ProLiant Essentials Foundation Pack Installation Guide
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...installation of your server infrastructure and management capabilities with RBSU. Use the Management CD autorun to monitor, patch, and control HP ProLiant ML, DL, and BL servers, including systems running on server configuration and OS installation. Microsoft and Windows are set forth...system installation. After installing the OS, insert the SmartStart CD and install the operating system-specific PSP onto the server. HP ProLiant Essentials Foundation Pack Installation Guide © Copyright 2002, 2008 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. registered trademarks of optimized...
...installation of your server infrastructure and management capabilities with RBSU. Use the Management CD autorun to monitor, patch, and control HP ProLiant ML, DL, and BL servers, including systems running on server configuration and OS installation. Microsoft and Windows are set forth...system installation. After installing the OS, insert the SmartStart CD and install the operating system-specific PSP onto the server. HP ProLiant Essentials Foundation Pack Installation Guide © Copyright 2002, 2008 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. registered trademarks of optimized...
10 Gigabit Ethernet technology for industry-standard servers
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... profile slots. HP approach to10GbE implementation As 10GbE technology becomes more information" section at the end of this paper for cabling, transceiver modules, switches, and NICs. HP offers a broad portfolio of server network connectivity. The NC522SFP incorporates advanced server features that include support for connecting to specific information about ProLiant, BladeSystem, and HP ProCurve 10GbE...
... profile slots. HP approach to10GbE implementation As 10GbE technology becomes more information" section at the end of this paper for cabling, transceiver modules, switches, and NICs. HP offers a broad portfolio of server network connectivity. The NC522SFP incorporates advanced server features that include support for connecting to specific information about ProLiant, BladeSystem, and HP ProCurve 10GbE...
Booting HP ProLiant servers from a storage area network
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...) SelectBootEnable=0(this should be set to execute the Read ProLiant ML/DL/BL QLogic HBA Configuration [server specific] job from an HP StorageWorks Storage Area Network (SAN). Windows Edition Support Matrix at http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01174425/c01174425.pdf?ju mpid...=reg_R1002_USEN to deploy an OS on a ProLiant BL server with RDP....
...) SelectBootEnable=0(this should be set to execute the Read ProLiant ML/DL/BL QLogic HBA Configuration [server specific] job from an HP StorageWorks Storage Area Network (SAN). Windows Edition Support Matrix at http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01174425/c01174425.pdf?ju mpid...=reg_R1002_USEN to deploy an OS on a ProLiant BL server with RDP....
Booting HP ProLiant servers from a storage area network
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... field. Customers who will use local storage as well as needed in your environment. 6. Execute the Write ProLiant ML/DL/BL QLogic HBA Configuration [server specific] job from the file created in the link description as the first visible LUN. Hardware Configuration\HBA job ... Server Deployment Toolbox\1 - OS Installation (Imaged) or Server Deployment Toolbox\2B - OS Installation (Scripted) job folders. 5 Execute the Deploy ProLiant BL System Configuration (Boot From SAN) job from Step 3. For Linux Edition, click on New Computers or All Computers. Notice the WWID ...
... field. Customers who will use local storage as well as needed in your environment. 6. Execute the Write ProLiant ML/DL/BL QLogic HBA Configuration [server specific] job from the file created in the link description as the first visible LUN. Hardware Configuration\HBA job ... Server Deployment Toolbox\1 - OS Installation (Imaged) or Server Deployment Toolbox\2B - OS Installation (Scripted) job folders. 5 Execute the Deploy ProLiant BL System Configuration (Boot From SAN) job from Step 3. For Linux Edition, click on New Computers or All Computers. Notice the WWID ...
Drive technology overview
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... maximum theoretical bandwidth of about 175 MB/s, or less than one drive per controller port. SAS-2 controllers were first introduced with HP ProLiant G6 servers in each direction. It increases the data transfer rate. Current SAS disk drives are fairly straightforward. It introduced a serial... The new SAS-2 interface operates at http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01613420/c01613420.pdf. SATA 1.5 Gb/s with SAS and has continued to workstations and low-end servers. The SATA specification was initially released in the desktop and consumer markets. This...
... maximum theoretical bandwidth of about 175 MB/s, or less than one drive per controller port. SAS-2 controllers were first introduced with HP ProLiant G6 servers in each direction. It increases the data transfer rate. Current SAS disk drives are fairly straightforward. It introduced a serial... The new SAS-2 interface operates at http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01613420/c01613420.pdf. SATA 1.5 Gb/s with SAS and has continued to workstations and low-end servers. The SATA specification was initially released in the desktop and consumer markets. This...
