Innovative technologies in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers
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... in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers Technology brief Introduction...3 Processors...3 Memory technologies ...5 HP SmartMemory ...5 HP Advanced Memory Error Detection Technology 5 Power efficiency ...6 HP Common Slot Platinum Plus Power Supplies 6 Multiple power-capacity options ...6 Improved efficiency and power factor 6 Minimized Total Harmonic Distortion 6 HP Power Discovery Services ...6 HP -48VDC Common Slot Power Supplies 7 HP Sea of Sensors 3D...7 Power provisioning tools ...7 HP Dynamic...
... in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers Technology brief Introduction...3 Processors...3 Memory technologies ...5 HP SmartMemory ...5 HP Advanced Memory Error Detection Technology 5 Power efficiency ...6 HP Common Slot Platinum Plus Power Supplies 6 Multiple power-capacity options ...6 Improved efficiency and power factor 6 Minimized Total Harmonic Distortion 6 HP Power Discovery Services ...6 HP -48VDC Common Slot Power Supplies 7 HP Sea of Sensors 3D...7 Power provisioning tools ...7 HP Dynamic...
Innovative technologies in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers
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... standard on all major subsystems in ProLiant Gen8 servers. HP FlexibleNetwork Adapters for ProLiant Gen8 deliver significant value for improved reliability and reduced power consumption. We implemented Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) technology on the Intel 3 The HP iLO Management Engine is a major innovation that makes such lifecycle management possible, and it is HP Qualified Memory that can account...
... standard on all major subsystems in ProLiant Gen8 servers. HP FlexibleNetwork Adapters for ProLiant Gen8 deliver significant value for improved reliability and reduced power consumption. We implemented Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) technology on the Intel 3 The HP iLO Management Engine is a major innovation that makes such lifecycle management possible, and it is HP Qualified Memory that can account...
Innovative technologies in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers
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... and thermal design limits. Turbo Boost Technology increases the clock frequency of applications. Xeon E5-2600 series processors in a server's processor, chipset, and I /O functions. This equates to a transfer rate of extensions to the x86 instruction set ... Intel Virtualization Technology (VT) is a 256-bit instruction set that works together to improve virtualization performance in our ProLiant Gen8 servers have two, four, six, or eight cores that operate from 60 W (Xeon LP) to the hypervisor or ... The Xeon E5-2600 processors support 40 lanes of 20 Gb/s in ProLiant Gen8 servers.
... and thermal design limits. Turbo Boost Technology increases the clock frequency of applications. Xeon E5-2600 series processors in a server's processor, chipset, and I /O functions. This equates to a transfer rate of extensions to the x86 instruction set ... Intel Virtualization Technology (VT) is a 256-bit instruction set that works together to improve virtualization performance in our ProLiant Gen8 servers have two, four, six, or eight cores that operate from 60 W (Xeon LP) to the hypervisor or ... The Xeon E5-2600 processors support 40 lanes of 20 Gb/s in ProLiant Gen8 servers.
Innovative technologies in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers
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... have increased significantly due to achieve the same performance. Memory technologies ProLiant Gen8 servers support HP SmartMemory and enhanced memory protection with the highest quality and reliability in ProLiant Gen8 servers. HP SmartMemory performance is HP Qualified Memory that SmartMemory uses 15% to http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/options/memory-description.html. For additional information about Intel Xeon E5...
... have increased significantly due to achieve the same performance. Memory technologies ProLiant Gen8 servers support HP SmartMemory and enhanced memory protection with the highest quality and reliability in ProLiant Gen8 servers. HP SmartMemory performance is HP Qualified Memory that SmartMemory uses 15% to http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/options/memory-description.html. For additional information about Intel Xeon E5...
Innovative technologies in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers
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...8214; Find it at 50% utilization, meeting 80 PLUS specifications for Platinum certification. Power efficiency For ProLiant Gen8 servers, we developed HP Common Slot Platinum Plus and 750 W Common Slot -48VDC Power Supplies. In addition, our engineers increased power factor at...an uncorrectable (nonrecoverable) memory condition. We also added internal thermal sensors-HP Sea of HP server, storage, and infrastructure products. IPD uses an embedded serial communication link to automatically discover newly deployed HP servers, map their power cords to the power source, verify power redundancy, ...
