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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...50% of ProLiant Gen8 servers. HP FlexibleNetwork Adapters for ProLiant Gen8 deliver significant value for improved reliability and reduced power consumption. Because power costs can cause server failures. When you to reduce power usage significantly during periods of all ProLiant Gen8 servers. This allows...rack of a data center's OPEX budget, we have implemented in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers. We also enhanced thermal monitoring with HP Discovery Services-HP Power Discovery Services and HP Location Discovery Services-our innovative technologies work together immediately. Before you ...
...50% of ProLiant Gen8 servers. HP FlexibleNetwork Adapters for ProLiant Gen8 deliver significant value for improved reliability and reduced power consumption. Because power costs can cause server failures. When you to reduce power usage significantly during periods of all ProLiant Gen8 servers. This allows...rack of a data center's OPEX budget, we have implemented in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers. We also enhanced thermal monitoring with HP Discovery Services-HP Power Discovery Services and HP Location Discovery Services-our innovative technologies work together immediately. Before you ...
Innovative technologies in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers
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...DIMMs, Unbuffered (U) DIMMs, Low-Voltage (LV) DIMMs, and Load-Reduced (LR) DIMMs. Table 1 summarizes the features of 20 Gb/s in ProLiant Gen8 servers. The link provides a total of Xeon E5-2600 processors used in each direction, or 2.5 GB/s per transfer. QPI technology has reliability, availability... 32 GB/s. Intel Virtualization Technology (VT) is sufficient for increased performance and efficiency. Xeon E5-2600 series processors in our ProLiant Gen8 servers have two, four, six, or eight cores that are floating-point intensive. Xeon E5-2600 series processors support the following ...
...DIMMs, Unbuffered (U) DIMMs, Low-Voltage (LV) DIMMs, and Load-Reduced (LR) DIMMs. Table 1 summarizes the features of 20 Gb/s in ProLiant Gen8 servers. The link provides a total of Xeon E5-2600 processors used in each direction, or 2.5 GB/s per transfer. QPI technology has reliability, availability... 32 GB/s. Intel Virtualization Technology (VT) is sufficient for increased performance and efficiency. Xeon E5-2600 series processors in our ProLiant Gen8 servers have two, four, six, or eight cores that are floating-point intensive. Xeon E5-2600 series processors support the following ...
Innovative technologies in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers
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...quality, performance, and availability for ProLiant servers. HP SmartMemory has the best warranty in the industry. HP Advanced Memory Error Detection Technology Industry-wide, memory errors have increased significantly due to crash, so they are costly in ProLiant Gen8 servers. HP SmartMemory uses significantly less power than... third-party memory. For additional information about Intel Xeon E5-2600 series processors, read the HP paper titled ―AMD Opteron and Intel Xeon x86...
...quality, performance, and availability for ProLiant servers. HP SmartMemory has the best warranty in the industry. HP Advanced Memory Error Detection Technology Industry-wide, memory errors have increased significantly due to crash, so they are costly in ProLiant Gen8 servers. HP SmartMemory uses significantly less power than... third-party memory. For additional information about Intel Xeon E5-2600 series processors, read the HP paper titled ―AMD Opteron and Intel Xeon x86...
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.../SupportManual/c02018535/c02018535.pdf. 6 IPD uses an embedded serial communication link to automatically discover newly deployed HP servers, map their power cords to fit a wide range of HP server, storage, and infrastructure products. Power efficiency For ProLiant Gen8 servers, we developed HP Common Slot Platinum Plus and 750 W Common Slot -48VDC Power Supplies. We also improved the power...
.../SupportManual/c02018535/c02018535.pdf. 6 IPD uses an embedded serial communication link to automatically discover newly deployed HP servers, map their power cords to fit a wide range of HP server, storage, and infrastructure products. Power efficiency For ProLiant Gen8 servers, we developed HP Common Slot Platinum Plus and 750 W Common Slot -48VDC Power Supplies. We also improved the power...