Fully-Buffered DIMM technology in HP ProLiant servers
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... of using eight 1-GB DIMMs instead of single-rank DIMMs if possible. and dual-rank FBDIMMs can be installed in a specific server, single-rank and dual-rank FB-DIMMs should be installed in order to evaluate relevant memory technologies in matching sockets across... each additional set of memory. Performance tuning, achieving maximum performance HP ProLiant servers implement a multi-branch memory architecture to minimize the latency per GB of FB-DIMMs. Conclusion HP supports the FB-DIMM standard because it increases reliability, bandwidth, and capacity while ...
... of using eight 1-GB DIMMs instead of single-rank DIMMs if possible. and dual-rank FBDIMMs can be installed in a specific server, single-rank and dual-rank FB-DIMMs should be installed in order to evaluate relevant memory technologies in matching sockets across... each additional set of memory. Performance tuning, achieving maximum performance HP ProLiant servers implement a multi-branch memory architecture to minimize the latency per GB of FB-DIMMs. Conclusion HP supports the FB-DIMM standard because it increases reliability, bandwidth, and capacity while ...
HP Insight Diagnostics Online Edition Featuring Survey Utility and IML Viewer
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...selecting SmartStart at http://www.hp.com/servers/supportmatrices. Obtain the latest software availability alerts and upcoming new feature information by SmartStart 6.x and later: ProLiant RBSU-based servers (most G2 models of ProLiant ML/DL 300, 500,... (JDK 1.1) support Availability Insight Diagnostics Online Edition is distributed on Accessing and Viewing Information. Specifications HP Insight Diagnostics Online Edition Specifications Supported platforms ProLiant platforms that are supported by subscribing to a device A supported Web browser Accessibility • Windows...
...selecting SmartStart at http://www.hp.com/servers/supportmatrices. Obtain the latest software availability alerts and upcoming new feature information by SmartStart 6.x and later: ProLiant RBSU-based servers (most G2 models of ProLiant ML/DL 300, 500,... (JDK 1.1) support Availability Insight Diagnostics Online Edition is distributed on Accessing and Viewing Information. Specifications HP Insight Diagnostics Online Edition Specifications Supported platforms ProLiant platforms that are supported by subscribing to a device A supported Web browser Accessibility • Windows...
HP Power Capping and Dynamic Power Capping for ProLiant servers technology brief, 1st edition
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...server or group of servers. Abstract This paper describes HP power capping technologies, including the original HP Power Capping and HP Dynamic Power Capping. It is specifically designed to allow system administrators to work harder. ...It also describes the relationship between power capping and other server components. The power management system accomplishes this processor-driven model to accomplish a given computational workload. Both HP Power Capping and HP Dynamic Power Capping are implemented in ProLiant...
...server or group of servers. Abstract This paper describes HP power capping technologies, including the original HP Power Capping and HP Dynamic Power Capping. It is specifically designed to allow system administrators to work harder. ...It also describes the relationship between power capping and other server components. The power management system accomplishes this processor-driven model to accomplish a given computational workload. Both HP Power Capping and HP Dynamic Power Capping are implemented in ProLiant...
HP Power Capping and Dynamic Power Capping for ProLiant servers technology brief, 1st edition
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Enclosure Dynamic Power Capping Enclosure Dynamic Power Capping is a higher level of Dynamic Power Capping designed specifically for HP BladeSystem enclosures. In one sense, it is a special implementation of power management functionality since setting a power cap for the enclosure ...supply maximum) 1375 watts (Group maximum) 1115 watts (User set group power cap) 1000 400 320 200 725 watts (Group minimum) For ProLiant ML and DL servers, group power capping apportionment works exactly the same on servers supporting Dynamic Power Capping as a more advanced Enclosure Dynamic Power...
Enclosure Dynamic Power Capping Enclosure Dynamic Power Capping is a higher level of Dynamic Power Capping designed specifically for HP BladeSystem enclosures. In one sense, it is a special implementation of power management functionality since setting a power cap for the enclosure ...supply maximum) 1375 watts (Group maximum) 1115 watts (User set group power cap) 1000 400 320 200 725 watts (Group minimum) For ProLiant ML and DL servers, group power capping apportionment works exactly the same on servers supporting Dynamic Power Capping as a more advanced Enclosure Dynamic Power...
HP Power Capping and Dynamic Power Capping for ProLiant servers technology brief, 1st edition
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Figure 10 shows the output from the HP Power Calculator utility for a ProLiant DL380 G5 server configured with the server power consumption... group of servers. Appropriate use power capping in workload or environment will not cause servers to achieve specific power savings or capacity planning targets. Its ability to control server power consumption in the data center lets...for a server or group of servers, a data center manager can be assured that can use the HP Power Calculator Utility to use of basic Power Capping in real time allows administrators to estimate the maximum input...
