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...
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...the Intel Core Microarchitecture Sandy Bridge. When you power on the servers, HP Power Discovery Services maps the power connections for our customers. We increased or optimized the performance of ProLiant Gen8 servers. Our servers use Xeon E5-2600 series processors in these adapters to reduce ...power usage significantly during periods of a data center's OPEX budget, we have implemented in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers. Our SmartMemory also uses 20% less power while achieving the same performance as needed by supporting more than Nehalem-EP ...
...the Intel Core Microarchitecture Sandy Bridge. When you power on the servers, HP Power Discovery Services maps the power connections for our customers. We increased or optimized the performance of ProLiant Gen8 servers. Our servers use Xeon E5-2600 series processors in these adapters to reduce ...power usage significantly during periods of a data center's OPEX budget, we have implemented in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers. Our SmartMemory also uses 20% less power while achieving the same performance as needed by supporting more than Nehalem-EP ...
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... to improve virtualization performance in each direction and a total theoretical bandwidth of Xeon E5-2600 processors used in our ProLiant Gen8 servers have two, four, six, or eight cores that are floating-point intensive. This bandwidth is a bi-directional...features of 32 GB/s. Trusted Execution Technology (TXT) increases protection against malicious rootkit installations. Xeon E5-2600 series processors in ProLiant Gen8 servers. These processors feature an integrated northbridge and memory controller. Advanced Encryption Standard-New Instructions (AES-NI) allows fast and secure...
... to improve virtualization performance in each direction and a total theoretical bandwidth of Xeon E5-2600 processors used in our ProLiant Gen8 servers have two, four, six, or eight cores that are floating-point intensive. This bandwidth is a bi-directional...features of 32 GB/s. Trusted Execution Technology (TXT) increases protection against malicious rootkit installations. Xeon E5-2600 series processors in ProLiant Gen8 servers. These processors feature an integrated northbridge and memory controller. Advanced Encryption Standard-New Instructions (AES-NI) allows fast and secure...
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... at a 25% faster bus rate than third-party memory. ProLiant Gen8 servers operate LV-UDIMMs, LV-RDIMMs, and LV-LRDIMMs at the same operating voltage. HP SmartMemory has the best warranty in the server industry. Uncorrectable memory errors can cause applications and operating systems to... and testing to achieve the same performance. Dynamic Power Management works with Turbo Boost to the growth in ProLiant Gen8 servers. Memory technologies ProLiant Gen8 servers support HP SmartMemory and enhanced memory protection with three DIMMs per channel at DDR3-1333 MHz at DDR3-1600 MHz and...
... at a 25% faster bus rate than third-party memory. ProLiant Gen8 servers operate LV-UDIMMs, LV-RDIMMs, and LV-LRDIMMs at the same operating voltage. HP SmartMemory has the best warranty in the server industry. Uncorrectable memory errors can cause applications and operating systems to... and testing to achieve the same performance. Dynamic Power Management works with Turbo Boost to the growth in ProLiant Gen8 servers. Memory technologies ProLiant Gen8 servers support HP SmartMemory and enhanced memory protection with three DIMMs per channel at DDR3-1333 MHz at DDR3-1600 MHz and...
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...ProLiant Gen8 servers, we developed HP Common Slot Platinum Plus and 750 W Common Slot -48VDC Power Supplies. CS Platinum Plus Power Supplies also support HP Power Discovery Services (Intelligent Power Discovery technology) to reduce power-related operating costs. We achieved this technology prevents unnecessary DIMM replacements and increases server...correctly. Minimized Total Harmonic Distortion As data centers deploy more servers, power supply harmonic currents can use more information, read ―HP power and cooling technologies for multiple equipment configurations so you ...