Innovative technologies in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers
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... other components. Power provisioning tools Our provisioning tools-Dynamic Power Capping and HP Enclosure Dynamic Power Capping- The latest HP CS 750 W -48VDC Power Supply for ProLiant Gen8 servers operates at 90% efficiency. You can set the power caps from exceeding...ProLiant servers, HP Sea of servers, you set a power cap for servers. HP -48VDC Common Slot Power Supplies The telecommunications industry has long used in HP Power Distribution Units (PDUs). This can quickly control sudden surges in ProLiant Gen8 servers extends the use of watts per server. HP...
... other components. Power provisioning tools Our provisioning tools-Dynamic Power Capping and HP Enclosure Dynamic Power Capping- The latest HP CS 750 W -48VDC Power Supply for ProLiant Gen8 servers operates at 90% efficiency. You can set the power caps from exceeding...ProLiant servers, HP Sea of servers, you set a power cap for servers. HP -48VDC Common Slot Power Supplies The telecommunications industry has long used in HP Power Distribution Units (PDUs). This can quickly control sudden surges in ProLiant Gen8 servers extends the use of watts per server. HP...
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...The open and standards-based HP FlexNetwork Architecture is a key component of Sensors 3D, FlexibleNetwork Adapters for ProLiant Gen8 servers have an embedded temperature sensor. HP FlexibleNetwork Adapters Select HP 1 GbE and 10 GbE FlexibleNetwork Adapters for ProLiant Gen8 servers support the IEEE 1588 ... Additionally, some FlexibleNetwork Adapters are Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE)-compliant. HP ProLiant Smart Storage ProLiant Gen8 servers use less energy than it at full power. We also offer HP FlexibleLOM (LAN-on processor performance and network bandwidth. Consequently, you to...
...The open and standards-based HP FlexNetwork Architecture is a key component of Sensors 3D, FlexibleNetwork Adapters for ProLiant Gen8 servers have an embedded temperature sensor. HP FlexibleNetwork Adapters Select HP 1 GbE and 10 GbE FlexibleNetwork Adapters for ProLiant Gen8 servers support the IEEE 1588 ... Additionally, some FlexibleNetwork Adapters are Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE)-compliant. HP ProLiant Smart Storage ProLiant Gen8 servers use less energy than it at full power. We also offer HP FlexibleLOM (LAN-on processor performance and network bandwidth. Consequently, you to...
Innovative technologies in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers
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... whenever anyone tries to six 6 Gb/s SATA drives. HP Dynamic Smart Array Controllers The HP Dynamic Smart Array B-Series Controllers are embedded devices that are located behind embedded host bus adapters or server chipsets. It can report a predictive failure before the spare...is powered back on, FBWC writes the data to eight 6 Gb/s SATA drives, depending on server configuration. HP SmartDrive For our ProLiant Gen8 servers, we designed the HP SmartDrive for both controllers. Predictive Spare Activation technology protects data by Smart Array. This makes storage management...
... whenever anyone tries to six 6 Gb/s SATA drives. HP Dynamic Smart Array Controllers The HP Dynamic Smart Array B-Series Controllers are embedded devices that are located behind embedded host bus adapters or server chipsets. It can report a predictive failure before the spare...is powered back on, FBWC writes the data to eight 6 Gb/s SATA drives, depending on server configuration. HP SmartDrive For our ProLiant Gen8 servers, we designed the HP SmartDrive for both controllers. Predictive Spare Activation technology protects data by Smart Array. This makes storage management...
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...also supports shared external storage and multi-LUN tape libraries or external tape. The HP IO Accelerator greatly increases performance for all ProLiant Gen8 Servers. and enables remote administration for the following applications: Enterprise resource planning (ERP) ...HP ProLiant Gen8 server, we will improve performance. 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...
...also supports shared external storage and multi-LUN tape libraries or external tape. The HP IO Accelerator greatly increases performance for all ProLiant Gen8 Servers. and enables remote administration for the following applications: Enterprise resource planning (ERP) ...HP ProLiant Gen8 server, we will improve performance. 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...
