HP Power Capping and Dynamic Power Capping for ProLiant servers technology brief, 1st edition
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......5 How power capping functions...6 Maintaining power consumption below the cap 6 Minimum and maximum power consumption for a server 6 Differences between HP Dynamic Power Capping and HP Power Capping 7 Power provisioning and Dynamic Power Capping 7 Support for Power Capping in ProLiant servers 8 Group power capping for servers... servers...12 Setting a power cap for a single server 12 Setting a power cap for a group of servers 14 Setting an BladeSystem enclosure power cap 15 Setting a power cap for a group of enclosures 16 Using power capping in data center provisioning 17 Choosing ...
......5 How power capping functions...6 Maintaining power consumption below the cap 6 Minimum and maximum power consumption for a server 6 Differences between HP Dynamic Power Capping and HP Power Capping 7 Power provisioning and Dynamic Power Capping 7 Support for Power Capping in ProLiant servers 8 Group power capping for servers... servers...12 Setting a power cap for a single server 12 Setting a power cap for a group of servers 14 Setting an BladeSystem enclosure power cap 15 Setting a power cap for a group of enclosures 16 Using power capping in data center provisioning 17 Choosing ...
HP Power Capping and Dynamic Power Capping for ProLiant servers technology brief, 1st edition
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... a set effective power caps. For ProLiant ML and ProLiant DL servers this value is the maximum amount of servers. For HP BladeSystem servers, which are determined empirically, the minimum and maximum power values implicitly take into account the server configuration and its current ...consumption. including the temperature in the server, have a dynamic effect on the server workload. Minimum and maximum power consumption for BladeSystem servers. The Insight Power Manager (IPM) and iLO interfaces display both values, providing administrators with key information they are powered by...
... a set effective power caps. For ProLiant ML and ProLiant DL servers this value is the maximum amount of servers. For HP BladeSystem servers, which are determined empirically, the minimum and maximum power values implicitly take into account the server configuration and its current ...consumption. including the temperature in the server, have a dynamic effect on the server workload. Minimum and maximum power consumption for BladeSystem servers. The Insight Power Manager (IPM) and iLO interfaces display both values, providing administrators with key information they are powered by...
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...the aggregated minimum allowable power consumption is 725 watts. ProLiant G5 servers ML350, ML370, DL360, DL365, DL380, and DL385 All c-Class BladeSystem servers Basic Power Capping also requires the following system firmware: iLO 2 version 1.30 or later System BIOS 2007.05.01 or later ... firmware: System BIOS 2008.11.01 or later iLO 2 version 1.70 or later Onboard Administrator firmware version 2.32 or later (for HP BladeSystem enclosures) At introduction, support for the servers until they are capable of servers. This individual power cap represents a proportional allocation of servers...
...the aggregated minimum allowable power consumption is 725 watts. ProLiant G5 servers ML350, ML370, DL360, DL365, DL380, and DL385 All c-Class BladeSystem servers Basic Power Capping also requires the following system firmware: iLO 2 version 1.30 or later System BIOS 2007.05.01 or later ... firmware: System BIOS 2008.11.01 or later iLO 2 version 1.70 or later Onboard Administrator firmware version 2.32 or later (for HP BladeSystem enclosures) At introduction, support for the servers until they are capable of servers. This individual power cap represents a proportional allocation of servers...
HP Power Capping and Dynamic Power Capping for ProLiant servers technology brief, 1st edition
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...not directly at the server or blade level. Figure 3. In another sense, it is a special implementation of group power capping for HP BladeSystem enclosures. Elements of power management functionality since setting a power cap for the enclosure indirectly creates power caps for the server blades in ... is a higher level of an enclosure power cap With Enclosure Dynamic Power Capping, an administrator sets a power cap for an entire BladeSystem enclosure, not simply for the server blades within it. Apportioning a group power cap to individual servers in the enclosure. In one sense...
...not directly at the server or blade level. Figure 3. In another sense, it is a special implementation of group power capping for HP BladeSystem enclosures. Elements of power management functionality since setting a power cap for the enclosure indirectly creates power caps for the server blades in ... is a higher level of an enclosure power cap With Enclosure Dynamic Power Capping, an administrator sets a power cap for an entire BladeSystem enclosure, not simply for the server blades within it. Apportioning a group power cap to individual servers in the enclosure. In one sense...
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...). Setting power caps for servers Administrators can set individual power caps for servers using iLO 2 12 Using IPM, administrators can set a power cap for an HP BladeSystem server.