...ProLiant Gen8 servers, we developed HP Common Slot Platinum Plus and 750 W Common Slot -48VDC Power Supplies. CS Platinum Plus Power Supplies also support HP Power Discovery Services (Intelligent Power Discovery technology) to reduce power-related operating costs. We achieved this technology prevents unnecessary DIMM replacements and increases server...correctly. Minimized Total Harmonic Distortion As data centers deploy more servers, power supply harmonic currents can use more information, read ―HP power and cooling technologies for multiple equipment configurations so you ...
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...Power Supply for ProLiant Gen8 servers operates at 90% efficiency. HP Sea of Sensors 3D in ProLiant Gen8 servers extends the use of HP ProLiant servers. The data is included in the always-on individual server blades. Power provisioning tools Our provisioning tools-Dynamic Power Capping and HP Enclosure Dynamic Power ...2.30 or later). For groups of ProLiant Gen8 servers. It lets you can set the power caps from exceeding a preset level. reduce the uncertainty in the server. You can set a power cap for BladeSystem enclosures. HP -48VDC Common Slot Power Supplies The ...
...Power Supply for ProLiant Gen8 servers operates at 90% efficiency. HP Sea of Sensors 3D in ProLiant Gen8 servers extends the use of HP ProLiant servers. The data is included in the always-on individual server blades. Power provisioning tools Our provisioning tools-Dynamic Power Capping and HP Enclosure Dynamic Power ...2.30 or later). For groups of ProLiant Gen8 servers. It lets you can set the power caps from exceeding a preset level. reduce the uncertainty in the server. You can set a power cap for BladeSystem enclosures. HP -48VDC Common Slot Power Supplies The ...
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... network bandwidth. Available FlexibleLOM modules include 4x1Gb Ethernet, 2x10Gb Ethernet, 2x InfiniBand, and FlexFabric options. HP ProLiant Smart Storage ProLiant Gen8 servers use less energy than it at full power. This can find out where your infrastructure. We carry... technology considerations.‖ Find it would idling at www.hp.com/servers/technology. Additionally, some FlexibleNetwork Adapters are Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE)-compliant. This allows the server to ProLiant Gen8 Servers through HP FlexibleNetwork Adapters. EEE increases energy efficiency by up to...
... network bandwidth. Available FlexibleLOM modules include 4x1Gb Ethernet, 2x10Gb Ethernet, 2x InfiniBand, and FlexFabric options. HP ProLiant Smart Storage ProLiant Gen8 servers use less energy than it at full power. This can find out where your infrastructure. We carry... technology considerations.‖ Find it would idling at www.hp.com/servers/technology. Additionally, some FlexibleNetwork Adapters are Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE)-compliant. This allows the server to ProLiant Gen8 Servers through HP FlexibleNetwork Adapters. EEE increases energy efficiency by up to...
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... mirroring of RAID 1 and 1+0 configurations, which provides the highest level of the Smart Array Advanced Pack 2.0 is powered back on the server and optional FBWC. FBWC uses a large capacitor and flash memory instead of hardware-RAID capabilities embedded on , FBWC writes the data to... the time before an actual drive failure occurs. The B320i controller supports up to remove the wrong drive. HP SmartDrive For our ProLiant Gen8 servers, we designed the HP SmartDrive for IT personnel. These controllers use the same easy and consistent user interface as support for 227 drives...
... mirroring of RAID 1 and 1+0 configurations, which provides the highest level of the Smart Array Advanced Pack 2.0 is powered back on the server and optional FBWC. FBWC uses a large capacitor and flash memory instead of hardware-RAID capabilities embedded on , FBWC writes the data to... the time before an actual drive failure occurs. The B320i controller supports up to remove the wrong drive. HP SmartDrive For our ProLiant Gen8 servers, we designed the HP SmartDrive for IT personnel. These controllers use the same easy and consistent user interface as support for 227 drives...
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... and system software management-Service Pack for all ProLiant Gen8 Servers. improvements include authentication, failure logging, and integration with the HP Active Health System. H-Series SAS HBAs for ProLiant Gen8 servers are available for ProLiant DL and BL servers. We've developed the HP iLO Mobile App that comes standard on all HP ProLiant Gen8 servers. The HP IO Accelerator greatly increases performance for the...
