Free Gadget Manuals: 02/09/09

HP NC373F PCI Express Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter

The HP NC373F is a high performance PCI Express multifunction network adapter that supports standard or low profile slots in ProLiant servers running over a fiber-optic network environment. The NC373F is a four lane (x4) serial device with 92KB of onboard memory. In addition to delivering Gigabit Ethernet networking, the NC373F supports TOE (TCP/IP Offload Engine) for Windows only and iSCSI (Internet Small Computer System Interface) over a single network connection making it a multifunction Ethernet server adapter.

The NC373F ships with all the advanced server features that ProLiant customers have come to expect, such as support for failover and load balancing, Pre-Boot Execution Environment (PXE), jumbo frames, large send offload, and multiple VLAN tagging.

Gigabit Ethernet
Throughput
Up to 1000Mbps Ethernet transfer rate delivers outstanding network performance that improves response time and removes bottlenecks across the entire network.

TCP/IP Offloading
TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE) for Windows moves the processing of data in the TCP protocol stack from the server CPU to the network card, freeing CPU cycles for other duties. The NC373F supports TOE when Windows TOE Chimney is installed. With TOE, network communications are improved, and server efficiency is increased.

Accelerated iSCSI
Accelerated iSCSI allows the NC373F to multi-function as both as a network adapter and as a storage host bus adapter, thereby providing access to storage platforms and to servers over a single connection. Additionally, the NC373F offloads the iSCSI software to the hardware for improved performance.

Load Balancing
Transmit Load Balancing (TLB) and Switch-Assisted Load Balancing (SLB) are two advanced features used to build a bigger pipe for improved networking bandwidth. These port bonding techniques enable users to use up to eight adapter ports in a ProLiant server and aggregate their throughput up to a theoretical maximum of 16 Gigabits per second full-duplex transmission. The NC373F can be configured with other NC-series Ethernet server adapter teams supported on ProLiant servers

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Software Installation Guide HP JetDirect Printer Installer for UNIX

The HP JetDirect Printer Installer for UNIX contains support for HP-UX and Sun Solaris operating systems. The software installs, configures and provides diagnostics capabilities for HP printers connected using HP JetDirect print servers.

This guide provides specific installation instructions and other information users should know before they install and use the HP JetDirect Printer
Installer for UNIX software.
Installation instructions are provided for the following operating systems:
- HP-UX 11.x (Series 700/800)
- HP-UX 10.0 - 10.20 (Series 700/800)
- Sun Solaris 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.6, 7, 8

HP-UX 11.X (HP 9000 Series 700/800 Systems)
The HP JetDirect Printer Installer for UNIX, version E.10.18, is installed using the sw install program that comes with HP-UX 11.x. Use the following instructions:
1. Log into the system as root.
2. Copy the software file HP11e118.SD to the /tmp directory

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HP Smart Array E200 Controller Overview

The HP Smart Array E200 is HP’s first entry level PCI Express (PCIe) Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) RAID controller. The full size card has 8 ports and utilizes DDR1-266 memory. The E200 is ideal for RAID 0/1 and can be upgraded with the 128MB battery-backed write cache (BBWC) module for RAID 5.

Standard Features:
The Smart Array Advantage
HP’s innovative design and integration work within the Smart Array family of products creates customer value that is unmatched in the industry. Use of Smart Array products across multiple applications results in a much lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) than any other server storage RAID product. The HP Smart Array family brings an unparalleled return on investment through:
Data Compatibility
Data Compatibility with past and future generations of Serial Smart Array controllers allows for simple and easy upgrades any time needs for higher performance, capacity, and availability increase.
Consistent Configuration and Management Tools
All Smart Array products utilize a standard set of management and utility software. These tools minimize Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) by reducing training requirements and technical expertise necessary to install and maintain HP server storage.
Universal Hard Drive
A universal hard drive is used across multiple HP ProLiant servers, disk enclosures and storage systems. With compatibility across many enterprise platforms, you are free to deploy and re-deploy these drives to quickly deliver increased storage capacity, migrate data between systems, and easily manage spare drives.

