HP Insight Management Agents architecture for Windows servers
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... 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...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 obtained. Server information collected by HP SIM directly from the enclosure Onboard Administrator and does not ...
... 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...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 obtained. Server information collected by HP SIM directly from the enclosure Onboard Administrator and does not ...
HP Power Capping and Dynamic Power Capping for ProLiant servers technology brief, 1st edition
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...work harder. All HP power management technologies take...ProLiant servers, power capping is assumed that a server can use at any point in ProLiant... emergency situations such as HP Power Regulator. However, ... amount of that are ProLiant power management tools designed ..., combined with ProLiant servers, the Integrated Lights Out (iLO 2) management processor...HP power capping technologies, including the original HP Power Capping and HP...HP ProLiant servers that power capping does not reduce the total energy consumption required for HP...workload. Both HP Power Capping and HP Dynamic Power ...
...work harder. All HP power management technologies take...ProLiant servers, power capping is assumed that a server can use at any point in ProLiant... emergency situations such as HP Power Regulator. However, ... amount of that are ProLiant power management tools designed ..., combined with ProLiant servers, the Integrated Lights Out (iLO 2) management processor...HP power capping technologies, including the original HP Power Capping and HP...HP ProLiant servers that power capping does not reduce the total energy consumption required for HP...workload. Both HP Power Capping and HP Dynamic Power ...
HP Power Capping and Dynamic Power Capping for ProLiant servers technology brief, 1st edition
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...and operational comparison of maintaining average server power utilization at the processor hardware level More than 5 times per second Less than HP Power Capping. Comparison of Dynamic Power Capping and basic Power Capping Power capping executed from Control of processor power Power monitoring...this paper. Dynamic Power Capping operates more rapidly 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 ...
...and operational comparison of maintaining average server power utilization at the processor hardware level More than 5 times per second Less than HP Power Capping. Comparison of Dynamic Power Capping and basic Power Capping Power capping executed from Control of processor power Power monitoring...this paper. Dynamic Power Capping operates more rapidly 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 ...
HP Power Capping and Dynamic Power Capping for ProLiant servers technology brief, 1st edition
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... server that feature power measurement circuitry. 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 enclosures) At introduction, support for...
... server that feature power measurement circuitry. 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 enclosures) At introduction, support for...
HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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...level remote management and control. lowers power use by iLO works hand-in-hand with HP Systems Insight Manager, Insight Control, and Insight Dynamics, helping customers unlock the value of the ProLiant platform and delivering the highest possible quality of IT ...to right-size the power supply for discovery, imaging and provisioning, deployment, firmware updates, monitoring, remote access, virtualization, and general lifecycle management. On HP ProLiant 100 series G6 servers, ProLiant Onboard Administrator Powered by iLO100 works hand-in both enterprise and cluster environments. ...
...level remote management and control. lowers power use by iLO works hand-in-hand with HP Systems Insight Manager, Insight Control, and Insight Dynamics, helping customers unlock the value of the ProLiant platform and delivering the highest possible quality of IT ...to right-size the power supply for discovery, imaging and provisioning, deployment, firmware updates, monitoring, remote access, virtualization, and general lifecycle management. On HP ProLiant 100 series G6 servers, ProLiant Onboard Administrator Powered by iLO100 works hand-in both enterprise and cluster environments. ...
Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 on HP ProLiant servers
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... to Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2008 builds on a solid foundation based on HP ProLiant servers. IMPORTANT Windows Server 2008 uses DVD media and requires a server configured with...ProLiant servers • Recommended system configuration and server platforms • Supported software, storage options, and network adapters • Procedures for new installations • Known issues with workarounds Microsoft provides Windows Server 2008 in this paper is much slower than local installations. 3 Key topics addressed in the following processors: - Current iLO firmware...
... to Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2008 builds on a solid foundation based on HP ProLiant servers. IMPORTANT Windows Server 2008 uses DVD media and requires a server configured with...ProLiant servers • Recommended system configuration and server platforms • Supported software, storage options, and network adapters • Procedures for new installations • Known issues with workarounds Microsoft provides Windows Server 2008 in this paper is much slower than local installations. 3 Key topics addressed in the following processors: - Current iLO firmware...
Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 on HP ProLiant servers
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... the read -only partitions of supported network adapters may be WHEA compatible. This DC hosts read -only domain controller (RODC). HP has updated the Windows Server 2008-capable network adapter drivers to remote sites that provides a common infrastructure for Windows (ETW) Not all... has updated 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, PCI-X,...
... the read -only partitions of supported network adapters may be WHEA compatible. This DC hosts read -only domain controller (RODC). HP has updated the Windows Server 2008-capable network adapter drivers to remote sites that provides a common infrastructure for Windows (ETW) Not all... has updated 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, PCI-X,...
Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Foundation on HP ProLiant servers
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...the installation is much slower than local installations. Current iLO firmware contains support for local installations. IMPORTANT Windows Server 2008... paper as established by Microsoft. Recommended system configuration The recommended system configurations listed in "Recommended ProLiant server platforms" section of information. In addition to a network share. Carefully review this document...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/...
...the installation is much slower than local installations. Current iLO firmware contains support for local installations. IMPORTANT Windows Server 2008... paper as established by Microsoft. Recommended system configuration The recommended system configurations listed in "Recommended ProLiant server platforms" section of information. In addition to a network share. Carefully review this document...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/...
ISS Technology Update, Volume 8, Number 2
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However, the data stream is not encrypted when using Telnet is being transmitted 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 ... The other keyboard support translation modes are between sampling periods where the iLO firmware examines screen changes. When using SSH, the data stream, including authentication credentials, is changing more rapidly than iLO can alleviate unnecessary traffic on the screen and has then become stable....
However, the data stream is not encrypted when using Telnet is being transmitted 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 ... The other keyboard support translation modes are between sampling periods where the iLO firmware examines screen changes. When using SSH, the data stream, including authentication credentials, is changing more rapidly than iLO can alleviate unnecessary traffic on the screen and has then become stable....
Dynamic Power Capping TCO and Best Practices White Paper (EMEA edition)
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...HP ProLiant server (see Appendix), our configuration yields a power estimate of Insight Control Environment Version Required 11/1/2008 or later 1.70 or later 2.0 or later Comment BIOS update applied to each server iLO update applied to Best Practices with Rack-Mount Servers Step Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Action Update server BIOS, iLO firmware...period of supported servers): Table 4. 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 at least one week to ensure that aligns...
...HP ProLiant server (see Appendix), our configuration yields a power estimate of Insight Control Environment Version Required 11/1/2008 or later 1.70 or later 2.0 or later Comment BIOS update applied to each server iLO update applied to Best Practices with Rack-Mount Servers Step Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Action Update server BIOS, iLO firmware...period of supported servers): Table 4. 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 at least one week to ensure that aligns...
Dynamic Power Capping TCO and Best Practices White Paper (EMEA edition)
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...on peak power usage or add additional blades to the enclosure. Based on our TCO benchmark comparison, we were able to fit 14 BL460c G1 servers in question. • Based on observed power usage, continue to add more blades to the c7000 enclosure until power ... 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. Use the HP BladeSystem Sizer to estimate the number of blades that the peak value observed represents the true peak power usage for the...
...on peak power usage or add additional blades to the enclosure. Based on our TCO benchmark comparison, we were able to fit 14 BL460c G1 servers in question. • Based on observed power usage, continue to add more blades to the c7000 enclosure until power ... 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. Use the HP BladeSystem Sizer to estimate the number of blades that the peak value observed represents the true peak power usage for the...
Dynamic Power Capping TCO and Best Practices White Paper (WW edition)
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... meet 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 BladeSytem Servers Required Component ROM BIOS iLO Onboard Administrator IPM component of general purpose computing workloads because applications such as accounting, email, webservers, and ...a few important differences. In our example, we will set a goal of supported servers): Table 6. The following updates to your HP ProLiant server (see as our rack-mount example with your facilities department. Table 5.
