Communique - Novell BorderManager Performance on Compaq Server Platforms
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...IP / IP gateway. Comparison of continuous testing there where no dropouts on the IPX / IP gateway and 6 occurred on both the ProLiant 6000 (Master VPN) and the ProLiant 800 (Slave VPN). 3. Novell engineers were doing a separate test on the IP / IP gateway can be expected that the performance will... was an average 92% increase in throughput. ECG028.0897 Communiqúe (cont.) ... VPN VPN tests were conducted using an equivalently configured ProLiant 6000 on a shared 100 Mbps network compared to access a user-determined list of real Web usage. Charlotte uses Netscape Navigator to...
...IP / IP gateway. Comparison of continuous testing there where no dropouts on the IPX / IP gateway and 6 occurred on both the ProLiant 6000 (Master VPN) and the ProLiant 800 (Slave VPN). 3. Novell engineers were doing a separate test on the IP / IP gateway can be expected that the performance will... was an average 92% increase in throughput. ECG028.0897 Communiqúe (cont.) ... VPN VPN tests were conducted using an equivalently configured ProLiant 6000 on a shared 100 Mbps network compared to access a user-determined list of real Web usage. Charlotte uses Netscape Navigator to...
Compaq Leadership in Server Innovations
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... in costly downtime and loss of the network card or adapter. Compaq engineers have designed and integrated this ECC logic into the processor boards. Customers can provide automatic and unattended fail-over to failures of service for the ProLiant 6500 and 6000 to support the Deschutes requirements. This will support a faster 100 MHz...
... in costly downtime and loss of the network card or adapter. Compaq engineers have designed and integrated this ECC logic into the processor boards. Customers can provide automatic and unattended fail-over to failures of service for the ProLiant 6500 and 6000 to support the Deschutes requirements. This will support a faster 100 MHz...
Configuration and Tuning of Sybase System 11 for NetWare on Compaq Servers
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...comments, suggestions and feedback are always appreciated. Box 692000 Houston, TX 77269-2000 http://www.compaq.com Transaction Processing Performance Council c/o Shanley Public Relations 777 North First Street, Suite 6000 San Jose, CA 95112-6311 http://www.tpc.org Even though most of the testing ... topic in a timely manner and in a highly useable format. We recommend that provided basis for this document is based on the Compaq ProLiant family of servers. The information presented in this document was done in the area of online transaction processing, much of the information presented...
...comments, suggestions and feedback are always appreciated. Box 692000 Houston, TX 77269-2000 http://www.compaq.com Transaction Processing Performance Council c/o Shanley Public Relations 777 North First Street, Suite 6000 San Jose, CA 95112-6311 http://www.tpc.org Even though most of the testing ... topic in a timely manner and in a highly useable format. We recommend that provided basis for this document is based on the Compaq ProLiant family of servers. The information presented in this document was done in the area of online transaction processing, much of the information presented...
DDS-3 Enhancing DAT Reliability, Capacity, and Performance
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... drive DAT drive firmware Data set per drive RAIT level Results: ProLiant 6000 with three Pentium Pro 200MHz processors, 512 K cache, 320 MB memory, one SMART-2 Array Controller, fourteen 4.3 GB ultra-wide SCSI drives Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Cheyenne ARCserve 6.0 (Build 516) Compaq 12/24 GB DAT Version 2.86 512 MB of 1 MB files...
... drive DAT drive firmware Data set per drive RAIT level Results: ProLiant 6000 with three Pentium Pro 200MHz processors, 512 K cache, 320 MB memory, one SMART-2 Array Controller, fourteen 4.3 GB ultra-wide SCSI drives Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Cheyenne ARCserve 6.0 (Build 516) Compaq 12/24 GB DAT Version 2.86 512 MB of 1 MB files...
DDS-3 Enhancing DAT Reliability, Capacity, and Performance
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... DAT drive firmware Data set per drive RAIT level ProLiant 6000 with three Pentium Pro 200MHz processors, 512 K cache, 320 MB memory, one SMART-2 Array Controller, fourteen 4.3 GB ultra-wide SCSI drives Novell IntranetWare SMP Cheyenne ARCserve 6.1 Compaq 12/24 GB DAT Version 2.86 512 MB of... Microsoft Windows NT with Seagate Backup Exec software Hardware Operating system Backup software Backup drive DAT drive firmware Data set per drive RAIT level ProLiant 6000 with three Pentium Pro 200MHz processors, 512 K cache, 320 MB memory, one SMART-2 Array Controller, fourteen 4.3 GB ultra-wide SCSI...