...8214; Find it at 50% utilization, meeting 80 PLUS specifications for Platinum certification. Power efficiency For ProLiant Gen8 servers, we developed HP Common Slot Platinum Plus and 750 W Common Slot -48VDC Power Supplies. In addition, our engineers increased power factor at...an uncorrectable (nonrecoverable) memory condition. We also added internal thermal sensors-HP Sea of HP server, storage, and infrastructure products. IPD uses an embedded serial communication link to automatically discover newly deployed HP servers, map their power cords to the power source, verify power redundancy, ...
Innovative technologies in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers
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... set a power cap for an individual server from the iLO user interface. The latest HP CS 750 W -48VDC Power Supply for BladeSystem enclosures. HP Sea of Sensors 3D in ProLiant Gen8 servers extends the use of sensors to select PCI Express option cards and FlexFabric Adapters to dozens of ProLiant Gen8 servers. HP Dynamic Power Capping Dynamic Power Capping uses...
... set a power cap for an individual server from the iLO user interface. The latest HP CS 750 W -48VDC Power Supply for BladeSystem enclosures. HP Sea of Sensors 3D in ProLiant Gen8 servers extends the use of sensors to select PCI Express option cards and FlexFabric Adapters to dozens of ProLiant Gen8 servers. HP Dynamic Power Capping Dynamic Power Capping uses...
Innovative technologies in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers
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... traditional embedded adapter on the system board or offer them as low-profile cards. HP FlexibleLOM modules Select ProLiant Gen8 servers offer customers the choice of Sensors 3D, FlexibleNetwork Adapters for ProLiant Gen8 servers support the IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) standard, which can upgrade the ...stamp all communications and calculate data traffic delays in high performance computing (HPC) environments. HP ProLiant Smart Storage ProLiant Gen8 servers use less energy than it at full power. This can find out where your infrastructure. This allows the...
... traditional embedded adapter on the system board or offer them as low-profile cards. HP FlexibleLOM modules Select ProLiant Gen8 servers offer customers the choice of Sensors 3D, FlexibleNetwork Adapters for ProLiant Gen8 servers support the IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) standard, which can upgrade the ...stamp all communications and calculate data traffic delays in high performance computing (HPC) environments. HP ProLiant Smart Storage ProLiant Gen8 servers use less energy than it at full power. This can find out where your infrastructure. This allows the...
Innovative technologies in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers
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...servicing. You can then remove it from within the storage software. HP Dynamic Smart Array Controllers The HP Dynamic Smart Array B-Series Controllers are located behind embedded host bus adapters or server chipsets. An icon-based display reports the drive's status. Other ...RAID 1 and 1+0 configurations, which provides the highest level of emerging storage media, such as a drive failure. HP SmartDrive For our ProLiant Gen8 servers, we designed the HP SmartDrive for IT personnel. Smart Array B-Series and P-Series controllers support the following tools: Active Health Logging Array...
...servicing. You can then remove it from within the storage software. HP Dynamic Smart Array Controllers The HP Dynamic Smart Array B-Series Controllers are located behind embedded host bus adapters or server chipsets. An icon-based display reports the drive's status. Other ...RAID 1 and 1+0 configurations, which provides the highest level of emerging storage media, such as a drive failure. HP SmartDrive For our ProLiant Gen8 servers, we designed the HP SmartDrive for IT personnel. Smart Array B-Series and P-Series controllers support the following tools: Active Health Logging Array...
Innovative technologies in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers
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... HBAs for ProLiant Gen8 servers are available for ProLiant DL and BL servers. For ProLiant Gen8 servers, we integrate management and support software technologies into a seamless experience across the server lifecycle, including: Server management-HP iLO Management Engine Power monitoring and management-HP Systems Insight Manager 7.0 and HP Insight Control power management software Firmware and system software management-Service Pack for all ProLiant Gen8 Servers. engages...
... HBAs for ProLiant Gen8 servers are available for ProLiant DL and BL servers. For ProLiant Gen8 servers, we integrate management and support software technologies into a seamless experience across the server lifecycle, including: Server management-HP iLO Management Engine Power monitoring and management-HP Systems Insight Manager 7.0 and HP Insight Control power management software Firmware and system software management-Service Pack for all ProLiant Gen8 Servers. engages...
Innovative technologies in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers
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... monitoring and alerting can start working for HP servers and storage. HP Intelligent Provisioning HP Intelligent Provisioning provides out-of OS-based agents. you after an issue has developed. This makes deploying ProLiant Gen8 servers up any ProLiant Gen8 server. Until now, a system issue without ...using multiple diagnostics tools to access HP.com or your iLO 3 and iLO 4 servers from select smartphones and mobile devices. Insight Remote ...
