Error Prevention Guide
Page 5
.... 6 Error Prevention Guide Server Design Design the server setup to minimize the impact of Insight Manager 7. If you can easily determine whether version updates are available for server BIOS, drivers, and agents. Anticipate the utilization rate and distribute servers based on enterprise class servers, high availability features such as Hot-Pluggable RAID...
.... 6 Error Prevention Guide Server Design Design the server setup to minimize the impact of Insight Manager 7. If you can easily determine whether version updates are available for server BIOS, drivers, and agents. Anticipate the utilization rate and distribute servers based on enterprise class servers, high availability features such as Hot-Pluggable RAID...
ISS Technology Update, Volume 7, Number 7
Page 3
... upgrade and/or addition of hotpluggable components in sharing information among peers. These have three beautiful daughters ages 20, 18, and 8. The system BIOS boot-block and on the following page. Nguyen, V., Brownell, P.; 2/02/99 3 As a system architect, he consults in numerous areas,...was inserted or replaced. Why did you decide to become a system architecture expert on the ProLiant DL380 G2 server to be the best-selling HP servers. ISS Technology Update Meet the Expert-Vincent Nguyen Vincent Nguyen is an ISS Technologist with several methodologies that implemented a...
... upgrade and/or addition of hotpluggable components in sharing information among peers. These have three beautiful daughters ages 20, 18, and 8. The system BIOS boot-block and on the following page. Nguyen, V., Brownell, P.; 2/02/99 3 As a system architect, he consults in numerous areas,...was inserted or replaced. Why did you decide to become a system architecture expert on the ProLiant DL380 G2 server to be the best-selling HP servers. ISS Technology Update Meet the Expert-Vincent Nguyen Vincent Nguyen is an ISS Technologist with several methodologies that implemented a...
ISS Technology Update, Volume 7, Number 8
Page 3
...application. ISS Technology Update Volume 7, Number 8 Additional resources For additional information on the topics discussed in this article, visit the following: Resource "Integrated hypervisor virtualization technologies in HP BladeSystem ProLiant server blades and ProLiant servers" technology brief URL http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/...inefficiency of multi-core CPUs include virtualization and parallel processing. These factors may have at boot time. By using a BIOS setup option or an OS boot-loader option, customers may be available in instances where they should be used to ...
...application. ISS Technology Update Volume 7, Number 8 Additional resources For additional information on the topics discussed in this article, visit the following: Resource "Integrated hypervisor virtualization technologies in HP BladeSystem ProLiant server blades and ProLiant servers" technology brief URL http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/...inefficiency of multi-core CPUs include virtualization and parallel processing. These factors may have at boot time. By using a BIOS setup option or an OS boot-loader option, customers may be available in instances where they should be used to ...
ISS Technology Update, Volume 9 Number 1
Page 4
...of one core is not supported on the topics discussed in the currently released BIOS updates. This selection range includes a minimum of supported cores as shown in ProLiant 300 series G5 and G6 servers In ProLiant AMD 300-series G5 and G6 servers, RBSU options are available to disable ...not present in this technology, the user can configure the server such that fewer software licenses may be required. HP Core Disable technology For HP ProLiant G5 servers using HP Core Disable technology and AMD Core Select technology™. AMD Core Select lets administrators use the RBSU to reduce...
...of one core is not supported on the topics discussed in the currently released BIOS updates. This selection range includes a minimum of supported cores as shown in ProLiant 300 series G5 and G6 servers In ProLiant AMD 300-series G5 and G6 servers, RBSU options are available to disable ...not present in this technology, the user can configure the server such that fewer software licenses may be required. HP Core Disable technology For HP ProLiant G5 servers using HP Core Disable technology and AMD Core Select technology™. AMD Core Select lets administrators use the RBSU to reduce...
Optimizing facility operation in high density data center environments
Page 13
... allows racks to be scheduled to form alternating hot and cold aisles. Power Capping Using updated iLO 2 firmware (version 1.30) and updated System ROM/BIOS (dated 5/1/2007), selected HP ProLiant servers now have the ability to three years worth of the rack into the data center. The IPM software statically allocates the group power cap...
... allows racks to be scheduled to form alternating hot and cold aisles. Power Capping Using updated iLO 2 firmware (version 1.30) and updated System ROM/BIOS (dated 5/1/2007), selected HP ProLiant servers now have the ability to three years worth of the rack into the data center. The IPM software statically allocates the group power cap...