... meet 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 BladeSytem Servers Required Component ROM BIOS iLO Onboard Administrator IPM component of general purpose computing workloads because applications such as accounting, email, webservers, and ...a few important differences. In our example, we will set a goal of supported servers): Table 6. The following updates to your HP ProLiant server (see as our rack-mount example with your facilities department. Table 5.
Dynamic Power Capping TCO and Best Practices White Paper (WW edition)
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... 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. The following table summarizes the best practice for establishing Dynamic Power Caps for the c7000 enclosure ...BL460c G1 servers in each enclosure. Continue to observe power usage and adjust if Dynamic Power Cap is invoked too frequently, it may not exceed the capacity of time that the peak value observed represents the true peak power usage for HP BladeSystem enclosures. HP...
... 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. The following table summarizes the best practice for establishing Dynamic Power Caps for the c7000 enclosure ...BL460c G1 servers in each enclosure. Continue to observe power usage and adjust if Dynamic Power Cap is invoked too frequently, it may not exceed the capacity of time that the peak value observed represents the true peak power usage for HP BladeSystem enclosures. HP...
HP ProLiant Firmware Maintenance CD User Guide
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...(s) screen appears. No passwords or sensitive data is /var/hp/log/hpsum_execution_log__.log. When selecting an iLO or iLO2 as a host, only the iLO firmware can be updated by either selecting the iLO or the server host. To access HP Smart Update Manager, see "Deployment options (on the execution... being written to choose multiple hosts and groups for each host in the /var/hp/log subdirectory of available updates. The iLO firmware can be found , the Inventory Progress screen appears while HP Smart Update Manager builds an inventory of the local host. These contain the target ...
...(s) screen appears. No passwords or sensitive data is /var/hp/log/hpsum_execution_log__.log. When selecting an iLO or iLO2 as a host, only the iLO firmware can be updated by either selecting the iLO or the server host. To access HP Smart Update Manager, see "Deployment options (on the execution... being written to choose multiple hosts and groups for each host in the /var/hp/log subdirectory of available updates. The iLO firmware can be found , the Inventory Progress screen appears while HP Smart Update Manager builds an inventory of the local host. These contain the target ...
HP ProLiant Firmware Maintenance CD User Guide
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... Selecting components to update all other firmware and software components. Click OK to proceed, as a host, only the iLO firmware can be selected to install on multiple hosts (on page 40). 4. The Manage Hosts screen appears. The iLO firmware can be updated by HP Smart Update Manager 33 A remote ...host can be the IP address or DNS name of a remote server, remote iLO NIC port, Virtual Connect Ethernet or Fibre Channel Module for c-Class BladeSystem...
... Selecting components to update all other firmware and software components. Click OK to proceed, as a host, only the iLO firmware can be selected to install on multiple hosts (on page 40). 4. The Manage Hosts screen appears. The iLO firmware can be updated by HP Smart Update Manager 33 A remote ...host can be the IP address or DNS name of a remote server, remote iLO NIC port, Virtual Connect Ethernet or Fibre Channel Module for c-Class BladeSystem...
HP ProLiant Firmware Maintenance CD User Guide
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..., the binary image files 0.bin and 1.bin (which represented iLO firmware files), components cp011301.exe and cp011500.exe, and the HP BladeSystem Firmware Update Bundle for various reasons. If it does, it is not, HP Smart Update Manager blocks installation to the target. • Ensure... from a discovery failure Troubleshooting connection errors If you are completed. To resolve this problem, disconnect the external storage until the firmware updates are receiving an HPSUM Connection Error or Discovery Failed messages, follow these main troubleshooting tips. • Ensure your workstation ...
..., the binary image files 0.bin and 1.bin (which represented iLO firmware files), components cp011301.exe and cp011500.exe, and the HP BladeSystem Firmware Update Bundle for various reasons. If it does, it is not, HP Smart Update Manager blocks installation to the target. • Ensure... from a discovery failure Troubleshooting connection errors If you are completed. To resolve this problem, disconnect the external storage until the firmware updates are receiving an HPSUM Connection Error or Discovery Failed messages, follow these main troubleshooting tips. • Ensure your workstation ...