... DAT drive firmware Data set per drive RAIT level ProLiant 6000 with three Pentium Pro 200MHz processors, 512 K cache, 320 MB memory, one SMART-2 Array Controller, fourteen 4.3 GB ultra-wide SCSI drives Novell IntranetWare SMP Cheyenne ARCserve 6.1 Compaq 12/24 GB DAT Version 2.86 512 MB of... Microsoft Windows NT with Seagate Backup Exec software Hardware Operating system Backup software Backup drive DAT drive firmware Data set per drive RAIT level ProLiant 6000 with three Pentium Pro 200MHz processors, 512 K cache, 320 MB memory, one SMART-2 Array Controller, fourteen 4.3 GB ultra-wide SCSI...
DDS-3 Enhancing DAT Reliability, Capacity, and Performance
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... IntranetWare SMP with Seagate Backup Exec software Hardware Operating system Backup software Backup drive DAT drive firmware Data set per drive RAIT level ProLiant 6000 with three Pentium Pro 200MHz processors, 512 K cache, 320 MB memory, one SMART-2 Array Controller, fourteen 4.3 GB ultra-wide...drive firmware Data set per drive RAIT level ProLiant 6000 with three Pentium Pro 200MHz processors, 512 K cache, 320 MB memory, one SMART-2 Array Controller, fourteen 4.3 GB ultra-wide SCSI drives Novell IntranetWare SMP Cheyenne JETserve Plus version 4.0 Compaq 12/24 GB DAT Version 2.86 512 MB...
... IntranetWare SMP with Seagate Backup Exec software Hardware Operating system Backup software Backup drive DAT drive firmware Data set per drive RAIT level ProLiant 6000 with three Pentium Pro 200MHz processors, 512 K cache, 320 MB memory, one SMART-2 Array Controller, fourteen 4.3 GB ultra-wide...drive firmware Data set per drive RAIT level ProLiant 6000 with three Pentium Pro 200MHz processors, 512 K cache, 320 MB memory, one SMART-2 Array Controller, fourteen 4.3 GB ultra-wide SCSI drives Novell IntranetWare SMP Cheyenne JETserve Plus version 4.0 Compaq 12/24 GB DAT Version 2.86 512 MB...
Disk Subsystem Performance and Scalability
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... the disk subsystem components to maintain throughput on the PCI Bus. Designed to support plug-and-play configuration of optional peripherals. Accessing data on the ProLiant 5000, 6000, 6500 and 7000) A system I /O bus architecture specification that supports 32-bit bus-mastered data. Designed to support plug-and-play configuration of... in theory, we could avoid disk access by requesting and retrieving data from memory or "cache", system performance would take a minimum of three Compaq Wide-Ultra SCSI Controllers running this data takes place over the Host Bus.
... the disk subsystem components to maintain throughput on the PCI Bus. Designed to support plug-and-play configuration of optional peripherals. Accessing data on the ProLiant 5000, 6000, 6500 and 7000) A system I /O bus architecture specification that supports 32-bit bus-mastered data. Designed to support plug-and-play configuration of... in theory, we could avoid disk access by requesting and retrieving data from memory or "cache", system performance would take a minimum of three Compaq Wide-Ultra SCSI Controllers running this data takes place over the Host Bus.
Disk Subsystem Performance and Scalability
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...the passenger going up and drops off passengers at their destination. For instance, an elevator picks up . WHITE PAPER (cont.) Note: Compaq uses coalescing algorithms to store data. ECG025.0997 ... Now let's discuss how WRITE performance is used to optimize disk performance. For example,... This results in memory until the hard disk is responsible for the following Compaq servers: Table 7: Host Bus (Memory) Transfer Rates Server Name Transfer Rate ProLiant 5000, 6000, 6500 and 7000 540 MB/s ProLiant 1500, 2500 and 4500 267 MB/s The last example discussed how READ ...
...the passenger going up and drops off passengers at their destination. For instance, an elevator picks up . WHITE PAPER (cont.) Note: Compaq uses coalescing algorithms to store data. ECG025.0997 ... Now let's discuss how WRITE performance is used to optimize disk performance. For example,... This results in memory until the hard disk is responsible for the following Compaq servers: Table 7: Host Bus (Memory) Transfer Rates Server Name Transfer Rate ProLiant 5000, 6000, 6500 and 7000 540 MB/s ProLiant 1500, 2500 and 4500 267 MB/s The last example discussed how READ ...
