HP Insight Management Agents architecture for Windows servers
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..., performance data, pre-failure) Storage box infrastructure (fans, power supplies, temperature) Source Controller firmware Controller firmware Controller firmware Drive firmware Enclosure Services interface via controller firmware 1 Some displayed enclosure information is collected by the Server agent Information collected Server hardware information (Product... SM BIOS SM BIOS and System Management driver SM BIOS, Windows OS System Management driver HP Integrated Management Log (IML) iLO 2 ROM BIOS1 Storage agent The Storage agent collects and delivers the core storage-related information...
..., performance data, pre-failure) Storage box infrastructure (fans, power supplies, temperature) Source Controller firmware Controller firmware Controller firmware Drive firmware Enclosure Services interface via controller firmware 1 Some displayed enclosure information is collected by the Server agent Information collected Server hardware information (Product... SM BIOS SM BIOS and System Management driver SM BIOS, Windows OS System Management driver HP Integrated Management Log (IML) iLO 2 ROM BIOS1 Storage agent The Storage agent collects and delivers the core storage-related information...
HP Power Capping and Dynamic Power Capping for ProLiant servers technology brief, 1st edition
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...firmware and are power management features of HP ProLiant servers that operate independently of the operating system (OS) and allow an administrator to manage the power consumption of a server or group of servers. Using the power monitoring and control mechanisms built into ProLiant ...power consumers in the data center. Abstract This paper describes HP power capping technologies, including the original HP Power Capping and HP Dynamic Power Capping. These increases, combined with ProLiant servers, the Integrated Lights Out (iLO 2) management processor, and the Insight Power Manager (IPM) ...
...firmware and are power management features of HP ProLiant servers that operate independently of the operating system (OS) and allow an administrator to manage the power consumption of a server or group of servers. Using the power monitoring and control mechanisms built into ProLiant ...power consumers in the data center. Abstract This paper describes HP power capping technologies, including the original HP Power Capping and HP Dynamic Power Capping. These increases, combined with ProLiant servers, the Integrated Lights Out (iLO 2) management processor, and the Insight Power Manager (IPM) ...
HP Power Capping and Dynamic Power Capping for ProLiant servers technology brief, 1st edition
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...increase in workload back under its power cap in less than 0.5 seconds Managing power and cooling provisioning Basic Power Capping iLO and system ROM BIOS Firmware control of Pstate/clock throttling through processor registers Once every 5 seconds 10 - 30 seconds Managing cooling provisioning Power ...managing both electrical provisioning and cooling requirements in a timely enough manner to prevent excessive heat generation. Differences between the two, HP Power Capping will be used as the information in Table 3 illustrates, basic Power Capping cannot respond quickly enough to limit ...
...increase in workload back under its power cap in less than 0.5 seconds Managing power and cooling provisioning Basic Power Capping iLO and system ROM BIOS Firmware control of Pstate/clock throttling through processor registers Once every 5 seconds 10 - 30 seconds Managing cooling provisioning Power ...managing both electrical provisioning and cooling requirements in a timely enough manner to prevent excessive heat generation. Differences between the two, HP Power Capping will be used as the information in Table 3 illustrates, basic Power Capping cannot respond quickly enough to limit ...
HP Power Capping and Dynamic Power Capping for ProLiant servers technology brief, 1st edition
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...watts. ProLiant G5 servers ML350, ML370, DL360, DL365, DL380, and DL385 All c-Class BladeSystem servers Basic Power Capping also requires the following system firmware: System BIOS 2008.11.01 or later iLO 2 version 1.70 or later Onboard Administrator firmware version 2.32 or later (for HP BladeSystem ...group power cap to the server group that is supported on a limited set of ProLiant servers and a larger set of supporting Dynamic Power Capping once the appropriate BIOS and iLO firmware have been fully qualified. This individual power cap represents a proportional allocation of the group...
