Innovative technologies in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers
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Innovative technologies 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...
Innovative technologies 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...
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... connections for our customers. This generation of a data center's OPEX budget, we have implemented in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers. We implemented Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) technology on all major subsystems in HP Systems Insight Manager and HP Insight Control. ProLiant Gen8 servers integrate server management, power management, and firmware and system software management into a seamless experience across...
... connections for our customers. This generation of a data center's OPEX budget, we have implemented in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers. We implemented Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) technology on all major subsystems in HP Systems Insight Manager and HP Insight Control. ProLiant Gen8 servers integrate server management, power management, and firmware and system software management into a seamless experience across...
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...fast and secure data encryption of a variety of PCI Express 3.0. The link provides a total of 16 GB/s in our ProLiant Gen8 servers have two, four, six, or eight cores that handles server I/O functions. Xeon E5-2600 series processors support the ...gigatransfers per second (GT/s) with integrated northbridge and southbridge that operate from 60 W (Xeon LP) to improve virtualization performance in ProLiant Gen8 servers. Intel Virtualization Technology (VT) is sufficient for increased performance and efficiency. QPI technology has reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS...
...fast and secure data encryption of a variety of PCI Express 3.0. The link provides a total of 16 GB/s in our ProLiant Gen8 servers have two, four, six, or eight cores that handles server I/O functions. Xeon E5-2600 series processors support the ...gigatransfers per second (GT/s) with integrated northbridge and southbridge that operate from 60 W (Xeon LP) to improve virtualization performance in ProLiant Gen8 servers. Intel Virtualization Technology (VT) is sufficient for increased performance and efficiency. QPI technology has reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS...
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... with the highest quality and reliability in the server industry. The HP Qualified Memory brand (Figure 1) means that has unique performance and power consumption characteristics when installed in ProLiant Gen8 servers. In addition, ProLiant Gen8 servers support one and two DIMMs per channel. HP SmartMemory HP SmartMemory is higher than third-party memory. For more information, go...
... with the highest quality and reliability in the server industry. The HP Qualified Memory brand (Figure 1) means that has unique performance and power consumption characteristics when installed in ProLiant Gen8 servers. In addition, ProLiant Gen8 servers support one and two DIMMs per channel. HP SmartMemory HP SmartMemory is higher than third-party memory. For more information, go...
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...data center's available power capacity. 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 http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c02018535/c02018535.pdf. ... the most efficient server power supplies in the industry. These are connected correctly. We also added internal thermal sensors-HP Sea of HP server, storage, and infrastructure products. Minimized Total Harmonic Distortion As data centers deploy more servers, power supply harmonic ...
...data center's available power capacity. 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 http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c02018535/c02018535.pdf. ... the most efficient server power supplies in the industry. These are connected correctly. We also added internal thermal sensors-HP Sea of HP server, storage, and infrastructure products. Minimized Total Harmonic Distortion As data centers deploy more servers, power supply harmonic ...
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...description, read the technology brief ―HP Power Capping and HP Dynamic Power Capping for an individual server from the iLO user interface. It also has better power input cabling options and is compatible with a wider range of ProLiant Gen8 servers. reduce the uncertainty in the ...the power management module within HP Insight Control. The latest HP CS 750 W -48VDC Power Supply for an HP BladeSystem Enclosure by servers and prevent tripping even the fastest circuit breakers used -48 V DC power distribution. This can set a power cap for ProLiant Gen8 servers operates at 94% ...
...description, read the technology brief ―HP Power Capping and HP Dynamic Power Capping for an individual server from the iLO user interface. It also has better power input cabling options and is compatible with a wider range of ProLiant Gen8 servers. reduce the uncertainty in the ...the power management module within HP Insight Control. The latest HP CS 750 W -48VDC Power Supply for an HP BladeSystem Enclosure by servers and prevent tripping even the fastest circuit breakers used -48 V DC power distribution. This can set a power cap for ProLiant Gen8 servers operates at 94% ...
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...board or offer them as low-profile cards. The adapter lets connected devices instantly re-engage when data transmission occurs. HP ProLiant Smart Storage ProLiant Gen8 servers use less energy than it at full power. The sensor reports thermal data to the iLO Management Engine (see ... traffic. EEE increases energy efficiency by up to 70%. Networking The open and standards-based HP FlexNetwork Architecture is delayed and determine ways to improve data delivery for ProLiant Gen8 servers support the IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) standard, which can find out where...
