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... the WBEM standard. The WMI service acts as the clientside interface to unify management of the ProLiant 100-series servers. HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 provides full integration with ProLiant 100-series G6 servers, including discovery and association with G6 servers and HP SIM 5.3, HP ProLiant 100 - WBEM is a defined standard for collecting and delivering managed system information to be supported on...
... the WBEM standard. The WMI service acts as the clientside interface to unify management of the ProLiant 100-series servers. HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 provides full integration with ProLiant 100-series G6 servers, including discovery and association with G6 servers and HP SIM 5.3, HP ProLiant 100 - WBEM is a defined standard for collecting and delivering managed system information to be supported on...
Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Foundation on HP ProLiant servers
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... ProLiant server platforms that support Windows Server 2008 Foundation Server platform ProLiant DL servers: ProLiant DL120 G5 ROM family ROM date (minimum) 022 02/26/08 ProLiant DL320 G5p* W05 07/02/08 ProLiant DL320 G6 W07 04/01/09 ProLiant ML servers: ProLiant ML110 G5 015 07/22/08 ProLiant ML115 G5 018 06/03/08 ProLiant ML310 G5* W05 07/02/08 ProLiant ML310 G6* *HP...
... ProLiant server platforms that support Windows Server 2008 Foundation Server platform ProLiant DL servers: ProLiant DL120 G5 ROM family ROM date (minimum) 022 02/26/08 ProLiant DL320 G5p* W05 07/02/08 ProLiant DL320 G6 W07 04/01/09 ProLiant ML servers: ProLiant ML110 G5 015 07/22/08 ProLiant ML115 G5 018 06/03/08 ProLiant ML310 G5* W05 07/02/08 ProLiant ML310 G6* *HP...
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...). PSP makes software maintenance easier by: • Increasing server manageability • Enabling administrators to configure the RAID settings for ProLiant servers HP recommends using SmartStart 8.25 or later. Pre-installation tasks To prepare for installation, ensure that the following ProLiant servers: • ProLiant DL100 G6 series servers • ProLiant ML100 G6 series servers To see information about supported configurations of Storage Arrays...
...). PSP makes software maintenance easier by: • Increasing server manageability • Enabling administrators to configure the RAID settings for ProLiant servers HP recommends using SmartStart 8.25 or later. Pre-installation tasks To prepare for installation, ensure that the following ProLiant servers: • ProLiant DL100 G6 series servers • ProLiant ML100 G6 series servers To see information about supported configurations of Storage Arrays...
ISS Technology Update Index
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... 4 cooling chain Deploying HPSUM firmware and software updates 7 Volume 7, Number 5 Volume 7, Number 5 May 2008 May 2008 Deploying VMware ESXi on HP ProLiant BL400 Series 5 Server Blades Disabling processor cores in Intel®-based HP ProLiant G6 2 servers Volume 8, Number 7 Volume 8, Number 5 November 2009 August 2009 E Effective data rate of SAS Technology 4 Volume 8, Number 6 October 2009 Expected life...
... 4 cooling chain Deploying HPSUM firmware and software updates 7 Volume 7, Number 5 Volume 7, Number 5 May 2008 May 2008 Deploying VMware ESXi on HP ProLiant BL400 Series 5 Server Blades Disabling processor cores in Intel®-based HP ProLiant G6 2 servers Volume 8, Number 7 Volume 8, Number 5 November 2009 August 2009 E Effective data rate of SAS Technology 4 Volume 8, Number 6 October 2009 Expected life...
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...-Sun Solaris 10 for 5 x86/x64 Systems Quick tips for differences in ProLiant G6 Intel- 2 based servers Overview of Microsoft® Windows® Essential Server 7 Solutions P Performance, throughput and compatibility of HP 6 Gb/s 6 SAS drives PUE and DCE-useful metrics for overall data...1 online "double-conversion" technology and online "on HP BladeSystem 10 c7000 enclosures and their components Removing disabled servers from HP Systems Insight 8 Manager S Shut down servers gracefully with the HP ProLiant ML360 5 uninterruptible power supply solution Soft memory errors caused...