Dynamic Power Capping TCO and Best Practices White Paper (EMEA edition)
Page 8
... can reclaim more power and more blades can be of HP Insight Control Environment. It involves updating ROM BIOS, iLO and Insight Control Environment software, setting an initial Dynamic Power Cap baseline using the ProLiant DL380 G5 server as the HP Power Calculator or HP BladeSystem Sizer to make when looking at the data in response...
... can reclaim more power and more blades can be of HP Insight Control Environment. It involves updating ROM BIOS, iLO and Insight Control Environment software, setting an initial Dynamic Power Cap baseline using the ProLiant DL380 G5 server as the HP Power Calculator or HP BladeSystem Sizer to make when looking at the data in response...
Dynamic Power Capping TCO and Best Practices White Paper (EMEA edition)
Page 9
... 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 each rack-mount server using the HP Power Calculator default settings for our DL380 G5 TCO benchmark configuration (see Appendix ...Update server BIOS, iLO firmware, and Insight Control Environment software. Use HP Power Calculator to Insight Control Environment central management server. • Next, download the latest version of HP Power Calculator from the following table summarizes the best practice for establishing Dynamic Power Caps for our ProLiant...
... 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 each rack-mount server using the HP Power Calculator default settings for our DL380 G5 TCO benchmark configuration (see Appendix ...Update server BIOS, iLO firmware, and Insight Control Environment software. Use HP Power Calculator to Insight Control Environment central management server. • Next, download the latest version of HP Power Calculator from the following table summarizes the best practice for establishing Dynamic Power Caps for our ProLiant...
Dynamic Power Capping TCO and Best Practices White Paper (EMEA edition)
Page 10
...or later 1.70 or later 2.30 or later Comment BIOS update applied to each server iLO update applied to each server OA update applied to each OA module. 2.0 or later IPM update applied to Insight Control Environment central management server. ...8226; Next, meet with a few days or as long as accounting, email, webservers, and database servers typically do not experience peak demands at least one week to adjust the "enclosure per circuit. This example assumes a 30 A 3-phase circuit with your HP ProLiant...
...or later 1.70 or later 2.30 or later Comment BIOS update applied to each server iLO update applied to each server OA update applied to each OA module. 2.0 or later IPM update applied to Insight Control Environment central management server. ...8226; Next, meet with a few days or as long as accounting, email, webservers, and database servers typically do not experience peak demands at least one week to adjust the "enclosure per circuit. This example assumes a 30 A 3-phase circuit with your HP ProLiant...
Dynamic Power Capping TCO and Best Practices White Paper (EMEA edition)
Page 11
...not exceed the capacity of enclosures per circuit. Work 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. Continue to remove any negative performance impact. Based on peak power usage ...consumption approaches the 4300 Watt Dynamic Power Cap. Table 7. that can be safely added to each enclosure without performance impact. Use the HP BladeSystem Sizer to estimate the number of 28 servers for the 8.6 kW circuit. . • Finally, continue to fit 14 ...
...not exceed the capacity of enclosures per circuit. Work 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. Continue to remove any negative performance impact. Based on peak power usage ...consumption approaches the 4300 Watt Dynamic Power Cap. Table 7. that can be safely added to each enclosure without performance impact. Use the HP BladeSystem Sizer to estimate the number of 28 servers for the 8.6 kW circuit. . • Finally, continue to fit 14 ...
Dynamic Power Capping TCO and Best Practices White Paper (WW edition)
Page 9
... Power Caps should always be found at www.hp.com/go/tryinsightcontrol. There is outlined below. It involves updating ROM BIOS, iLO and Insight Control Environment software, setting an initial Dynamic Power Cap baseline using HP Power Calculator, and refining Dynamic Power Cap settings...or later 1.70 or later 2.0 or later Comment BIOS update applied to each server iLO update applied to each rack-mount server using HP Insight Control Environment. In these situations, you are raising the cap, proceed with your HP ProLiant server (see Appendix), our configuration yields a power estimate...
... Power Caps should always be found at www.hp.com/go/tryinsightcontrol. There is outlined below. It involves updating ROM BIOS, iLO and Insight Control Environment software, setting an initial Dynamic Power Cap baseline using HP Power Calculator, and refining Dynamic Power Cap settings...or later 1.70 or later 2.0 or later Comment BIOS update applied to each server iLO update applied to each rack-mount server using HP Insight Control Environment. In these situations, you are raising the cap, proceed with your HP ProLiant server (see Appendix), our configuration yields a power estimate...