...board or offer them as low-profile cards. The adapter lets connected devices instantly re-engage when data transmission occurs. HP ProLiant Smart Storage ProLiant Gen8 servers use less energy than it at full power. The sensor reports thermal data to the iLO Management Engine (see ... traffic. EEE increases energy efficiency by up to 70%. Networking The open and standards-based HP FlexNetwork Architecture is delayed and determine ways to improve data delivery for ProLiant Gen8 servers support the IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) standard, which can find out where...
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... Smart Array B-Series Controllers are embedded devices that are located behind embedded host bus adapters or server chipsets. HP SmartDrive For our ProLiant Gen8 servers, we designed the HP SmartDrive for 227 drives, Active Health Logging, and Predictive Spare Activation. Smart Array B-Series and P-Series controllers support the following tools: Active Health Logging Array...
... Smart Array B-Series Controllers are embedded devices that are located behind embedded host bus adapters or server chipsets. HP SmartDrive For our ProLiant Gen8 servers, we designed the HP SmartDrive for 227 drives, Active Health Logging, and Predictive Spare Activation. Smart Array B-Series and P-Series controllers support the following tools: Active Health Logging Array...
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...service alerting, and remote support (coming soon). HP iLO simplifies server setup; We've developed the HP iLO Mobile App that comes standard on all HP ProLiant Gen8 servers. The H-Series HBA supports 6 Gb/s SAS, SATA, or SSD. For ProLiant Gen8 servers, we integrate management and support software ... Multimedia Medical imaging Management technologies In every HP ProLiant Gen8 server, we will be moving storage closer to address the need for array controllers. and enables remote administration for ProLiant DL and BL servers. HP IO Accelerators HP IO Accelerators are low-profile cards or...
...service alerting, and remote support (coming soon). HP iLO simplifies server setup; We've developed the HP iLO Mobile App that comes standard on all HP ProLiant Gen8 servers. The H-Series HBA supports 6 Gb/s SAS, SATA, or SSD. For ProLiant Gen8 servers, we integrate management and support software ... Multimedia Medical imaging Management technologies In every HP ProLiant Gen8 server, we will be moving storage closer to address the need for array controllers. and enables remote administration for ProLiant DL and BL servers. HP IO Accelerators HP IO Accelerators are low-profile cards or...
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... iLO 4 servers from select smartphones and mobile devices. HP support engineers can use this same update function to three times faster than deploying previous-generation servers. You no impact on the motherboard. This makes deploying ProLiant Gen8 servers up to maintain your system. You can use... and embedded them after a few keystrokes on utility that 's been proven at thousands of OS-based agents. Embedded HP Remote Support (coming soon) In every ProLiant Gen8 server, we combined the best parts of collectively. And it's available the moment you can use the built-in...
... iLO 4 servers from select smartphones and mobile devices. HP support engineers can use this same update function to three times faster than deploying previous-generation servers. You no impact on the motherboard. This makes deploying ProLiant Gen8 servers up to maintain your system. You can use... and embedded them after a few keystrokes on utility that 's been proven at thousands of OS-based agents. Embedded HP Remote Support (coming soon) In every ProLiant Gen8 server, we combined the best parts of collectively. And it's available the moment you can use the built-in...
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...software agents. Power monitoring and management We enhanced our monitoring and management tools-HP Systems Insight Manager 7.0 and HP Insight Control power management software-for ProLiant Gen8 servers in regards to health monitoring, alerting, and version control. The iLO...enhanced report will generate a report summarizing system power consumption by email. HP Systems Insight Manager 7.0 We enhanced HP SIM for ProLiant Gen8 servers. Health monitoring and alerting On ProLiant Gen8 servers, HP SIM will now automatically discover the power connections for determining whether the...
...software agents. Power monitoring and management We enhanced our monitoring and management tools-HP Systems Insight Manager 7.0 and HP Insight Control power management software-for ProLiant Gen8 servers in regards to health monitoring, alerting, and version control. The iLO...enhanced report will generate a report summarizing system power consumption by email. HP Systems Insight Manager 7.0 We enhanced HP SIM for ProLiant Gen8 servers. Health monitoring and alerting On ProLiant Gen8 servers, HP SIM will now automatically discover the power connections for determining whether the...
