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HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Server 6 Case 2. Dynamic Power Capping TCO and Best Practices White Paper Executive Summary ...2 Introduction ...2 Poor Power Planning Results in Trapped Power ...Power Caps for rack-mount servers 8 Setting Dynamic Power Cap with HP BladeSystem infrastructure 10 Conclusion...12 Appendix: TCO Test Configurations and Supported Servers 13 Test Configuration 1-HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Server 13 Test Configuration 2-HP ProLiant BL460c G1 Server 13 Test Configuration 3-HP ProLiant BL460c G5 Server 14 Supported Servers and Enclosures...14 For more information...15 Feedback......
HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Server 6 Case 2. Dynamic Power Capping TCO and Best Practices White Paper Executive Summary ...2 Introduction ...2 Poor Power Planning Results in Trapped Power ...Power Caps for rack-mount servers 8 Setting Dynamic Power Cap with HP BladeSystem infrastructure 10 Conclusion...12 Appendix: TCO Test Configurations and Supported Servers 13 Test Configuration 1-HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Server 13 Test Configuration 2-HP ProLiant BL460c G1 Server 13 Test Configuration 3-HP ProLiant BL460c G5 Server 14 Supported Servers and Enclosures...14 For more information...15 Feedback......
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... anticipate following a successful implementation of Dynamic Power Capping requires N+N power redundancy for the entire HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosure. Rapid response of Dynamic Power Capping avoids circuit breaker trips No Dynamic Power...HP Power Calculator or HP BladeSystem Sizer, and Dynamic Power Capping. The Onboard Administrator, working in 5 The analysis compares the number of servers that enable more intense workloads will have their power caps reduced; Instead of peak power consumption for the ProLiant DL 380 G5 server, ProLiant BL460c G1 server, and ProLiant BL460c G5...
... anticipate following a successful implementation of Dynamic Power Capping requires N+N power redundancy for the entire HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosure. Rapid response of Dynamic Power Capping avoids circuit breaker trips No Dynamic Power...HP Power Calculator or HP BladeSystem Sizer, and Dynamic Power Capping. The Onboard Administrator, working in 5 The analysis compares the number of servers that enable more intense workloads will have their power caps reduced; Instead of peak power consumption for the ProLiant DL 380 G5 server, ProLiant BL460c G1 server, and ProLiant BL460c G5...
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HP ProLiant BL460c G1 and G5 Servers Comparisons of faceplate, power calculator, and SPECjbb benchmark with Dynamic Power Capping for the BL460c G1 server and c7000 as well as their primary means of budgeting server power will see the most dramatic increase in ... more dramatic. HP Note Tests assume a 30 AMP, 208V 3-phase circuit for a typical BL460c G1 configuration, users can potentially increase the number of blade servers deployed per circuit from 16 servers using faceplate to 32 servers using Dynamic Power Capping at 100% CPU utilization. For the ProLiant BL460c G5 server, the ...
HP ProLiant BL460c G1 and G5 Servers Comparisons of faceplate, power calculator, and SPECjbb benchmark with Dynamic Power Capping for the BL460c G1 server and c7000 as well as their primary means of budgeting server power will see the most dramatic increase in ... more dramatic. HP Note Tests assume a 30 AMP, 208V 3-phase circuit for a typical BL460c G1 configuration, users can potentially increase the number of blade servers deployed per circuit from 16 servers using faceplate to 32 servers using Dynamic Power Capping at 100% CPU utilization. For the ProLiant BL460c G5 server, the ...
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... each OA module. 2.0 or later IPM update applied to Insight Control Environment central management server. • Next, meet with 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 blades...to fit on the applications in conjunction with a few days or as long as our rack-mount example with your HP BladeSystem infrastructure. For the BL460c G1 configuration used in our TCO benchmarking (see Appendix), the BladeSystem Sizer indicates that will fit in each enclosure. •...
... each OA module. 2.0 or later IPM update applied to Insight Control Environment central management server. • Next, meet with 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 blades...to fit on the applications in conjunction with a few days or as long as our rack-mount example with your HP BladeSystem infrastructure. For the BL460c G1 configuration used in our TCO benchmarking (see Appendix), the BladeSystem Sizer indicates that will fit in each enclosure. •...
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Test Configuration 1-HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Server 1 HP ProLiant DL380 G5 server 2 Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor E5450 8 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 Fully Buffered Low-Power DIMMs 4 Hot Plug SFF SAS 10K 72GB... Power: 208VAC Circuit Size: 8.6kW (30 Amp, 3-phase) Operating Temperature: 22°C ±0.5°C Power calculated using HP Power Calculator REV111601 Power measured using Voltech PM1000 Power Analyzer Test Configuration 2-HP ProLiant BL460c G1 Server 16 HP ProLiant BL460c G1 Servers 2 Intel® Xeon® Processor L5450 4 4GB PC2-5300 DDR2 Fully Buffered Low-Power DIMMs 2 Hot Plug...
