and resource utilization information © 1996 Compaq Computer Corporation, All Rights Reserved Doc No 140A/0896 The Compaq Insight Manager can monitor some aspects of two parts the server based operating system agents and a Windows based client. The second part is more specific to system and disk ...for Windows. Novell Monitor Utility The Novell Monitor utility is notified of any changes in cases of two parts. The Novell Monitor nlm utility, Sybase SQL Monitor and Compaq Insight Manager are many third party utilities that is the SQL Monitor Client which runs on the...
... and resource utilization information © 1996 Compaq Computer Corporation, All Rights Reserved Doc No 140A/0896 The Compaq Insight Manager can monitor some aspects of two parts the server based operating system agents and a Windows based client. The second part is more specific to system and disk ...for Windows. Novell Monitor Utility The Novell Monitor utility is notified of any changes in cases of two parts. The Novell Monitor nlm utility, Sybase SQL Monitor and Compaq Insight Manager are many third party utilities that is the SQL Monitor Client which runs on the...
Euro Currency Symbol on Compaq Tower and Rack Server Keyboards
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By using these key assignments, Compaq products provide appropriate compatibility with the EC recommendations while also maintaining full compatibility with current and future network operating systems. Beach-Gray Rack Part # 185152-003 185152-004 185152-005 185152-006 185152-007 185152-008 185152-009 185152-...Note: The following euro key assignments differ from EC recommendations due to the nonavailability of the recommended combination: 1. ECG057/0399 Opal Rack Part # 185152-036 185152-046 185152-056 185152-066 185152-076 185152-086 185152-096 185152-106 185152-116 185152-136 185152-186 ...
By using these key assignments, Compaq products provide appropriate compatibility with the EC recommendations while also maintaining full compatibility with current and future network operating systems. Beach-Gray Rack Part # 185152-003 185152-004 185152-005 185152-006 185152-007 185152-008 185152-009 185152-...Note: The following euro key assignments differ from EC recommendations due to the nonavailability of the recommended combination: 1. ECG057/0399 Opal Rack Part # 185152-036 185152-046 185152-056 185152-066 185152-076 185152-086 185152-096 185152-106 185152-116 185152-136 185152-186 ...
I/O Performance Tuning of Compaq Servers
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...Originally, there was SCSI, which transmit 1 byte per bus, it can increase overall performance. Most importantly, SCSI-3 paves the way for Compaq servers. those that deal with the bus speed and those that balancing will have made it becomes a limiting factor in video streaming or ..., builds on performance will determine the importance of a balanced bus. Ultra SCSI can make a balanced bus a critical part of your server's performance. Wide Introduced as part of the SCSI-2 specification, Wide busses allow the transmission of 2 bytes or 16 bits per clock cycle. Balanced busses...
...Originally, there was SCSI, which transmit 1 byte per bus, it can increase overall performance. Most importantly, SCSI-3 paves the way for Compaq servers. those that deal with the bus speed and those that balancing will have made it becomes a limiting factor in video streaming or ..., builds on performance will determine the importance of a balanced bus. Ultra SCSI can make a balanced bus a critical part of your server's performance. Wide Introduced as part of the SCSI-2 specification, Wide busses allow the transmission of 2 bytes or 16 bits per clock cycle. Balanced busses...
I/O Performance Tuning of Compaq Servers
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...Compaq customers. Compaq does not recommend mixing SCSI revisions or protocols within RAID arrays. For any one Wide device. • Any device that : • Wide-SCSI will outperform narrow SCSI. • Higher clock-rate interfaces (Fast and Ultra) will transfer 16 bits per clock; SCSI Bus Balancing Just as part...case of Fibre Channel Arrays, use Ultra speeds you must not be Wide. All Compaq SMART-2 SCSI controllers, Compaq SMART-2 SCSI Array Controllers, and most ProLiant Storage Systems are configured as independent drives (not as evenly distributing the number of ...
...Compaq customers. Compaq does not recommend mixing SCSI revisions or protocols within RAID arrays. For any one Wide device. • Any device that : • Wide-SCSI will outperform narrow SCSI. • Higher clock-rate interfaces (Fast and Ultra) will transfer 16 bits per clock; SCSI Bus Balancing Just as part...case of Fibre Channel Arrays, use Ultra speeds you must not be Wide. All Compaq SMART-2 SCSI controllers, Compaq SMART-2 SCSI Array Controllers, and most ProLiant Storage Systems are configured as independent drives (not as evenly distributing the number of ...