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... design of the next-generation HP Intelligent Series Rack (Figure 2) complements the design of the servers and the rear doors also enables better air movement and higher cooling efficiency. The extra space between the back of ProLiant Gen8 servers and facilitates its outlets....then ship them to your site fully loaded and ready to HP Insight Control power management software. Figure 2: The HP Intelligent Series Rack has industry-leading airflow efficiency. Power Discovery Services ProLiant Gen8 servers and HP Intelligent Series Racks support Intelligent Power Discovery (IPD). The iPDU...
... design of the next-generation HP Intelligent Series Rack (Figure 2) complements the design of the servers and the rear doors also enables better air movement and higher cooling efficiency. The extra space between the back of ProLiant Gen8 servers and facilitates its outlets....then ship them to your site fully loaded and ready to HP Insight Control power management software. Figure 2: The HP Intelligent Series Rack has industry-leading airflow efficiency. Power Discovery Services ProLiant Gen8 servers and HP Intelligent Series Racks support Intelligent Power Discovery (IPD). The iPDU...
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... mapping Insight Control power management gathers data for server administrators. You can use this tedious manual task for correlating the location of ProLiant Gen8 servers with each server's iLO Management Engine before you visualize, monitor, and control the power topology of a complete rack system from... hot spots where cooling is insufficient to HP SIM and Insight Control, eliminating this information to obtain more precise and complete asset data. It lets you power on the servers....
... mapping Insight Control power management gathers data for server administrators. You can use this tedious manual task for correlating the location of ProLiant Gen8 servers with each server's iLO Management Engine before you visualize, monitor, and control the power topology of a complete rack system from... hot spots where cooling is insufficient to HP SIM and Insight Control, eliminating this information to obtain more precise and complete asset data. It lets you power on the servers....
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... and capabilities in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers represent a leap in innovation. In addition, ProLiant Gen8 servers feature industry-leading power management software and the most advanced firmware and system software management update process available today. These servers combine the latest Intel Xeon EP processors, high-performance HP SmartMemory, HP FlexibleNetwork Adapters and FlexibleLOM modules, ProLiant Smart Storage options...
... and capabilities in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers represent a leap in innovation. In addition, ProLiant Gen8 servers feature industry-leading power management software and the most advanced firmware and system software management update process available today. These servers combine the latest Intel Xeon EP processors, high-performance HP SmartMemory, HP FlexibleNetwork Adapters and FlexibleLOM modules, ProLiant Smart Storage options...
HP Intelligent Provisioning 1.10 Release Notes
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...and online help. Intelligent Provisioning provides enhanced server configuration and provisioning assistance, following SmartStart version 8.70. Product models HP Intelligent Provisioning supports HP ProLiant Gen8 servers. NOTE: Intelligent Provisioning does not support all server-supported operating systems, including Windows 2003 and 32-bit ...Windows operating systems. FTP cannot be used to install Windows 2008 R2 SP1 on all HP ProLiant Gen8 servers, and offers the ability for out-of-the-box single-server deployment and configuration without the need for each ...
...and online help. Intelligent Provisioning provides enhanced server configuration and provisioning assistance, following SmartStart version 8.70. Product models HP Intelligent Provisioning supports HP ProLiant Gen8 servers. NOTE: Intelligent Provisioning does not support all server-supported operating systems, including Windows 2003 and 32-bit ...Windows operating systems. FTP cannot be used to install Windows 2008 R2 SP1 on all HP ProLiant Gen8 servers, and offers the ability for out-of-the-box single-server deployment and configuration without the need for each ...
HP Intelligent Provisioning 1.10 Release Notes
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... recommends that the resolutions listed in this release are listed in the HP Intelligent Provisioning User Guide. 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. An embedded NIC card on the...
... recommends that the resolutions listed in this release are listed in the HP Intelligent Provisioning User Guide. 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. An embedded NIC card on the...
HP Intelligent Provisioning 1.10 Release Notes
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... a different installation source or install VMware manually without using Intelligent Provisioning. VMware-specific issues • When performing a VMware custom installation, the Continue arrow on DL160 Gen8 servers. Suggested action: Try rebooting again. Suggested action: Install the operating system manually, without using iLO Virtual Media, installation failures occur intermittently on the OS...
... a different installation source or install VMware manually without using Intelligent Provisioning. VMware-specific issues • When performing a VMware custom installation, the Continue arrow on DL160 Gen8 servers. Suggested action: Try rebooting again. Suggested action: Install the operating system manually, without using iLO Virtual Media, installation failures occur intermittently on the OS...