...-Sun Solaris 10 for 5 x86/x64 Systems Quick tips for differences in ProLiant G6 Intel- 2 based servers Overview of Microsoft® Windows® Essential Server 7 Solutions P Performance, throughput and compatibility of HP 6 Gb/s 6 SAS drives PUE and DCE-useful metrics for overall data...1 online "double-conversion" technology and online "on HP BladeSystem 10 c7000 enclosures and their components Removing disabled servers from HP Systems Insight 8 Manager S Shut down servers gracefully with the HP ProLiant ML360 5 uninterruptible power supply solution Soft memory errors caused...
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...warranty statements accompanying such products and services. The information contained herein is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation in HP ProLiant 2 G6 servers Volume 8, Number 7 W When to use Brocade SAN switches or Virtual Connect- 1 Fibre Channel modules ... 2008 2010 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. HP shall not be construed as constituting an additional warranty. The only warranties for 5 ProLiant G6 servers Volume 8, Number 4 Understanding and implementing Accelerated iSCSI on 3 HP ProLiant servers Volume 8, Number 5 Understanding and interpreting the...
...warranty statements accompanying such products and services. The information contained herein is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation in HP ProLiant 2 G6 servers Volume 8, Number 7 W When to use Brocade SAN switches or Virtual Connect- 1 Fibre Channel modules ... 2008 2010 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. HP shall not be construed as constituting an additional warranty. The only warranties for 5 ProLiant G6 servers Volume 8, Number 4 Understanding and implementing Accelerated iSCSI on 3 HP ProLiant servers Volume 8, Number 5 Understanding and interpreting the...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 5
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... cores in Intel®-based HP ProLiant G6 servers 2 Understanding and implementing Accelerated iSCSI on HP ProLiant servers 3 Performance, throughput and compatibility of HP 6-Gb/s SAS drives 6 Meet the Expert-Eric Pope ...8 Contact us ...9 Recently published industry standard server technology papers Title URL Implementing Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 Foundation on HP ProLiant servers http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual...
... cores in Intel®-based HP ProLiant G6 servers 2 Understanding and implementing Accelerated iSCSI on HP ProLiant servers 3 Performance, throughput and compatibility of HP 6-Gb/s SAS drives 6 Meet the Expert-Eric Pope ...8 Contact us ...9 Recently published industry standard server technology papers Title URL Implementing Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 Foundation on HP ProLiant servers http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual...
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...the option to disable individual cores within these features are configurable, letting system administrators tune individual servers to disable processor cores in ProLiant 300 series G6 servers. Once a core disabling option has been chosen and the configuration saved, it is the ...than ―Processor Core Disable.‖ 2 ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 5 Disabling processor cores in Intel®-based HP ProLiant G6 servers HP ProLiant G6 servers with only one core enabled, half of the cores enabled, or all of these processors. Several of the processors installed in...
...the option to disable individual cores within these features are configurable, letting system administrators tune individual servers to disable processor cores in ProLiant 300 series G6 servers. Once a core disabling option has been chosen and the configuration saved, it is the ...than ―Processor Core Disable.‖ 2 ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 5 Disabling processor cores in Intel®-based HP ProLiant G6 servers HP ProLiant G6 servers with only one core enabled, half of the cores enabled, or all of these processors. Several of the processors installed in...
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... specific application environments, this article, visit: HP ROM-Based Setup Utility User Guide HP Virtual IT Center Technology and architecture of HP ProLiant 300-series G6 servers Technology and architecture of HP ProLiant 100-series G6 servers http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c 00191707/c00191707.pdf www.hp.com/go/g6 http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c 00502616...
... specific application environments, this article, visit: HP ROM-Based Setup Utility User Guide HP Virtual IT Center Technology and architecture of HP ProLiant 300-series G6 servers Technology and architecture of HP ProLiant 100-series G6 servers http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c 00191707/c00191707.pdf www.hp.com/go/g6 http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c 00502616...
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... iSCSI drivers for Accelerated iSCSI is still required in this article, the DL385 G5p, DL385 G6, DL360 G6, and DL380 G6 ProLiant servers are required to download Softpaqs for iSCSI support, Table 2-2 identifies those Softpaqs. Table 2-2. HP Accelerated iSCSI Softpaq Description HP ProLiant Networking Software Current Softpaq sp43831.exe All firmware upgrades and complete Softpaqs can consolidate storage...