Test Configuration 1-HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Server 1 HP ProLiant DL380 G5 server 2 Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor E5450 8 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 Fully Buffered Low-Power DIMMs 4 Hot Plug SFF SAS 10K 72GB... Power: 208VAC Circuit Size: 8.6kW (30 Amp, 3-phase) Operating Temperature: 22°C ±0.5°C Power calculated using HP Power Calculator REV111601 Power measured using Voltech PM1000 Power Analyzer Test Configuration 2-HP ProLiant BL460c G1 Server 16 HP ProLiant BL460c G1 Servers 2 Intel® Xeon® Processor L5450 4 4GB PC2-5300 DDR2 Fully Buffered Low-Power DIMMs 2 Hot Plug...
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...: 22°C ±0.5°C Power calculated using HP BladeSystem Sizer v3.4.1 Power measured using Voltech PM1000 Power Analyzer Supported Servers and Enclosures Dynamic Power Capping supported on the following servers and enclosures: HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosure HP ProLiant BL 2x220 G5 server HP ProLiant BL260 G5 server HP ProLiant BL460c G1 server HP ProLiant BL460c G5 server HP ProLiant BL495c G5 server HP ProLiant BL685 G5 server HP ProLiant DL360 G5 server HP ProLiant DL380 G5 server 14
...: 22°C ±0.5°C Power calculated using HP BladeSystem Sizer v3.4.1 Power measured using Voltech PM1000 Power Analyzer Supported Servers and Enclosures Dynamic Power Capping supported on the following servers and enclosures: HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosure HP ProLiant BL 2x220 G5 server HP ProLiant BL260 G5 server HP ProLiant BL460c G1 server HP ProLiant BL460c G5 server HP ProLiant BL495c G5 server HP ProLiant BL685 G5 server HP ProLiant DL360 G5 server HP ProLiant DL380 G5 server 14
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... Power Caps for rack-mount servers 9 Setting Dynamic Power Cap with HP BladeSystem infrastructure 10 Conclusion...12 Appendix: TCO Test Configurations and Supported Servers 13 Test Configuration 1-HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Server 13 Test Configuration 2-HP ProLiant BL460c G1 Server 13 Test Configuration 3-HP ProLiant BL460c G5 Server 14 Supported Servers and Enclosures...14 For more information...15 Feedback...... 3 At the Rack Level...4 At Blade Enclosure Level ...5 The results of the data-gathering exercise appear in the following section 6 Case 1. HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Server 6 Case 2.
... Power Caps for rack-mount servers 9 Setting Dynamic Power Cap with HP BladeSystem infrastructure 10 Conclusion...12 Appendix: TCO Test Configurations and Supported Servers 13 Test Configuration 1-HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Server 13 Test Configuration 2-HP ProLiant BL460c G1 Server 13 Test Configuration 3-HP ProLiant BL460c G5 Server 14 Supported Servers and Enclosures...14 For more information...15 Feedback...... 3 At the Rack Level...4 At Blade Enclosure Level ...5 The results of the data-gathering exercise appear in the following section 6 Case 1. HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Server 6 Case 2.
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...develops SpecJBB. Measure Peak Power Consumption and Cap: Server power consumption was used for the DL380 G5 are listed below (Table 1). Table 1. HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Server Comparisons of the server workload as measured by CPU utilization. The SpecJBB benchmark was measured...cap at the following fashion: 1. Faceplate value represents the maximum possible input power required for the ProLiant DL 380 G5 server, ProLiant BL460c G1 server, and ProLiant BL460c G5 server. The server configurations tested represent those typically found at the 100% SPECjbb load did not impact ...
...develops SpecJBB. Measure Peak Power Consumption and Cap: Server power consumption was used for the DL380 G5 are listed below (Table 1). Table 1. HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Server Comparisons of the server workload as measured by CPU utilization. The SpecJBB benchmark was measured...cap at the following fashion: 1. Faceplate value represents the maximum possible input power required for the ProLiant DL 380 G5 server, ProLiant BL460c G1 server, and ProLiant BL460c G5 server. The server configurations tested represent those typically found at the 100% SPECjbb load did not impact ...