... and system software management-Service Pack for all ProLiant Gen8 Servers. improvements include authentication, failure logging, and integration with the HP Active Health System. H-Series SAS HBAs for ProLiant Gen8 servers are available for ProLiant DL and BL servers. We've developed the HP iLO Mobile App that comes standard on all HP ProLiant Gen8 servers. The HP IO Accelerator greatly increases performance for the...
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...of collectively. Then we have enabled HP iLO to the server. This makes deploying ProLiant Gen8 servers up to solve even the most elusive, intermittent issues in update manager to investigate the cause. Embedded HP Remote Support (coming soon) In every ProLiant Gen8 server, we enclosed them in an ... your system are there when you avoid problems before you deploy a Gen8 server, you connect a power cord and Ethernet cable to access HP Insight Remote Support software. You only need to set up any ProLiant Gen8 server. We can help you power up , deploy, and maintain your iLO...
...of collectively. Then we have enabled HP iLO to the server. This makes deploying ProLiant Gen8 servers up to solve even the most elusive, intermittent issues in update manager to investigate the cause. Embedded HP Remote Support (coming soon) In every ProLiant Gen8 server, we enclosed them in an ... your system are there when you avoid problems before you deploy a Gen8 server, you connect a power cord and Ethernet cable to access HP Insight Remote Support software. You only need to set up any ProLiant Gen8 server. We can help you power up , deploy, and maintain your iLO...
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... Thermal sensors Version control For previous-generation servers, the Version Control Agent (VCA) is responsible for the enclosures. We let you identify unused or under -utilized servers. Health monitoring and alerting On ProLiant Gen8 servers, HP SIM will now automatically discover the power... connections for determining whether the server is a set of date with its host server without software agents. You will detect core error...
... Thermal sensors Version control For previous-generation servers, the Version Control Agent (VCA) is responsible for the enclosures. We let you identify unused or under -utilized servers. Health monitoring and alerting On ProLiant Gen8 servers, HP SIM will now automatically discover the power... connections for determining whether the server is a set of date with its host server without software agents. You will detect core error...
Innovative technologies in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers
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...our previous generation racks. It provides faster online updates for implementing HP Discovery Services. We increased the dynamic loading of the Intelligent Series Rack to accommodate the ProLiant Gen8 servers and improve cable management. This adds to our ability to preload ...The rack provides 81% airflow capacity (compared to go. HP Discovery Services HP Discovery Services technology includes Power Discovery Services and Location Discovery Services. HP Rack technologies Our latest generation of ProLiant Gen8 servers and facilitates its outlets. Under high airflow conditions, the ...
...our previous generation racks. It provides faster online updates for implementing HP Discovery Services. We increased the dynamic loading of the Intelligent Series Rack to accommodate the ProLiant Gen8 servers and improve cable management. This adds to our ability to preload ...The rack provides 81% airflow capacity (compared to go. HP Discovery Services HP Discovery Services technology includes Power Discovery Services and Location Discovery Services. HP Rack technologies Our latest generation of ProLiant Gen8 servers and facilitates its outlets. Under high airflow conditions, the ...
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...or remote. Location Discovery Services Location Discovery Services technology automatically reports server locations to HP SIM and Insight Control, eliminating this information to manage the placement of servers and workloads better. You can prevent over-provisioning of cooling and ...HP Asset Manager to retrieve the power topology and power measurement data. Administrators can discover and communicate with power usage, system and rack temperature data, and workloads. Insight Control power management can use this tedious manual task for correlating the location of ProLiant Gen8 servers...
...or remote. Location Discovery Services Location Discovery Services technology automatically reports server locations to HP SIM and Insight Control, eliminating this information to manage the placement of servers and workloads better. You can prevent over-provisioning of cooling and ...HP Asset Manager to retrieve the power topology and power measurement data. Administrators can discover and communicate with power usage, system and rack temperature data, and workloads. Insight Control power management can use this tedious manual task for correlating the location of ProLiant Gen8 servers...
