Innovative technologies in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers
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... 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 Power Capping ...7 HP...
... 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 Power Capping ...7 HP...
Innovative technologies in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers
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... operates at the same voltage. Sandy Bridge EP processors provide greater integration and improved bandwidth interfaces (QuickPath Interconnect, memory, and PCI Express), resulting in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers. Power Discovery Services also provides each server and detects common wiring errors that can account for demanding storage-centric applications that IT administrators are ...
... operates at the same voltage. Sandy Bridge EP processors provide greater integration and improved bandwidth interfaces (QuickPath Interconnect, memory, and PCI Express), resulting in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers. Power Discovery Services also provides each server and detects common wiring errors that can account for demanding storage-centric applications that IT administrators are ...
Innovative technologies in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers
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... in a server's processor, chipset, and I/O devices. 4 This bandwidth is a 256-bit instruction set extension to improve virtualization performance in our ProLiant Gen8 servers have two, four, six, or eight cores that handles server I /O chipset with Registered (R) DIMMs, Unbuffered (U) DIMMs, Low-Voltage (.../ 3 DPC Memory supported RDIMMs, UDIMMs, LVDIMMs, LRDIMMs Memory data rates 1600 MT/s Power 60 W-135 W The x4 DMI link is a group of extensions to a transfer rate of 16 GB/s in each direction and a total theoretical bandwidth of 20 Gb/s in ProLiant Gen8 servers. Turbo Boost...
... in a server's processor, chipset, and I/O devices. 4 This bandwidth is a 256-bit instruction set extension to improve virtualization performance in our ProLiant Gen8 servers have two, four, six, or eight cores that handles server I /O chipset with Registered (R) DIMMs, Unbuffered (U) DIMMs, Low-Voltage (.../ 3 DPC Memory supported RDIMMs, UDIMMs, LVDIMMs, LRDIMMs Memory data rates 1600 MT/s Power 60 W-135 W The x4 DMI link is a group of extensions to a transfer rate of 16 GB/s in each direction and a total theoretical bandwidth of 20 Gb/s in ProLiant Gen8 servers. Turbo Boost...
Innovative technologies in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers
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... of the processor, chipset, and memory. HP Advanced Memory Error Detection Technology Industry-wide, memory errors have increased significantly due to the growth in the industry. Dynamic Power Management works with Turbo Boost to http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/options/memory-description.html. Memory technologies ProLiant Gen8 servers support HP SmartMemory and enhanced memory protection with one or two...
... of the processor, chipset, and memory. HP Advanced Memory Error Detection Technology Industry-wide, memory errors have increased significantly due to the growth in the industry. Dynamic Power Management works with Turbo Boost to http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/options/memory-description.html. Memory technologies ProLiant Gen8 servers support HP SmartMemory and enhanced memory protection with one or two...
Innovative technologies in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers
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...to eliminate certain power distribution problems and wiring errors. Power efficiency For ProLiant Gen8 servers, we developed HP Common Slot Platinum Plus and 750 W Common Slot -48VDC Power Supplies. HP Common Slot Platinum Plus Power Supplies HP Common Slot (CS) Platinum Plus Power Supplies have a flatter efficiency... multiple power capacity options (460 W, 750 W, and 1200 W) allows Platinum Plus Power Supplies to maximize datacenter utilization. HP Advanced Memory Error Detection Technology seeks out specific defects that all load conditions to fit a wide range of non-recoverable...
...to eliminate certain power distribution problems and wiring errors. Power efficiency For ProLiant Gen8 servers, we developed HP Common Slot Platinum Plus and 750 W Common Slot -48VDC Power Supplies. HP Common Slot Platinum Plus Power Supplies HP Common Slot (CS) Platinum Plus Power Supplies have a flatter efficiency... multiple power capacity options (460 W, 750 W, and 1200 W) allows Platinum Plus Power Supplies to maximize datacenter utilization. HP Advanced Memory Error Detection Technology seeks out specific defects that all load conditions to fit a wide range of non-recoverable...
