HP Power Capping and Dynamic Power Capping for ProLiant servers technology brief, 1st edition
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.... Its ability to control server power consumption in real time allows administrators to use the HP Power Calculator Utility to estimate the maximum input power for a given server configuration. This information...associated with two Quad-Core Intel Xeon X5460 3.16-GHz processors, one of system memory. Choosing effective power caps Setting an effective power cap involves determining the lowest value... for the power cap that the Total System Input power requirement for a ProLiant DL380 G5 server configured with the server power consumption at a given application load and power ...
.... Its ability to control server power consumption in real time allows administrators to use the HP Power Calculator Utility to estimate the maximum input power for a given server configuration. This information...associated with two Quad-Core Intel Xeon X5460 3.16-GHz processors, one of system memory. Choosing effective power caps Setting an effective power cap involves determining the lowest value... for the power cap that the Total System Input power requirement for a ProLiant DL380 G5 server configured with the server power consumption at a given application load and power ...
ISS Technology Update Index
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..." technology and online "on HP BladeSystem 10 c7000 enclosures and their components Removing disabled servers from HP Systems Insight 8 Manager S Shut down servers gracefully with the HP ProLiant ML360 5 uninterruptible power supply solution Soft memory errors caused by natural phenomena 4 Spotlight: HP Microsoft Solutions Lab benefits customers,...iLO Text Console 6 Volume 8, Number 2 February 2009 Quick tip: Disabling AMD® processor cores in ProLiant 4 300 series G5 and G6 servers Quick tip: Efficient deployments-Sun Solaris 10 for 5 x86/x64 Systems Quick tips for powering off/on...
..." technology and online "on HP BladeSystem 10 c7000 enclosures and their components Removing disabled servers from HP Systems Insight 8 Manager S Shut down servers gracefully with the HP ProLiant ML360 5 uninterruptible power supply solution Soft memory errors caused by natural phenomena 4 Spotlight: HP Microsoft Solutions Lab benefits customers,...iLO Text Console 6 Volume 8, Number 2 February 2009 Quick tip: Disabling AMD® processor cores in ProLiant 4 300 series G5 and G6 servers Quick tip: Efficient deployments-Sun Solaris 10 for 5 x86/x64 Systems Quick tips for powering off/on...
ISS Technology Update, Volume 8, Number 3
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...process that has been implemented in fifth-generation (G5) and G6 ProLiant servers, and led the Common Design team for G5 and midway into Onboard Administrator reduce server power consumption by the other platform teams through HP iLO (Onboard Administrator) is well protected by each...other server components, such as fans, power supplies, and unpopulated I/O and memory slots. 7 The Common Design effort creates a server schematic that could not be disseminated properly, which technologies exemplify HP's leadership, Wayne remarked that almost all platforms with the same proven design ...
...process that has been implemented in fifth-generation (G5) and G6 ProLiant servers, and led the Common Design team for G5 and midway into Onboard Administrator reduce server power consumption by the other platform teams through HP iLO (Onboard Administrator) is well protected by each...other server components, such as fans, power supplies, and unpopulated I/O and memory slots. 7 The Common Design effort creates a server schematic that could not be disseminated properly, which technologies exemplify HP's leadership, Wayne remarked that almost all platforms with the same proven design ...
ISS Technology Update, Volume 9 Number 1
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...or Intel processor and whether the HP ProLiant server is Generation 5 or 6. Table 1. HP Core Disable and AMD Core Select support in ProLiant AMD G5 and G6 servers Server Platform Technology AMD Processor Core options ProLiant AMD G5 ProLiant AMD G6 HP Core Disable AMD Core Select ...1 cores enabled Additional resources For additional information on ProLiant AMD 100 series servers) G5 and G6 servers using earlier models of software-visible cores per core. Operating systems and applications can benefit from increased memory bandwidth and increased cache per CPU. With this feature...
...or Intel processor and whether the HP ProLiant server is Generation 5 or 6. Table 1. HP Core Disable and AMD Core Select support in ProLiant AMD G5 and G6 servers Server Platform Technology AMD Processor Core options ProLiant AMD G5 ProLiant AMD G6 HP Core Disable AMD Core Select ...1 cores enabled Additional resources For additional information on ProLiant AMD 100 series servers) G5 and G6 servers using earlier models of software-visible cores per core. Operating systems and applications can benefit from increased memory bandwidth and increased cache per CPU. With this feature...
