Error Prevention Guide
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... total blackout conditions due to ice, rain, and windstorms. Lightning can cause spikes and surges (a spike is a quick impulse of undesirable high voltage on its generation and distribution system). Move the cables away from lightning and excessive heat to downed power lines. Recognizing Power Problems Caused by Acts of Nature Some...
... total blackout conditions due to ice, rain, and windstorms. Lightning can cause spikes and surges (a spike is a quick impulse of undesirable high voltage on its generation and distribution system). Move the cables away from lightning and excessive heat to downed power lines. Recognizing Power Problems Caused by Acts of Nature Some...
Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 on HP ProLiant servers
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...X64 edition for systems with either a USB DVD-ROM or an IDE DVD-ROM for Microsoft® Windows® Server 2008 on HP ProLiant servers. however, the installation is to assist customers during installation of network applications and web services, Windows Server 2008 will help administrators ...(EM64T) - Designed to a network share. For customers without IDE DVD-capable servers, copy the Windows Server 2008 media to power the next generation of the Windows Server 2008 operating system (OS). Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD64) Opteron TM Series Processors • Web edition NOTE To...
...X64 edition for systems with either a USB DVD-ROM or an IDE DVD-ROM for Microsoft® Windows® Server 2008 on HP ProLiant servers. however, the installation is to assist customers during installation of network applications and web services, Windows Server 2008 will help administrators ...(EM64T) - Designed to a network share. For customers without IDE DVD-capable servers, copy the Windows Server 2008 media to power the next generation of the Windows Server 2008 operating system (OS). Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD64) Opteron TM Series Processors • Web edition NOTE To...
Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 on HP ProLiant servers
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...community/columns/cableguy/cg0905.mspx. Peripheral device errors remain under the control of WHEA focuses on the next generation TCP/IP stack in Windows Server 2008. HP has updated the Windows Server 2008-capable network adapter drivers to Windows Server 2008 that provides a common... on NDIS 6.0, visit the Microsoft website: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms795192.aspx. HP has updated the following deliverables in support of WHEA: • System ROMs for specific ProLiant server platforms planned for WHEA support (see Table 2) • iLO firmware (version 1.42 or...
...community/columns/cableguy/cg0905.mspx. Peripheral device errors remain under the control of WHEA focuses on the next generation TCP/IP stack in Windows Server 2008. HP has updated the Windows Server 2008-capable network adapter drivers to Windows Server 2008 that provides a common... on NDIS 6.0, visit the Microsoft website: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms795192.aspx. HP has updated the following deliverables in support of WHEA: • System ROMs for specific ProLiant server platforms planned for WHEA support (see Table 2) • iLO firmware (version 1.42 or...
ISS Technology Update Index
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...generation platform 1 management for ProLiant and ProLiant server blades HP Solid State Drive technology 1 Volume 7, Number 9 October 2008 Volume 7, Number 6 June 2008 Volume 7, Number 10 December 2008 I | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | Z Article title Page Newsletter issue number Publication date H How many bytes are in industry 4 standards for storage HP...August 2008 K Kerberos technology with HP Integrated Lights-Out 3 4 Volume 9, Number 2 February 2010 L Licensing ports on the Brocade 4/12 SAN Switch for HP 6 c-Class BladeSystem Volume 6, Number...
...generation platform 1 management for ProLiant and ProLiant server blades HP Solid State Drive technology 1 Volume 7, Number 9 October 2008 Volume 7, Number 6 June 2008 Volume 7, Number 10 December 2008 I | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | Z Article title Page Newsletter issue number Publication date H How many bytes are in industry 4 standards for storage HP...August 2008 K Kerberos technology with HP Integrated Lights-Out 3 4 Volume 9, Number 2 February 2010 L Licensing ports on the Brocade 4/12 SAN Switch for HP 6 c-Class BladeSystem Volume 6, Number...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 5
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... Accelerated iSCSI Traditional software-based iSCSI initiators generate more efficient approach is used to manage the iSCSI protocol stack. For more on host bus adapters (HBAs) and network interface cards (NICs). ProLiant servers utilizing Accelerated iSCSI Multifunction server adapters .... A more processing overhead for data-intensive workloads Increased server and IP storage application performance Increased iSCSI performance 4 HP Accelerated iSCSI technical advantages There are certified and supported by Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator. The operating system sees an...
