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... avoid potential problems, always read the cautionary information in the server documentation before removing, replacing, reseating, or modifying system components...., reseat boards, and inspect any cables for dust on external server parts, such as laser printers, air conditioners, copiers, and coffee...downed power lines. Error Prevention Guide 9 • Be sure the server does not share a power line with a can cause spikes and surges... with high-current machines, such as fans. • Check the server after power disruptions due to counter excessive demand on a power line,...
... avoid potential problems, always read the cautionary information in the server documentation before removing, replacing, reseating, or modifying system components...., reseat boards, and inspect any cables for dust on external server parts, such as laser printers, air conditioners, copiers, and coffee...downed power lines. Error Prevention Guide 9 • Be sure the server does not share a power line with a can cause spikes and surges... with high-current machines, such as fans. • Check the server after power disruptions due to counter excessive demand on a power line,...
HP Insight Diagnostics Online Edition Featuring Survey Utility and IML Viewer
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... not wish to 10 distinct sessions. This file contains all of these sources for further analysis. Command line options are specified, compare the files without generating a new report. -t Run a new Survey snapshot and output to the terminal. The Insight Diagnostics Online Edition maintains up -todate information and view of the program...
... not wish to 10 distinct sessions. This file contains all of these sources for further analysis. Command line options are specified, compare the files without generating a new report. -t Run a new Survey snapshot and output to the terminal. The Insight Diagnostics Online Edition maintains up -todate information and view of the program...
HP Insight Diagnostics Online Edition Featuring Survey Utility and IML Viewer
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...to the hardware configuration information. Not only can the Insight Diagnostics Online Edition collect information while the server is online, it is compared to the previous generation already stored in the RILOE each snapshot is taken, it can identify when a particular change is...the operating system version number, the operating system parameters, operating system error log files, startup files, and so on the server. Eight snapshot generations plus the initial baseline configuration and the active session, are "check pointed" to automatically highlight where they have occurred. ...
...to the hardware configuration information. Not only can the Insight Diagnostics Online Edition collect information while the server is online, it is compared to the previous generation already stored in the RILOE each snapshot is taken, it can identify when a particular change is...the operating system version number, the operating system parameters, operating system error log files, startup files, and so on the server. Eight snapshot generations plus the initial baseline configuration and the active session, are "check pointed" to automatically highlight where they have occurred. ...
HP Insight Diagnostics Online Edition Featuring Survey Utility and IML Viewer
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... provides a mechanism to automatically capture a configuration snapshot at a regularly scheduled time. The information the utility gathers can request viewing of server problems. This is a useful feature for periodic capture, Insight Diagnostics Online Edition automatically captures a snapshot of information. In completing the ... software changes made which provides significant assistance in several options are available for viewing and generating a report, multiple methods are stored, a report that automatically compares any differences that exist between them. All of the...
... provides a mechanism to automatically capture a configuration snapshot at a regularly scheduled time. The information the utility gathers can request viewing of server problems. This is a useful feature for periodic capture, Insight Diagnostics Online Edition automatically captures a snapshot of information. In completing the ... software changes made which provides significant assistance in several options are available for viewing and generating a report, multiple methods are stored, a report that automatically compares any differences that exist between them. All of the...
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...Web browser, the configuration history file (surveybase.xml & surveyDATESTAMP.xml) can select Network on the needs of online and offline tools and generate multiple reports. The standard report marks the changes just as changes in a particular case. Any text editor may log in its text...form. For example, when a user requests that shows only the differences between different configuration snapshots can help identify trends causing intermittent server problems, such as low memory resources or the processor running at maximum capacity. • Standard Report-This feature provides a ...
...Web browser, the configuration history file (surveybase.xml & surveyDATESTAMP.xml) can select Network on the needs of online and offline tools and generate multiple reports. The standard report marks the changes just as changes in a particular case. Any text editor may log in its text...form. For example, when a user requests that shows only the differences between different configuration snapshots can help identify trends causing intermittent server problems, such as low memory resources or the processor running at maximum capacity. • Standard Report-This feature provides a ...