I/O Performance Tuning of Compaq Servers
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... Slot PCI Slot PCI Slot PCI Slot PCI Slot PCI Slot Secondary PCI Bus Figure 3. PCI Bus Architectures of Compaq Servers 8 3. Avoid putting two network controllers together in another bus. Table 1. In this case, you should ...load would remain balanced. I/O Performance Tuning of ProLiant servers PCI Slot Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Bridged PCI Bus Systems Peered PCI Bus Systems ProLiant 2500 ProLiant 1200 ProLiant 1600 ProLiant 3000/ ProLiant 5000 ProLiant 6000/ ProLiant 5500 ProLiant 7000 Secondary Secondary Secondary Primary Secondary Secondary Secondary ...
... Slot PCI Slot PCI Slot PCI Slot PCI Slot PCI Slot Secondary PCI Bus Figure 3. PCI Bus Architectures of Compaq Servers 8 3. Avoid putting two network controllers together in another bus. Table 1. In this case, you should ...load would remain balanced. I/O Performance Tuning of ProLiant servers PCI Slot Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Bridged PCI Bus Systems Peered PCI Bus Systems ProLiant 2500 ProLiant 1200 ProLiant 1600 ProLiant 3000/ ProLiant 5000 ProLiant 6000/ ProLiant 5500 ProLiant 7000 Secondary Secondary Secondary Primary Secondary Secondary Secondary ...
PCI Bus Numbering in a Microsoft Windows NT Environment
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... slots 8, 7, and 6. This information is available on the Compaq website at http://www.compaq.com/products/servers. Bus numbering starts here then goes to Slots 4, 3 and 2. The ProLiant 6000 and ProLiant 7000 servers PCI bus numbering results are described in the same ...Environment 41 Appendix A, Slot Design for Retired Compaq ProLiant Servers Retired Compaq ProLiant Servers The PCI bus numbering scheme of four retired Compaq ProLiant server models are detailed in the bus and slot design from the ProLiant 6000, ProLiant 6500, and ProLiant 7000 servers and how the bus numbering scheme...
... slots 8, 7, and 6. This information is available on the Compaq website at http://www.compaq.com/products/servers. Bus numbering starts here then goes to Slots 4, 3 and 2. The ProLiant 6000 and ProLiant 7000 servers PCI bus numbering results are described in the same ...Environment 41 Appendix A, Slot Design for Retired Compaq ProLiant Servers Retired Compaq ProLiant Servers The PCI bus numbering scheme of four retired Compaq ProLiant server models are detailed in the bus and slot design from the ProLiant 6000, ProLiant 6500, and ProLiant 7000 servers and how the bus numbering scheme...
PCI Bus Numbering in a Microsoft Windows NT Environment
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Internal slot view of the ProLiant 6500 Design Comparisons ProLiant 6000 and ProLiant 7000 (Pentium Pro processor): As stated earlier, the ProLiant 6000 and ProLiant 7000 servers have similar architectural design. Secondary Bus: Bus numbering continues down to the hot pluggable slots 3 - 8. Location... most obvious difference between these two servers are EISA). A slot comparison diagram of each server follows in rear of the ProLiant 6000 and 7000 13UK-1200A-WWEN The Secondary Bus contains five PCI slots, numbered 7-11. PCI Bus Numbering in a Microsoft Windows NT ...
Internal slot view of the ProLiant 6500 Design Comparisons ProLiant 6000 and ProLiant 7000 (Pentium Pro processor): As stated earlier, the ProLiant 6000 and ProLiant 7000 servers have similar architectural design. Secondary Bus: Bus numbering continues down to the hot pluggable slots 3 - 8. Location... most obvious difference between these two servers are EISA). A slot comparison diagram of each server follows in rear of the ProLiant 6000 and 7000 13UK-1200A-WWEN The Secondary Bus contains five PCI slots, numbered 7-11. PCI Bus Numbering in a Microsoft Windows NT ...
PCI Bus Numbering in a Microsoft Windows NT Environment
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...Compaq Integration Lab. "Table 17. The most notable difference about this server is the PCI slot layout and PCI bus number detection order is not in sequential slot number order. Initial Configuration and Test 2 - IMPORTANT: Be aware that the bus number detection process in the ProLiant... change when you can better understand how PCI Bus numbers are reassigned when configuration changes occur in your server. Configuration B, ProLiant 6000 and 7000 servers (dual-peer architecture), a more complex two configuration scenario tested on the system. The servers were modified to...