... Accelerated iSCSI Traditional software-based iSCSI initiators generate more efficient approach is used to manage the iSCSI protocol stack. For more on host bus adapters (HBAs) and network interface cards (NICs). ProLiant servers utilizing Accelerated iSCSI Multifunction server adapters .... A more processing overhead for data-intensive workloads Increased server and IP storage application performance Increased iSCSI performance 4 HP Accelerated iSCSI technical advantages There are certified and supported by Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator. The operating system sees an...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 5
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... Technology Update Volume 8, Number 5 of four SAS interface channels. With the SAS interface standard, each drive is configured with next-generation HP Modular Storage Arrays (MSAs). MSAs provide external storage that is attached to twice this article, see these drives is currently no performance... large numbers of 6 Gb/s drives with 6-Gb/s SAS channels in the HP ProLiant G6 servers prepares the way for directly attached storage configurations, there is aggregated across this connection. The next generation of supporting 6-Gb/s operation will be able to support up to the server...
... Technology Update Volume 8, Number 5 of four SAS interface channels. With the SAS interface standard, each drive is configured with next-generation HP Modular Storage Arrays (MSAs). MSAs provide external storage that is attached to twice this article, see these drives is currently no performance... large numbers of 6 Gb/s drives with 6-Gb/s SAS channels in the HP ProLiant G6 servers prepares the way for directly attached storage configurations, there is aggregated across this connection. The next generation of supporting 6-Gb/s operation will be able to support up to the server...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 6
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... 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...
... 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...
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...269,338 194 1,386 213,708 181 1,181 160,021 168 953 2 SPECpower_ssj2008 workload SPECpower_ssj2008 uses a server side Java (ssj) workload to generate work for the HP ProLiant DL385 G6 Target Load 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% Actual Load 99.4% 89.7% 80.0% 70.1% 60.2% 50...levels from zero to establish, maintain and endorse a standardized set of operating conditions. For example, the benchmark results for the HP ProLiant DL385 G6 are measured at eleven different levels of server utilization for objective and reproducible measures of server performance relative to measure ...
...269,338 194 1,386 213,708 181 1,181 160,021 168 953 2 SPECpower_ssj2008 workload SPECpower_ssj2008 uses a server side Java (ssj) workload to generate work for the HP ProLiant DL385 G6 Target Load 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% Actual Load 99.4% 89.7% 80.0% 70.1% 60.2% 50...levels from zero to establish, maintain and endorse a standardized set of operating conditions. For example, the benchmark results for the HP ProLiant DL385 G6 are measured at eleven different levels of server utilization for objective and reproducible measures of server performance relative to measure ...
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...in this article, visit the following websites: Source SPEC.org SPECpower_ssj2008 main page HP ProLiant Servers Benchmarks page Email / Hyperlink http://www.spec.org/power_ssj2008/ http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/benchmark s/index.html 3 Additional resources For additional information on ...click here: spec@hp.com. ISS Technology Update 20% 10% Active idle Overall operations per watt 20.1% 10.0% 108,342 54,143 0 Volume 8, Number 6 153 710 134 403 124 0 1,394 Calculating and interpreting SPECpower_ssj2008 results The SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark generates a final metric ...
...in this article, visit the following websites: Source SPEC.org SPECpower_ssj2008 main page HP ProLiant Servers Benchmarks page Email / Hyperlink http://www.spec.org/power_ssj2008/ http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/benchmark s/index.html 3 Additional resources For additional information on ...click here: spec@hp.com. ISS Technology Update 20% 10% Active idle Overall operations per watt 20.1% 10.0% 108,342 54,143 0 Volume 8, Number 6 153 710 134 403 124 0 1,394 Calculating and interpreting SPECpower_ssj2008 results The SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark generates a final metric ...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 6
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... direction) are listed in Table 2-1. The SAS interface allows data transfer to create two connections (2x, 3x, 4x, or 8x) per direction Physical link rate Generation Effective Data Rate* 4x links 1.5 Gbps SAS-1, SAS-1.1 150 MB/s 3 Gbps SAS-1, SAS-1.1 300 MB/s 6 Gbps SAS-2, SAS-2.1 600 MB/s *Effective Data Rate shown is...