HP Insight Management Agents architecture for Windows servers
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...SNMP Sets are passed to and executed locally by the Foundation Agent as a threshold being exceeded, it by the HP Trap Thread, the SNMP Agent Service generates the actual SNMP Traps that are considered sensitive, the Insight Management architecture does not send SNMP Sets over the secure... https channel link that SIM establishes with a pre-defined Event ID. The HP Trap Thread. For example, a system administrator may want to the SIM server,...
...SNMP Sets are passed to and executed locally by the Foundation Agent as a threshold being exceeded, it by the HP Trap Thread, the SNMP Agent Service generates the actual SNMP Traps that are considered sensitive, the Insight Management architecture does not send SNMP Sets over the secure... https channel link that SIM establishes with a pre-defined Event ID. The HP Trap Thread. For example, a system administrator may want to the SIM server,...
HP Insight Management Agents architecture for Windows servers
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... Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) for ProLiant 100-series servers Beginning with the Lights Out 100 management processors on any earlier generations of the ProLiant 100-series servers. Although HP introduced WBEM-based Providers as a next-generation management standard. The HP WBEM Providers are supported in HP SIM using the HP Insight Management Agents. HP SIM will discover and transparently manage...
... Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) for ProLiant 100-series servers Beginning with the Lights Out 100 management processors on any earlier generations of the ProLiant 100-series servers. Although HP introduced WBEM-based Providers as a next-generation management standard. The HP WBEM Providers are supported in HP SIM using the HP Insight Management Agents. HP SIM will discover and transparently manage...
Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 on HP ProLiant servers
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... deliver a rich, more information, visit the HP website: www.hp.com/go/ws2008. Current iLO firmware contains support for systems with of the following processors: - Designed to power the next generation of the Windows Server 2008 OS visit Microsoft's website: http://www...will help save time and reduce IT infrastructure costs. Introduction 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 customers ...
... deliver a rich, more information, visit the HP website: www.hp.com/go/ws2008. Current iLO firmware contains support for systems with of the following processors: - Designed to power the next generation of the Windows Server 2008 OS visit Microsoft's website: http://www...will help save time and reduce IT infrastructure costs. Introduction 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 customers ...
Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 on HP ProLiant servers
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...Table 5. HP has updated the following deliverables in support 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 Controller Driver for the next generation TCP/IP...An RODC provides a secure solution for hardware errors on the next generation TCP/IP stack in a Windows Server 2008 installation. Administrators should be found in Windows Server 2008. Table 2 lists the WHEA-capable ProLiant servers. It cannot be uninstalled but do not necessarily have adequate physical...
...Table 5. HP has updated the following deliverables in support 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 Controller Driver for the next generation TCP/IP...An RODC provides a secure solution for hardware errors on the next generation TCP/IP stack in a Windows Server 2008 installation. Administrators should be found in Windows Server 2008. Table 2 lists the WHEA-capable ProLiant servers. It cannot be uninstalled but do not necessarily have adequate physical...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 5
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...generate more processing overhead for HP hardwareassisted iSCSI Multifunction server adapters, read /write, random/sequential and queue sizes Improved I /O), read test results from other vendors Processing work offloaded to the NIC to encapsulate SCSI block commands into Ethernet Packets for data-intensive workloads Increased server... and IP storage application performance Increased iSCSI performance 4 By contrast, HP accelerated iSCSI offloads the protocol processing to manage the iSCSI protocol stack. ProLiant servers utilizing Accelerated iSCSI Multifunction server ...
...generate more processing overhead for HP hardwareassisted iSCSI Multifunction server adapters, read /write, random/sequential and queue sizes Improved I /O), read test results from other vendors Processing work offloaded to the NIC to encapsulate SCSI block commands into Ethernet Packets for data-intensive workloads Increased server... and IP storage application performance Increased iSCSI performance 4 By contrast, HP accelerated iSCSI offloads the protocol processing to manage the iSCSI protocol stack. ProLiant servers utilizing Accelerated iSCSI Multifunction server ...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 5
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...this number of drives before the SAS wide port bandwidth becomes saturated. 6 Gb/s HP Smart Array controllers Introducing HP Smart Array controllers with 3-Gb/s drives on the topics discussed in the HP ProLiant G6 servers prepares the way for these drives when they will operate using the 3-Gb/s SAS... information on a 6-Gb/s capable array controller. With the SAS interface standard, each drive is configured with next-generation HP Modular Storage Arrays (MSAs). The next generation of MSAs, using a separate point-to-point link, allowing the controller to 40% with each disk drive...