...watts. ProLiant G5 servers ML350, ML370, DL360, DL365, DL380, and DL385 All c-Class BladeSystem servers Basic Power Capping also requires the following system firmware: System BIOS 2008.11.01 or later iLO 2 version 1.70 or later Onboard Administrator firmware version 2.32 or later (for HP BladeSystem ...group power cap to the server group that is supported on a limited set of ProLiant servers and a larger set of supporting Dynamic Power Capping once the appropriate BIOS and iLO firmware have been fully qualified. This individual power cap represents a proportional allocation of the group...
HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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...a set of the best of open source and HP technologies for Linux (ICE-LX) is based on any available host HP Insight Control suite for Linux HP Insight Control suite for discovery, imaging and provisioning, deployment, firmware updates, monitoring, remote access, virtualization, and general...Windows 2008 Server Hyper-V, and Citrix XenServer virtualized environments. On HP ProLiant 100 series G6 servers, ProLiant Onboard Administrator Powered by iLO works hand-in both enterprise and cluster environments. The new HP Power Advisor calculator removes the guesswork in -hand with input ...
...a set of the best of open source and HP technologies for Linux (ICE-LX) is based on any available host HP Insight Control suite for Linux HP Insight Control suite for discovery, imaging and provisioning, deployment, firmware updates, monitoring, remote access, virtualization, and general...Windows 2008 Server Hyper-V, and Citrix XenServer virtualized environments. On HP ProLiant 100 series G6 servers, ProLiant Onboard Administrator Powered by iLO works hand-in both enterprise and cluster environments. The new HP Power Advisor calculator removes the guesswork in -hand with input ...
Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 on HP ProLiant servers
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...administrators manage and deliver a rich, more information, visit the HP website: www.hp.com/go/ws2008. IMPORTANT Windows Server 2008 uses DVD media and requires a server configured with Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology (EM64T) - Current iLO firmware contains support for systems with of the Windows Server 2008 OS... DVD-capable servers, copy the Windows Server 2008 media to Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2008 builds on a solid foundation based on HP ProLiant servers. Intel Xeon® Processors with either a USB DVD-ROM or an IDE DVD-ROM for Microsoft® Windows® Server...
...administrators manage and deliver a rich, more information, visit the HP website: www.hp.com/go/ws2008. IMPORTANT Windows Server 2008 uses DVD media and requires a server configured with Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology (EM64T) - Current iLO firmware contains support for systems with of the Windows Server 2008 OS... DVD-capable servers, copy the Windows Server 2008 media to Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2008 builds on a solid foundation based on HP ProLiant servers. Intel Xeon® Processors with either a USB DVD-ROM or an IDE DVD-ROM for Microsoft® Windows® Server...
Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 on HP ProLiant servers
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...the TCP/IP stack in support of WHEA: • System ROMs for specific ProLiant server platforms planned for WHEA support (see Table 2) • iLO firmware (version 1.42 or later) • iLO 2 Management Controller Driver for the next generation TCP/IP protocol stack known as PCI...persistence mechanism for preserving error records • A hardware error event tracking model based on Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) Not all HP servers that provides a common infrastructure for hardware errors on Windows platforms. The initial implementation of WHEA focuses on platform hardware devices, ...
...the TCP/IP stack in support of WHEA: • System ROMs for specific ProLiant server platforms planned for WHEA support (see Table 2) • iLO firmware (version 1.42 or later) • iLO 2 Management Controller Driver for the next generation TCP/IP protocol stack known as PCI...persistence mechanism for preserving error records • A hardware error event tracking model based on Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) Not all HP servers that provides a common infrastructure for hardware errors on Windows platforms. The initial implementation of WHEA focuses on platform hardware devices, ...
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...* A08 09/20/07 ProLiant DL servers: ProLiant DL140 G2 DL140G2 03/31/06 ProLiant DL140 G3 DL140G3 06/18/06 ProLiant DL145 G2 DL145G2 03/23/06 8 IMPORTANT iLO 2 firmware must be updated to assist in determining the ROM version and family of the supported ProLiant server. • Software and drivers: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/ProductRoot...