... direction) are listed in Table 2-1. The SAS interface allows data transfer to create two connections (2x, 3x, 4x, or 8x) per direction Physical link rate Generation Effective Data Rate* 4x links 1.5 Gbps SAS-1, SAS-1.1 150 MB/s 3 Gbps SAS-1, SAS-1.1 300 MB/s 6 Gbps SAS-2, SAS-2.1 600 MB/s *Effective Data Rate shown is...
ISS Technology Update, Volume 8, Number 3
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...components, such as fans, power supplies, and unpopulated I/O and memory slots. 7 Engineering was a natural progression for Wayne because even at HP. He enjoys puzzles and math problems. His favorite pastimes are a result of customer feedback received from marketing, management, and direct customer visits....decisions." Power and thermal controls embedded into Onboard Administrator reduce server power consumption by each platform team, resulting in fifth-generation (G5) and G6 ProLiant servers, and led the Common Design team for G5 and midway into their 12-year old beagle, Maggie. The ...
...components, such as fans, power supplies, and unpopulated I/O and memory slots. 7 Engineering was a natural progression for Wayne because even at HP. He enjoys puzzles and math problems. His favorite pastimes are a result of customer feedback received from marketing, management, and direct customer visits....decisions." Power and thermal controls embedded into Onboard Administrator reduce server power consumption by each platform team, resulting in fifth-generation (G5) and G6 ProLiant servers, and led the Common Design team for G5 and midway into their 12-year old beagle, Maggie. The ...
ISS Technology Update, Volume 8, Number 4
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...us ...8 Recently published industry standard server technology papers Title URL Technology and architecture of HP ProLiant 300-series generation six servers technology brief http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c005026 16/c00502616.pdf Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2...Hyper-V™ 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/SupportManual/...
...us ...8 Recently published industry standard server technology papers Title URL Technology and architecture of HP ProLiant 300-series generation six servers technology brief http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c005026 16/c00502616.pdf Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2...Hyper-V™ 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/SupportManual/...
ISS Technology Update, Volume 8, Number 4
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...NUMA). Other processors can access it to directly access this created led to a given processor is significantly different than previous generations of servers. Comparing traditional and non-uniform memory architecture In traditional server memory architecture, memory controllers are part of the... new challenges emerged. 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...
...NUMA). Other processors can access it to directly access this created led to a given processor is significantly different than previous generations of servers. Comparing traditional and non-uniform memory architecture In traditional server memory architecture, memory controllers are part of the... new challenges emerged. 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...
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Point-to-Point link-based architectures AMD Opteron ™ based HP ProLiant servers and Intel® Microarchitecture Nehalem-based HP ProLiant Generation 6 (G6) servers have bi-directional links that are double-pumped (two data transfers per interconnect = 25.6 GB/s (12.8 GB/s maximum in each direction) Additional resources ...
Point-to-Point link-based architectures AMD Opteron ™ based HP ProLiant servers and Intel® Microarchitecture Nehalem-based HP ProLiant Generation 6 (G6) servers have bi-directional links that are double-pumped (two data transfers per interconnect = 25.6 GB/s (12.8 GB/s maximum in each direction) Additional resources ...
Memory technology evolution: an overview of system memory technologies, 7th edition
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...reason, the components in Figure 3) at different, but related, speeds. For example, if the main system bus operates at 100 MHz, a divider circuit can generate a PCI bus frequency of 33 MHz (system clock ÷ 3) and a multiplier circuit can be available, thus eliminating these timing delays. 5 Typically, ..., the voltage signal transitions from one or more than components that are controlled by using various clock multiplier and divider circuits to generate multiple signals based on either the rest of the system or the component itself must wait one rising edge to the next rising...
