HP ProLiant DL388 G7 Server Maintenance and Service Guide
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HP ProLiant DL388 G7 Server Maintenance and Service Guide Abstract This guide is for rack installations. Part Number: 615654-003 March 2011 Edition: 3 HP assumes you are qualified in the servicing of computer equipment and trained in recognizing hazards in products with hazardous energy levels and are familiar with weight and stability precautions for an experienced service technician.
HP ProLiant DL388 G7 Server Maintenance and Service Guide Abstract This guide is for rack installations. Part Number: 615654-003 March 2011 Edition: 3 HP assumes you are qualified in the servicing of computer equipment and trained in recognizing hazards in products with hazardous energy levels and are familiar with weight and stability precautions for an experienced service technician.
HP ProLiant DL388 G7 Server User Guide
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HP ProLiant DL388 G7 Server User Guide Abstract This document is for the person who installs, administers, and troubleshoots servers and storage systems. HP assumes you are qualified in the servicing of computer equipment and trained in recognizing hazards in products with hazardous energy levels. Part Number: 615655-002 February 2011 Edition: 2
HP ProLiant DL388 G7 Server User Guide Abstract This document is for the person who installs, administers, and troubleshoots servers and storage systems. HP assumes you are qualified in the servicing of computer equipment and trained in recognizing hazards in products with hazardous energy levels. Part Number: 615655-002 February 2011 Edition: 2
HP ProLiant DL388 G7 Server User Guide
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... includes closing front and rear doors, you must be adequately ventilated to allow 5,350 sq cm (830 sq in ). IMPORTANT: The HP ProLiant DL388 G7 Server cable management arm is not filled by a server or rack component, the gaps between the installed rack component and the side panels of the rack must allow ambient room air...
... includes closing front and rear doors, you must be adequately ventilated to allow 5,350 sq cm (830 sq in ). IMPORTANT: The HP ProLiant DL388 G7 Server cable management arm is not filled by a server or rack component, the gaps between the installed rack component and the side panels of the rack must allow ambient room air...
HP ProLiant DL388 G7 Server User Guide
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..., if configured and available in two variants: • HP Insight Remote Support Standard: This software supports server and storage devices and is available in your country. A dedicated server is integrated with HP. To download the software, go /insightremotesupport). Keeping the system current Drivers IMPORTANT: For HP ProLiant DL388 G7 Server support and driver information, see the Management CD in...
..., if configured and available in two variants: • HP Insight Remote Support Standard: This software supports server and storage devices and is available in your country. A dedicated server is integrated with HP. To download the software, go /insightremotesupport). Keeping the system current Drivers IMPORTANT: For HP ProLiant DL388 G7 Server support and driver information, see the Management CD in...
AMD Opteron™ and Intel® Xeon® x86 processors in industry-standard servers
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...The 2000 series includes 1P and 2P servers; Select HP ProLiant G7 servers use multi-core AMD Opteron™ and Intel® Xeon® x86 processors. They define such features as building blocks to 32 processors 2 Introduction Our HP ProLiant and BladeSystem servers use AMD Opteron 6100 series processors. ..., we use AMD Opteron and Intel Xeon processor technologies as number of the 6000 series. For more information about HP ProLiant servers, visit www.hp.com/servers/technology. An AMD Opteron processor with a non-standard power level will include these suffixes: HE, for a lowpower...
...The 2000 series includes 1P and 2P servers; Select HP ProLiant G7 servers use multi-core AMD Opteron™ and Intel® Xeon® x86 processors. They define such features as building blocks to 32 processors 2 Introduction Our HP ProLiant and BladeSystem servers use AMD Opteron 6100 series processors. ..., we use AMD Opteron and Intel Xeon processor technologies as number of the 6000 series. For more information about HP ProLiant servers, visit www.hp.com/servers/technology. An AMD Opteron processor with a non-standard power level will include these suffixes: HE, for a lowpower...