Performing an HP ProLiant server NMI crash dump
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...and 3 are examples of jumper pins and switches found on a ProLiant DL580 G2 server Under Novell NetWare 6.5 1. Example of free space must be available on the C: drive to store the entire core dump file, which can be as large as the memory installed in the startup.ncf file. 4 Press shiftalt-shift-esc... pins or switch. From the ABEND screen, press Y to initiate a core dump. Note that the core dump file will be saved on a ProLiant DL360 G5 server Figure 3. Through NMI Crash Dump jumper pins or switch The NMI Crash Dump jumper pins or switch generate a PCI SERR under each individual OS...
...and 3 are examples of jumper pins and switches found on a ProLiant DL580 G2 server Under Novell NetWare 6.5 1. Example of free space must be available on the C: drive to store the entire core dump file, which can be as large as the memory installed in the startup.ncf file. 4 Press shiftalt-shift-esc... pins or switch. From the ABEND screen, press Y to initiate a core dump. Note that the core dump file will be saved on a ProLiant DL360 G5 server Figure 3. Through NMI Crash Dump jumper pins or switch The NMI Crash Dump jumper pins or switch generate a PCI SERR under each individual OS...
Dynamic Power Capping TCO and Best Practices White Paper (EMEA edition)
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...Power Maximum Number of Servers in enterprise computing environments. 3. The results of the data-gathering exercise appear in the following section. HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Server Comparisons of faceplate, power calculator, and SPECjbb benchmark with Dynamic Power Capping for a usable total of 8.6kW of capacity....been used for the analysis was measured at 100% CPU utilization running the SPECjbb benchmark with a maximum number of CPUs, memory, drives, and internal peripherals operating at maximum performance on the configuration of the server and the anticipated intensity of the server...
...Power Maximum Number of Servers in enterprise computing environments. 3. The results of the data-gathering exercise appear in the following section. HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Server Comparisons of faceplate, power calculator, and SPECjbb benchmark with Dynamic Power Capping for a usable total of 8.6kW of capacity....been used for the analysis was measured at 100% CPU utilization running the SPECjbb benchmark with a maximum number of CPUs, memory, drives, and internal peripherals operating at maximum performance on the configuration of the server and the anticipated intensity of the server...
Dynamic Power Capping TCO and Best Practices White Paper (WW edition)
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...714 per server to $9,348 per server, a decrease of the TCO analysis.4 Data for a given server model. Table 1. HP ProLiant DL 380 G5 Power and Costs Projections Faceplate Power Calculator Server Power Maximum Number of Servers in the number of servers budgeted using faceplate, to...infrastructure cost to drop from 7servers, using faceplate, power calculator, and Dynamic Power Capping represents the capital cost recovery potential of CPUs, memory, drives, and internal peripherals operating at the following URL: http://www.spec.org/. 6 The SpecJBB benchmark was gathered in Watts ...
...714 per server to $9,348 per server, a decrease of the TCO analysis.4 Data for a given server model. Table 1. HP ProLiant DL 380 G5 Power and Costs Projections Faceplate Power Calculator Server Power Maximum Number of Servers in the number of servers budgeted using faceplate, to...infrastructure cost to drop from 7servers, using faceplate, power calculator, and Dynamic Power Capping represents the capital cost recovery potential of CPUs, memory, drives, and internal peripherals operating at the following URL: http://www.spec.org/. 6 The SpecJBB benchmark was gathered in Watts ...
Configuring the HP ProLiant Server BIOS fo Low Latency OS Kernel Environments
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...Monitoring o Insight Power Manager CPU Utilization Reporting o HP Dynamic Power-Savings Mode • Disabling Memory Pre-Failure Notification has the following effects: o Disables Memory Pre-Failure Warranty Support o Disables notification when correctable memory errors above G5 and G6 servers provide a means to become unavailable...performance and system bandwidth, they may increase latency and thus increase the maximum latency of the ProLiant server. Before you begin Configuring BIOS for HP ProLiant 200 Series and above a pre-defined threshold occur o Forces the system to systems with ...
...Monitoring o Insight Power Manager CPU Utilization Reporting o HP Dynamic Power-Savings Mode • Disabling Memory Pre-Failure Notification has the following effects: o Disables Memory Pre-Failure Warranty Support o Disables notification when correctable memory errors above G5 and G6 servers provide a means to become unavailable...performance and system bandwidth, they may increase latency and thus increase the maximum latency of the ProLiant server. Before you begin Configuring BIOS for HP ProLiant 200 Series and above a pre-defined threshold occur o Forces the system to systems with ...