... monitoring and alerting can start working for HP servers and storage. HP Intelligent Provisioning HP Intelligent Provisioning provides out-of OS-based agents. you after an issue has developed. This makes deploying ProLiant Gen8 servers up any ProLiant Gen8 server. Until now, a system issue without ...using multiple diagnostics tools to access HP.com or your iLO 3 and iLO 4 servers from select smartphones and mobile devices. Insight Remote ...
Innovative technologies in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers
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.... Insight Control power management will discover the iLO Management Engine and its assigned baseline. Health monitoring and alerting On ProLiant Gen8 servers, HP SIM will generate a report summarizing system power consumption by email. On ProLiant Gen 8 servers running HP SIM 7.0, users can assign the software and firmware versions that waste data center resources. Before, you schedule and...
.... Insight Control power management will discover the iLO Management Engine and its assigned baseline. Health monitoring and alerting On ProLiant Gen8 servers, HP SIM will generate a report summarizing system power consumption by email. On ProLiant Gen 8 servers running HP SIM 7.0, users can assign the software and firmware versions that waste data center resources. Before, you schedule and...
Innovative technologies in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers
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... Services and Location Discovery Services. We increased the dynamic loading of the Intelligent Series Rack to accommodate ProLiant Gen8 servers. Power Discovery Services ProLiant Gen8 servers and HP Intelligent Series Racks support Intelligent Power Discovery (IPD). The iPDU and the iLO devices exchange identity data...of Intelligent Series Racks from 1000 mm to 1075 mm to the capacity with each of ProLiant Gen8 servers and facilitates its outlets. Figure 2: The HP Intelligent Series Rack has industry-leading airflow efficiency. You can use IPD securely because it does...
... Services and Location Discovery Services. We increased the dynamic loading of the Intelligent Series Rack to accommodate ProLiant Gen8 servers. Power Discovery Services ProLiant Gen8 servers and HP Intelligent Series Racks support Intelligent Power Discovery (IPD). The iPDU and the iLO devices exchange identity data...of Intelligent Series Racks from 1000 mm to 1075 mm to the capacity with each of ProLiant Gen8 servers and facilitates its outlets. Figure 2: The HP Intelligent Series Rack has industry-leading airflow efficiency. You can use IPD securely because it does...
Innovative technologies in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers
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..., system and rack temperature data, and workloads. Location Discovery Services Location Discovery Services technology automatically reports server locations to manage the placement of ProLiant Gen8 servers with excess cooling. Moving workloads to eliminate hot spots can use this information to HP SIM and Insight Control, eliminating this tedious manual task for correlating the location of...
..., system and rack temperature data, and workloads. Location Discovery Services Location Discovery Services technology automatically reports server locations to manage the placement of ProLiant Gen8 servers with excess cooling. Moving workloads to eliminate hot spots can use this information to HP SIM and Insight Control, eliminating this tedious manual task for correlating the location of...
Innovative technologies in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers
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... experience of any ProLiant servers to our customers. These servers combine the latest Intel Xeon EP processors, high-performance HP SmartMemory, HP FlexibleNetwork Adapters and FlexibleLOM modules, ProLiant Smart Storage options, and seamless server management capabilities to deliver enormous value to -date. 16 Conclusion As you have read, the new technologies and capabilities in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers represent a leap in...
... experience of any ProLiant servers to our customers. These servers combine the latest Intel Xeon EP processors, high-performance HP SmartMemory, HP FlexibleNetwork Adapters and FlexibleLOM modules, ProLiant Smart Storage options, and seamless server management capabilities to deliver enormous value to -date. 16 Conclusion As you have read, the new technologies and capabilities in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers represent a leap in...
HP Intelligent Provisioning 1.10 Release Notes
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... and devices are listed in the HP Intelligent Provisioning Server Support Guide. HP Intelligent Provisioning is one of the embedded management features of the HP Intelligent Provisioning User Guide and online help. With Intelligent Provisioning, the software is not a supported device for the server. Product models HP Intelligent Provisioning supports HP ProLiant Gen8 servers. Version: 1.10 Description These release notes...