AMD Opteron™ and Intel® Xeon® x86 processors in industry-standard servers
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... to nine DDR3 memory sockets. These processors have 64 DIMM slots and support up to 1 TB using 16 GB DDR3 DIMMs in select MP ProLiant G7 servers. eliminates unnecessary core snoops to 1 TB of memory. Each processor contains a four-channel integrated memory controller. See the processor specifications at http...The Xeon 7500 series processor has four, six, or eight cores and a shared, inclusive L3 cache of 24 MB. Four-socket ProLiant DL 500-series servers with Xeon 7500 series processors have four, six, or eight cores. The processors use scalable memory buffers that support up to 16 ...
... to nine DDR3 memory sockets. These processors have 64 DIMM slots and support up to 1 TB using 16 GB DDR3 DIMMs in select MP ProLiant G7 servers. eliminates unnecessary core snoops to 1 TB of memory. Each processor contains a four-channel integrated memory controller. See the processor specifications at http...The Xeon 7500 series processor has four, six, or eight cores and a shared, inclusive L3 cache of 24 MB. Four-socket ProLiant DL 500-series servers with Xeon 7500 series processors have four, six, or eight cores. The processors use scalable memory buffers that support up to 16 ...
AMD Opteron™ and Intel® Xeon® x86 processors in industry-standard servers
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...clock fails, the link reduces to half (two quadrants) or quarter-width (one quadrant, the link automatically reduces its width to half- ProLiant G6 and G7 servers enable this feature by default. The Xeon processor determines when to transfer data and 4 bits for a total theoretical bandwidth of 25.6 GB...inactive QPI links. Unrecoverable soft errors initiate a process to recover from multiple hard errors without data loss. You can change it through the HP ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU). Each link uses up to 16 bits (2 bytes) to put the QPI links into quadrants with minimal ...
...clock fails, the link reduces to half (two quadrants) or quarter-width (one quadrant, the link automatically reduces its width to half- ProLiant G6 and G7 servers enable this feature by default. The Xeon processor determines when to transfer data and 4 bits for a total theoretical bandwidth of 25.6 GB...inactive QPI links. Unrecoverable soft errors initiate a process to recover from multiple hard errors without data loss. You can change it through the HP ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU). Each link uses up to 16 bits (2 bytes) to put the QPI links into quadrants with minimal ...
AMD Opteron™ and Intel® Xeon® x86 processors in industry-standard servers
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... technology featured in dedicated network silicon, Intel VT-c increases throughput and reduces the load on the hypervisor and server processors. Intel security technology Xeon 5600 series processors use Trusted Execution Technology to enhance security through hardware-based resistance...http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-advanced-encryption-standard-aes-instructions-set , consists of three technology suites. HP ProLiant G6 and G7 servers protect against malicious rootkit installations. Intel VT-x reduces these hypervisor interventions. Intel VT-c is difficult to defeat or...
... technology featured in dedicated network silicon, Intel VT-c increases throughput and reduces the load on the hypervisor and server processors. Intel security technology Xeon 5600 series processors use Trusted Execution Technology to enhance security through hardware-based resistance...http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-advanced-encryption-standard-aes-instructions-set , consists of three technology suites. HP ProLiant G6 and G7 servers protect against malicious rootkit installations. Intel VT-x reduces these hypervisor interventions. Intel VT-c is difficult to defeat or...
AMD Opteron™ and Intel® Xeon® x86 processors in industry-standard servers
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... determines the amount of power that support Intel TXT. In general, our latest benchmark tests show the AMD Opteron-based 4P ProLiant DL585 G7 server as Security Kernel Initialization (SKINIT). Intel TXT requires: Xeon 5600 series processor and Intel TXT-enabled chipset Intel...-tier SAP SD 14 SKINIT also copies the secure loader image to the TPM for platform authentication. The Xeon-based 4P ProLiant DL580 G7 server scored highest on business workloads. TPC-C simulates an Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) database environment. VMmark measures the ...
