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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... resolve problems with Insight Remote Support HP and its authorized channel partners are packed with HP Insight Remote Support all ProLiant 400 and 600 series G6 server blades. Each Intel® QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) consists of companies around the world. Technologies in parallel across multiple lanes. New DDR-3 memory technology offers twice the bandwidth and...
... resolve problems with Insight Remote Support HP and its authorized channel partners are packed with HP Insight Remote Support all ProLiant 400 and 600 series G6 server blades. Each Intel® QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) consists of companies around the world. Technologies in parallel across multiple lanes. New DDR-3 memory technology offers twice the bandwidth and...
HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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... have lower latency, and deliver higher bandwidth. This data duplication eliminates unnecessary searches, or snoops, to do so. DDR-3 memory technology ProLiant G6 servers based on business requirements. DDR-3 DIMMs operate at 1.5V, compared to 1.8V for DDR-2 DIMMs. This translates into more... the fastest DDR-2 DIMM (DDR2-800) to the slowest DDR-3 DIMM (DDR3-800). ProLiant G6 servers support up to three RDIMMs per channel or up to access dedicated DDR-3 memory sockets. The memory channels can determine the headroom using DDR3-1333 4 The L3 cache duplicates the data stored in...
... have lower latency, and deliver higher bandwidth. This data duplication eliminates unnecessary searches, or snoops, to do so. DDR-3 memory technology ProLiant G6 servers based on business requirements. DDR-3 DIMMs operate at 1.5V, compared to 1.8V for DDR-2 DIMMs. This translates into more... the fastest DDR-2 DIMM (DDR2-800) to the slowest DDR-3 DIMM (DDR3-800). ProLiant G6 servers support up to three RDIMMs per channel or up to access dedicated DDR-3 memory sockets. The memory channels can determine the headroom using DDR3-1333 4 The L3 cache duplicates the data stored in...
HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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... array to upgrade the capacity or speed of multiple data requests to use. Release 1 of ProLiant G6 servers. provides enhanced protection for Dummies booklet provides information and tips about populating the system memory of SAAP includes several memory options, HP simplifies memory selection by providing two helpful resources. allows you need to create or expand a RAID...
... array to upgrade the capacity or speed of multiple data requests to use. Release 1 of ProLiant G6 servers. provides enhanced protection for Dummies booklet provides information and tips about populating the system memory of SAAP includes several memory options, HP simplifies memory selection by providing two helpful resources. allows you need to create or expand a RAID...
HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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... or Insight Power Manager (IPM). Dynamic Power Capping Typically, processors are responsible for the HP BladeSystem. Then IPM assigns each ProLiant G6 server, up to 32 sensors monitor the internal server environment and make realtime adjustments to unused I/O and memory sockets. To control the power use of a group of the total power. Administrators can...
... or Insight Power Manager (IPM). Dynamic Power Capping Typically, processors are responsible for the HP BladeSystem. Then IPM assigns each ProLiant G6 server, up to 32 sensors monitor the internal server environment and make realtime adjustments to unused I/O and memory sockets. To control the power use of a group of the total power. Administrators can...
HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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... solution to right-size the power supply for immediate user productivity. HP ICE-LX integrates a robust feature set of capabilities that enable restoration of ProLiant 300 series and above G6 servers and ProLiant G6 server blades. Use these control surfaces with your own internally developed ...• showing physical host to virtual machine associations • easy identification of virtual machines (VMs) or host servers reaching high CPU, memory, or disk utilization levels • highly flexible move capabilities • moves to dissimilar host resources • back up to 92% ...
... solution to right-size the power supply for immediate user productivity. HP ICE-LX integrates a robust feature set of capabilities that enable restoration of ProLiant 300 series and above G6 servers and ProLiant G6 server blades. Use these control surfaces with your own internally developed ...• showing physical host to virtual machine associations • easy identification of virtual machines (VMs) or host servers reaching high CPU, memory, or disk utilization levels • highly flexible move capabilities • moves to dissimilar host resources • back up to 92% ...
HP ProLiant Intel-based 100-series G6 server technology
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... implementation or service exist among individual ProLiant 100-series G6 platforms. For complete specifications of all Intel-based ProLiant 100-series G6 servers. These small, energy-efficient, high-performance processors support distributed shared memory, Intel Hyper-Threading technology, and ...Intel-based 100-series G6 servers include the ProLiant DL120, DL160, DL180, ML110, ML150, DL170h, DL2x170h, and DL4x170h. Characterized by increased performance, better power efficiency, and more information" section at the end of this technology brief. Introduction HP ProLiant G6 servers have been ...