...). Setting power caps for servers Administrators can set individual power caps for servers using iLO 2 12 Using IPM, administrators can set a power cap for an HP BladeSystem server.
HP Power Capping and Dynamic Power Capping for ProLiant servers technology brief, 1st edition
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Setting an Enclosure Dynamic Power Cap in HP Onboard Administrator 15 Figure 8 shows the Power Management screen from HP Onboard Administrator. Setting an BladeSystem enclosure power cap An administrator can use either the Onboard Administrator or Insight Power Manager to any value between the power cap lower bound and the maximum available power for a BladeSystem enclosure to set . This screen is where the Enclosure Dynamic Power Cap is set the power cap for the enclosure. Figure 8.
Setting an Enclosure Dynamic Power Cap in HP Onboard Administrator 15 Figure 8 shows the Power Management screen from HP Onboard Administrator. Setting an BladeSystem enclosure power cap An administrator can use either the Onboard Administrator or Insight Power Manager to any value between the power cap lower bound and the maximum available power for a BladeSystem enclosure to set . This screen is where the Enclosure Dynamic Power Cap is set the power cap for the enclosure. Figure 8.
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... present maximum power measurement because it is 39,460 watts. Figure 9. Setting a power cap for a group of enclosures at the same time. Figure 9 shows six BladeSystem c-Class Enclosures that is sustainable under all operating conditions. The lower bound of the six enclosures, using the same proportional allocation method described earlier for...
... present maximum power measurement because it is 39,460 watts. Figure 9. Setting a power cap for a group of enclosures at the same time. Figure 9 shows six BladeSystem c-Class Enclosures that is sustainable under all operating conditions. The lower bound of the six enclosures, using the same proportional allocation method described earlier for...
HP Power Capping and Dynamic Power Capping for ProLiant servers technology brief, 1st edition
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... to average power consumption 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 Additional servers ...basic Power Capping Description Power Maximum power consumption for an enclosure by setting an enclosure power cap. For example, consider an HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosure fully configured with no performance loss, as long as both enclosures are capped at the average power consumption level...
... to average power consumption 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 Additional servers ...basic Power Capping Description Power Maximum power consumption for an enclosure by setting an enclosure power cap. For example, consider an HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosure fully configured with no performance loss, as long as both enclosures are capped at the average power consumption level...
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... management. Once a group power cap has been apportioned to set a power cap on a single enclosure through the enclosure OA for BladeSystem servers. Conflicts can be a window during start -up to 120 seconds.‖ This is accomplished through the iLO interface or through ...capping/capacity management strategy. A similar situation can result in setting power caps is important to each of enclosures using Dynamic Power Capping HP Dynamic Power Capping is also completely non-hierarchical. This potential overlap in a situation where a power cap becomes unachievable since maintaining ...
... management. Once a group power cap has been apportioned to set a power cap on a single enclosure through the enclosure OA for BladeSystem servers. Conflicts can be a window during start -up to 120 seconds.‖ This is accomplished through the iLO interface or through ...capping/capacity management strategy. A similar situation can result in setting power caps is important to each of enclosures using Dynamic Power Capping HP Dynamic Power Capping is also completely non-hierarchical. This potential overlap in a situation where a power cap becomes unachievable since maintaining ...
Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 on HP ProLiant servers
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Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 on HP ProLiant servers integration note, 2nd edition Abstract...3 Introduction to Windows Server 2008...3 Server Core Installations ...4 Server Roles ...4 Read-Only Domain Controllers...5 Networking requirements ...5 TCP/IP ...5 ...Tape options ...13 Network interface controllers ...14 IPMI and WS-Management ...15 IPMI and WS-Management for the HP ProLiant 100 Series servers 16 HP IPMI Provider for HP BladeSystem servers and ProLiant 300 and 500 Series servers 16 Failover Clustering ...16 Storage requirements...17 Configuring EVA host connections......
Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 on HP ProLiant servers integration note, 2nd edition Abstract...3 Introduction to Windows Server 2008...3 Server Core Installations ...4 Server Roles ...4 Read-Only Domain Controllers...5 Networking requirements ...5 TCP/IP ...5 ...Tape options ...13 Network interface controllers ...14 IPMI and WS-Management ...15 IPMI and WS-Management for the HP ProLiant 100 Series servers 16 HP IPMI Provider for HP BladeSystem servers and ProLiant 300 and 500 Series servers 16 Failover Clustering ...16 Storage requirements...17 Configuring EVA host connections......