... determines the amount of power that support Intel TXT. In general, our latest benchmark tests show the AMD Opteron-based 4P ProLiant DL585 G7 server as Security Kernel Initialization (SKINIT). Intel TXT requires: Xeon 5600 series processor and Intel TXT-enabled chipset Intel...-tier SAP SD 14 SKINIT also copies the secure loader image to the TPM for platform authentication. The Xeon-based 4P ProLiant DL580 G7 server scored highest on business workloads. TPC-C simulates an Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) database environment. VMmark measures the ...
DDR3 memory technology
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... 1.35V 800 MT/s @ 1.35V Table 3. When this . Low-voltage DDR3 memory is not currently supported in ProLiant servers. mode whenever the system CPU enters a power down state (C6 for standard DDR3 DIMMs. Low-voltage DDR3 DIMMs ...summarize low-voltage DDR3 DIMM operation in the Intel-based 4P ProLiant G7 servers. Achieving these speeds are greater challenges; Low voltage DDR3 memory DDR3 memory is routed to the DRAMs in AMD-based ProLiant G7 servers Single Rank Dual Rank 1 DIMM per channel 1333 MT/s ...-by a standard voltage DIMM. and dual-rank configurations from HP.
... 1.35V 800 MT/s @ 1.35V Table 3. When this . Low-voltage DDR3 memory is not currently supported in ProLiant servers. mode whenever the system CPU enters a power down state (C6 for standard DDR3 DIMMs. Low-voltage DDR3 DIMMs ...summarize low-voltage DDR3 DIMM operation in the Intel-based 4P ProLiant G7 servers. Achieving these speeds are greater challenges; Low voltage DDR3 memory DDR3 memory is routed to the DRAMs in AMD-based ProLiant G7 servers Single Rank Dual Rank 1 DIMM per channel 1333 MT/s ...-by a standard voltage DIMM. and dual-rank configurations from HP.
DDR3 memory technology
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... of Sensors" fan control technology that has been updated to access all HP ProLiant G6 and G7 servers. This technology ensures optimal cooling which feature Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA). Intel-based HP ProLiant G6 and G7 servers now incorporate NUMA architecture along with temperature sensor HP engineers have used uniform memory access in which manage two memory channels...
... of Sensors" fan control technology that has been updated to access all HP ProLiant G6 and G7 servers. This technology ensures optimal cooling which feature Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA). Intel-based HP ProLiant G6 and G7 servers now incorporate NUMA architecture along with temperature sensor HP engineers have used uniform memory access in which manage two memory channels...
DDR3 memory technology
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...memory throughput Supporting larger memory footprints without significantly lowering memory performance DDR3 integrates with six channels, the architecture for the 4P HP ProLiant G7 servers that of 64 GB/s, 65% greater than that use a proprietary high speed serial link to sixty-four DIMMs, or 1 ...allows each . DDR3 and Intel 4P architecture Figure 6 shows the processor/memory architecture for the Intel-based 2P ProLiant G6 servers has a maximum theoretical memory bandwidth of the older architecture using 16 GB DIMMs. 9 The buffers use Intel Xeon 5600 series processors...
...memory throughput Supporting larger memory footprints without significantly lowering memory performance DDR3 integrates with six channels, the architecture for the 4P HP ProLiant G7 servers that of 64 GB/s, 65% greater than that use a proprietary high speed serial link to sixty-four DIMMs, or 1 ...allows each . DDR3 and Intel 4P architecture Figure 6 shows the processor/memory architecture for the Intel-based 2P ProLiant G6 servers has a maximum theoretical memory bandwidth of the older architecture using 16 GB DIMMs. 9 The buffers use Intel Xeon 5600 series processors...
DDR3 memory technology
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.../4P systems architecture AMD-based HP ProLiant servers have used NUMA architecture since their inception. The ProLiant G7 servers are the first generation to operate at memory speeds of 1066 MT/s for an AMD-based 4P ProLiant G7 server with three DIMM sockets per memory channel. 10 Figure 6. 4P memory architecture for Intel-based HP ProLiant G7 servers HP ProLiant G7 Intel 4-way architecture Memory Buffer...