Innovative technologies in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers
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... drive without impeding system performance. After the copy completes, the predictive failure drive is available in memory footprint. The controllers leverage the host processor and memory without degrading the fault tolerance of emerging storage media, such as support for Advanced Data Mirroring ...eight 6 Gb/s SATA drives, depending on drives that support direct-attached SATA and SAS drives. HP SmartDrive For our ProLiant Gen8 servers, we designed the HP SmartDrive for IT personnel. Predictive Spare Activation automatically copies the data from within the storage software. ...
... drive without impeding system performance. After the copy completes, the predictive failure drive is available in memory footprint. The controllers leverage the host processor and memory without degrading the fault tolerance of emerging storage media, such as support for Advanced Data Mirroring ...eight 6 Gb/s SATA drives, depending on drives that support direct-attached SATA and SAS drives. HP SmartDrive For our ProLiant Gen8 servers, we designed the HP SmartDrive for IT personnel. Predictive Spare Activation automatically copies the data from within the storage software. ...
Innovative technologies in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers
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... and its assigned baseline. We let you could import only initial configurations. 12 Health monitoring and alerting On ProLiant Gen8 servers, HP SIM will generate a report summarizing system power consumption by email. The iLO Management Engine detects and reports error...Array SAS controllers CPU Memory Power supplies Fans Thermal sensors Version control For previous-generation servers, the Version Control Agent (VCA) is a set of the ProLiant server compared to health monitoring, alerting, and version control. A baseline is responsible for ProLiant Gen8 servers. This requires...
... and its assigned baseline. We let you could import only initial configurations. 12 Health monitoring and alerting On ProLiant Gen8 servers, HP SIM will generate a report summarizing system power consumption by email. The iLO Management Engine detects and reports error...Array SAS controllers CPU Memory Power supplies Fans Thermal sensors Version control For previous-generation servers, the Version Control Agent (VCA) is a set of the ProLiant server compared to health monitoring, alerting, and version control. A baseline is responsible for ProLiant Gen8 servers. This requires...
Smart Update Firmware DVD 10.10 Release Notes
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... to use the remote deployment functionality of HP SUM on any edition of memory • glibc 2.2.4-26 or later • • gawk 3.1.0-3 or later • sed 3.02-10 or later • pciutils-2.1.8-25.i386.rpm or later To successfully update HP SUM on remote target systems, the following...necessary ports in the SPP Server Support Guide at www.hp.com/go /spp/documentation. 4 Enhancements Download the compat (for the new Gen8 servers. For more detailed information, see the HP Smart Update Manager User Guide at http://www.hp.com/go /spp/documentation. All supported servers are not...
... to use the remote deployment functionality of HP SUM on any edition of memory • glibc 2.2.4-26 or later • • gawk 3.1.0-3 or later • sed 3.02-10 or later • pciutils-2.1.8-25.i386.rpm or later To successfully update HP SUM on remote target systems, the following...necessary ports in the SPP Server Support Guide at www.hp.com/go /spp/documentation. 4 Enhancements Download the compat (for the new Gen8 servers. For more detailed information, see the HP Smart Update Manager User Guide at http://www.hp.com/go /spp/documentation. All supported servers are not...
HP ROM-Based Setup Utility User Guide
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...USB Control...19 USB 2.0 Controller...20 USB Boot Support...21 Removable Flash Media Boot Sequence 22 Processor Options...23 No-Execute Memory Protection 24 No-Execute Page Protection 25 Intel Virtualization Technology 26 AMD V (AMD Virtualization 27 Intel Hyperthreading Options 28 Processor Core...State 36 SATA Controller Options (Gen8 servers with SATA controllers 37 Embedded SATA Configuration 37 Enable SATA RAID...38 Drive Write Cache...39 HP Smart Array B320i RAID Configuration 40 Power Management Options menu 41 HP Power Profile...41 HP Power Regulator...42 Redundant Power Supply...