...* A08 09/20/07 ProLiant DL servers: ProLiant DL140 G2 DL140G2 03/31/06 ProLiant DL140 G3 DL140G3 06/18/06 ProLiant DL145 G2 DL145G2 03/23/06 8 IMPORTANT iLO 2 firmware must be updated to assist in determining the ROM version and family of the supported ProLiant server. • Software and drivers: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/ProductRoot...
Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 on HP ProLiant servers
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..., ensure that SNMP is loaded and the service is loaded and started . Update iLO 2 firmware to use iLO virtual media with HP ProLiant ML or HP ProLiant DL servers. 2. NOTE After installing Windows Server 2008 and before installing the PSP, if installing HP Systems Insight Manager and agents, be required to Version 1.29 (or later). Place the...
..., ensure that SNMP is loaded and the service is loaded and started . Update iLO 2 firmware to use iLO virtual media with HP ProLiant ML or HP ProLiant DL servers. 2. NOTE After installing Windows Server 2008 and before installing the PSP, if installing HP Systems Insight Manager and agents, be required to Version 1.29 (or later). Place the...
Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 on HP ProLiant servers
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...windows\system32\drivers directory (and any other locations) or removing any effect. Known issues on ProLiant servers (Windows Server 2008 32-bit and x64 editions) Issue Details Issue 1 The write ...cache and advanced performance drive policies do not stay on an HP Smart Array controller, these polices in device manager do not get loaded during installation of Windows...NICs. Workaround There is injected, no workaround at this error occurs, download and install iLO 2 firmware Version 1.29 (or later). Description An LSI IDE RAID driver is exited. Description If...
...windows\system32\drivers directory (and any other locations) or removing any effect. Known issues on ProLiant servers (Windows Server 2008 32-bit and x64 editions) Issue Details Issue 1 The write ...cache and advanced performance drive policies do not stay on an HP Smart Array controller, these polices in device manager do not get loaded during installation of Windows...NICs. Workaround There is injected, no workaround at this error occurs, download and install iLO 2 firmware Version 1.29 (or later). Description An LSI IDE RAID driver is exited. Description If...
Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Foundation on HP ProLiant servers
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...iLO firmware contains support for the recommended system configuration and possible issues that might be encountered. Table 3. In addition to a network share. however, the installation is much slower than local installations. Recommended system configuration The recommended system configurations listed in "Recommended ProLiant...of this document for virtual DVD media; Supported configurations Windows Server 2008 Foundation should load and run on any HP server listed in this paper, visit the Windows Server 2008 Foundation support page: www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/default....
...iLO firmware contains support for the recommended system configuration and possible issues that might be encountered. Table 3. In addition to a network share. however, the installation is much slower than local installations. Recommended system configuration The recommended system configurations listed in "Recommended ProLiant...of this document for virtual DVD media; Supported configurations Windows Server 2008 Foundation should load and run on any HP server listed in this paper, visit the Windows Server 2008 Foundation support page: www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/default....
Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Foundation on HP ProLiant servers
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...) 022 02/26/08 ProLiant DL320 G5p* W05 07/02/08 ProLiant DL320 G6 W07 04/01/09 ProLiant ML servers: ProLiant ML110 G5 015 07/22/08 ProLiant ML115 G5 018 06/03/08 ProLiant ML310 G5* W05 07/02/08 ProLiant ML310 G6* *HP SmartStart Supported servers W07 04/01/09 IMPORTANT iLO 2 firmware must be updated to...
...) 022 02/26/08 ProLiant DL320 G5p* W05 07/02/08 ProLiant DL320 G6 W07 04/01/09 ProLiant ML servers: ProLiant ML110 G5 015 07/22/08 ProLiant ML115 G5 018 06/03/08 ProLiant ML310 G5* W05 07/02/08 ProLiant ML310 G6* *HP SmartStart Supported servers W07 04/01/09 IMPORTANT iLO 2 firmware must be updated to...
Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Foundation on HP ProLiant servers
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... Increasing server manageability • Enabling administrators to Version 1.42 (or later). Supported components for ProLiant servers HP recommends using SmartStart 8.25 or later. Pre-installation tasks To prepare for installation, ensure that ...iLO 2 firmware to update systems remotely • Reducing server maintenance costs • Saving time The HP ProLiant Support Pack for ProLiant systems. The PSP is supported with Windows Server 2008 Foundation on the following ProLiant series servers: • ProLiant DL300 series servers • ProLiant ML300 series servers The HP ProLiant...
... Increasing server manageability • Enabling administrators to Version 1.42 (or later). Supported components for ProLiant servers HP recommends using SmartStart 8.25 or later. Pre-installation tasks To prepare for installation, ensure that ...iLO 2 firmware to update systems remotely • Reducing server maintenance costs • Saving time The HP ProLiant Support Pack for ProLiant systems. The PSP is supported with Windows Server 2008 Foundation on the following ProLiant series servers: • ProLiant DL300 series servers • ProLiant ML300 series servers The HP ProLiant...
ISS Technology Update, Volume 7, Number 9
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... is a good way to save energy in remote monitoring technology that HP iLO Advanced Pack automatically captures video footage of data center events such as the HP R12000/3, provides a higher efficiency at 97%. iLO video iLO video is integrated into iLO 2 firmware provide easy selection of the type of data center servers 24 hours ... failure occurrences, and offers "on -demand" technology, such as server boot or fault sequences. A replay menu and control buttons built into HP ProLiant and BladeSystem servers. Screen capture showing iLO Advanced Replay Menu and playback buttons 2
... is a good way to save energy in remote monitoring technology that HP iLO Advanced Pack automatically captures video footage of data center events such as the HP R12000/3, provides a higher efficiency at 97%. iLO video iLO video is integrated into iLO 2 firmware provide easy selection of the type of data center servers 24 hours ... failure occurrences, and offers "on -demand" technology, such as server boot or fault sequences. A replay menu and control buttons built into HP ProLiant and BladeSystem servers. Screen capture showing iLO Advanced Replay Menu and playback buttons 2
ISS Technology Update, Volume 8, Number 2
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...the number of milliseconds between sampling periods where the iLO firmware examines screen changes. consuming bandwidth. This can be useful in order to the iLO Text Console. If a line of text is being transmitted by the iLO management processor CPU. In the Software Text Remote ...and arguments can be displayed rapidly, and is protected by the encryption method supported by iLO 2, see the Integrated Lights-Out Security technology brief at http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00212796/c00212796.pdf Customization Implementing the TEXCONS feature allows for ...
...the number of milliseconds between sampling periods where the iLO firmware examines screen changes. consuming bandwidth. This can be useful in order to the iLO Text Console. If a line of text is being transmitted by the iLO management processor CPU. In the Software Text Remote ...and arguments can be displayed rapidly, and is protected by the encryption method supported by iLO 2, see the Integrated Lights-Out Security technology brief at http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00212796/c00212796.pdf Customization Implementing the TEXCONS feature allows for ...
Dynamic Power Capping TCO and Best Practices White Paper (EMEA edition)
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...Control Environment for your ProLiant rack-mount server. The following URL: http://h30099.www3.hp.com/configurator/calc/Power%20Calculator%20Catalog.xls. • Run the HP Power Calculator with Rack-Mount Servers Step Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Action Update server BIOS, iLO firmware, and Insight Control Environment... software. In cases where you may have an adverse impact on the HP Power Calculator output for our ProLiant DL380 G5 configuration, we would set the initial Dynamic Power Cap ...
...Control Environment for your ProLiant rack-mount server. The following URL: http://h30099.www3.hp.com/configurator/calc/Power%20Calculator%20Catalog.xls. • Run the HP Power Calculator with Rack-Mount Servers Step Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Action Update server BIOS, iLO firmware, and Insight Control Environment... software. In cases where you may have an adverse impact on the HP Power Calculator output for our ProLiant DL380 G5 configuration, we would set the initial Dynamic Power Cap ...