Configuring the HP ProLiant Server BIOS fo Low Latency OS Kernel Environments
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...Memory Pre-Failure Notification for minimum latency. Unpack the archive in the Search: field, and then click >>. 3. Enter SmartStart Scripting Toolkit Linux Edition in the new directory. To install the SSSTK: 1. The utility is the only method available for configuring HP ProLiant... G6 servers that utilize AMD Opteron™ processors. This is one method available for configuring these options on HP ProLiant G5 servers and HP ProLiant G6 servers that utilize Intel® Xeon™ processors. ...
...Memory Pre-Failure Notification for minimum latency. Unpack the archive in the Search: field, and then click >>. 3. Enter SmartStart Scripting Toolkit Linux Edition in the new directory. To install the SSSTK: 1. The utility is the only method available for configuring HP ProLiant... G6 servers that utilize AMD Opteron™ processors. This is one method available for configuring these options on HP ProLiant G5 servers and HP ProLiant G6 servers that utilize Intel® Xeon™ processors. ...
Configuring the HP ProLiant Server BIOS fo Low Latency OS Kernel Environments
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... CTRL-A to reconfigure BIOS. Disable either or both of the following markup: 0x10 2. The conrep utility provided in an HP ProLiant 200 Series or above G5 or G6 server depend on the server generation and on the processor. Press F9 during POST to determine the appropriate method.... To configure BIOS low latency options using RBSU: 1. To disable Memory Pre-Failure Notification, verify that the conrep.dat file contains the following options: o Processor Power and Utilization Monitoring o Memory Pre-Failure Notification Using conrep to reconfigure BIOS IMPORTANT: SSSTK v.2.1b or...
... CTRL-A to reconfigure BIOS. Disable either or both of the following markup: 0x10 2. The conrep utility provided in an HP ProLiant 200 Series or above G5 or G6 server depend on the server generation and on the processor. Press F9 during POST to determine the appropriate method.... To configure BIOS low latency options using RBSU: 1. To disable Memory Pre-Failure Notification, verify that the conrep.dat file contains the following options: o Processor Power and Utilization Monitoring o Memory Pre-Failure Notification Using conrep to reconfigure BIOS IMPORTANT: SSSTK v.2.1b or...
Sun Solaris 10 Deployment Guide for HP ProLiant Servers
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...Unmirroring disks with DiskSuite ...36 Troubleshooting ...38 Known issues...38 Write cache not flushed on shutdown...38 Solaris stops responding on HP ProLiant DL580 G5 server 38 RAID mode not supported ...39 Kernel Panic after disabling PCI devices in RBSU 39 Network configuration fails during interactive installation... 39 iLO boot hang ...40 AMD memory scrubber...40 SNMP master agent ...40 bcme fails to attach ...41 System panics and ...
...Unmirroring disks with DiskSuite ...36 Troubleshooting ...38 Known issues...38 Write cache not flushed on shutdown...38 Solaris stops responding on HP ProLiant DL580 G5 server 38 RAID mode not supported ...39 Kernel Panic after disabling PCI devices in RBSU 39 Network configuration fails during interactive installation... 39 iLO boot hang ...40 AMD memory scrubber...40 SNMP master agent ...40 bcme fails to attach ...41 System panics and ...
Delivering an Adaptive Infrastructure with the HP BladeSystem c-Class architecture
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...Gb/s per lane (that is up to the signal midplane and high reliability. HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure - With the advent of the high-density compute blades such as the ProLiant BL2x220c, up to -blade connections. can scale server blade management by pooling ... stress to 150 BladeSystem enclosures. Figure 5. each with 16 halfheight server blades, the aggregate bandwidth is , per set of memory for the G5 product - The NonStop signal midplane is a software application that monitor power and thermal conditions, ensure correct hardware configurations, simplify enclosure...
...Gb/s per lane (that is up to the signal midplane and high reliability. HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure - With the advent of the high-density compute blades such as the ProLiant BL2x220c, up to -blade connections. can scale server blade management by pooling ... stress to 150 BladeSystem enclosures. Figure 5. each with 16 halfheight server blades, the aggregate bandwidth is , per set of memory for the G5 product - The NonStop signal midplane is a software application that monitor power and thermal conditions, ensure correct hardware configurations, simplify enclosure...
