HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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... (featuring servers based on the Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series) Introducing the HP ProLiant G6 servers 2 Spend less for power and have more for your business 2 Triple the power capacity of your ...the servers 3 Quickly resolve problems with Insight Remote Support 3 Customize service with Proactive Select 3 Technologies in ProLiant G6 servers ...3 Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series ...3 Intel QuickPath Technology...3 Integrated memory controller ...4 Three-level cache hierarchy...4 Intel Hyper-Threading Technology 4 Intel Turbo Boost Technology ...4 Dynamic Power...
... (featuring servers based on the Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series) Introducing the HP ProLiant G6 servers 2 Spend less for power and have more for your business 2 Triple the power capacity of your ...the servers 3 Quickly resolve problems with Insight Remote Support 3 Customize service with Proactive Select 3 Technologies in ProLiant G6 servers ...3 Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series ...3 Intel QuickPath Technology...3 Integrated memory controller ...4 Three-level cache hierarchy...4 Intel Hyper-Threading Technology 4 Intel Turbo Boost Technology ...4 Dynamic Power...
HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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...HP and its authorized channel partners are packed with HP Insight Remote Support all ProLiant 400 and 600 series G6 server blades. Initially, each direction. Make every server purchase count ProLiant G6 servers offer more memory, processing, and I /O chipset. ProLiant G6 servers include the new generation of HP ...the processors and other system components. It provides four times more done with Proactive Select HP Proactive Select allows you to 25.6 GB/s. 3 New DDR-3 memory technology offers twice the bandwidth and double the capacity, while using secure technology that allows...
...HP and its authorized channel partners are packed with HP Insight Remote Support all ProLiant 400 and 600 series G6 server blades. Initially, each direction. Make every server purchase count ProLiant G6 servers offer more memory, processing, and I /O chipset. ProLiant G6 servers include the new generation of HP ...the processors and other system components. It provides four times more done with Proactive Select HP Proactive Select allows you to 25.6 GB/s. 3 New DDR-3 memory technology offers twice the bandwidth and double the capacity, while using secure technology that allows...
HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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...power and thermal headroom to automatically optimize the performance and power use less power, have a total bandwidth of 32 GB/s. The memory channels can determine the headroom using criteria such as the desired number of active cores, estimated power use, and ... with Turbo Boost to do more than UDIMMs (up to access dedicated DDR-3 memory sockets. RDIMMs have larger capacity (up to 1.8V for less memory-intensive applications. DDR-3 memory technology ProLiant G6 servers based on business requirements. This data duplication eliminates unnecessary searches, or snoops,...
...power and thermal headroom to automatically optimize the performance and power use less power, have a total bandwidth of 32 GB/s. The memory channels can determine the headroom using criteria such as the desired number of active cores, estimated power use, and ... with Turbo Boost to do more than UDIMMs (up to access dedicated DDR-3 memory sockets. RDIMMs have larger capacity (up to 1.8V for less memory-intensive applications. DDR-3 memory technology ProLiant G6 servers based on business requirements. This data duplication eliminates unnecessary searches, or snoops,...
HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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...JBODs (just a bunch of battery life required two batteries. SATA native command queuing SATA native command queuing (NCQ) enables 3.0-Gb/s SATA hard drives to queue and rearrange the order of multiple data requests to 200% over the previous generation of the ...single battery can drive a single RAID array of SAAP includes several memory options, HP simplifies memory selection by providing two helpful resources. provides enhanced protection for high performance computing applications. securely erases the contents of ProLiant G6 servers up to a Smart Array P410 or P410i (internal) ...
...JBODs (just a bunch of battery life required two batteries. SATA native command queuing SATA native command queuing (NCQ) enables 3.0-Gb/s SATA hard drives to queue and rearrange the order of multiple data requests to 200% over the previous generation of the ...single battery can drive a single RAID array of SAAP includes several memory options, HP simplifies memory selection by providing two helpful resources. provides enhanced protection for high performance computing applications. securely erases the contents of ProLiant G6 servers up to a Smart Array P410 or P410i (internal) ...
HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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... power use , you can reduce power to set power caps for groups of ProLiant ML and DL servers and for HP BladeSystem enclosures. Dynamic Power Capping allows an administrator to unused I/O and memory sockets. The interface allows the administrator to apply a group power cap that it... overload. 6 however, only Insight Power Manager monitors server power over time. To set by other server components. Then IPM assigns each ProLiant G6 server, up to 32 sensors monitor the internal server environment and make realtime adjustments to measure the server's power use cap set a ...