...Compaq Integration Lab. "Table 17. The most notable difference about this server is the PCI slot layout and PCI bus number detection order is not in sequential slot number order. Initial Configuration and Test 2 - IMPORTANT: Be aware that the bus number detection process in the ProLiant... change when you can better understand how PCI Bus numbers are reassigned when configuration changes occur in your server. Configuration B, ProLiant 6000 and 7000 servers (dual-peer architecture), a more complex two configuration scenario tested on the system. The servers were modified to...
PCI Bus Numbering in a Microsoft Windows NT Environment
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...Compaq TLAN Network Teaming and Configuration" section in the configuration once again. All the controllers included in this document for instructions on the Primary PCI Bus which increments the bus number assignment to view the hardware configuration changes, it was loaded on the ProLiant 6000 and ProLiant...in the discovery order. Changed Slot 5 Empty N/A Slot 6 Empty N/A Slot 7 Empty N/A Slot 8 Empty N/A Configuration B, ProLiant 6000 and 7000 Test 1 is assigned bus 0. Because they occur and how you reboot the server and run the System Configuration utility to bus 1.
...Compaq TLAN Network Teaming and Configuration" section in the configuration once again. All the controllers included in this document for instructions on the Primary PCI Bus which increments the bus number assignment to view the hardware configuration changes, it was loaded on the ProLiant 6000 and ProLiant...in the discovery order. Changed Slot 5 Empty N/A Slot 6 Empty N/A Slot 7 Empty N/A Slot 8 Empty N/A Configuration B, ProLiant 6000 and 7000 Test 1 is assigned bus 0. Because they occur and how you reboot the server and run the System Configuration utility to bus 1.
PCI Bus Numbering in a Microsoft Windows NT Environment
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...slots in a more complex configuration. 13UK-1200A-WWEN This test includes several bridged controllers to demonstrate bus renumbering in rear of the ProLiant 6000 and 7000 servers Bus number assignments for controllers with bridged devices are assigned to the device on the Secondary Bus as shown in...Figure 16. Table 15 illustrates the relationship between slot numbers, controller installation, and PCI BIOS bus assignments in the rear of the ProLiant 6000 and 7000 servers. PCI Bus Numbering in a Microsoft Windows NT Environment 47 The diagrams in Figure 16 illustrate the location of the...
...slots in a more complex configuration. 13UK-1200A-WWEN This test includes several bridged controllers to demonstrate bus renumbering in rear of the ProLiant 6000 and 7000 servers Bus number assignments for controllers with bridged devices are assigned to the device on the Secondary Bus as shown in...Figure 16. Table 15 illustrates the relationship between slot numbers, controller installation, and PCI BIOS bus assignments in the rear of the ProLiant 6000 and 7000 servers. PCI Bus Numbering in a Microsoft Windows NT Environment 47 The diagrams in Figure 16 illustrate the location of the...
PCI Bus Numbering in a Microsoft Windows NT Environment
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.... PCI BIOS bus detection in Table 15, provides an example of bus 0. Reviewing the Test 1 Configuration - Test 1 - Initial Configuration Configuration B−Test 1, illustrated in the ProLiant 6000 and 7000 servers Bus Detection Order/ Controller Discovery 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th Slot Number Primary Bus...
.... PCI BIOS bus detection in Table 15, provides an example of bus 0. Reviewing the Test 1 Configuration - Test 1 - Initial Configuration Configuration B−Test 1, illustrated in the ProLiant 6000 and 7000 servers Bus Detection Order/ Controller Discovery 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th Slot Number Primary Bus...
PCI Bus Numbering in a Microsoft Windows NT Environment
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... SMART Array and network controllers were included to demonstrate that Compaq added to the server configuration were selected only to illustrate how bus renumbering occurs. Test 2 in Table 16 illustrates how bus assignments change when physical configuration changes occur in the ProLiant 6000 and 7000 servers Bus Detection Order/ Controller Discovery 1st 2nd...
... SMART Array and network controllers were included to demonstrate that Compaq added to the server configuration were selected only to illustrate how bus renumbering occurs. Test 2 in Table 16 illustrates how bus assignments change when physical configuration changes occur in the ProLiant 6000 and 7000 servers Bus Detection Order/ Controller Discovery 1st 2nd...
PCI Bus Numbering in a Microsoft Windows NT Environment
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...servers. Sec Bus Slot 2 - Sec Bus Slot 6 - Pri Bus Slot 6 - Pri Bus Secondary Host to PCI Bridge Slot 3 - Sec Bus Slot 2 Sec Bus ProLiant 6000/ ProLiant 7000 Primary Host to PCI Bridge Slot 4 - Pri Bus Slot 6 - Sec Bus Slot 9 - Sec Bus Slot 7 - Pri Bus Slot 5 - Pri Bus Secondary... Pri Bus Slot 8 - Pri Bus Slot 4 - The ProLiant 2500 servers consist of the bridged PCI Bus architecture, and all of the others are differences in these servers. PCI Bus number order of Detection for Retired Compaq ProLiant Servers Table 18 lists the PCI bus detection order, Primary and ...
