HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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...of two drives in mid-2009. NCQ is available across more critical for high performance computing applications. protects against the simultaneous failure of ProLiant G6 servers up to two days. It also has a mini SAS 4x (external) port to connect to maintain signal integrity. Release ...MHz to a SAS tape device. 5 First, the on-line ProLiant Memory Configuration Tool (www.hp.com/go/ddr3memoryconfigurator) will support 6Gb SAS when a firmware upgrade becomes available in an array without downtime or data loss • RAID 60 - Previously, two days of DIMMs to a Smart Array...
...of two drives in mid-2009. NCQ is available across more critical for high performance computing applications. protects against the simultaneous failure of ProLiant G6 servers up to two days. It also has a mini SAS 4x (external) port to connect to maintain signal integrity. Release ...MHz to a SAS tape device. 5 First, the on-line ProLiant Memory Configuration Tool (www.hp.com/go/ddr3memoryconfigurator) will support 6Gb SAS when a firmware upgrade becomes available in an array without downtime or data loss • RAID 60 - Previously, two days of DIMMs to a Smart Array...
HP ProLiant G6 Technology Overview
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...power management. Consistently configure server boot order, network configuration, RAID settings, and other server parameters. Infrastructure management technologies HP Insight Control suite HP Insight Control suite (ICE) offers a set of the best of open source and HP technologies for Linux ...There are fully integrated and auto-configured for each server. It is like having a programmable administrator inside each server's configuration. The new HP Power Advisor calculator removes the guesswork in -hand with every ProLiant G6 server, is accessible through a single...
...power management. Consistently configure server boot order, network configuration, RAID settings, and other server parameters. Infrastructure management technologies HP Insight Control suite HP Insight Control suite (ICE) offers a set of the best of open source and HP technologies for Linux ...There are fully integrated and auto-configured for each server. It is like having a programmable administrator inside each server's configuration. The new HP Power Advisor calculator removes the guesswork in -hand with every ProLiant G6 server, is accessible through a single...
HP ProLiant Intel-based 100-series G6 server technology
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... ports and increase available bandwidth. SAS-2 compliant controllers are compatible with SATA technology and include the following features to an HP Smart Array controller. SAS-2 link speeds require SAS-2 compliant hard drives. When effectively implemented, full duplex, 6 Gb/s...traffic management. It is required for enhanced performance. All ProLiant 100-series G6 servers incorporate embedded SATA storage controllers, and the Smart Array B110i software RAID is double the SAS-1 transfer rate. No special configuration is important to include the battery backed write cache (...
... ports and increase available bandwidth. SAS-2 compliant controllers are compatible with SATA technology and include the following features to an HP Smart Array controller. SAS-2 link speeds require SAS-2 compliant hard drives. When effectively implemented, full duplex, 6 Gb/s...traffic management. It is required for enhanced performance. All ProLiant 100-series G6 servers incorporate embedded SATA storage controllers, and the Smart Array B110i software RAID is double the SAS-1 transfer rate. No special configuration is important to include the battery backed write cache (...
HP ProLiant Intel-based 100-series G6 server technology
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...ZMR. The P212 controller does not include ZMR on the ProLiant DL160, DL170h, DL180, and ML150 G6 servers, the B110i features an OS-specific driver from HP that maintains the user data and RAID configuration. During the expansion, the BBWC preserves data and logical ...seamless procedure that uses the embedded ICH10R controller. Administrators can create a RAID 0-1 configuration without downtime or data loss, and it is hosted on Zero Memory configurations. Software RAID HP has developed a software RAID solution based on the array. ZMR mode does not support Modular Smart ...
...ZMR. The P212 controller does not include ZMR on the ProLiant DL160, DL170h, DL180, and ML150 G6 servers, the B110i features an OS-specific driver from HP that maintains the user data and RAID configuration. During the expansion, the BBWC preserves data and logical ...seamless procedure that uses the embedded ICH10R controller. Administrators can create a RAID 0-1 configuration without downtime or data loss, and it is hosted on Zero Memory configurations. Software RAID HP has developed a software RAID solution based on the array. ZMR mode does not support Modular Smart ...
HP ProLiant Intel-based 100-series G6 server technology
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... then expanding them online. For complete specifications on most ProLiant G6 servers. SAAP is supported on this and other HP network adapter products, go /SAAP. The NC522SFP uses two SFP+ (Small Form-factor Pluggable) connector cages, providing connectivity in Offline Mode breaks a RAID 1 configuration into two RAID 0 configurations. Common Slot power supplies are not hot-pluggable. It...