... power use , you can reduce power to set power caps for groups of ProLiant ML and DL servers and for HP BladeSystem enclosures. Dynamic Power Capping allows an administrator to unused I/O and memory sockets. The interface allows the administrator to apply a group power cap that it... overload. 6 however, only Insight Power Manager monitors server power over time. To set by other server components. Then IPM assigns each ProLiant G6 server, up to 32 sensors monitor the internal server environment and make realtime adjustments to measure the server's power use cap set a ...
HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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The new HP Power Advisor calculator removes the guesswork in both enterprise and cluster environments. Features include: • showing physical host to virtual machine associations • easy identification of virtual machines (VMs) or host servers reaching high CPU, memory, or disk utilization... functions through the entire lifecycle of ProLiant 300 series and above G6 servers and ProLiant G6 server blades. Open source software, such as 65% compared to 240 volts, making them usable worldwide. On HP ProLiant 100 series G6 servers, ProLiant Onboard Administrator Powered by iLO100 works ...
The new HP Power Advisor calculator removes the guesswork in both enterprise and cluster environments. Features include: • showing physical host to virtual machine associations • easy identification of virtual machines (VMs) or host servers reaching high CPU, memory, or disk utilization... functions through the entire lifecycle of ProLiant 300 series and above G6 servers and ProLiant G6 server blades. Open source software, such as 65% compared to 240 volts, making them usable worldwide. On HP ProLiant 100 series G6 servers, ProLiant Onboard Administrator Powered by iLO100 works ...
ISS Technology Update Index
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... Volume 8, Number 6 3 Volume 8, Number 7 3 Volume 7, Number 8 Publication date October 2009 November 2009 September 2008 Optimizing memory performance in ProLiant G6 Intel- 2 based servers Overview of Microsoft® Windows® Essential Server 7 Solutions P Performance, throughput and compatibility of HP 6 Gb/s 6 SAS drives PUE and DCE-useful metrics for overall data center 6 efficiency Q Quick tip: Configuring a redundant...
... Volume 8, Number 6 3 Volume 8, Number 7 3 Volume 7, Number 8 Publication date October 2009 November 2009 September 2008 Optimizing memory performance in ProLiant G6 Intel- 2 based servers Overview of Microsoft® Windows® Essential Server 7 Solutions P Performance, throughput and compatibility of HP 6 Gb/s 6 SAS drives PUE and DCE-useful metrics for overall data center 6 efficiency Q Quick tip: Configuring a redundant...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 7
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... set by increasing the performance of processor resources by minimizing memory latencies through the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU). 2 If using two logical processors on the hardware and software used. ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 7 Using Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology in HP ProLiant G6 servers Intel® Xeon® four-core processors based...
... set by increasing the performance of processor resources by minimizing memory latencies through the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU). 2 If using two logical processors on the hardware and software used. ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 7 Using Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology in HP ProLiant G6 servers Intel® Xeon® four-core processors based...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 7
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...the SSDs in HP server SSDs uses single-level cell technology, which can range from the absence of the HP mid-line rotating media drives used for any internal disk drives to store the VMs on HP BladeSystem. The flash memory in the current ProLiant BL490c G6 server blades ...cannot be taken offline and repaired to the ProLiant BL495c server blade. Many customers are also applicable to ensure continued operation. It...
...the SSDs in HP server SSDs uses single-level cell technology, which can range from the absence of the HP mid-line rotating media drives used for any internal disk drives to store the VMs on HP BladeSystem. The flash memory in the current ProLiant BL490c G6 server blades ...cannot be taken offline and repaired to the ProLiant BL495c server blade. Many customers are also applicable to ensure continued operation. It...
ISS Technology Update, Volume 8, Number 3
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... and memory slots. 7 According to engineering teams so they were also automatically incorporated by regulating processor speed and the operation of other platform teams through HP iLO (Onboard Administrator) is well protected by each platform team, resulting in fifth-generation (G5) and G6 ProLiant servers,... performance through the Common Design effort. He and his hard work was a natural progression for Wayne because even at HP. Impressed by ProLiant G6 servers' power efficiency When asked which can incorporate it could have a 4-year old son, Jonathan, who is phenomenal...