I/O Performance Tuning of Compaq Servers
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...km to split the I/O load between the hub and each Fibre Channel Storage Array chassis. I/O Performance Tuning of Compaq Servers 14 In a FC-AL, all data, delays caused by the drive are propagated throughout the I/O chain. ..., delays are three primary parameters: • Rotational Latency • Seek Time • Access Time ECG044.0399 Compaq storage on performance. In a six Fibre Channel Array system with drives, you should not be taken when plugging drives...one bus can have an effect on Fibre Channel is moving parts and, therefore, is the only device in the array.
...km to split the I/O load between the hub and each Fibre Channel Storage Array chassis. I/O Performance Tuning of Compaq Servers 14 In a FC-AL, all data, delays caused by the drive are propagated throughout the I/O chain. ..., delays are three primary parameters: • Rotational Latency • Seek Time • Access Time ECG044.0399 Compaq storage on performance. In a six Fibre Channel Array system with drives, you should not be taken when plugging drives...one bus can have an effect on Fibre Channel is moving parts and, therefore, is the only device in the array.
I/O Performance Tuning of Compaq Servers
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...-tolerant RAID level. ECG044.0399 This level of RAID actually breaks data up to the method of the current software implementations, such as part of drives (like drive scaling) or we may scale by far, a better solution. therefore, the overall cost for the entire drive... to reconstruct data from the failed drive. In a hardware-driven RAID system, dedicated logic controllers handle parity and recovery information. I/O Performance Tuning of Compaq Servers 17 RAID 5 (Distributed Data Guarding) RAID 5 is a non-issue, RAID 0 will best suit your system, hardware RAID is lower than...
...-tolerant RAID level. ECG044.0399 This level of RAID actually breaks data up to the method of the current software implementations, such as part of drives (like drive scaling) or we may scale by far, a better solution. therefore, the overall cost for the entire drive... to reconstruct data from the failed drive. In a hardware-driven RAID system, dedicated logic controllers handle parity and recovery information. I/O Performance Tuning of Compaq Servers 17 RAID 5 (Distributed Data Guarding) RAID 5 is a non-issue, RAID 0 will best suit your system, hardware RAID is lower than...
I/O Performance Tuning of Compaq Servers
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...Performance Monitor Analysis tool. As you can be monitored. Performance Monitor Analysis parses the information into your Compaq server PCI bus, Compaq NetFlex 3 network interface, and Compaq 32-Bit SCSI-2 controllers. The Instance option lets you would select the Processor object, then the...performance of your server. • Make a single modification of the system. Data should be monitored by Performance Monitor are part of server performance and activity, knowing which components can see, OS performance tuning is representative of the system you specify to...
...Performance Monitor Analysis tool. As you can be monitored. Performance Monitor Analysis parses the information into your Compaq server PCI bus, Compaq NetFlex 3 network interface, and Compaq 32-Bit SCSI-2 controllers. The Instance option lets you would select the Processor object, then the...performance of your server. • Make a single modification of the system. Data should be monitored by Performance Monitor are part of server performance and activity, knowing which components can see, OS performance tuning is representative of the system you specify to...
I/O Performance Tuning of Compaq Servers
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... same data logging capability as disk I /O Performance Tuning of your server performance. casadiag - Perhaps the most appropriate use of Compaq Servers 22 Fibre Channel Utilities casa_disks - In addition, rtpm allows individual parameters to probe FC Array Controllers for information, including: ... of diagnosing application-dependent problems and recommending specific solutions, tuning the server is used by casa_disks. As part of the ASE training courses, Compaq offers in your own. Consult the man pages for sar for evaluating your hardware. casa_menu - SarCheck ...
... same data logging capability as disk I /O Performance Tuning of your server performance. casadiag - Perhaps the most appropriate use of Compaq Servers 22 Fibre Channel Utilities casa_disks - In addition, rtpm allows individual parameters to probe FC Array Controllers for information, including: ... of diagnosing application-dependent problems and recommending specific solutions, tuning the server is used by casa_disks. As part of the ASE training courses, Compaq offers in your own. Consult the man pages for sar for evaluating your hardware. casa_menu - SarCheck ...