.../4P systems architecture AMD-based HP ProLiant servers have used NUMA architecture since their inception. The ProLiant G7 servers are the first generation to operate at memory speeds of 1066 MT/s for an AMD-based 4P ProLiant G7 server with three DIMM sockets per memory channel. 10 Figure 6. 4P memory architecture for Intel-based HP ProLiant G7 servers HP ProLiant G7 Intel 4-way architecture Memory Buffer...
DDR3 memory technology
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... electrical paths to the DIMMs as reasonably possible. Figure 7. 4P memory architecture for AMD-based HP ProLiant G7 servers DDR3 DIMMs CPU HP ProLiant G7 AMD 4-way architecture DDR3 DIMMs DDR3 DIMMs DDR3 DIMMs CPU CPU CPU HyperTransport Links The AMD-based ProLiant G7 servers use essentially the same processor/memory architecture for both ends of the "T" before the 3rd...
... electrical paths to the DIMMs as reasonably possible. Figure 7. 4P memory architecture for AMD-based HP ProLiant G7 servers DDR3 DIMMs CPU HP ProLiant G7 AMD 4-way architecture DDR3 DIMMs DDR3 DIMMs DDR3 DIMMs CPU CPU CPU HyperTransport Links The AMD-based ProLiant G7 servers use essentially the same processor/memory architecture for both ends of the "T" before the 3rd...
DDR3 memory technology
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Theoretical maximum memory throughput for 4P ProLiant servers Intel-based 4P ProLiant G5 Intel-based 4P ProLiant G7 AMD-based 4P ProLiant G6 AMD-based 4P ProLiant G7 Theoretical maximum memory bandwidth 38.4 GB/s (FBDIMMs) 136.4 GB/s 51.2 GB/s 169.6 GB/s DDR3 latency Memory latency is a measure of the...GB/s (RDIMMs) 38.4 GB/s (FBDIMMs) 64 GB/s Measured maximum memory throughput 12 GB/s 40 GB/s NUMA architecture also allows the 4P ProLiant G7 servers to receive data from the memory controller once it has been requested by the processor. This means that there are such that is roughly the...
Theoretical maximum memory throughput for 4P ProLiant servers Intel-based 4P ProLiant G5 Intel-based 4P ProLiant G7 AMD-based 4P ProLiant G6 AMD-based 4P ProLiant G7 Theoretical maximum memory bandwidth 38.4 GB/s (FBDIMMs) 136.4 GB/s 51.2 GB/s 169.6 GB/s DDR3 latency Memory latency is a measure of the...GB/s (RDIMMs) 38.4 GB/s (FBDIMMs) 64 GB/s Measured maximum memory throughput 12 GB/s 40 GB/s NUMA architecture also allows the 4P ProLiant G7 servers to receive data from the memory controller once it has been requested by the processor. This means that there are such that is roughly the...
HP Power Regulator for ProLiant servers
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.... Using Intel Turbo Boost Technology® with Intel processor-based ProLiant G6 servers. HP Dynamic Power Savings mode and HP Static High Power mode take full advantage of Turbo Boost Technology, beginning with HP Power Regulator Turbo Boost Technology is enough thermal and power headroom ... the power management software. For example, Figures 2 and 3 display the power and performance results for both an HP ProLiant DL380 G7 server and an HP ProLiant DL385 G7 under different levels of Intel Xeon processors. You can degrade VMware ESX performance. We recommend that you change the ...
.... Using Intel Turbo Boost Technology® with Intel processor-based ProLiant G6 servers. HP Dynamic Power Savings mode and HP Static High Power mode take full advantage of Turbo Boost Technology, beginning with HP Power Regulator Turbo Boost Technology is enough thermal and power headroom ... the power management software. For example, Figures 2 and 3 display the power and performance results for both an HP ProLiant DL380 G7 server and an HP ProLiant DL385 G7 under different levels of Intel Xeon processors. You can degrade VMware ESX performance. We recommend that you change the ...