HP Intelligent Provisioning 1.10 Release Notes
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... committed to providing documentation that meets your feedback. 8 Customer advisories http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03245453 • HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-Port 33x Adapter - Include the document title and part number, version number... When Attempting To Install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on HP ProLiant Gen8-Series Server. Installation With kISO May Yield Mixed Kernel Version Installations. http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03237879 • HP Intelligent Provisioning - "Unable to Update Network Adapter Firmware...
... committed to providing documentation that meets your feedback. 8 Customer advisories http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03245453 • HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-Port 33x Adapter - Include the document title and part number, version number... When Attempting To Install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on HP ProLiant Gen8-Series Server. Installation With kISO May Yield Mixed Kernel Version Installations. http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03237879 • HP Intelligent Provisioning - "Unable to Update Network Adapter Firmware...
HP Intelligent Provisioning 1.10 Server Support Guide
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.../ML/DL Servers Intelligent Provisioning - 1.10 HP BL/ML/DL Servers HP ProLiant ML350p Gen8 HP ProLiant DL360p Gen8 HP ProLiant SL250s Gen8 HP ProLiant SL230s Gen8 HP ProLiant DL160 Gen8 HP ProLiant BL460c Gen8 HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8 HP ProLiant DL385p Gen8 HP ProLiant ML350e Gen8 HP ProLiant BL465c Gen8 HP ProLiant DL380e Gen8 HP ProLiant DL360e Gen8 HP ProLiant BL420c Gen8 HP ProLiant SL140s Gen8 Deliverables Headless Server Registry Update for Windows, v1.0.0.0 (D) HP NC-Series Intel E1Q Driver for Windows Server 2008 R2, v11.7.32.0 (B) HP NC-Series Intel E1Q Driver for Windows...
.../ML/DL Servers Intelligent Provisioning - 1.10 HP BL/ML/DL Servers HP ProLiant ML350p Gen8 HP ProLiant DL360p Gen8 HP ProLiant SL250s Gen8 HP ProLiant SL230s Gen8 HP ProLiant DL160 Gen8 HP ProLiant BL460c Gen8 HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8 HP ProLiant DL385p Gen8 HP ProLiant ML350e Gen8 HP ProLiant BL465c Gen8 HP ProLiant DL380e Gen8 HP ProLiant DL360e Gen8 HP ProLiant BL420c Gen8 HP ProLiant SL140s Gen8 Deliverables Headless Server Registry Update for Windows, v1.0.0.0 (D) HP NC-Series Intel E1Q Driver for Windows Server 2008 R2, v11.7.32.0 (B) HP NC-Series Intel E1Q Driver for Windows...
HP Intelligent Provisioning 1.10 Server Support Guide
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... RAID controller , v13.10.53.00 Online ROM Flash Component for Windows - Intelligent Provisioning - 1.10 HP BL/ML/DL Servers Intelligent Provisioning - 1.10 HP BL/ML/DL Servers HP ProLiant ML350p Gen8 HP ProLiant DL360p Gen8 HP ProLiant SL250s Gen8 HP ProLiant SL230s Gen8 HP ProLiant DL160 Gen8 HP ProLiant BL460c Gen8 HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8 HP ProLiant DL385p Gen8 HP ProLiant ML350e Gen8 HP ProLiant BL465c Gen8 HP ProLiant DL380e Gen8 HP ProLiant DL360e Gen8 HP ProLiant BL420c Gen8 HP ProLiant SL140s Gen8 Deliverables HP Intel E1R Driver for Windows Server 2008, v11.14.48...
... RAID controller , v13.10.53.00 Online ROM Flash Component for Windows - Intelligent Provisioning - 1.10 HP BL/ML/DL Servers Intelligent Provisioning - 1.10 HP BL/ML/DL Servers HP ProLiant ML350p Gen8 HP ProLiant DL360p Gen8 HP ProLiant SL250s Gen8 HP ProLiant SL230s Gen8 HP ProLiant DL160 Gen8 HP ProLiant BL460c Gen8 HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8 HP ProLiant DL385p Gen8 HP ProLiant ML350e Gen8 HP ProLiant BL465c Gen8 HP ProLiant DL380e Gen8 HP ProLiant DL360e Gen8 HP ProLiant BL420c Gen8 HP ProLiant SL140s Gen8 Deliverables HP Intel E1R Driver for Windows Server 2008, v11.14.48...