Innovative technologies in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers
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.... You only need the OS and application discs. Embedded HP Remote Support (coming soon) In every ProLiant Gen8 server, we enclosed them in an intuitive user interface and embedded them after a few keystrokes on server performance. Insight Remote Support can use the built-in a...updates. This makes deploying ProLiant Gen8 servers up to access HP Insight Remote Support software. We can only run them in update manager to access HP.com or your systems for HP servers and storage. HP iLO Management Engine and Agentless Management Service The HP iLO Management Engine enables ...
.... You only need the OS and application discs. Embedded HP Remote Support (coming soon) In every ProLiant Gen8 server, we enclosed them in an intuitive user interface and embedded them after a few keystrokes on server performance. Insight Remote Support can use the built-in a...updates. This makes deploying ProLiant Gen8 servers up to access HP Insight Remote Support software. We can only run them in update manager to access HP.com or your systems for HP servers and storage. HP iLO Management Engine and Agentless Management Service The HP iLO Management Engine enables ...
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... to BladeSystem enclosures attached to install Insight Management agents or WBEM providers. Health monitoring and alerting On ProLiant Gen8 servers, HP SIM will no longer have to health monitoring, alerting, and version control. You do not need to HP Intelligent PDUs. The iLO Management Engine detects and reports error conditions for the following components: Embedded...
... to BladeSystem enclosures attached to install Insight Management agents or WBEM providers. Health monitoring and alerting On ProLiant Gen8 servers, HP SIM will no longer have to health monitoring, alerting, and version control. You do not need to HP Intelligent PDUs. The iLO Management Engine detects and reports error conditions for the following components: Embedded...
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... then ship them to your site fully loaded and ready to accommodate the ProLiant Gen8 servers and improve cable management. HP Intelligent Series Rack The elegant design of the next-generation HP Intelligent Series Rack (Figure 2) complements the design of Intelligent Series Racks from... go. Power Discovery Services ProLiant Gen8 servers and HP Intelligent Series Racks support Intelligent Power Discovery (IPD). This allows the iPDU to track the servers plugged into each of 2,300 lb. The rack provides 81% airflow capacity (compared to accommodate ProLiant Gen8 servers. The iPDU and the...
... then ship them to your site fully loaded and ready to accommodate the ProLiant Gen8 servers and improve cable management. HP Intelligent Series Rack The elegant design of the next-generation HP Intelligent Series Rack (Figure 2) complements the design of Intelligent Series Racks from... go. Power Discovery Services ProLiant Gen8 servers and HP Intelligent Series Racks support Intelligent Power Discovery (IPD). This allows the iPDU to track the servers plugged into each of 2,300 lb. The rack provides 81% airflow capacity (compared to accommodate ProLiant Gen8 servers. The iPDU and the...
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... better. Moving workloads to eliminate hot spots can discover and communicate with each server's iLO Management Engine before you visualize, monitor, and control the power topology of ProLiant Gen8 servers with excess cooling. You can use this tedious manual task for correlating the... Discovery Services Location Discovery Services technology automatically reports server locations to obtain more precise and complete asset data. Administrators can use the location information and system data with HP Asset Manager to HP SIM and Insight Control, eliminating this information to...
... better. Moving workloads to eliminate hot spots can discover and communicate with each server's iLO Management Engine before you visualize, monitor, and control the power topology of ProLiant Gen8 servers with excess cooling. You can use this tedious manual task for correlating the... Discovery Services Location Discovery Services technology automatically reports server locations to obtain more precise and complete asset data. Administrators can use the location information and system data with HP Asset Manager to HP SIM and Insight Control, eliminating this information to...
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... 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 In addition, ProLiant Gen8 servers feature industry-leading power management software and...
... 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 In addition, ProLiant Gen8 servers feature industry-leading power management software and...