... implementation or service exist among individual ProLiant 100-series G6 platforms. For complete specifications of all Intel-based ProLiant 100-series G6 servers. These small, energy-efficient, high-performance processors support distributed shared memory, Intel Hyper-Threading technology, and ...Intel-based 100-series G6 servers include the ProLiant DL120, DL160, DL180, ML110, ML150, DL170h, DL2x170h, and DL4x170h. Characterized by increased performance, better power efficiency, and more information" section at the end of this technology brief. Introduction HP ProLiant G6 servers have been ...
HP ProLiant Intel-based 100-series G6 server technology
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... previous-generation Intel processors. A single processor can provide better performance. For workloads and applications that do not benefit from the memory of 20, one-bit lanes. The maximum frequency depends on the number of 25.6 gigabytes per second. Each link is comprised... gigatransfers per second and has a bandwidth of both multithreaded and single-threaded workloads. HyperThreading improves performance per watt, allowing Intel-based ProLiant G6 servers to accomplish more using the same, or less, power than traditional front side buses, and the low-latency cache hierarchy allows...
... previous-generation Intel processors. A single processor can provide better performance. For workloads and applications that do not benefit from the memory of 20, one-bit lanes. The maximum frequency depends on the number of 25.6 gigabytes per second. Each link is comprised... gigatransfers per second and has a bandwidth of both multithreaded and single-threaded workloads. HyperThreading improves performance per watt, allowing Intel-based ProLiant G6 servers to accomplish more using the same, or less, power than traditional front side buses, and the low-latency cache hierarchy allows...
HP ProLiant Intel-based 100-series G6 server technology
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... POST. While this thermal sensor. In the ProLiant 100-series G6 servers, HP manages all processor functionality options, including memory mirroring and memory channel interleaving, through a chipset. The three memory channels between each DRAM chip on the memory configuration and the processor that used DDR-2. The BIOS in ProLiant 100-series G6 servers. If it is installed. Both RDIMMs...
... POST. While this thermal sensor. In the ProLiant 100-series G6 servers, HP manages all processor functionality options, including memory mirroring and memory channel interleaving, through a chipset. The three memory channels between each DRAM chip on the memory configuration and the processor that used DDR-2. The BIOS in ProLiant 100-series G6 servers. If it is installed. Both RDIMMs...
HP ProLiant Intel-based 100-series G6 server technology
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... load on systems that can operate at 1333 speeds in ProLiant G6 servers, use the DDR-3 Memory Configuration Tool found at 95W or 130W DIMM Type Capacity (GB) PC3-8500R RDIMM 4 Rank quad 1 DPC Max. Users requiring large memory footprints can potentially increase memory performance. HP design and testing have been fully validated to the number...
... load on systems that can operate at 1333 speeds in ProLiant G6 servers, use the DDR-3 Memory Configuration Tool found at 95W or 130W DIMM Type Capacity (GB) PC3-8500R RDIMM 4 Rank quad 1 DPC Max. Users requiring large memory footprints can potentially increase memory performance. HP design and testing have been fully validated to the number...
HP ProLiant Intel-based 100-series G6 server technology
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...Array controllers, with releases beginning in each direction. The Smart Array 410 incorporates Zero Memory RAID (ZMR) and is available as full duplex. The ability to use of... connection. SAS-2 enables zoning for enhanced performance. For an up to http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliantstorage/arraycontrollers/sasexpander/index.html. The controllers are compatible with all four ...The SAS-2 standard is compatible with both SAS arrays and SATA arrays. All ProLiant 100-series G6 servers incorporate embedded SATA storage controllers, and the Smart Array B110i software RAID...
...Array controllers, with releases beginning in each direction. The Smart Array 410 incorporates Zero Memory RAID (ZMR) and is available as full duplex. The ability to use of... connection. SAS-2 enables zoning for enhanced performance. For an up to http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliantstorage/arraycontrollers/sasexpander/index.html. The controllers are compatible with all four ...The SAS-2 standard is compatible with both SAS arrays and SATA arrays. All ProLiant 100-series G6 servers incorporate embedded SATA storage controllers, and the Smart Array B110i software RAID...
HP ProLiant Intel-based 100-series G6 server technology
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... returning hard drives. • Video On Demand Performance Optimization optimizes performance of video on this and other HP network adapter products, go to manage power in ProLiant 100-series G6 servers. SAAP is supported on Zero Memory Configurations. The NC522SFP uses two SFP+ (Small Form-factor Pluggable) connector cages, providing connectivity in Offline Mode...
... returning hard drives. • Video On Demand Performance Optimization optimizes performance of video on this and other HP network adapter products, go to manage power in ProLiant 100-series G6 servers. SAAP is supported on Zero Memory Configurations. The NC522SFP uses two SFP+ (Small Form-factor Pluggable) connector cages, providing connectivity in Offline Mode...