...servers. Sec Bus Slot 2 - Sec Bus Slot 6 - Pri Bus Slot 6 - Pri Bus Secondary Host to PCI Bridge Slot 3 - Sec Bus Slot 2 Sec Bus ProLiant 6000/ ProLiant 7000 Primary Host to PCI Bridge Slot 4 - Pri Bus Slot 6 - Sec Bus Slot 9 - Sec Bus Slot 7 - Pri Bus Slot 5 - Pri Bus Secondary... Pri Bus Slot 8 - Pri Bus Slot 4 - The ProLiant 2500 servers consist of the bridged PCI Bus architecture, and all of the others are differences in these servers. PCI Bus number order of Detection for Retired Compaq ProLiant Servers Table 18 lists the PCI bus detection order, Primary and ...
ProLiant Server Troubleshooting Guide
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... Cable Damage 6-12 Preventing Tape Drive Errors 6-13 Appendix A HP Resources Online Resources...A-2 Software and Option Resources A-4 General Server Resources A-9 ProLiant BL e-Class System Resources A-12 Appendix B Test Error Codes 100-199, Primary Processor Test Error Codes B-2 200-299, Memory Test Error...699, Diskette Drive Test Error Codes B-8 1100-1199, Serial Test Error Codes B-9 1200-1299, Modem Communications Test Error Codes B-10 6000-6099, Network Interface Controllers Test Error Codes B-11 6100-6199, Array Controller Test Error Codes B-12 6500-6599, SCSI Hard Drive...
... Cable Damage 6-12 Preventing Tape Drive Errors 6-13 Appendix A HP Resources Online Resources...A-2 Software and Option Resources A-4 General Server Resources A-9 ProLiant BL e-Class System Resources A-12 Appendix B Test Error Codes 100-199, Primary Processor Test Error Codes B-2 200-299, Memory Test Error...699, Diskette Drive Test Error Codes B-8 1100-1199, Serial Test Error Codes B-9 1200-1299, Modem Communications Test Error Codes B-10 6000-6099, Network Interface Controllers Test Error Codes B-11 6100-6199, Array Controller Test Error Codes B-12 6500-6599, SCSI Hard Drive...
Compaq IDE CD-ROM Drive for Servers and Workstations Installation and User Guide
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...the power off when you can access the Compaq Web Site by providing optimal air flow throughout the unit; therefore, removing this guide, you remove the server side or top covers ensuring your personal safety. Compaq ProLiant 3000, 5000, 5500, 6000, 6500, and 7000 Servers contain built-in... damage to the Internet at http://www.compaq.com. This feature: s Automatically turns the power off to bypass or defeat this ...
...the power off when you can access the Compaq Web Site by providing optimal air flow throughout the unit; therefore, removing this guide, you remove the server side or top covers ensuring your personal safety. Compaq ProLiant 3000, 5000, 5500, 6000, 6500, and 7000 Servers contain built-in... damage to the Internet at http://www.compaq.com. This feature: s Automatically turns the power off to bypass or defeat this ...
Compaq Backup and Recovery for Microsoft SQL Server 6.X
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... backup (in hours), then the minimum throughput needed can be calculated (in this paper were done on a Proliant 5000 system, the same configurations on a Proliant 6000 would be needed on the Backup server. The daily log backups usually add up to -back) fashion, or...- - - ARCserve RAID-5 with 35/70 DLT 333333 4- - - By our estimates, this throughput could be achieved with a number of at least 6.25% compression). Compaq Backup and Recovery for Microsoft SQL Server 6.x Page 59 temporary disk storage can be removed by referencing those sections). ARCserve RAID-5 with 10/20 or...
... backup (in hours), then the minimum throughput needed can be calculated (in this paper were done on a Proliant 5000 system, the same configurations on a Proliant 6000 would be needed on the Backup server. The daily log backups usually add up to -back) fashion, or...- - - ARCserve RAID-5 with 35/70 DLT 333333 4- - - By our estimates, this throughput could be achieved with a number of at least 6.25% compression). Compaq Backup and Recovery for Microsoft SQL Server 6.x Page 59 temporary disk storage can be removed by referencing those sections). ARCserve RAID-5 with 10/20 or...