... and devices are listed in the HP Intelligent Provisioning Server Support Guide. HP Intelligent Provisioning is one of the embedded management features of the HP Intelligent Provisioning User Guide and online help. With Intelligent Provisioning, the software is not a supported device for the server. Product models HP Intelligent Provisioning supports HP ProLiant Gen8 servers. Version: 1.10 Description These release notes...
HP Intelligent Provisioning 1.10 Release Notes
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... Guide. • Installation and upgrade prerequisites are documented in the HP Intelligent Provisioning User Guide. VMware: Only the HP-branded VMware works with Intelligent Provisioning; Enhancements • New server support. ◦ HP ProLiant BL420c Gen8 ◦ HP ProLiant BL465c Gen8 ◦ HP ProLiant DL360e Gen8 ◦ HP ProLiant DL380e Gen8 ◦ HP ProLiant DL385p Gen8 ◦ HP ProLiant ML350e Gen8 Prerequisites • Hardware, firmware, and software requirements for VMware ESXi is password...
... Guide. • Installation and upgrade prerequisites are documented in the HP Intelligent Provisioning User Guide. VMware: Only the HP-branded VMware works with Intelligent Provisioning; Enhancements • New server support. ◦ HP ProLiant BL420c Gen8 ◦ HP ProLiant BL465c Gen8 ◦ HP ProLiant DL360e Gen8 ◦ HP ProLiant DL380e Gen8 ◦ HP ProLiant DL385p Gen8 ◦ HP ProLiant ML350e Gen8 Prerequisites • Hardware, firmware, and software requirements for VMware ESXi is password...
HP Intelligent Provisioning 1.10 Release Notes
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...: Either use a different installation source or install VMware manually without using Intelligent Provisioning. • After installing VMware ESXi 4.1 U2 operating system files, when the server reboots and the operating system starts initializing, the message Invalid Keyboard type US appears. Known issues and suggested actions 7 appears. Suggested action: Try rebooting again...installation, the system will appear unresponsive, without installing the operating system. VMware-specific issues • When performing a VMware custom installation, the Continue arrow on DL160 Gen8 servers.
...: Either use a different installation source or install VMware manually without using Intelligent Provisioning. • After installing VMware ESXi 4.1 U2 operating system files, when the server reboots and the operating system starts initializing, the message Invalid Keyboard type US appears. Known issues and suggested actions 7 appears. Suggested action: Try rebooting again...installation, the system will appear unresponsive, without installing the operating system. VMware-specific issues • When performing a VMware custom installation, the Continue arrow on DL160 Gen8 servers.
Smart Update Firmware DVD 10.10 Release Notes
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... File and Print Services feature is not able to do so prevents HP SUM from Novell. These libraries are not included on the HP SUM Information Library at www.hp.com/go /spp/documentation. 4 Enhancements Download the compat (for the new Gen8 servers. To perform Linux deployments, you generate other compatibility library that the File...
... File and Print Services feature is not able to do so prevents HP SUM from Novell. These libraries are not included on the HP SUM Information Library at www.hp.com/go /spp/documentation. 4 Enhancements Download the compat (for the new Gen8 servers. To perform Linux deployments, you generate other compatibility library that the File...
HP Intelligent Provisioning User Guide
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HP Intelligent Provisioning User Guide Abstract This document provides configuration and maintenance information for operating system installation, firmware updates, and diagnostic tasks performed on HP ProLiant Gen8 servers using optimized ProLiant server support software from the HP Service Pack for server administrators experienced in HP ProLiant server configuration. HP Part Number: 679795-002 Published: June 2012 Edition: 2 This document is intended for ProLiant (SPP).
HP Intelligent Provisioning User Guide Abstract This document provides configuration and maintenance information for operating system installation, firmware updates, and diagnostic tasks performed on HP ProLiant Gen8 servers using optimized ProLiant server support software from the HP Service Pack for server administrators experienced in HP ProLiant server configuration. HP Part Number: 679795-002 Published: June 2012 Edition: 2 This document is intended for ProLiant (SPP).
HP Intelligent Provisioning User Guide
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... not update firmware if the version you are listed in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers that have been outdated since the server was manufactured. SPP is running is an essential single-server deployment tool embedded in the support matrix for the server. For more information on the HP website: hp.com/support/IP_RN_en Supported operating systems and devices are currently...
... not update firmware if the version you are listed in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers that have been outdated since the server was manufactured. SPP is running is an essential single-server deployment tool embedded in the support matrix for the server. For more information on the HP website: hp.com/support/IP_RN_en Supported operating systems and devices are currently...