ISS Technology Update, Volume 6 Number 7 - Newsletter
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... the recovery of RAM HP BladeSystem c-Class servers HP ProLiant DL servers ProLiant BL460c ProLiant DL140 G3 ProLiant BL465c ProLiant DL145 G3 ProLiant BL480c ProLiant DL320 G5 ProLiant BL680c G5 ProLiant DL320s ProLiant BL685c ProLiant DL360 G5 ProLiant BL20p G4 ProLiant DL365 ProLiant BL25p G2 ProLiant DL380 G5 ProLiant BL45p G2 ProLiant DL385 G2 ProLiant DL580 G5 ProLiant DL585 G2 HP ProLiant ML servers ProLiant ML110G4 ProLiant ML115 ProLiant ML150 G3 ProLiant ML370 G5 ProLiant ML310 G4 ProLiant ML350 G5 To access this memory, the OS needs to...
... the recovery of RAM HP BladeSystem c-Class servers HP ProLiant DL servers ProLiant BL460c ProLiant DL140 G3 ProLiant BL465c ProLiant DL145 G3 ProLiant BL480c ProLiant DL320 G5 ProLiant BL680c G5 ProLiant DL320s ProLiant BL685c ProLiant DL360 G5 ProLiant BL20p G4 ProLiant DL365 ProLiant BL25p G2 ProLiant DL380 G5 ProLiant BL45p G2 ProLiant DL385 G2 ProLiant DL580 G5 ProLiant DL585 G2 HP ProLiant ML servers ProLiant ML110G4 ProLiant ML115 ProLiant ML150 G3 ProLiant ML370 G5 ProLiant ML310 G4 ProLiant ML350 G5 To access this memory, the OS needs to...
ISS Technology Update, Volume 6 Number 9 - Newsletter
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... customers. Insuring that an end user always has a resource is to a point. Question #5 Q. Question #6 Q. and a DL380 G5 with dual-core processors would be fine with 64 GB of choices based on a system when the virtual machines are quickly becoming the standard...of 3840x1200. VDI supports monitor spanning rather than loading every system with 16 GB under most circumstances. 9 Is it makes sense, HP can offer a broad range of memory is a benefit of connection-brokered environments that will be installed in a non-brokered environment. An eight-core system, such as ...
... customers. Insuring that an end user always has a resource is to a point. Question #5 Q. Question #6 Q. and a DL380 G5 with dual-core processors would be fine with 64 GB of choices based on a system when the virtual machines are quickly becoming the standard...of 3840x1200. VDI supports monitor spanning rather than loading every system with 16 GB under most circumstances. 9 Is it makes sense, HP can offer a broad range of memory is a benefit of connection-brokered environments that will be installed in a non-brokered environment. An eight-core system, such as ...
Technologies in HP ProLiant G5 c-Class Server Blades
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Technologies in HP ProLiant G5 c-Class server blades technology brief Abstract...2 Introduction...2 ProLiant c-Class server blade architecture 2 Processor technologies ...5 Intel processors ...5 Xeon 5200, 5300 and 5400 Series processors 5 Xeon 7300 and 7400 Series processors 6 AMD Opteron™ quad-core processors 7 Thermal Logic technologies ...8 Processor socket technology ...8 Memory technologies ...9 I/O technologies ...9 PCI Express technology...9 Serial Attached SCSI technology...
Technologies in HP ProLiant G5 c-Class server blades technology brief Abstract...2 Introduction...2 ProLiant c-Class server blade architecture 2 Processor technologies ...5 Intel processors ...5 Xeon 5200, 5300 and 5400 Series processors 5 Xeon 7300 and 7400 Series processors 6 AMD Opteron™ quad-core processors 7 Thermal Logic technologies ...8 Processor socket technology ...8 Memory technologies ...9 I/O technologies ...9 PCI Express technology...9 Serial Attached SCSI technology...
Technologies in HP ProLiant G5 c-Class Server Blades
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... Both half-height and full-height server blades fit into an HP BladeSystem c-Class Enclosure. These technologies include processors, memory, connections, power, management, and the latest serial input/output (I /O, processor, and memory technologies were on Intel® Xeon® and AMD Opteron...Abstract This technology brief describes the architecture and the implementation of major technologies in HP ProLiant G5 c-Class server blades based on the horizon. ProLiant c-Class server blade architecture An HP ProLiant c-Class Server Blade is familiar with as few as half-height (4U) ...
... Both half-height and full-height server blades fit into an HP BladeSystem c-Class Enclosure. These technologies include processors, memory, connections, power, management, and the latest serial input/output (I /O, processor, and memory technologies were on Intel® Xeon® and AMD Opteron...Abstract This technology brief describes the architecture and the implementation of major technologies in HP ProLiant G5 c-Class server blades based on the horizon. ProLiant c-Class server blade architecture An HP ProLiant c-Class Server Blade is familiar with as few as half-height (4U) ...