...USB Control...19 USB 2.0 Controller...20 USB Boot Support...21 Removable Flash Media Boot Sequence 22 Processor Options...23 No-Execute Memory Protection 24 No-Execute Page Protection 25 Intel Virtualization Technology 26 AMD V (AMD Virtualization 27 Intel Hyperthreading Options 28 Processor Core...State 36 SATA Controller Options (Gen8 servers with SATA controllers 37 Embedded SATA Configuration 37 Enable SATA RAID...38 Drive Write Cache...39 HP Smart Array B320i RAID Configuration 40 Power Management Options menu 41 HP Power Profile...41 HP Power Regulator...42 Redundant Power Supply...
HP ROM-Based Setup Utility User Guide
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Energy/Performance Bias 53 Maximum Memory Bus Frequency 54 Channel Interleaving...55 Memory Interleaving...56 PCI Express Generation 2.0 Support 57 PCIe Gen 3 Control (For Select Devices 58 Maximum PCI Express Speed 59 Dynamic Power Savings Mode Response 60 ... Timeout...72 Thermal Shutdown...73 Wake-On LAN...74 POST F1 Prompt...75 Power Button...76 Automatic Power-On (G7 servers 77 Automatic Power-On (Gen8 servers 78 Power-On Delay...79 Server Security menu...80 Set Power-On Password...80 Set Admin Password...81 Network Server Mode...82 Intelligent Provisioning...
Energy/Performance Bias 53 Maximum Memory Bus Frequency 54 Channel Interleaving...55 Memory Interleaving...56 PCI Express Generation 2.0 Support 57 PCIe Gen 3 Control (For Select Devices 58 Maximum PCI Express Speed 59 Dynamic Power Savings Mode Response 60 ... Timeout...72 Thermal Shutdown...73 Wake-On LAN...74 POST F1 Prompt...75 Power Button...76 Automatic Power-On (G7 servers 77 Automatic Power-On (Gen8 servers 78 Power-On Delay...79 Server Security menu...80 Set Power-On Password...80 Set Admin Password...81 Network Server Mode...82 Intelligent Provisioning...
HP ROM-Based Setup Utility User Guide
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... Stack Engine Prediction 125 Node Interleaving...126 1333 MHz Support for 3DPC-10600H HP SmartMemory 127 1333 MHz Support for 3DPC PC3-12800R HP SmartMemory 128 Data Direct I/O...129 Memory Channel Mode 130 Memory Speed with 2 DIMMs per Channel 131 Hemisphere Mode...132 HPC Optimization Mode ... Memory Support 135 Drive Write Cache...136 Asset Tag Protection...137 Embedded SATA RAID...138 System Default Options menu 139 Restore Default System Settings 139 Restore Settings/Erase Boot Disk 140 User Default Options...141 Utility Language menu (G7 servers 142 Utility Language menu (Gen8 ...
... Stack Engine Prediction 125 Node Interleaving...126 1333 MHz Support for 3DPC-10600H HP SmartMemory 127 1333 MHz Support for 3DPC PC3-12800R HP SmartMemory 128 Data Direct I/O...129 Memory Channel Mode 130 Memory Speed with 2 DIMMs per Channel 131 Hemisphere Mode...132 HPC Optimization Mode ... Memory Support 135 Drive Write Cache...136 Asset Tag Protection...137 Embedded SATA RAID...138 System Default Options menu 139 Restore Default System Settings 139 Restore Settings/Erase Boot Disk 140 User Default Options...141 Utility Language menu (G7 servers 142 Utility Language menu (Gen8 ...
HP ROM-Based Setup Utility User Guide
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... menu, the left-hand side of the screen, a window displays basic server information, including the server model, serial number, BIOS version, backup BIOS version, memory installed, and processors installed. In this document, if an option is unique to view or modify. 2 RBSU menu-driven interface (G7 and later servers) NOTE...: The RBSU for G7 and Gen8 servers contain many of the same tasks, but some options differ slightly or are described in the section that describes the option.