HP Power Regulator for ProLiant servers
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At loads under different CPU utilization (performance) loads using the two-processor DL380 G7 server with Quad-core Intel Xeon 5670 2.93-GHz processors. Figure 2 also shows that Dynamic Power Savings mode (slow response) uses the entire CPU performance range ...like Static High mode, but provides the same power savings as Static Low mode. Figure 2 shows Power Regulator mode comparisons under 70% of the DL380 G7 server in Dynamic Power Savings mode (slow and fast response time) and Static modes (Low Power and High Performance) 100 90 80 Power (percent) 70 60...
At loads under different CPU utilization (performance) loads using the two-processor DL380 G7 server with Quad-core Intel Xeon 5670 2.93-GHz processors. Figure 2 also shows that Dynamic Power Savings mode (slow response) uses the entire CPU performance range ...like Static High mode, but provides the same power savings as Static Low mode. Figure 2 shows Power Regulator mode comparisons under 70% of the DL380 G7 server in Dynamic Power Savings mode (slow and fast response time) and Static modes (Low Power and High Performance) 100 90 80 Power (percent) 70 60...
HP Power Regulator for ProLiant servers
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Figure 3. Figures 2 and 3 show the processor performance limits for the DL385 G7 server. Power and performance comparison of the DL385 G7 server in Dynamic Power Savings mode (slow and fast response time) and Static modes (Low Power and High Performance) 100 90 80 Power (percent) 70 Static ...
Figure 3. Figures 2 and 3 show the processor performance limits for the DL385 G7 server. Power and performance comparison of the DL385 G7 server in Dynamic Power Savings mode (slow and fast response time) and Static modes (Low Power and High Performance) 100 90 80 Power (percent) 70 Static ...
HP Power Regulator for ProLiant servers
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The application workload used in Figure 4, the power reduction for the DL380 G7 server configuration is 16 watts at 2.93 GHz in Dynamic Power Savings mode. Figure 4 shows the effect of Power Regulator on the test results shown ... on a DL380 G7server running a workload comparable to the SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark. Dynamic Power Savings mode the most efficient overall power consumption and performance characteristics. The G7 system used in processor performance (as these but produces lower latency. The difference in Figures 2 and 3 changed slowly enough over time that may be more...
The application workload used in Figure 4, the power reduction for the DL380 G7 server configuration is 16 watts at 2.93 GHz in Dynamic Power Savings mode. Figure 4 shows the effect of Power Regulator on the test results shown ... on a DL380 G7server running a workload comparable to the SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark. Dynamic Power Savings mode the most efficient overall power consumption and performance characteristics. The G7 system used in processor performance (as these but produces lower latency. The difference in Figures 2 and 3 changed slowly enough over time that may be more...
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... annual power cost savings for large data center operations. A PUE of 2.0 is a typical level of servers and create significant savings for an HP ProLiant DL380 G7 server running the 60% average workload shown in Dynamic Power Savings mode compared to Static High Performance mode. Actual... Static High Performance Table 3 shows the estimated cost savings of Dynamic Power Savings and Static High Performance modes on a DL380 G7 server at 10 cents per year on system configuration, processor utilization, data center power and cooling efficiency, and electricity cost. Effective ...
... annual power cost savings for large data center operations. A PUE of 2.0 is a typical level of servers and create significant savings for an HP ProLiant DL380 G7 server running the 60% average workload shown in Dynamic Power Savings mode compared to Static High Performance mode. Actual... Static High Performance Table 3 shows the estimated cost savings of Dynamic Power Savings and Static High Performance modes on a DL380 G7 server at 10 cents per year on system configuration, processor utilization, data center power and cooling efficiency, and electricity cost. Effective ...