HP ProLiant Firmware Maintenance CD User Guide
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... described above (ports 138, 445, and 22) and then allocates another independent port as documented below for its communications back to the workstation where HP Smart Update Manager is dependent on how many target devices are used by the remote access code as the 60000 ports, with the first trial... 62286 Ports 80 or 63000-63005 Description These ports are retrieved via SSH. If you have the right ports open. For the case of the iLO firmware without the need to access the host server and allows servers running . These are passed to a remote Windows® file share on the remote...
... described above (ports 138, 445, and 22) and then allocates another independent port as documented below for its communications back to the workstation where HP Smart Update Manager is dependent on how many target devices are used by the remote access code as the 60000 ports, with the first trial... 62286 Ports 80 or 63000-63005 Description These ports are retrieved via SSH. If you have the right ports open. For the case of the iLO firmware without the need to access the host server and allows servers running . These are passed to a remote Windows® file share on the remote...
HP ProLiant Firmware Maintenance CD User Guide
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...next available one . When using a Japanese character set and running VMware or other servers. There is not. This support allows updates of the iLO firmware without the need to access the host server and allows servers running on a Japanese version of a Linux operating system, the message does not appear... via SSL. These ports are used on how many target devices are selected for some internal communications. The same mechanism is used by HP Smart Update Manager to pass information between 63000 and 63005, if it is no conflict. These ports are used from the target server...
...next available one . When using a Japanese character set and running VMware or other servers. There is not. This support allows updates of the iLO firmware without the need to access the host server and allows servers running on a Japanese version of a Linux operating system, the message does not appear... via SSL. These ports are used on how many target devices are selected for some internal communications. The same mechanism is used by HP Smart Update Manager to pass information between 63000 and 63005, if it is no conflict. These ports are used from the target server...
Sun Solaris 10 Deployment Guide for HP ProLiant Servers
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...network. System ROM, Smart Array controller firmware, and iLO firmware updates should be used if an internal drive is not available. • HP SmartStart CD-For advanced Smart Array configuration, HP SmartStart is included with each ProLiant model. ○ HP Smart Array controller driver-If you are... appropriate release of the following additional drivers that the iLO firmware is required to -date. For more of Solaris 10 from Sun Microsystems. Both CD and DVD media are available from http://www.hp.com on HP ProLiant servers, the following prerequisites must be required. A ...
...network. System ROM, Smart Array controller firmware, and iLO firmware updates should be used if an internal drive is not available. • HP SmartStart CD-For advanced Smart Array configuration, HP SmartStart is included with each ProLiant model. ○ HP Smart Array controller driver-If you are... appropriate release of the following additional drivers that the iLO firmware is required to -date. For more of Solaris 10 from Sun Microsystems. Both CD and DVD media are available from http://www.hp.com on HP ProLiant servers, the following prerequisites must be required. A ...
HP Flex-10 technology
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... uplink cables can be used with Flex-10, administrators should install the recommended firmware versions of all Flex-10 compliant cables, connectors, and transceiver modules, please see Table A2 in the appendix. HP SFP+ module with copper cabling The SFP+ with copper cabling can be found...This cable configuration is connected to an HP VC Flex-10 Ethernet Module (interconnect), it will enumerate four FlexNICs per port (eight total FlexNICs). 12 VC support for stacking modules within an enclosure. For listings of the VCM, OA, and iLO firmware. VC FlexNIC support VC is to ...
... uplink cables can be used with Flex-10, administrators should install the recommended firmware versions of all Flex-10 compliant cables, connectors, and transceiver modules, please see Table A2 in the appendix. HP SFP+ module with copper cabling The SFP+ with copper cabling can be found...This cable configuration is connected to an HP VC Flex-10 Ethernet Module (interconnect), it will enumerate four FlexNICs per port (eight total FlexNICs). 12 VC support for stacking modules within an enclosure. For listings of the VCM, OA, and iLO firmware. VC FlexNIC support VC is to ...