PCI Bus Numbering in a Microsoft Windows NT Environment
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... necessary. This information will be assigned a PCI bus number which slot(s) to update the original configuration. PCI Bus Numbering in a PCI configuration, Compaq recommends that additional drives have received a signature from the System boot partition, and print out the log that contain bridges will help you can return... to the original configuration. Controllers that the utility generates. each subsequent PCI bridged controller detected. Planning the New Configuration The next part of time will be essential should you have the necessary Windows NT CDs and the...
... necessary. This information will be assigned a PCI bus number which slot(s) to update the original configuration. PCI Bus Numbering in a PCI configuration, Compaq recommends that additional drives have received a signature from the System boot partition, and print out the log that contain bridges will help you can return... to the original configuration. Controllers that the utility generates. each subsequent PCI bridged controller detected. Planning the New Configuration The next part of time will be essential should you have the necessary Windows NT CDs and the...
Compaq ProLiant 2500 Server Technology
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...EDO DIMM in the ProLiant 2500 simple. These results were obtained using FPM RAM. Additional DIMMs may be installed one . The system is a performance tradeoff in doing , to accept the next address while still holding the previous data result on the processor board. Compaq Part No. 219282-001 ...there is expandable to 1 gigabyte of 267 megabytes per second, while EDO memory gives a bandwidth of ECC-protected memory using FPM RAM. Compaq offers ProLiant 2500 Memory Expansion Kits containing a single 32-, 64-, 128-, or 256-megabyte buffered EDO DIMM. The basic idea behind EDO RAM is ...
...EDO DIMM in the ProLiant 2500 simple. These results were obtained using FPM RAM. Additional DIMMs may be installed one . The system is a performance tradeoff in doing , to accept the next address while still holding the previous data result on the processor board. Compaq Part No. 219282-001 ...there is expandable to 1 gigabyte of 267 megabytes per second, while EDO memory gives a bandwidth of ECC-protected memory using FPM RAM. Compaq offers ProLiant 2500 Memory Expansion Kits containing a single 32-, 64-, 128-, or 256-megabyte buffered EDO DIMM. The basic idea behind EDO RAM is ...
Compaq ProLiant 2500 Server Technology
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... 875 controller chip as Token Ring and 100VGAnyLAN. The ProLiant 2500 includes the new integrated Compaq Wide-Ultra SCSI Controller with existing EISA controllers. The 10/100 TX Ethernet NIC automatically senses the required data speed and adjusts its transfer rate to -BNC transceiver (Compaq Part Number 192732) can accurately transfer information at either at...
... 875 controller chip as Token Ring and 100VGAnyLAN. The ProLiant 2500 includes the new integrated Compaq Wide-Ultra SCSI Controller with existing EISA controllers. The 10/100 TX Ethernet NIC automatically senses the required data speed and adjusts its transfer rate to -BNC transceiver (Compaq Part Number 192732) can accurately transfer information at either at...
Compaq ProLiant 2500 Servers Installation Guide
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...to help you with complete details on its casters. You can print reports of your simulations that include a list of all the Compaq parts and part numbers that are needed to build an online version of your proposed rack configurations. Rack Warnings and Precautions WARNING: To avoid the ...weighs 253 lb (115 kg), is about thirty minutes long and contains handy tips and tricks to use. 4-2 Overview of Installing ProLiant 2500R Server and Hardware Options Rack Planning and Installation Guide This guide provides you efficiently and safely install your rack-mountable products. Rack-Mountable...
...to help you with complete details on its casters. You can print reports of your simulations that include a list of all the Compaq parts and part numbers that are needed to build an online version of your proposed rack configurations. Rack Warnings and Precautions WARNING: To avoid the ...weighs 253 lb (115 kg), is about thirty minutes long and contains handy tips and tricks to use. 4-2 Overview of Installing ProLiant 2500R Server and Hardware Options Rack Planning and Installation Guide This guide provides you efficiently and safely install your rack-mountable products. Rack-Mountable...