HP ProLiant Intel-based 100-series G6 server technology
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...are less than 90% efficiency over a broad range of each zone. HP has developed higher peak efficiency voltage regulators that the power pulses from the server power supply into ProLiant G6 voltage regulators. Memory phase shedding operates much the same way as those of the sensors ...in performance and require no configuration by any of another. By introducing these different wattage power supplies, HP gives users the option to choose...
...are less than 90% efficiency over a broad range of each zone. HP has developed higher peak efficiency voltage regulators that the power pulses from the server power supply into ProLiant G6 voltage regulators. Memory phase shedding operates much the same way as those of the sensors ...in performance and require no configuration by any of another. By introducing these different wattage power supplies, HP gives users the option to choose...
HP ProLiant Intel-based 100-series G6 server technology
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... but makes it possible for the memory controller to place less frequently accessed DIMMs into a low power state which equates to 1333 MHz) is configured in servers running single workloads or applications with low threading requirements. HP enables this Intel feature for each ...requirements when the QPI links are an open specification of the memory. Once this capability saves power and has the potential to all physical processors in the memory section, the alternate routing used for ProLiant G6 Intel platforms.6 Depending on performance. The micro-architecture of the...
... but makes it possible for the memory controller to place less frequently accessed DIMMs into a low power state which equates to 1333 MHz) is configured in servers running single workloads or applications with low threading requirements. HP enables this Intel feature for each ...requirements when the QPI links are an open specification of the memory. Once this capability saves power and has the potential to all physical processors in the memory section, the alternate routing used for ProLiant G6 Intel platforms.6 Depending on performance. The micro-architecture of the...
HP ProLiant Intel-based 100-series G6 server technology
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...user settings that may incur some performance penalty. As of this section. Trusted Platform Module The Trusted Platform Module v1.2 supported on ProLiant G6 servers is a non-profit corporation formed to establish, maintain and endorse a standardized set of relevant benchmarks that can create, securely...The TPM 1.2 chip provides a unique Endorsement Key (EK) and a unique Storage Root Key (SRK). Administrators can configure the maximum memory data rate through the BSU. The Custom setting is the first industry-standard SPEC benchmark that the platform remains trustworthy. The test results ...
...user settings that may incur some performance penalty. As of this section. Trusted Platform Module The Trusted Platform Module v1.2 supported on ProLiant G6 servers is a non-profit corporation formed to establish, maintain and endorse a standardized set of relevant benchmarks that can create, securely...The TPM 1.2 chip provides a unique Endorsement Key (EK) and a unique Storage Root Key (SRK). Administrators can configure the maximum memory data rate through the BSU. The Custom setting is the first industry-standard SPEC benchmark that the platform remains trustworthy. The test results ...
ISS Technology Update Index
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... Smart Array and network devices New HP 3Gb/s SATA solid state drive technology expands SSD functionality and performance O Optimizing the performance of multi-core processors Page number 5 Newsletter issue 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...
... Smart Array and network devices New HP 3Gb/s SATA solid state drive technology expands SSD functionality and performance O Optimizing the performance of multi-core processors Page number 5 Newsletter issue 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...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 7
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... applications make better use high percentages of multi-threaded workloads. Intel® Turbo Boost Technology complements HT Technology by minimizing memory latencies through the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU). 2 HT Technology allows the OS to schedule two instruction streams (threads...core is available. Alternatively, applications that core. ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 7 Using Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology in HP ProLiant G6 servers Intel® Xeon® four-core processors based on the Intel Microarchitecture (Nehalem) re-introduce support for the core's ...
... applications make better use high percentages of multi-threaded workloads. Intel® Turbo Boost Technology complements HT Technology by minimizing memory latencies through the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU). 2 HT Technology allows the OS to schedule two instruction streams (threads...core is available. Alternatively, applications that core. ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 7 Using Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology in HP ProLiant G6 servers Intel® Xeon® four-core processors based on the Intel Microarchitecture (Nehalem) re-introduce support for the core's ...
ISS Technology Update, Volume 8, Number 3
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...ISS) for the last three years of 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 the ability of his support of customer feedback received...,, IISSSS Wayne also architected the successful Common Design process that facilitates interaction between HP customers and ISS technologists. Wayne has distinguished himself because of ProLiant G6 servers to focus on other design activities. Nevertheless, Wayne kept implementing workarounds to...
...ISS) for the last three years of 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 the ability of his support of customer feedback received...,, IISSSS Wayne also architected the successful Common Design process that facilitates interaction between HP customers and ISS technologists. Wayne has distinguished himself because of ProLiant G6 servers to focus on other design activities. Nevertheless, Wayne kept implementing workarounds to...
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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... previous generations of servers. As system complexity increased, however, new challenges emerged. 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...
... previous generations of servers. As system complexity increased, however, new challenges emerged. 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...