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...per server, most customers will fit, the number of incremental servers does not justify the purchase of capacity. 7 Table 2. HP ProLiant BL460c G1 Server Power and Costs Projections Faceplate Blade System Sizer (Enclosure) Load Testing and Dynamic Power Capping Enclosure Power 7,836 W ... additional enclosure. HP ProLiant BL460c G1 and G5 Servers Comparisons of capacity. While customers who use faceplate as the BL460c G5 server and c7000 enclosure are even more than shown here. HP Note Tests assume a 30AMP, 208V 3-phase circuit for a typical BL460c G1 configuration, users...
...per server, most customers will fit, the number of incremental servers does not justify the purchase of capacity. 7 Table 2. HP ProLiant BL460c G1 Server Power and Costs Projections Faceplate Blade System Sizer (Enclosure) Load Testing and Dynamic Power Capping Enclosure Power 7,836 W ... additional enclosure. HP ProLiant BL460c G1 and G5 Servers Comparisons of capacity. While customers who use faceplate as the BL460c G5 server and c7000 enclosure are even more than shown here. HP Note Tests assume a 30AMP, 208V 3-phase circuit for a typical BL460c G1 configuration, users...
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... online. To begin using the ProLiant BL 460c G1 and G5 servers and the HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosure as their primary means of budgeting server power will probably result in tables 1, 2, and 3. Customers leveraging the 2 x 220 blade or the BL260c blade may find that more blades...larger (32 blades for the BL460 G5 vs. 28 blades for the BL460 G1 vs. 23 servers for rack-mount servers using the ProLiant DL380 G5 server as the HP Power Calculator or HP BladeSystem Sizer to no performance loss. Table 3. HP ProLiant BL460c G5 Server Power and Costs Projections Faceplate Blade...
... online. To begin using the ProLiant BL 460c G1 and G5 servers and the HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosure as their primary means of budgeting server power will probably result in tables 1, 2, and 3. Customers leveraging the 2 x 220 blade or the BL260c blade may find that more blades...larger (32 blades for the BL460 G5 vs. 28 blades for the BL460 G1 vs. 23 servers for rack-mount servers using the ProLiant DL380 G5 server as the HP Power Calculator or HP BladeSystem Sizer to no performance loss. Table 3. HP ProLiant BL460c G5 Server Power and Costs Projections Faceplate Blade...
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Test Configuration 1-HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Server 1 HP ProLiant DL380 G5 server 2 Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor E5450 8 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 Fully Buffered Low-Power DIMMs 4 Hot Plug SFF SAS 10K 72GB... Power: 208VAC Circuit Size: 8.6kW (30 Amp, 3-phase) Operating Temperature: 22°C ±0.5°C Power calculated using HP Power Calculator REV111601 Power measured using Voltech PM1000 Power Analyzer Test Configuration 2-HP ProLiant BL460c G1 Server 16 HP ProLiant BL460c G1 Servers 2 Intel® Xeon® Processor L5450 4 4GB PC2-5300 DDR2 Fully Buffered Low-Power DIMMs 2 Hot Plug...
Test Configuration 1-HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Server 1 HP ProLiant DL380 G5 server 2 Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor E5450 8 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 Fully Buffered Low-Power DIMMs 4 Hot Plug SFF SAS 10K 72GB... Power: 208VAC Circuit Size: 8.6kW (30 Amp, 3-phase) Operating Temperature: 22°C ±0.5°C Power calculated using HP Power Calculator REV111601 Power measured using Voltech PM1000 Power Analyzer Test Configuration 2-HP ProLiant BL460c G1 Server 16 HP ProLiant BL460c G1 Servers 2 Intel® Xeon® Processor L5450 4 4GB PC2-5300 DDR2 Fully Buffered Low-Power DIMMs 2 Hot Plug...
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...: 22°C ±0.5°C Power calculated using HP BladeSystem Sizer v3.4.1 Power measured using Voltech PM1000 Power Analyzer Supported Servers and Enclosures Dynamic Power Capping supported on the following servers and enclosures: HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosure HP ProLiant BL 2x220 G5 server HP ProLiant BL260 G5 server HP ProLiant BL460c G1 server HP ProLiant BL460c G5 server HP ProLiant BL495c G5 server HP ProLiant BL685 G5 server HP ProLiant DL360 G5 server HP ProLiant DL380 G5 server 14
...: 22°C ±0.5°C Power calculated using HP BladeSystem Sizer v3.4.1 Power measured using Voltech PM1000 Power Analyzer Supported Servers and Enclosures Dynamic Power Capping supported on the following servers and enclosures: HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosure HP ProLiant BL 2x220 G5 server HP ProLiant BL260 G5 server HP ProLiant BL460c G1 server HP ProLiant BL460c G5 server HP ProLiant BL495c G5 server HP ProLiant BL685 G5 server HP ProLiant DL360 G5 server HP ProLiant DL380 G5 server 14