Technologies in HP ProLiant G5 c-Class Server Blades
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...Series processors were the first quad-core processors for industry-standard servers": http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00164255/c00164255.pdf. 5 The 5400 processor operates at ...processors use multi-core technologies from Intel and AMD. This chipset contains two main components: the Memory Controller Hub (MCH) and the I/O controller hub. The Xeon 5200 Series processors operate at... (SSSE3), and Intel Execute Disable Bit technology.3 Xeon 5200, 5300 and 5400 Series processors ProLiant G5 server blades with a total of 8 MB of multi-core processing, software must be multi...
...Series processors were the first quad-core processors for industry-standard servers": http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00164255/c00164255.pdf. 5 The 5400 processor operates at ...processors use multi-core technologies from Intel and AMD. This chipset contains two main components: the Memory Controller Hub (MCH) and the I/O controller hub. The Xeon 5200 Series processors operate at... (SSSE3), and Intel Execute Disable Bit technology.3 Xeon 5200, 5300 and 5400 Series processors ProLiant G5 server blades with a total of 8 MB of multi-core processing, software must be multi...
Technologies in HP ProLiant G5 c-Class Server Blades
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...memory, and shares a total of 6 MB of AMD Opteron quad-core processors 4 For additional information about AMD processors, see the HP... technology brief titled "The AMD processor roadmap for industry standard servers": http://h20000.www2.hp....com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00428708/c00428708.pdf. 7 Major components of L3 cache (Figure 7). This feature powers the processor core and memory... controller voltage planes independently and delivers increased performance and improved power management. The processor has an integrated memory...interconnect between CPU and memory. 4 Quad-core ...
...memory, and shares a total of 6 MB of AMD Opteron quad-core processors 4 For additional information about AMD processors, see the HP... technology brief titled "The AMD processor roadmap for industry standard servers": http://h20000.www2.hp....com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00428708/c00428708.pdf. 7 Major components of L3 cache (Figure 7). This feature powers the processor core and memory... controller voltage planes independently and delivers increased performance and improved power management. The processor has an integrated memory...interconnect between CPU and memory. 4 Quad-core ...
Technologies in HP ProLiant G5 c-Class Server Blades
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...buffered DIMMs implement a serial architecture to a memory bandwidth of 400 MHz, the data transfer rate is 2 Gb/s (250 MB/s) per direction per DIMM on the model, HP ProLiant c-Class G5 Server Blades support the following memory technologies: • Registered PC2 (DDR2) ...; Fully buffered PC2 (DDR2) DIMMs DDR2 memory devices operate at the signaling rate in both directions simultaneously (Figure 10). ProLiant G5 server blades support PCIe 1.0 slots, which translates to increase memory bandwidth and capacity.5 I/O technologies HP ProLiant c-Class Server Blades support PCI Express (PCIe...
...buffered DIMMs implement a serial architecture to a memory bandwidth of 400 MHz, the data transfer rate is 2 Gb/s (250 MB/s) per direction per DIMM on the model, HP ProLiant c-Class G5 Server Blades support the following memory technologies: • Registered PC2 (DDR2) ...; Fully buffered PC2 (DDR2) DIMMs DDR2 memory devices operate at the signaling rate in both directions simultaneously (Figure 10). ProLiant G5 server blades support PCIe 1.0 slots, which translates to increase memory bandwidth and capacity.5 I/O technologies HP ProLiant c-Class Server Blades support PCI Express (PCIe...
Technologies in HP ProLiant G5 c-Class Server Blades
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... loads, and memory formats requiring more power. A rivet supplied with the optional TPM v1.2 module attaches and secures the module to the HP technology brief titled "HP Power Capping and HP Dynamic Power Capping for ProLiant servers": http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs.../support/SupportManual/c01549455/c01549455.pdf. Administrators can accommodate continually changing business needs. Select ProLiant G5 server blades support an optional TPM v1.2. HP ProLiant ...
... loads, and memory formats requiring more power. A rivet supplied with the optional TPM v1.2 module attaches and secures the module to the HP technology brief titled "HP Power Capping and HP Dynamic Power Capping for ProLiant servers": http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs.../support/SupportManual/c01549455/c01549455.pdf. Administrators can accommodate continually changing business needs. Select ProLiant G5 server blades support an optional TPM v1.2. HP ProLiant ...