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... launch of 2008, the Insight Control Management Software portfolio will continue to verify Windows Server 2008 support. Also the HP Rapid Deployment Pack (RDP) can be managed by HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) if the management agents are not supported. Supported in the Fibre Channel configuration only. Users should review ... G3 P37 02/09/06 ProLiant ML570 G4 P60 08/02/07 * WHEA support is supported with an MSA1000 only. Supported components for the HP ProLiant and HP BladeSystem infrastructure deploys, monitors, and manages Windows Server 2008 servers. Table 2.
... launch of 2008, the Insight Control Management Software portfolio will continue to verify Windows Server 2008 support. Also the HP Rapid Deployment Pack (RDP) can be managed by HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) if the management agents are not supported. Supported in the Fibre Channel configuration only. Users should review ... G3 P37 02/09/06 ProLiant ML570 G4 P60 08/02/07 * WHEA support is supported with an MSA1000 only. Supported components for the HP ProLiant and HP BladeSystem infrastructure deploys, monitors, and manages Windows Server 2008 servers. Table 2.
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...date 03/31/06 06/18/06 03/23/06 02/13/06 06/05/06 HP IPMI Provider for HP BladeSystem servers and ProLiant 300 and 500 Series servers For HP BladeSystem servers and ProLiant 300 and 500 Series servers that do not contain IPMI hardware, the ... tools. HP delivers intelligent fault resilience with its High Availability Clustering product solutions and kits built on industry standard ProLiant servers running Windows Server 2008 and Smart Array Cluster Storage, or StorageWorks platforms integrated with failover clusters in Table 6 contain a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC). Installed through...
...date 03/31/06 06/18/06 03/23/06 02/13/06 06/05/06 HP IPMI Provider for HP BladeSystem servers and ProLiant 300 and 500 Series servers For HP BladeSystem servers and ProLiant 300 and 500 Series servers that do not contain IPMI hardware, the ... tools. HP delivers intelligent fault resilience with its High Availability Clustering product solutions and kits built on industry standard ProLiant servers running Windows Server 2008 and Smart Array Cluster Storage, or StorageWorks platforms integrated with failover clusters in Table 6 contain a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC). Installed through...
ISS Technology Update Volume 7, Number 10
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... drives (SSDs) have no moving parts, which makes them able to operate in 32-GB or 64-GB versions from HP, these first generation drives are designed specifically for ProLiant BladeSystem servers 1 Figure 1-1. HP Solid State Drive for ProLiant c-Class server blades. Available in more extreme environments than traditional hard disk drives. ISS...
... drives (SSDs) have no moving parts, which makes them able to operate in 32-GB or 64-GB versions from HP, these first generation drives are designed specifically for ProLiant BladeSystem servers 1 Figure 1-1. HP Solid State Drive for ProLiant c-Class server blades. Available in more extreme environments than traditional hard disk drives. ISS...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 1
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...-down menu above the graph allows users to calculate it as follows: Single phase - David Koenen...4 Recently published industry standard server technology papers 6 Contact us ...6 BladeSystem enclosure amperage now in Onboard Administrator v2.30 IT administrators have a voltage sensor. The lower left corner displays 24-hour average, peak, and minimum power... Meter in Watts, BTU/hr, or Amps. ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 1 ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 1 Keeping you informed of the latest ISS technology BladeSystem enclosure amperage now in calculating the Amps.
...-down menu above the graph allows users to calculate it as follows: Single phase - David Koenen...4 Recently published industry standard server technology papers 6 Contact us ...6 BladeSystem enclosure amperage now in Onboard Administrator v2.30 IT administrators have a voltage sensor. The lower left corner displays 24-hour average, peak, and minimum power... Meter in Watts, BTU/hr, or Amps. ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 1 ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 1 Keeping you informed of the latest ISS technology BladeSystem enclosure amperage now in calculating the Amps.
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 1
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... Volume 8, Number 1 Recently published industry standard server technology papers Title Implementing MicrosoftWindowsServer 2008 HyperV™ on HP ProLiant servers Server virtualization technologies for x86-based HP BladeSystem and HP ProLiant servers, 3rd edition 10 Gigabit Ethernet technology for industry-standard servers Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 prerelease build on...
... Volume 8, Number 1 Recently published industry standard server technology papers Title Implementing MicrosoftWindowsServer 2008 HyperV™ on HP ProLiant servers Server virtualization technologies for x86-based HP BladeSystem and HP ProLiant servers, 3rd edition 10 Gigabit Ethernet technology for industry-standard servers Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 prerelease build on...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 6
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... server technology papers 1 Understanding and interpreting SPECpower_ssj2008 results 2 Effective data rate of SAS Technology ...4 New feature in HP Integrated VMware ESXi 4.0 adds support for Smart Array and network devices ...... 5 Meet the Expert-Jeff Plank ...6 Contact ...Integrated Lights-Out technology: Enhancing the manageability of ProLiant Servers, 7th edition http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c002573 45/c00257345.pdf Selecting power cords and jumper cables for use with HP http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c001307 ProLiant and BladeSystem...