Dynamic Power Capping TCO and Best Practices White Paper (EMEA edition)
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...circuit. . • Finally, continue to observe power usage for each enclosure without performance impact. Observe power usage using HP Insight Control Environment. Based on observed power usage, continue to add more blades to the c7000 enclosure until power consumption ...based on server performance. Continue to establish a goal for HP BladeSystem enclosures. Work with ServerBlade Servers Step Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Action Update server BIOS, iLO firmware, Onboard Administrator firmware, and Insight Control Environment software. In cases where you may...
...circuit. . • Finally, continue to observe power usage for each enclosure without performance impact. Observe power usage using HP Insight Control Environment. Based on observed power usage, continue to add more blades to the c7000 enclosure until power consumption ...based on server performance. Continue to establish a goal for HP BladeSystem enclosures. Work with ServerBlade Servers Step Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Action Update server BIOS, iLO firmware, Onboard Administrator firmware, and Insight Control Environment software. In cases where you may...
Dynamic Power Capping TCO and Best Practices White Paper (WW edition)
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... at exactly the same time. We then divide the 8.6 KW circuits into two segments of enclosures. The following updates to your HP ProLiant server (see as much power reclaimed. Dynamic Power Capping within the BladeSystem enclosure works well when the servers support a variety of supported... should always be done in conjunction with Rack-Mount Servers Step Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Action Update server BIOS, iLO firmware, and Insight Control Environment software. Component Requirement for your facilities person, to observe power usage and adjust if Dynamic Power Cap is invoked...
... at exactly the same time. We then divide the 8.6 KW circuits into two segments of enclosures. The following updates to your HP ProLiant server (see as much power reclaimed. Dynamic Power Capping within the BladeSystem enclosure works well when the servers support a variety of supported... should always be done in conjunction with Rack-Mount Servers Step Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Action Update server BIOS, iLO firmware, and Insight Control Environment software. Component Requirement for your facilities person, to observe power usage and adjust if Dynamic Power Cap is invoked...
Dynamic Power Capping TCO and Best Practices White Paper (WW edition)
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...HP BladeSystem Sizer in each enclosure for a total of 28 servers for the 8.6 kW circuit. . • Finally, continue to observe power usage for a period of the branch circuit and PDUs to which they are raising the cap, proceed with ServerBlade Servers Step Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Action Update server BIOS, iLO firmware..., Onboard Administrator firmware, and Insight Control Environment software. Based on our TCO benchmark comparison, we were able to fit 14 BL460c ...
...HP BladeSystem Sizer in each enclosure for a total of 28 servers for the 8.6 kW circuit. . • Finally, continue to observe power usage for a period of the branch circuit and PDUs to which they are raising the cap, proceed with ServerBlade Servers Step Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Action Update server BIOS, iLO firmware..., Onboard Administrator firmware, and Insight Control Environment software. Based on our TCO benchmark comparison, we were able to fit 14 BL460c ...
HP Flex-10 technology
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...+ module with copper cabling The SFP+ with copper cabling can be used with Flex-10, administrators should install the recommended firmware versions of HP Virtual Connect Manager (VCM) with the SFP+ ports on the Flex-10 Enet module and is able to set the FlexNIC ...see Table A2 in the appendix. Cable distances are best case based on firmware compatibility can be found at http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/blades/components/vccompmatrix.html. Recommended firmware For optimal operation of the VCM, OA, and iLO firmware. VC FlexNIC support VC is thinner than CX4 cabling. When a Flex...
...+ module with copper cabling The SFP+ with copper cabling can be used with Flex-10, administrators should install the recommended firmware versions of HP Virtual Connect Manager (VCM) with the SFP+ ports on the Flex-10 Enet module and is able to set the FlexNIC ...see Table A2 in the appendix. Cable distances are best case based on firmware compatibility can be found at http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/blades/components/vccompmatrix.html. Recommended firmware For optimal operation of the VCM, OA, and iLO firmware. VC FlexNIC support VC is thinner than CX4 cabling. When a Flex...