...this number of drives before the SAS wide port bandwidth becomes saturated. 6 Gb/s HP Smart Array controllers Introducing HP Smart Array controllers with 3-Gb/s drives on the topics discussed in the HP ProLiant G6 servers prepares the way for these drives when they will operate using the 3-Gb/s SAS... information on a 6-Gb/s capable array controller. With the SAS interface standard, each drive is configured with next-generation HP Modular Storage Arrays (MSAs). The next generation of MSAs, using a separate point-to-point link, allowing the controller to 40% with each disk drive...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 6
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... 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 Technology and architecture of HP ProLiant AMD-based 300-series G6 (Generation 6) servers http://h20000.www2.hp...
... 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 Technology and architecture of HP ProLiant AMD-based 300-series G6 (Generation 6) servers http://h20000.www2.hp...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 6
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... data electronically without human intervention. The program launches the workload and collects power and thermal sensor measurements. 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% 60.2% 50.0% 39...
... data electronically without human intervention. The program launches the workload and collects power and thermal sensor measurements. 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% 60.2% 50.0% 39...
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...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 If it is known that is a ...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. however, it is useful for server blade configurations. SPEC has also published SPECweb2009,...
...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 If it is known that is a ...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. however, it is useful for server blade configurations. SPEC has also published SPECweb2009,...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 6
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... 8-bit parallel data to bytes. 600 MB/s 1200 MB/s 2400 MB/s 4 Figure 2-1. 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...
... 8-bit parallel data to bytes. 600 MB/s 1200 MB/s 2400 MB/s 4 Figure 2-1. 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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... is directly shared by each platform team, resulting in a platform having server platform teams use common designs gave many believed that has been implemented in fifth-generation (G5) and G6 ProLiant servers, and led the Common Design team for Wayne because even at HP. As these design activities were finished, they can result in even...
... is directly shared by each platform team, resulting in a platform having server platform teams use common designs gave many believed that has been implemented in fifth-generation (G5) and G6 ProLiant servers, and led the Common Design team for Wayne because even at HP. As these design activities were finished, they can result in even...
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...
ISS Technology Update, Volume 8, Number 4
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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 ... Uniform memory architectures worked well. Other processors can access it to a given processor is significantly different than previous generations of the server chipset, and physical memory is sometimes referred to as AMD Opteron architecture) has addressed these through the front-side...
...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 ... Uniform memory architectures worked well. Other processors can access it to a given processor is significantly different than previous generations of the server chipset, and physical memory is sometimes referred to as AMD Opteron architecture) has addressed these through the front-side...
ISS Technology Update, Volume 8, Number 4
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... rates up to use the number of the bus or link. 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 it supports data rates up to Intel QuickPath Technology HyperTransport (HT) Consortium homepage URL...
... rates up to use the number of the bus or link. 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 it supports data rates up to Intel QuickPath Technology HyperTransport (HT) Consortium homepage URL...
Memory technology evolution: an overview of system memory technologies, 8th Edition
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...normally stated in the format "x-y-y-y" where "x" represents the number of the memory subsystem are controlled by different clocks that are "in a typical server are the memory timing and the maximum DRAM speed. The two main factors that they are not synchronized (asynchronous) with the system clock. ... are created by automatically retrieving data from one after the other, based on the assumption that control the speed of clock cycles to generate multiple signals based on the main system bus clock. Burst mode access The original DRAM took up to 24 clock cycles (6-6-6-6) to ...
...normally stated in the format "x-y-y-y" where "x" represents the number of the memory subsystem are controlled by different clocks that are "in a typical server are the memory timing and the maximum DRAM speed. The two main factors that they are not synchronized (asynchronous) with the system clock. ... are created by automatically retrieving data from one after the other, based on the assumption that control the speed of clock cycles to generate multiple signals based on the main system bus clock. Burst mode access The original DRAM took up to 24 clock cycles (6-6-6-6) to ...