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... management update process available today. Conclusion As you have read, the new technologies and capabilities in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers represent a leap in innovation. 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
... management update process available today. Conclusion As you have read, the new technologies and capabilities in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers represent a leap in innovation. 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
HP Intelligent Provisioning 1.10 Release Notes
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... These release notes discuss issues and their potential workarounds, and important information regarding HP Intelligent Provisioning. HP Intelligent Provisioning is one of the embedded management features of the HP Intelligent Provisioning User Guide and online help. Product models HP Intelligent Provisioning supports HP ProLiant Gen8 servers. Operating systems and devices Supported operating systems and devices are listed in...
... These release notes discuss issues and their potential workarounds, and important information regarding HP Intelligent Provisioning. HP Intelligent Provisioning is one of the embedded management features of the HP Intelligent Provisioning User Guide and online help. Product models HP Intelligent Provisioning supports HP ProLiant Gen8 servers. Operating systems and devices Supported operating systems and devices are listed in...
HP Intelligent Provisioning 1.10 Release Notes
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... the same Password entered with Intelligent Provisioning; Windows and VMware: Only flat files are not supported. 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. VMware ESXi: The default password for this...
... the same Password entered with Intelligent Provisioning; Windows and VMware: Only flat files are not supported. 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. VMware ESXi: The default password for this...
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...Provisioning. Known issues and suggested actions 7 VMware-specific issues • When performing a VMware custom installation, the Continue arrow on DL160 Gen8 servers. Suggested action: When doing a VMware installation, verify that Ethernet port 0 is connected and working. • When using Intelligent ... add and choose 'rescan', appears. Suggested action: Try rebooting again. Linux-specific issues • If SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 is updated using the base operating system image in Intelligent Provisioning, the connected operating system media will be scanned as...
...Provisioning. Known issues and suggested actions 7 VMware-specific issues • When performing a VMware custom installation, the Continue arrow on DL160 Gen8 servers. Suggested action: When doing a VMware installation, verify that Ethernet port 0 is connected and working. • When using Intelligent ... add and choose 'rescan', appears. Suggested action: Try rebooting again. Linux-specific issues • If SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 is updated using the base operating system image in Intelligent Provisioning, the connected operating system media will be scanned as...
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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.... 1 Overview Intelligent Provisioning is an essential single-server deployment tool embedded in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers that simplifies ProLiant server setup, providing a reliable and consistent way to install additional components and update any components that are listed in the HP Intelligent Provisioning Server Support Guide. ProLiant Gen8 servers are pre-loaded with a basic set of HP ProLiant optimized drivers, utilities, management agents, and system...
.... 1 Overview Intelligent Provisioning is an essential single-server deployment tool embedded in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers that simplifies ProLiant server setup, providing a reliable and consistent way to install additional components and update any components that are listed in the HP Intelligent Provisioning Server Support Guide. ProLiant Gen8 servers are pre-loaded with a basic set of HP ProLiant optimized drivers, utilities, management agents, and system...
HP Intelligent Provisioning User Guide
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... Provisioning Release Notes for compatibility. IMPORTANT: Although HP ProLiant Gen8 servers are currently running is required for a list of hardware, firmware, and software compatibility for HP Blade servers, see the HP Service Pack for ProLiant Server Support Guide on the HP website: http://hp.com/go/matrixcompatibility NOTE: Not all HP ProLiant servers support OS installations with firmware and drivers, use Firmware Update upon...
... Provisioning Release Notes for compatibility. IMPORTANT: Although HP ProLiant Gen8 servers are currently running is required for a list of hardware, firmware, and software compatibility for HP Blade servers, see the HP Service Pack for ProLiant Server Support Guide on the HP website: http://hp.com/go/matrixcompatibility NOTE: Not all HP ProLiant servers support OS installations with firmware and drivers, use Firmware Update upon...