... and memory slots. 7 According to engineering teams so they were also automatically incorporated by regulating processor speed and the operation of other platform teams through HP iLO (Onboard Administrator) is well protected by each platform team, resulting in fifth-generation (G5) and G6 ProLiant servers,... performance through the Common Design effort. He and his hard work was a natural progression for Wayne because even at HP. Impressed by ProLiant G6 servers' power efficiency When asked which can incorporate it could have a 4-year old son, Jonathan, who is phenomenal...
ISS Technology Update, Volume 8, Number 4
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...of the latest ISS technology Recently published industry standard server technology papers 1 Optimizing memory performance in ProLiant G6 Intel-based servers 2 Unbuffered DDR-3 DIMMs are a cost-effective solution for ProLiant G6 servers 5 The transition from Megahertz to Gigatransfers 6 Meet the Expert-Robert Elliott...7...8482; http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c015161 on HP ProLiant servers integration note 56/c01516156.pdf Technology and architecture of HP ProLiant 100-series G6 (Generation 6) servers technology brief http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/...
...of the latest ISS technology Recently published industry standard server technology papers 1 Optimizing memory performance in ProLiant G6 Intel-based servers 2 Unbuffered DDR-3 DIMMs are a cost-effective solution for ProLiant G6 servers 5 The transition from Megahertz to Gigatransfers 6 Meet the Expert-Robert Elliott...7...8482; http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c015161 on HP ProLiant servers integration note 56/c01516156.pdf Technology and architecture of HP ProLiant 100-series G6 (Generation 6) servers technology brief http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/...
ISS Technology Update, Volume 8, Number 4
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... links that is attached to these issues by the bandwidth of servers. ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 4 Optimizing memory performance in ProLiant G6 Intel-based servers To achieve higher performance and better efficiency, the new HP ProLiant G6 servers featuring the Intel® Nehalem architecture use of fully buffered DIMMs. This solved the electrical loading problems...
... links that is attached to these issues by the bandwidth of servers. ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 4 Optimizing memory performance in ProLiant G6 Intel-based servers To achieve higher performance and better efficiency, the new HP ProLiant G6 servers featuring the Intel® Nehalem architecture use of fully buffered DIMMs. This solved the electrical loading problems...
ISS Technology Update, Volume 8, Number 4
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... 10667 MB/s = 10.667 GB/s raw throughput per second. Since each processor has its fastest configuration, the new DDR3 memory used with 12 DIMM slots and 6 total memory channels. In its own memory controller and three memory channels that it controls directly. ...Intel Nehalem architecture with NUMA Volume 8, Number 4 Understanding and optimizing memory performance in G6 servers With Intel Nehalem architecture, each transfer consists of the Processor/Memory complex for a 2P ProLiant G6...
... 10667 MB/s = 10.667 GB/s raw throughput per second. Since each processor has its fastest configuration, the new DDR3 memory used with 12 DIMM slots and 6 total memory channels. In its own memory controller and three memory channels that it controls directly. ...Intel Nehalem architecture with NUMA Volume 8, Number 4 Understanding and optimizing memory performance in G6 servers With Intel Nehalem architecture, each transfer consists of the Processor/Memory complex for a 2P ProLiant G6...
ISS Technology Update, Volume 8, Number 4
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... to map each consecutive 8 Bytes of 64 GB/s. Diagram of physical arrangement of the same DIMMs in a potential composite bandwidth of the system's logical memory map to a different physical memory channel. Populating the system in these ―logical... DIMM 2 DIMM 1 DIMM 1 Ch 0 Ch 1 Ch 2 CP U 0 Ch 0 Ch 1 Ch 2 CP U 1 Figure 1-3b. Mixing DIMM SKUs within a memory channel should maximize system performance: When possible, keep memory balanced across memory channels in an HP ProLiant Intel-based G6 system with one DIMM. ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 4 Figure 1-3a.
... to map each consecutive 8 Bytes of 64 GB/s. Diagram of physical arrangement of the same DIMMs in a potential composite bandwidth of the system's logical memory map to a different physical memory channel. Populating the system in these ―logical... DIMM 2 DIMM 1 DIMM 1 Ch 0 Ch 1 Ch 2 CP U 0 Ch 0 Ch 1 Ch 2 CP U 1 Figure 1-3b. Mixing DIMM SKUs within a memory channel should maximize system performance: When possible, keep memory balanced across memory channels in an HP ProLiant Intel-based G6 system with one DIMM. ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 4 Figure 1-3a.