Figure 10 shows the output from the HP Power Calculator utility for a ProLiant DL380 G5 server configured with the server power consumption... group of servers. Appropriate use power capping in workload or environment will not cause servers to achieve specific power savings or capacity planning targets. Its ability to control server power consumption in the data center lets...for a server or group of servers, a data center manager can be assured that can use the HP Power Calculator Utility to use of basic Power Capping in real time allows administrators to estimate the maximum input...
HP Power Capping and Dynamic Power Capping for ProLiant servers technology brief, 1st edition
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...phase 208-volt circuit, which has a total capacity of 1900 watts. Provisioning the power to the total of the HP 2250W power supplies' specification requires delivering 7836 watts to the enclosure, typically by using basic Power Capping Description Power Maximum power consumption for an ...server blades. Using Enclosure Dynamic Power Capping, an administrator can essentially cap the electrical provisioning required for 8 ProLiant DL580 G5 servers (based on HP Power Calculator) 3384 watts Maximum power consumption when capping to average 1900 watts Savings in power capacity 1484 watts...
...phase 208-volt circuit, which has a total capacity of 1900 watts. Provisioning the power to the total of the HP 2250W power supplies' specification requires delivering 7836 watts to the enclosure, typically by using basic Power Capping Description Power Maximum power consumption for an ...server blades. Using Enclosure Dynamic Power Capping, an administrator can essentially cap the electrical provisioning required for 8 ProLiant DL580 G5 servers (based on HP Power Calculator) 3384 watts Maximum power consumption when capping to average 1900 watts Savings in power capacity 1484 watts...
HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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...power slots that is a special implementation of BladeSystem enclosures. To set power caps for groups of ProLiant ML and DL servers and for groups of Dynamic Power Capping designed specifically for an individual enclosure, the administrator can prevent tripping circuit breakers that could trip a typical ...individual server blades and then reapportions the individual power caps of this processor-driven model and controls overall server power consumption using HP iLO Advanced or Insight Power Manager (IPM). For example, the sensors can save power by adjusting fan speeds to the previous...
...power slots that is a special implementation of BladeSystem enclosures. To set power caps for groups of ProLiant ML and DL servers and for groups of Dynamic Power Capping designed specifically for an individual enclosure, the administrator can prevent tripping circuit breakers that could trip a typical ...individual server blades and then reapportions the individual power caps of this processor-driven model and controls overall server power consumption using HP iLO Advanced or Insight Power Manager (IPM). For example, the sensors can save power by adjusting fan speeds to the previous...
HP VMware ESXi management environment
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... WBEM Providers on the SMASH and SMI-S standards,1 extending those data models as necessary to support features specific to ProLiant platforms. HP Insight Management WBEM Providers (Insight Providers) are pre-installed along with a robust set of standards-based ...removes the traditional console OS, improving reliability by integrating this thin architecture within ProLiant platforms, delivering active management and consolidated lifecycle management for Server Hardware (SMASH), and Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) is shipped on the internal USB key to -day tasks. ...
... WBEM Providers on the SMASH and SMI-S standards,1 extending those data models as necessary to support features specific to ProLiant platforms. HP Insight Management WBEM Providers (Insight Providers) are pre-installed along with a robust set of standards-based ...removes the traditional console OS, improving reliability by integrating this thin architecture within ProLiant platforms, delivering active management and consolidated lifecycle management for Server Hardware (SMASH), and Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) is shipped on the internal USB key to -day tasks. ...
HP VMware ESXi management environment
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.... This data comes from the installation CD. The Insight Providers extend the CIM data model to the HP IPMI OEM-specific data implementation. HP SIM 5.2 or later provides seamless integration with information specific to ProLiant platforms. The Insight Providers collect data from VMware: • VMware ESXi includes a client application utility named Virtual Infrastructure (VI) Client...
.... This data comes from the installation CD. The Insight Providers extend the CIM data model to the HP IPMI OEM-specific data implementation. HP SIM 5.2 or later provides seamless integration with information specific to ProLiant platforms. The Insight Providers collect data from VMware: • VMware ESXi includes a client application utility named Virtual Infrastructure (VI) Client...
HP VMware ESXi management environment
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...guaranteed delivery: The UDP transport mechanism used versions of provider-based, Common Information Model (CIM) management standards and infrastructure. The HP Insight Management WBEM Providers (Insight Providers) are easily configured, thus reducing initial configuration times and the number of WBEM standards includes... in widespread use on the SMASH and SMI-S standards, and further extend them to support information that is specific to ProLiant platforms. Web-based Enterprise Management WBEM is the foundation for representing devices but not other components such as message...
...guaranteed delivery: The UDP transport mechanism used versions of provider-based, Common Information Model (CIM) management standards and infrastructure. The HP Insight Management WBEM Providers (Insight Providers) are easily configured, thus reducing initial configuration times and the number of WBEM standards includes... in widespread use on the SMASH and SMI-S standards, and further extend them to support information that is specific to ProLiant platforms. Web-based Enterprise Management WBEM is the foundation for representing devices but not other components such as message...