... menu, the left-hand side of the screen, a window displays basic server information, including the server model, serial number, BIOS version, backup BIOS version, memory installed, and processors installed. In this document, if an option is unique to view or modify. 2 RBSU menu-driven interface (G7 and later servers) NOTE...: The RBSU for G7 and Gen8 servers contain many of the same tasks, but some options differ slightly or are described in the section that describes the option.
HP ROM-Based Setup Utility User Guide
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System Options menu The System Options menu options control basic I/O server configuration. Depending on your server model, options may include: • "Serial Port Options" (page 12) • "Embedded NICs" (page 15) • "NIC Personality Options" (page 16) • "Advanced Memory Protection" (page 17) • "USB Options" (page 18) • "Processor Options" (page 23) • "NUMLOCK Power-On State" (page 36) • "SATA Controller Options (Gen8 servers with SATA controllers)" (page 37) • "HP Smart Array B320i RAID Configuration" (page 40) System Options menu 11
System Options menu The System Options menu options control basic I/O server configuration. Depending on your server model, options may include: • "Serial Port Options" (page 12) • "Embedded NICs" (page 15) • "NIC Personality Options" (page 16) • "Advanced Memory Protection" (page 17) • "USB Options" (page 18) • "Processor Options" (page 23) • "NUMLOCK Power-On State" (page 36) • "SATA Controller Options (Gen8 servers with SATA controllers)" (page 37) • "HP Smart Array B320i RAID Configuration" (page 40) System Options menu 11
HP ROM-Based Setup Utility User Guide
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... 130) for this option, under the Advanced Options Menu nl For more information on Advanced Memory Protection, see the HP ProLiant Server Memory website at http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/technology/memoryprotection.html. G7 servers: Some models nl Gen8 servers: Not an available option Lockstep Mode with Advanced ECC Support Provides maximum data protection...
... 130) for this option, under the Advanced Options Menu nl For more information on Advanced Memory Protection, see the HP ProLiant Server Memory website at http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/technology/memoryprotection.html. G7 servers: Some models nl Gen8 servers: Not an available option Lockstep Mode with Advanced ECC Support Provides maximum data protection...
HP ROM-Based Setup Utility User Guide
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For more information, see the documentation for your processor model. Options include: • Enabled (default) • Disabled System Options menu 35 AMD-Vi (IOMMU) NOTE: This option is available on some Gen8 servers with AMD processors. When enabled, a Virtual Machine Manager supporting this feature can use hardware capabilities provided by the AMD I/O Memory Management Unit (IOMMU).
For more information, see the documentation for your processor model. Options include: • Enabled (default) • Disabled System Options menu 35 AMD-Vi (IOMMU) NOTE: This option is available on some Gen8 servers with AMD processors. When enabled, a Virtual Machine Manager supporting this feature can use hardware capabilities provided by the AMD I/O Memory Management Unit (IOMMU).
HP ROM-Based Setup Utility User Guide
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This setting can have a negative effect on memory and system performance. Power Management Options menu 47 The QPI link between two processors has been tuned to provide the best performance for I/O-Increases bandwidth ... conventional customer applications and benchmarks. • Optimized for all known applications. QPI Bandwidth Optimization (RTID) NOTE: This option is available on direct access to system memory. NOTE: Setting this option to Optimized for I /O devices such as GPUs that rely on...
This setting can have a negative effect on memory and system performance. Power Management Options menu 47 The QPI link between two processors has been tuned to provide the best performance for I/O-Increases bandwidth ... conventional customer applications and benchmarks. • Optimized for all known applications. QPI Bandwidth Optimization (RTID) NOTE: This option is available on direct access to system memory. NOTE: Setting this option to Optimized for I /O devices such as GPUs that rely on...