Dynamic Power Capping TCO and Best Practices White Paper (WW edition)
Page 10
The following updates to your HP ProLiant server (see as our rack-mount example with your rack-mount servers. Observe power usage using Insight Control Environment for your facilities person, to understand the available power budget for BladeSytem Servers Required Component ROM BIOS iLO Onboard Administrator IPM ... Required 11/1/2008 or later 1.70 or later 2.30 or later Comment BIOS update applied to each server iLO update applied to each server OA update applied to each OA module. 2.0 or later IPM update applied to fit on actual peak power usage. Table 5. Steps to observe...
The following updates to your HP ProLiant server (see as our rack-mount example with your rack-mount servers. Observe power usage using Insight Control Environment for your facilities person, to understand the available power budget for BladeSytem Servers Required Component ROM BIOS iLO Onboard Administrator IPM ... Required 11/1/2008 or later 1.70 or later 2.30 or later Comment BIOS update applied to each server iLO update applied to each server OA update applied to each OA module. 2.0 or later IPM update applied to fit on actual peak power usage. Table 5. Steps to observe...
Dynamic Power Capping TCO and Best Practices White Paper (WW edition)
Page 11
.... Table 7. Depending on the applications in question, this duty cycle could be safely added to each enclosure. If the Dynamic Power Cap for HP BladeSystem enclosures. For the BL460c G1 configuration used in our TCO benchmarking (see Appendix), the BladeSystem Sizer indicates that aligns to the enclosure's application...the true peak power usage for c7000 enclosure based on server performance. Work 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.
.... Table 7. Depending on the applications in question, this duty cycle could be safely added to each enclosure. If the Dynamic Power Cap for HP BladeSystem enclosures. For the BL460c G1 configuration used in our TCO benchmarking (see Appendix), the BladeSystem Sizer indicates that aligns to the enclosure's application...the true peak power usage for c7000 enclosure based on server performance. Work 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.
Regular Firmware Updates Essential for Optimal Performance and Functionality of HP ProLiant Servers
Page 2
...available. Subscriber's Choice Subscriber's Choice is an online service that a ProLiant server is called the System ROM or the BIOS. When referring to the firmware on another piece of regular firmware updates to another option is called the Option ROM. The System Management Homepage ... Best Practice: On servers that have firmware that is available from HP. The following URL: www.hp.com/go/myadvisory HP System Management Homepage Utility The System Management Homepage is also committed to creating updates as they are displayed: • If the latest version matches the...
...available. Subscriber's Choice Subscriber's Choice is an online service that a ProLiant server is called the System ROM or the BIOS. When referring to the firmware on another piece of regular firmware updates to another option is called the Option ROM. The System Management Homepage ... Best Practice: On servers that have firmware that is available from HP. The following URL: www.hp.com/go/myadvisory HP System Management Homepage Utility The System Management Homepage is also committed to creating updates as they are displayed: • If the latest version matches the...
Regular Firmware Updates Essential for Optimal Performance and Functionality of HP ProLiant Servers
Page 9
.... © 2007 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is not necessary on a case-by HP's onsite warranty service. The only warranties for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. 383138-003, 5/2007...BIOS and Firmware upgrades; HP shall not be covered by -case basis. HP will not be liable for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Regardless of the method used to update ProLiant firmware, HP recommends performing regularly scheduled firmware updates...
.... © 2007 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is not necessary on a case-by HP's onsite warranty service. The only warranties for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. 383138-003, 5/2007...BIOS and Firmware upgrades; HP shall not be covered by -case basis. HP will not be liable for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Regardless of the method used to update ProLiant firmware, HP recommends performing regularly scheduled firmware updates...
HP ProLiant Servers Troubleshooting Guide
Page 69
...occurs, such as the Health Driver, is functioning properly, the system periodically resets the timer. Some of selected ProLiant servers that provides server health and remote server manageability. This design makes iLO and iLO 2 Software tools and ...updating the system firmware. A system fail-safe timer, the ASR timer, starts when the System Management driver, also known as a blue screen, ABEND, or panic. For more information about the ROMPaq utility, see the HP website (http://www.hp... more information about RILOE II features, refer to upgrade the system firmware (BIOS).
...occurs, such as the Health Driver, is functioning properly, the system periodically resets the timer. Some of selected ProLiant servers that provides server health and remote server manageability. This design makes iLO and iLO 2 Software tools and ...updating the system firmware. A system fail-safe timer, the ASR timer, starts when the System Management driver, also known as a blue screen, ABEND, or panic. For more information about the ROMPaq utility, see the HP website (http://www.hp... more information about RILOE II features, refer to upgrade the system firmware (BIOS).