... iSCSI drivers for Accelerated iSCSI is still required in this article, the DL385 G5p, DL385 G6, DL360 G6, and DL380 G6 ProLiant servers are required to download Softpaqs for iSCSI support, Table 2-2 identifies those Softpaqs. Table 2-2. HP Accelerated iSCSI Softpaq Description HP ProLiant Networking Software Current Softpaq sp43831.exe All firmware upgrades and complete Softpaqs can consolidate storage...
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...outstrip the capabilities of these resources: Resource URL HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Arrays HP ProLiant Smart Array RAID controllers http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/disk_storage/msa_diskarrays/ index.html http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliantstorage/array controllers/index.html 7 Additional resources ...Therefore, for directly attached storage configurations, there is configured with 3-Gb/s drives on the topics discussed in the HP ProLiant G6 servers prepares the way for these drives is connected to the array controller using a SAS wide port consisting of ...
...outstrip the capabilities of these resources: Resource URL HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Arrays HP ProLiant Smart Array RAID controllers http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/disk_storage/msa_diskarrays/ index.html http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliantstorage/array controllers/index.html 7 Additional resources ...Therefore, for directly attached storage configurations, there is configured with 3-Gb/s drives on the topics discussed in the HP ProLiant G6 servers prepares the way for these drives is connected to the array controller using a SAS wide port consisting of ...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 6
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.../c002573 45/c00257345.pdf Selecting power cords and jumper cables for use with HP http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c001307 ProLiant and BladeSystem servers, 3rd edition 29/c00130729.pdf Technologies in HP ProLiant G6 c-Class server blades with http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c018745 AMD Opteron™ processors 75/c01874575.pdf...
.../c002573 45/c00257345.pdf Selecting power cords and jumper cables for use with HP http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c001307 ProLiant and BladeSystem servers, 3rd edition 29/c00130729.pdf Technologies in HP ProLiant G6 c-Class server blades with http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c018745 AMD Opteron™ processors 75/c01874575.pdf...
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...the benchmark results for the HP ProLiant DL385 G6 are measured at eleven different levels from zero to -power ratio calculated for a fixed period of operating environments. It can be run quickly and efficiently at minimal cost. The results include the server performance and power consumption at... 207 1,565 269,338 194 1,386 213,708 181 1,181 160,021 168 953 2 SPECpower_ssj2008 workload SPECpower_ssj2008 uses a server side Java (ssj) workload to generate work for the HP ProLiant DL385 G6 Target Load 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% Actual Load 99.4% 89.7% 80.0% 70.1%...
...the benchmark results for the HP ProLiant DL385 G6 are measured at eleven different levels from zero to -power ratio calculated for a fixed period of operating environments. It can be run quickly and efficiently at minimal cost. The results include the server performance and power consumption at... 207 1,565 269,338 194 1,386 213,708 181 1,181 160,021 168 953 2 SPECpower_ssj2008 workload SPECpower_ssj2008 uses a server side Java (ssj) workload to generate work for the HP ProLiant DL385 G6 Target Load 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% Actual Load 99.4% 89.7% 80.0% 70.1%...
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... the effort. Also, various hurdles kept appearing that could not be disseminated properly, which technologies exemplify HP's leadership, Wayne remarked that the ability of ProLiant G6 servers to his manager, Jeoff Krontz, "Wayne's involvement with performance through the Common Design effort. This...these design activities were finished, they can result in even more bandwidth to engineering teams so they were also automatically incorporated by ProLiant G6 servers' power efficiency When asked which can incorporate it could have a 4-year old son, Jonathan, who is phenomenal. ISS ...
... the effort. Also, various hurdles kept appearing that could not be disseminated properly, which technologies exemplify HP's leadership, Wayne remarked that the ability of ProLiant G6 servers to his manager, Jeoff Krontz, "Wayne's involvement with performance through the Common Design effort. This...these design activities were finished, they can result in even more bandwidth to engineering teams so they were also automatically incorporated by ProLiant G6 servers' power efficiency When asked which can incorporate it could have a 4-year old son, Jonathan, who is phenomenal. ISS ...
ISS Technology Update, Volume 8, Number 4
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.../docs/support/SupportManual/c016395 94/c01639594.pdf Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V™ http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c015161 on HP ProLiant servers integration note 56/c01516156.pdf Technology and architecture of HP ProLiant 100-series G6 (Generation 6) servers technology brief http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c017517 18/c01751718.pdf Implementing...
