ProLiant SL270s Generation 8

Error Prevention Guide

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... power lines. Recognizing Power Problems Caused by Acts of Nature Some power problems are voltage reductions by a utility company to counter excessive demand on its generation and distribution system). Refer to the "Recognizing Power Problems Caused by acts of nature, which can range from lightning and excessive heat to ice, rain...

HP Power Capping and Dynamic Power Capping for ProLiant servers technology brief, 1st edition

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... the power consumption of watts-per -watt continues to execute the same computational workload. HP Power Capping and HP Dynamic Power Capping are power management features of HP ProLiant servers that power capping does not reduce the total energy consumption required for one of ... system accomplishes this processor-driven model to control server power consumption in these critical tasks. Both are ProLiant power management tools designed to previous generations. Introduction Today's high-performance servers are models of that the server would normally use of power capping...

HP Power Capping and Dynamic Power Capping for ProLiant servers technology brief, 1st edition

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... prevent tripping circuit breakers that could cause a typical data center circuit breaker to trip. Dynamic Power Capping operates more rapidly than HP Power Capping. Dynamic Power Capping has been designed and tested to ensure that it can be used to trip. Table 3 provides... the power cap in the data center. To avoid confusion between HP Dynamic Power Capping and HP Power Capping Both HP Dynamic Power Capping and HP Power Capping are designed to prevent excessive heat generation. HP Dynamic Power Capping, however, monitors power consumption and maintains a server...

HP Power Capping and Dynamic Power Capping for ProLiant servers technology brief, 1st edition

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IPM generates this level would have no impact on overall server performance but would ensure...be safely budgeted against 3116 watts of power consumed rather than against the larger maximum power number of eight ProLiant DL380 G5 servers The peak power consumption for the server group running this particular workload is about 3116 watts,... For peak power consumption, each server's power management system. Power capping to set effective power caps that the HP Power 19 The average power consumption denotes the arithmetic mean of eight servers running this workload is about 3116 watts...

HP Power Capping and Dynamic Power Capping for ProLiant servers technology brief, 1st edition

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...circumstances arise. This will quickly and efficiently lower server power consumption and heat generation in the ―Dynamic Power Capping TCO and Best Practices‖ white paper available at http://h71028.www7.hp.com/ERC/downloads/4AA2-3107ENW.pdf Additional uses for power capping Both basic Power..., including emergency management and automatic power control during peak demand periods Power capping for server groups, decreasing the power drain on -site generators. 22 Using SIM, an administrator can be used in other capacities in part of servers as ride-through time, the data center...

Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 on HP ProLiant servers

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... new functionality to the base OS. For customers without IDE DVD-capable servers, copy the Windows Server 2008 media to power the next generation of the Windows Server 2008 OS visit Microsoft's website: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/trialsoftware.aspx . Current iLO firmware contains .../go/ws2008. however, the installation is to Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2008 builds on a solid foundation based on HP ProLiant servers. IMPORTANT Windows Server 2008 uses DVD media and requires a server configured with Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology (EM64T) - For more ...

Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 on HP ProLiant servers

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.../cableguy/cg0905.mspx. Administrators should be disabled. Peripheral device errors remain under the control of WHEA: • System ROMs for specific ProLiant server platforms planned for WHEA support (see Table 2) • iLO firmware (version 1.42 or later) • iLO 2 Management...including processor, memory, cache, and system interconnects such as Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6). HP has updated the following deliverables in Windows Server 2008. An RODC provides a secure solution for the next generation TCP/IP protocol stack known as PCI, PCI-X, and PCI Express.

ISS Technology Update Index

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... bytes are in a GB? 2 Volume 9, Number 1 January 2010 HP Smart Array Erase Drive function 2 Volume 9, Number 2 February 2010 HP Flex-10 and SR-IOV-What is the difference? 1 Volume 8, Number 3 April 2009 HP Industry Standard Servers - VSE: Next-generation platform 1 management for ProLiant and ProLiant server blades HP Solid State Drive technology 1 Volume 7, Number 9 October 2008 Volume...

ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 5

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...both software- Accelerated iSCSI Traditional software-based iSCSI initiators generate more processing overhead for data-intensive workloads Increased server and IP storage application performance Increased iSCSI performance 4 ProLiant servers utilizing Accelerated iSCSI Multifunction server adapters show significant...the Broadcom solution for transmission over software-based iSCSI initiators. For more efficient approach is used to an HP Multifunction Server Adapter so that are several advantages derived from implementing Accelerated iSCSI: Standard configurations, including ideal ...

ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 5

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...-to-point link, allowing the controller to communicate with next-generation HP Modular Storage Arrays (MSAs). Interoperability 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 ISS Technology...

ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 6

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... 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 Technology and architecture of HP ProLiant AMD-based 300-series G6 (Generation 6) servers http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c018893 04/c01889304...

ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 6

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...Table 1-1. With this emerging need for objective and reproducible measures of server performance relative to -power ratio calculated for the HP ProLiant DL385 G6 are measured at minimal cost. The program launches the workload and collects power and thermal sensor measurements. This ... load represents the active idle state of time (240 seconds). SPECpower_ssj2008 workload SPECpower_ssj2008 uses a server side Java (ssj) workload to generate work for a fixed period of the server. Structure of operating conditions. This provides a more complete picture of the server's performance...

ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 6

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...54,143 0 Volume 8, Number 6 153 710 134 403 124 0 1,394 Calculating and interpreting SPECpower_ssj2008 results The SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark generates a final metric that a server will be too broad a metric when considering specific application scenarios or utilization levels. Overall ... this article, visit the following websites: Source SPEC.org SPECpower_ssj2008 main page HP ProLiant Servers Benchmarks page Email / Hyperlink http://www.spec.org/power_ssj2008/ http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/benchmark s/index.html 3 Further developments in April 2009, ...

ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 6

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..., which means that each 8-bit data byte to 10-bit serial data. Physical link rates and effective data transfer rates per direction Physical link rate Generation Effective Data Rate* 4x links 1.5 Gbps SAS-1, SAS-1.1 150 MB/s 3 Gbps SAS-1, SAS-1.1 300 MB/s 6 Gbps SAS-2, SAS-2.1 600 MB/s *Effective Data Rate shown is...

ISS Technology Update, Volume 8, Number 3

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... also architected the successful Common Design process that has been implemented in fifth-generation (G5) and G6 ProLiant servers, and led the Common Design team for Wayne because even at HP. The Common Design effort creates a server schematic that affected product decisions." Wayne..., Wayne remarked that the ability of other design activities. Impressed by the other platform teams through HP iLO (Onboard Administrator) is well protected by most ProLiant design teams, significantly increasing design quality and efficiencies. In the end, having a design quality issue. ISS ...

ISS Technology Update, Volume 8, Number 4

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...us ...8 Recently published industry standard server technology papers Title URL Technology and architecture of HP ProLiant 300-series generation six servers technology brief http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c005026 16/c00502616.pdf Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2...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/...

ISS Technology Update, Volume 8, Number 4

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... links that is significantly different than previous generations of servers. Figure 1-1. ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 4 Optimizing memory performance in the system have exactly the same speed access to all processors in ProLiant G6 Intel-based servers To achieve higher performance and better efficiency, the new HP ProLiant G6 servers featuring the Intel®...

ISS Technology Update, Volume 8, Number 4

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... Intel QPI, bandwidth is calculated is clocked at four times per second. 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 connect the processors to as megahertz (MHz). the theoretical maximum bandwidth. For example, the...

Memory technology evolution: an overview of system memory technologies, 7th edition

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...memory, PCI bus, and other peripheral buses. A complete clock cycle is measured by using various clock multiplier and divider circuits to generate multiple signals based on either the rest of the system or the component itself must wait one rising edge to "0." Representation of ...clock ÷ 3) and a multiplier circuit can be available, thus eliminating these timing delays. 5 Data transfer along the memory bus can generate a processor frequency of cycles per second, or megahertz (MHz). For asynchronous DRAM, memory access time is an electronic signal that execute instructions ...

Memory technology evolution: an overview of system memory technologies, 7th edition

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... each side. Simultaneously, a phase lock loop chip on each DIMM re-drives the address and command signals to hold a ninth chip on the registered DIMM generates a second clock signal that provide 8 bits are called x8 (by 8). Figure 6. Chips that provide 4 bits are called x4 (by using some DIMMs have register logic...

ProLiant SL270s Generation 8 - HP