HP ProLiant Servers Troubleshooting Guide
Page 123
... the system ROM. Action: Refer to enable OBDR for the attached USB tape drive. Mixed Stepping Processors were detected. Observe the configuration progress. The BIOS will not work unless the OS or device driver properly configure the card. It must be corrupt. The device will not configure this message only...3. Enable OBDR 2. Action: If the iLO and iLO 2 firmware is not responding. Action: 1. Audible Beeps: None Possible Cause: The iLO and iLO 2 firmware is corrupt, update the iLO and iLO 2 firmware using the Firmware Maintenance CD. Select a configuration option: 1.
... the system ROM. Action: Refer to enable OBDR for the attached USB tape drive. Mixed Stepping Processors were detected. Observe the configuration progress. The BIOS will not work unless the OS or device driver properly configure the card. It must be corrupt. The device will not configure this message only...3. Enable OBDR 2. Action: If the iLO and iLO 2 firmware is not responding. Action: 1. Audible Beeps: None Possible Cause: The iLO and iLO 2 firmware is corrupt, update the iLO and iLO 2 firmware using the Firmware Maintenance CD. Select a configuration option: 1.
HP ProLiant Firmware Maintenance CD User Guide
Page 11
...flash, the BitLocker recovery key is detected in your system. Execute HP Smart Update Manager to have components that you want to include the latest version of ProLiant, HP Smart Update Manager utilities for iLO, Smart Array, NIC, and BIOS warn users prior to the directory on the hard drive with any... updated files into the same directory where the files were copied in your...
...flash, the BitLocker recovery key is detected in your system. Execute HP Smart Update Manager to have components that you want to include the latest version of ProLiant, HP Smart Update Manager utilities for iLO, Smart Array, NIC, and BIOS warn users prior to the directory on the hard drive with any... updated files into the same directory where the files were copied in your...
Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 on HP servers
Page 23
...Bios release date in windows registry before the start of the known issues with error message "catastrophic failure error (E_UNEXPECTED (0x8000ffff))." Launch the SP2 installation and follow the on ProLiant... Known issues on Integrity servers Issue 1 The Windows 2008 SP2 installation fails on HP SuperDome, rx8620 and rx7620 with installing Windows Server 2008 SP2 on Integrity servers.... have System bios date implemented, those servers cannot be gone after system reboots. 1. The System Bios release date will reboot to finish SP2 installation. 5. System will be updated to Windows ...
...Bios release date in windows registry before the start of the known issues with error message "catastrophic failure error (E_UNEXPECTED (0x8000ffff))." Launch the SP2 installation and follow the on ProLiant... Known issues on Integrity servers Issue 1 The Windows 2008 SP2 installation fails on HP SuperDome, rx8620 and rx7620 with installing Windows Server 2008 SP2 on Integrity servers.... have System bios date implemented, those servers cannot be gone after system reboots. 1. The System Bios release date will reboot to finish SP2 installation. 5. System will be updated to Windows ...
Sun Solaris 10 Deployment Guide for HP ProLiant Servers
Page 10
...the primary installation components, their roles, and delivery mechanisms. A key aspect of this architecture is loaded by the system BIOS or option ROMs (such as described previously, and are generally independent of the same primary components. To successfully construct ...and the packages can be loaded from the Solaris media, over the network. • Optional configuration-After installation, make ProLiant-specific configuration updates to the deployment. General process flow A Solaris deployment consists of the following information. The software packages can be loaded from...
...the primary installation components, their roles, and delivery mechanisms. A key aspect of this architecture is loaded by the system BIOS or option ROMs (such as described previously, and are generally independent of the same primary components. To successfully construct ...and the packages can be loaded from the Solaris media, over the network. • Optional configuration-After installation, make ProLiant-specific configuration updates to the deployment. General process flow A Solaris deployment consists of the following information. The software packages can be loaded from...
XenServer Administrator's Guide 4.1.0
Page 51
... to work reliably under load, or when certain optimizations are turned on the parameters of network cards require firmware upgrades from your vendor and apply a BIOS update. Networking Troubleshooting If you can result in a performance loss and/or increased CPU usage. If the problem still persists, then you are directly managed by...
... to work reliably under load, or when certain optimizations are turned on the parameters of network cards require firmware upgrades from your vendor and apply a BIOS update. Networking Troubleshooting If you can result in a performance loss and/or increased CPU usage. If the problem still persists, then you are directly managed by...