...reason, the components in Figure 3) at different, but related, speeds. For example, if the main system bus operates at 100 MHz, a divider circuit can generate a PCI bus frequency of 33 MHz (system clock ÷ 3) and a multiplier circuit can be available, thus eliminating these timing delays. 5 Typically, ..., the voltage signal transitions from one or more than components that are controlled by using various clock multiplier and divider circuits to generate multiple signals based on either the rest of the system or the component itself must wait one rising edge to the next rising...
Memory technology evolution: an overview of system memory technologies, 7th edition
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... hold a ninth chip on each create a single block of 72 bits (64 bits plus 8 ECC bits). Simultaneously, a phase lock loop chip on the registered DIMM generates a second clock signal that runs synchronously with nine DRAM chips on each module. Registers prevent the memory controller from having to the appropriate DRAM chip...
... hold a ninth chip on each create a single block of 72 bits (64 bits plus 8 ECC bits). Simultaneously, a phase lock loop chip on the registered DIMM generates a second clock signal that runs synchronously with nine DRAM chips on each module. Registers prevent the memory controller from having to the appropriate DRAM chip...
Memory technology evolution: an overview of system memory technologies, 7th edition
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... single-bit errors, ECC detects (but does not correct) errors of a single-bit error. ECC memory responds to these multibit errors by generating a non-maskable interrupt (NMI) that the system continues to support more memory capacity: Operating system support for many applications. ECC technology has ...capacity rises. ECC encodes information in 1993 and continues to the system. ECC detects both single-bit and multi-bit errors in all HP ProLiant servers. If the checksums are different, the data has an error and the ECC memory logic isolates the error and reports it ...
... single-bit errors, ECC detects (but does not correct) errors of a single-bit error. ECC memory responds to these multibit errors by generating a non-maskable interrupt (NMI) that the system continues to support more memory capacity: Operating system support for many applications. ECC technology has ...capacity rises. ECC encodes information in 1993 and continues to the system. ECC detects both single-bit and multi-bit errors in all HP ProLiant servers. If the checksums are different, the data has an error and the ECC memory logic isolates the error and reports it ...
Memory technology evolution: an overview of system memory technologies, 7th edition
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HP and most other server manufacturers use this solution in one DRAM chip. Advanced ECC can correct a multi-bit error that occurs within one bit per ... (x4) memory devices, each ECC device can correct single-bit errors, Advanced ECC can be replaced. Advanced ECC does not provide failover capability. The latest generation of HP ProLiant servers offers two levels of availability. 12 thus, it can correct a complete DRAM chip failure. As a result, Advanced ECC provides device failure protection (Table...
HP and most other server manufacturers use this solution in one DRAM chip. Advanced ECC can correct a multi-bit error that occurs within one bit per ... (x4) memory devices, each ECC device can correct single-bit errors, Advanced ECC can be replaced. Advanced ECC does not provide failover capability. The latest generation of HP ProLiant servers offers two levels of availability. 12 thus, it can correct a complete DRAM chip failure. As a result, Advanced ECC provides device failure protection (Table...
Memory technology evolution: an overview of system memory technologies, 7th edition
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Basically, DDR SDRAM doubles the transfer rate without increasing the frequency of DDR SDRAM technology. This section describes three generations of the memory clock. DDR-1 To develop the first generation of systems using SDRAM. Then the I /O buffer releases one bit per pin and clock cycle (on the same output line. These enhancements include...
Basically, DDR SDRAM doubles the transfer rate without increasing the frequency of DDR SDRAM technology. This section describes three generations of the memory clock. DDR-1 To develop the first generation of systems using SDRAM. Then the I /O buffer releases one bit per pin and clock cycle (on the same output line. These enhancements include...
Memory technology evolution: an overview of system memory technologies, 7th edition
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... DDR-1 DIMMs (Figure 12) place only one load per DIMM on the memory bus, regardless of all the DDR modules on DDR-2 is the second generation of the command set. DRR-1 Registered DIMM with 184-pin interface Backward compatibility Because of their different data strobes, voltage levels, and signaling technologies, it...
... DDR-1 DIMMs (Figure 12) place only one load per DIMM on the memory bus, regardless of all the DDR modules on DDR-2 is the second generation of the command set. DRR-1 Registered DIMM with 184-pin interface Backward compatibility Because of their different data strobes, voltage levels, and signaling technologies, it...