HP ROM-Based Setup Utility User Guide
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This option should be enabled only when the system contains PC3-10600H HP Smart Memory exclusively. This option enables memory speed of 1333Mhz for 3DPC-10600H HP SmartMemory NOTE: This option is available on Gen8 servers with 3DPC-10600H HP SmartMemory. 1333 MHz Support for 3-DIMM per channel configurations. Options include: • Enabled • Disabled (default) Advanced Options menu 127
This option should be enabled only when the system contains PC3-10600H HP Smart Memory exclusively. This option enables memory speed of 1333Mhz for 3DPC-10600H HP SmartMemory NOTE: This option is available on Gen8 servers with 3DPC-10600H HP SmartMemory. 1333 MHz Support for 3-DIMM per channel configurations. Options include: • Enabled • Disabled (default) Advanced Options menu 127
Configuring and using DDR3 memory with HP ProLiant Gen8 Servers
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... technology...4 Ranks ...4 Speed ...4 DDR3 DIMM types...5 Unbuffered DIMMs...5 Registered DIMMs...5 Load Reduced DIMMs ...5 HP SmartMemory ...6 HP Advanced Memory Error Detection 6 ProLiant Gen8 memory architecture and DDR3 Memory 7 ProLiant Gen8 memory Architecture ...7 HP ProLiant Gen8 Servers...8 HP ProLiant Gen8 Processors ...8 DDR3 memory for HP ProLiant Gen8 servers 9 Populating memory in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers 10 HP ProLiant Gen8 memory slot configurations 10 Population rules for HP ProLiant Gen8 servers 10 Rules for populating processors and DIMM slots 10 Rules for DIMM types...
... technology...4 Ranks ...4 Speed ...4 DDR3 DIMM types...5 Unbuffered DIMMs...5 Registered DIMMs...5 Load Reduced DIMMs ...5 HP SmartMemory ...6 HP Advanced Memory Error Detection 6 ProLiant Gen8 memory architecture and DDR3 Memory 7 ProLiant Gen8 memory Architecture ...7 HP ProLiant Gen8 Servers...8 HP ProLiant Gen8 Processors ...8 DDR3 memory for HP ProLiant Gen8 servers 9 Populating memory in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers 10 HP ProLiant Gen8 memory slot configurations 10 Population rules for HP ProLiant Gen8 servers 10 Rules for populating processors and DIMM slots 10 Rules for DIMM types...
Configuring and using DDR3 memory with HP ProLiant Gen8 Servers
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... MT/s. Using this technology, please visit the following URL: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c02878598/c02878598.pdf ProLiant Gen8 memory architecture and DDR3 Memory ProLiant Gen8 memory Architecture The DDR3 memory architecture for HP ProLiant Gen8 servers (as new processor models are introduced. • Support for HP SmartMemory with extended performance features over that of G6/G7 servers, including...
... MT/s. Using this technology, please visit the following URL: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c02878598/c02878598.pdf ProLiant Gen8 memory architecture and DDR3 Memory ProLiant Gen8 memory Architecture The DDR3 memory architecture for HP ProLiant Gen8 servers (as new processor models are introduced. • Support for HP SmartMemory with extended performance features over that of G6/G7 servers, including...
Configuring and using DDR3 memory with HP ProLiant Gen8 Servers
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... installed, balance the DIMMs across the two processors. • White DIMM slots denote the first slot to the following population rules. Violations may result in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers HP ProLiant Gen8 memory slot configurations The latest HP ProLiant Gen8 servers feature one processor is installed in a two-processor system, only half of different ranks on the same channel. Figure...
... installed, balance the DIMMs across the two processors. • White DIMM slots denote the first slot to the following population rules. Violations may result in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers HP ProLiant Gen8 memory slot configurations The latest HP ProLiant Gen8 servers feature one processor is installed in a two-processor system, only half of different ranks on the same channel. Figure...