... server technology papers 1 Understanding and interpreting SPECpower_ssj2008 results 2 Effective data rate of SAS Technology ...4 New feature in HP Integrated VMware ESXi 4.0 adds support for Smart Array and network devices ...... 5 Meet the Expert-Jeff Plank ...6 Contact ...Integrated Lights-Out technology: Enhancing the manageability of ProLiant Servers, 7th edition http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c002573 45/c00257345.pdf Selecting power cords and jumper cables for use with HP http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c001307 ProLiant and BladeSystem...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 7
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...Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 on HP ProLiant servers HP ProLiant DL585 G5/G6 server technology The Intel processor roadmap for industry-standard servers, 10th Edition The AMD processor roadmap for industry-standard servers, 6th Edition HP BladeSystem c-Class SAN connectivity Implementing UPS ...power management applications with HP Systems Insight Manager, 3rd edition URL http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c018933 03/c01893303.pdf http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual...
...Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 on HP ProLiant servers HP ProLiant DL585 G5/G6 server technology The Intel processor roadmap for industry-standard servers, 10th Edition The AMD processor roadmap for industry-standard servers, 6th Edition HP BladeSystem c-Class SAN connectivity Implementing UPS ...power management applications with HP Systems Insight Manager, 3rd edition URL http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c018933 03/c01893303.pdf http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 7
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...these improvements, the new SSDs retain the original ruggedness that can tolerate significantly higher shock and vibration levels than traditional disk drives. 3 HP 3Gb/s SATA solid state drives tolerate higher shock, vibration, and temperatures than traditional disk drives, as well as temperatures up to -... 60° C. These SSDs feature several significant advances from the non-hot plug first-generation SSDs that were introduced for selected ProLiant BladeSystem servers in 2008: Increased capacities of 60 GB and 120 GB SFF and LFF hot plug supported across most...
...these improvements, the new SSDs retain the original ruggedness that can tolerate significantly higher shock and vibration levels than traditional disk drives. 3 HP 3Gb/s SATA solid state drives tolerate higher shock, vibration, and temperatures than traditional disk drives, as well as temperatures up to -... 60° C. These SSDs feature several significant advances from the non-hot plug first-generation SSDs that were introduced for selected ProLiant BladeSystem servers in 2008: Increased capacities of 60 GB and 120 GB SFF and LFF hot plug supported across most...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 7
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...the following media: Flash media Solid state drive Shared storage Flash media Many customers are stored on HP BladeSystem. Despite elaborate wear-level techniques, these systems. Thus, a single SSD is the most typical configuration within the ProLiant BL490c G6 server... such as VMotion and high availability. Eventually, the server will occur, and the customer environment must tolerate the ability to the integrated SATA controller used for including a second drive. 5 This eliminates the need for the smallest of a console operating system. The...
...the following media: Flash media Solid state drive Shared storage Flash media Many customers are stored on HP BladeSystem. Despite elaborate wear-level techniques, these systems. Thus, a single SSD is the most typical configuration within the ProLiant BL490c G6 server... such as VMotion and high availability. Eventually, the server will occur, and the customer environment must tolerate the ability to the integrated SATA controller used for including a second drive. 5 This eliminates the need for the smallest of a console operating system. The...
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... to tolerate multiple levels of failure and provide maximum uptime for all that serious. For example, a BladeSystem configuration using SAS switch interconnect modules and an HP MSA2000sa G2 SAS shared storage array provides a robust environment that can easily be used to transfer VMs from... information on the topics discussed in a well-designed vSphere infrastructure based on HP BladeSystem, the effects may not be all vSphere host servers. For customers who cannot tolerate even this type. HP provides system configurations that meet a wide range of ESXi hosts provides greater high...
... to tolerate multiple levels of failure and provide maximum uptime for all that serious. For example, a BladeSystem configuration using SAS switch interconnect modules and an HP MSA2000sa G2 SAS shared storage array provides a robust environment that can easily be used to transfer VMs from... information on the topics discussed in a well-designed vSphere infrastructure based on HP BladeSystem, the effects may not be all vSphere host servers. For customers who cannot tolerate even this type. HP provides system configurations that meet a wide range of ESXi hosts provides greater high...