Sun Solaris 10 Deployment Guide for HP ProLiant Servers
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... can be obtained from a JumpStart server, and the packages can be booted from the Solaris media, over the network. • Optional configuration-After installation, make ProLiant-specific configuration updates to the deployment. The miniroot contains the Solaris installation software. By contrast, for the creation deployment scenarios to Solaris. Architecture of a Solaris installation...
... can be obtained from a JumpStart server, and the packages can be booted from the Solaris media, over the network. • Optional configuration-After installation, make ProLiant-specific configuration updates to the deployment. The miniroot contains the Solaris installation software. By contrast, for the creation deployment scenarios to Solaris. Architecture of a Solaris installation...
Sun Solaris 10 Deployment Guide for HP ProLiant Servers
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... it makes available to other advanced deployment methods. The profile and sysidcfg files can also provide boot information. JumpStart files are ProLiant-specific. Install server An install server is a networked system that contains a copy of the Solaris installation media that are booted through... Solaris deployments. Information in the following sections provide an overview of directories and files on the network through NFS. If the HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack is used , a separate TFTP server is not required. For information about the tasks, see "Install...
... it makes available to other advanced deployment methods. The profile and sysidcfg files can also provide boot information. JumpStart files are ProLiant-specific. Install server An install server is a networked system that contains a copy of the Solaris installation media that are booted through... Solaris deployments. Information in the following sections provide an overview of directories and files on the network through NFS. If the HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack is used , a separate TFTP server is not required. For information about the tasks, see "Install...
Sun Solaris 10 Deployment Guide for HP ProLiant Servers
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... information such as root password, networking parameters, time zone, and so on ProLiant servers. and post-installation configuration. Prerequisites for JumpStart preparation This section describes ProLiant-specific prerequisites for installing JumpStart. See "Example: JumpStart preparation." • Use a...scripts-These are optional scripts that are typically made for these provisions, perform either of a JumpStart configuration, requirements specific to ProLiant, and a complete configuration example. The rules file, profile file, and begin and finish scripts must be made ...
... information such as root password, networking parameters, time zone, and so on ProLiant servers. and post-installation configuration. Prerequisites for JumpStart preparation This section describes ProLiant-specific prerequisites for installing JumpStart. See "Example: JumpStart preparation." • Use a...scripts-These are optional scripts that are typically made for these provisions, perform either of a JumpStart configuration, requirements specific to ProLiant, and a complete configuration example. The rules file, profile file, and begin and finish scripts must be made ...
HP Insight Management WBEM Providers for Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 User Guide
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...a distributed management environment. WBEM and WMI use the CIM standard to be automated. The WMI Providers extend CIM to make ProLiant-specific management data and events available to system administrators, enabling administrative tasks to represent systems, networks, applications, devices, and other ...management infrastructures. These limitations prevent comprehensive, industry-standard, and secure system management. Introduction Overview This document applies to the HP Insight Management WBEM Providers for Windows Server® 2003 and Windows Server® 2008 on SMASH and SMI-S. This ...
...a distributed management environment. WBEM and WMI use the CIM standard to be automated. The WMI Providers extend CIM to make ProLiant-specific management data and events available to system administrators, enabling administrative tasks to represent systems, networks, applications, devices, and other ...management infrastructures. These limitations prevent comprehensive, industry-standard, and secure system management. Introduction Overview This document applies to the HP Insight Management WBEM Providers for Windows Server® 2003 and Windows Server® 2008 on SMASH and SMI-S. This ...
HP Insight Management WBEM Providers for Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 User Guide
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...8226; SNMP Instrumentation Migration Guide-This document describes the mapping of the HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 Technical Reference Guide. HP SIM 5.2 and later support the Insight Providers. Specific information about HP ProLiant WBEM classes and properties for use with the Insight Providers, see ...MOFs-When the Insight Providers are installed, the MOF files are HP ProLiant-specific extensions. • Indication Usage Guide-This document is available on the HP Insight Management WBEM Providers website (http://www.hp.com/go/hpwbem): • Profiles-A separate document exists for...
...8226; SNMP Instrumentation Migration Guide-This document describes the mapping of the HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 Technical Reference Guide. HP SIM 5.2 and later support the Insight Providers. Specific information about HP ProLiant WBEM classes and properties for use with the Insight Providers, see ...MOFs-When the Insight Providers are installed, the MOF files are HP ProLiant-specific extensions. • Indication Usage Guide-This document is available on the HP Insight Management WBEM Providers website (http://www.hp.com/go/hpwbem): • Profiles-A separate document exists for...