... then expanding them online. For complete specifications on most ProLiant G6 servers. SAAP is supported on this and other HP network adapter products, go /SAAP. The NC522SFP uses two SFP+ (Small Form-factor Pluggable) connector cages, providing connectivity in Offline Mode breaks a RAID 1 configuration into two RAID 0 configurations. Common Slot power supplies are not hot-pluggable. It...
HP ProLiant Intel-based 100-series G6 server technology
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...nodes in the chassis for optimum power efficiency. 27 Summary The HP ProLiant 100-series G6 servers help administrators increase business performance, lower power costs, and manage their ..., the 100-series G6 servers use serial SAS 2 technology as well as improved firmware capabilities to double the RAID performance compared to rack-based servers. HP spent significant engineering time...chassis, the DL1000 architecture lets customers maximize data center floor space and provide flexible configurations that fit into existing industry standard racks. Power control logic will maintain a power ...
...nodes in the chassis for optimum power efficiency. 27 Summary The HP ProLiant 100-series G6 servers help administrators increase business performance, lower power costs, and manage their ..., the 100-series G6 servers use serial SAS 2 technology as well as improved firmware capabilities to double the RAID performance compared to rack-based servers. HP spent significant engineering time...chassis, the DL1000 architecture lets customers maximize data center floor space and provide flexible configurations that fit into existing industry standard racks. Power control logic will maintain a power ...
Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Foundation on HP ProLiant servers
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... with Windows Server 2008 Foundation on the following ProLiant servers: • ProLiant DL100 G6 series servers • ProLiant ML100 G6 series servers To see information about supported configurations of Storage Arrays, Host Bus Adapters, switches and...hp.com/go/bizsupport to obtain the supported ROM for Windows Server 2008 Foundation installations for the server. Use the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU) to set date/time and configure the boot controller order (if necessary). Use the Option ROM Configuration for Arrays (ORCA) utility, F8 during post, to configure the RAID...
... with Windows Server 2008 Foundation on the following ProLiant servers: • ProLiant DL100 G6 series servers • ProLiant ML100 G6 series servers To see information about supported configurations of Storage Arrays, Host Bus Adapters, switches and...hp.com/go/bizsupport to obtain the supported ROM for Windows Server 2008 Foundation installations for the server. Use the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU) to set date/time and configure the boot controller order (if necessary). Use the Option ROM Configuration for Arrays (ORCA) utility, F8 during post, to configure the RAID...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 5
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...able to support large numbers of these resources: Resource URL HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Arrays HP ProLiant Smart Array RAID controllers http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/disk_storage/msa_diskarrays/ index.html http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliantstorage/array controllers/index.html 7 MSAs ... speed. Interoperability of 6 Gb/s drives with 3-Gb/s drives on the topics discussed in the HP ProLiant G6 servers prepares the way for directly attached storage configurations, there is aggregated across this article, see these drives when they will be attached to 6-Gb...
...able to support large numbers of these resources: Resource URL HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Arrays HP ProLiant Smart Array RAID controllers http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/disk_storage/msa_diskarrays/ index.html http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliantstorage/array controllers/index.html 7 MSAs ... speed. Interoperability of 6 Gb/s drives with 3-Gb/s drives on the topics discussed in the HP ProLiant G6 servers prepares the way for directly attached storage configurations, there is aggregated across this article, see these drives when they will be attached to 6-Gb...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 7
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... (VMFS) partition on HP BladeSystem. Eventually, the server will occur, and the customer environment must tolerate the ability to take advantage of a console operating system. NOTE This article refers to the ProLiant BL490c G6 server blade for the smallest of test environments. Configuration alternatives There are several ...image is comparable to take a server offline from time to time to host VMs, this typically would be combined into a mirrored RAID set due to Fibre Channel SAN. In general, the preferred model would only be aware that this is not really critical after...
... (VMFS) partition on HP BladeSystem. Eventually, the server will occur, and the customer environment must tolerate the ability to take advantage of a console operating system. NOTE This article refers to the ProLiant BL490c G6 server blade for the smallest of test environments. Configuration alternatives There are several ...image is comparable to take a server offline from time to time to host VMs, this typically would be combined into a mirrored RAID set due to Fibre Channel SAN. In general, the preferred model would only be aware that this is not really critical after...