.../docs/support/SupportManual/c016395 94/c01639594.pdf Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V™ http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c015161 on HP ProLiant servers integration note 56/c01516156.pdf Technology and architecture of HP ProLiant 100-series G6 (Generation 6) servers technology brief http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c017517 18/c01751718.pdf Implementing...
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...and power consumption. ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 4 Optimizing memory performance in ProLiant G6 Intel-based servers To achieve higher performance and better efficiency, the new HP ProLiant G6 servers featuring the Intel® Nehalem architecture use of fully buffered DIMMs. This solved ...system architecture Uniform memory architectures worked well. Comparing traditional and non-uniform memory architecture In traditional server memory architecture, memory controllers are part of the server chipset, and physical memory is still a part of the front-side bus. As system ...
...and power consumption. ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 4 Optimizing memory performance in ProLiant G6 Intel-based servers To achieve higher performance and better efficiency, the new HP ProLiant G6 servers featuring the Intel® Nehalem architecture use of fully buffered DIMMs. This solved ...system architecture Uniform memory architectures worked well. Comparing traditional and non-uniform memory architecture In traditional server memory architecture, memory controllers are part of the server chipset, and physical memory is still a part of the front-side bus. As system ...
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... is actually where the 10600 in PC3-10600 comes from, representing the maximum throughput for the DIMM in G6 servers With Intel Nehalem architecture, each transfer consists of the Processor/Memory complex for a 2P ProLiant G6 system with these systems operates at 1333 Megatransfers per channel This is to install memory so that it...
... is actually where the 10600 in PC3-10600 comes from, representing the maximum throughput for the DIMM in G6 servers With Intel Nehalem architecture, each transfer consists of the Processor/Memory complex for a 2P ProLiant G6 system with these systems operates at 1333 Megatransfers per channel This is to install memory so that it...
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... CPUs. This increases the probability that memory accesses will disrupt channel interleaving and potentially affect overall performance. 4 When configuring ProLiant G6 Intel-based servers, observing the following general rules should not adversely affect memory throughput. However, mixing DIMM SKUs across the memory channels of... memory channel. When installing memory on a 2P system, keep memory balanced across memory channels in an HP ProLiant Intel-based G6 system with one DIMM. ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 4 Figure 1-3a. Diagram of physical arrangement of 64 GB/s.
... CPUs. This increases the probability that memory accesses will disrupt channel interleaving and potentially affect overall performance. 4 When configuring ProLiant G6 Intel-based servers, observing the following general rules should not adversely affect memory throughput. However, mixing DIMM SKUs across the memory channels of... memory channel. When installing memory on a 2P system, keep memory balanced across memory channels in an HP ProLiant Intel-based G6 system with one DIMM. ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 4 Figure 1-3a. Diagram of physical arrangement of 64 GB/s.
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... power and cost less than UDIMMs. However, the register also increases the power requirements of each RDIMM by providing an on the topics discussed in HP ProLiant G6 servers Table head UDIMMs RDIMMs Maximum speed supported DDR3-1333 DDR3-1333* Ranks per DIMM 1 or 2 1, 2, or 4 Maximum DIMMs per DIMM (2, 4, or 8GB), and faster bus...
... power and cost less than UDIMMs. However, the register also increases the power requirements of each RDIMM by providing an on the topics discussed in HP ProLiant G6 servers Table head UDIMMs RDIMMs Maximum speed supported DDR3-1333 DDR3-1333* Ranks per DIMM 1 or 2 1, 2, or 4 Maximum DIMMs per DIMM (2, 4, or 8GB), and faster bus...
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.../clock cycle × 400 million cycles/sec, or 1600 Megatransfers/sec. Point-to-Point link-based architectures AMD Opteron ™ based HP ProLiant servers and Intel® Microarchitecture Nehalem-based HP ProLiant Generation 6 (G6) servers have bi-directional links that are attached to express the speed of 266 MHz, 333 MHz or 400 MHz. For example, the...
.../clock cycle × 400 million cycles/sec, or 1600 Megatransfers/sec. Point-to-Point link-based architectures AMD Opteron ™ based HP ProLiant servers and Intel® Microarchitecture Nehalem-based HP ProLiant Generation 6 (G6) servers have bi-directional links that are attached to express the speed of 266 MHz, 333 MHz or 400 MHz. For example, the...