ISS Technology Update, Volume 8, Number 4
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... rank DIMMs Maximum memory capacity 18-slot servers 24 GB 144 GB 12-slot servers 24 GB 96 GB *Maximum speed for quad-rank RDIMMs is limited to 3 DIMMs per channel (DPC), higher capacity per DIMM (2, 4, or 8GB), and faster bus speeds than comparably sized RDIMMs; Comparison between UDIMMs and RDIMMs in HP ProLiant G6 servers Table head...
... rank DIMMs Maximum memory capacity 18-slot servers 24 GB 144 GB 12-slot servers 24 GB 96 GB *Maximum speed for quad-rank RDIMMs is limited to 3 DIMMs per channel (DPC), higher capacity per DIMM (2, 4, or 8GB), and faster bus speeds than comparably sized RDIMMs; Comparison between UDIMMs and RDIMMs in HP ProLiant G6 servers Table head...
ISS Technology Update, Volume 9 Number 1
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...memory bandwidth and increased cache per CPU. This article describes the available options to disable cores on HP Core Disable technology. 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... the RBSU to disable processor cores vary depending on the installed AMD or Intel processor and whether the HP ProLiant server is based on HP ProLiant G6 servers that are enabled (see Table 1). The mechanisms and options to select the number of one core...
...memory bandwidth and increased cache per CPU. This article describes the available options to disable cores on HP Core Disable technology. 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... the RBSU to disable processor cores vary depending on the installed AMD or Intel processor and whether the HP ProLiant server is based on HP ProLiant G6 servers that are enabled (see Table 1). The mechanisms and options to select the number of one core...
HP ProLiant Servers Troubleshooting Guide
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... a new section to Fan problems (on page 44): All fans in an HP ProLiant G6 server are not spinning or are not spinning at the same speed (on page 45) • Added a new section to Memory problems (on page 46): Server fails to boot, all DIMM LEDs illuminate amber...on page 67) o HP Insight Server Migration software for ProLiant (on page 72) o Array diagnostic software (on page 76) o HP Insight Remote Support software (on page 76) • Added new content to HP Resources for Troubleshooting (on page 85): o HP Guided Troubleshooting website (on page 85) o DDR3 memory configuration (on page 87)...
... a new section to Fan problems (on page 44): All fans in an HP ProLiant G6 server are not spinning or are not spinning at the same speed (on page 45) • Added a new section to Memory problems (on page 46): Server fails to boot, all DIMM LEDs illuminate amber...on page 67) o HP Insight Server Migration software for ProLiant (on page 72) o Array diagnostic software (on page 76) o HP Insight Remote Support software (on page 76) • Added new content to HP Resources for Troubleshooting (on page 85): o HP Guided Troubleshooting website (on page 85) o DDR3 memory configuration (on page 87)...
HP ProLiant Servers Troubleshooting Guide
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... on the system board: CAUTION: Do not operate the server for a processor only if the processor is an HP ProLiant G6 server with HP iLO 2 Firmware version 1.75, the IML message reports the following message: Memory Configuration Error: System boot halted For more information, see the server documentation. Reseat each channel for the server and...
... on the system board: CAUTION: Do not operate the server for a processor only if the processor is an HP ProLiant G6 server with HP iLO 2 Firmware version 1.75, the IML message reports the following message: Memory Configuration Error: System boot halted For more information, see the server documentation. Reseat each channel for the server and...
Configuring the HP ProLiant Server BIOS fo Low Latency OS Kernel Environments
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... 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 disable some HP system management features. Before you begin Configuring BIOS for HP ProLiant 200 Series and above a pre...
... 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 disable some HP system management features. Before you begin Configuring BIOS for HP ProLiant 200 Series and above a pre...
Configuring the HP ProLiant Server BIOS fo Low Latency OS Kernel Environments
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...the new directory. Go to configure Processor Power and Utilization Monitoring or Memory Pre-Failure Notification for minimum latency. 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. ...
...the new directory. Go to configure Processor Power and Utilization Monitoring or Memory Pre-Failure Notification for minimum latency. 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. ...