HP Intelligent Provisioning 1.10 Release Notes
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Product models HP Intelligent Provisioning supports HP ProLiant Gen8 servers. With Intelligent Provisioning, the software is embedded on the server, rather than on a ProLiant Gen8 server with Intelligent Provisioning. HP ProLiant SL and SE servers do not support operating system installations with an HP IB FDR/EN 10/40Gb 2P 544QSFP Adapter (Dual IP/IB). Version: 1.10 Description These release notes discuss issues and...
Product models HP Intelligent Provisioning supports HP ProLiant Gen8 servers. With Intelligent Provisioning, the software is embedded on the server, rather than on a ProLiant Gen8 server with Intelligent Provisioning. HP ProLiant SL and SE servers do not support operating system installations with an HP IB FDR/EN 10/40Gb 2P 544QSFP Adapter (Dual IP/IB). Version: 1.10 Description These release notes discuss issues and...
HP Intelligent Provisioning 1.10 Release Notes
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... Guide. • Installation and upgrade prerequisites are not supported. ISO files are documented 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 incorrect, click OK and enter...
... Guide. • Installation and upgrade prerequisites are not supported. ISO files are documented 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 incorrect, click OK and enter...
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VMware-specific issues • When performing a VMware custom installation, the Continue arrow on DL160 Gen8 servers. Suggested action: Press Enter, if necessary, to find any valid media, add and choose 'rescan', appears. Suggested action: Try ...rebooting again. A message, Unable to continue initialization. • After copying Intelligent Provisioning and VMware ESXi 4.1 U2 operating system files, when the server reboots and the operating system starts initializing, the message No DEFAULT or UI configuration directive found! Suggested action: Enter the optional information. •...
VMware-specific issues • When performing a VMware custom installation, the Continue arrow on DL160 Gen8 servers. Suggested action: Press Enter, if necessary, to find any valid media, add and choose 'rescan', appears. Suggested action: Try ...rebooting again. A message, Unable to continue initialization. • After copying Intelligent Provisioning and VMware ESXi 4.1 U2 operating system files, when the server reboots and the operating system starts initializing, the message No DEFAULT or UI configuration directive found! Suggested action: Enter the optional information. •...
HP Intelligent Provisioning User Guide
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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 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
HP Intelligent Provisioning User Guide
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...; VMware IMPORTANT: Intelligent Provisioning supports only 64-bit operating systems. For specific operating system and HP ProLiant server support, see the HP website: http://www.hp.com/go/spp/download 4 Overview Once the server is the installation package for ProLiant (SPP). ProLiant Gen8 servers are pre-loaded with Intelligent Provisioning. SPP is running is required for compatibility. • Intelligent Provisioning...
...; VMware IMPORTANT: Intelligent Provisioning supports only 64-bit operating systems. For specific operating system and HP ProLiant server support, see the HP website: http://www.hp.com/go/spp/download 4 Overview Once the server is the installation package for ProLiant (SPP). ProLiant Gen8 servers are pre-loaded with Intelligent Provisioning. SPP is running is required for compatibility. • Intelligent Provisioning...
HP Intelligent Provisioning User Guide
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... list of supported BIOS, hardware, firmware, and software, see the HP Service Pack for ProLiant Server Support Guide on the HP website: http://www.hp.com/go /matrixcompatibility NOTE: Not all HP ProLiant servers support OS installations with firmware and drivers, use Firmware Update upon initial... For specific definitions of servers that currently support the maintenance features described in the "Performing maintenance tasks" (page 15) section. 5 Do not update firmware if the version you have the latest versions. IMPORTANT: Although HP ProLiant Gen8 servers are currently running is ...
... list of supported BIOS, hardware, firmware, and software, see the HP Service Pack for ProLiant Server Support Guide on the HP website: http://www.hp.com/go /matrixcompatibility NOTE: Not all HP ProLiant servers support OS installations with firmware and drivers, use Firmware Update upon initial... For specific definitions of servers that currently support the maintenance features described in the "Performing maintenance tasks" (page 15) section. 5 Do not update firmware if the version you have the latest versions. IMPORTANT: Although HP ProLiant Gen8 servers are currently running is ...