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HP NC360T PCI Express Dual Port Gigabit Server Adapter

The NC360T is a high performance PCI Express (PCIe) dual port, copper, gigabit network solution for ProLiant customers who demand the latest in dual port Gigabit Ethernet bandwidth and features. It offers two ports on a single PCI Express adapter, allowing customers to save valuable I/O slots for other uses. It is based upon the high performance Intel 82571EB chipset and offers a four lane (x4) PCI Express bus.

Along with all the advanced features that HP ProLiant customers have come to expect, the NC360T includes support for Wake-on-LAN (WOL), and Pre-Boot Execution environment (PXE). Additionally, it ships with support for Jumbo Frames, Network Fault Tolerance, Load Balancing, and various offload capabilities such as Segmentation Offload and Large Send Offload (LSO) that offer further network throughput improvements. Additionally, it is easy to install in either standard or low profile slots.

HP NC360T PCI Express Dual Port Gigabit Server Adapter PCA with a standard height bracket attached to it. (The low profile bracket is included in the clamshell that the PCA ships in.) Product Warranty statement and the Quick Install Card (QIC). CD containing Drivers, User Guide, Installation and Diagnostic Utilities, and User Guide (English only).

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HP Server RP2405 An HP Technical white paper

The new HP Server rp2405 was designed to meet the low-end needs of the enterprise data center, the remote office deployment, and the IP-based service provider market. Fulfilling the need for faster, smaller servers, the rp2405 delivers industry-leading symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) performance, with up to two PA-8700 processors in a 2-EIA-unit chassis. The two processors, coupled with 8 GB of main memory and four PCI slots, deliver a balanced system with outstanding price/performance and performance density. The rp2405 series continues HP’s tradition of in-chassis investment protection.

In addition, the rp2405 offers high-availability features normally found only in larger, more expensive servers. Hot-plug disks, memory scrubbing and page de-allocation, dynamic processor de-allocation and resilience, independent PCI buses, independent SCSI controllers, failure avoidance and notification capability, and MC/Serviceguard support are all standard.

All of these features are packed into a compact, 2-EIA-unit package—that’s only 3.5 inches high! With up to 20 servers and 40 processors in a 2-meter cabinet, the rp2405 offers industry-leading performance density and availability. For those customers who don’t need a cabinet, up to six rp2405 servers can be securely stacked on the floor. If desired, a pedestal stand allows customers to use a single server in a standalone vertical position.

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HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring Software v5

Natural and man-made disasters can occur when you least expect it - serving as a reminder that in less than a moment’s notice, volumes of data loss can occur. To prevent data loss from failure, error, or disaster, HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring Software provides replication of valuable Windows and Linux data to another server. Proactive replication is a key strategy that can be coupled with tape backup and/or snapshot technology for up-to-the-second data protection. Having replicated data co-located enable customers to recover their static and transactional data without loss of productivity.

HP Storage Mirroring Software provides host-based replication and failover for enterprise and midrange customers seeking an alternative to fabric or array-based replication. Patented replication and failover technology continuously captures byte-level data changes as they occur in your production environment and replicates those changes to one or more servers in any location without geographic limitations. By replicating only the bytes that change, Storage Mirroring Software uses the absolute minimum bandwidth required to replicate customer data. Advanced features allow a customer to control bandwidth usage and queue data for replication\ during off-peak times if desired.

This software does not need special hardware to run and utilizes existing LAN or WAN infrastructure that already exists in their environment -saving time, additional investment, and maintenance. Storage Mirroring Software is storage independent. It will support any DAS, NAS, and SAN storage device and will support different platforms including Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Storage Server, 64-bit Windows, Windows on Itanium and Red Hat Linux. The flexibility, resource optimization, and application-specific protection enable customers to solidify their data and disaster protection strategies using Storage Mirroring Software.

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SAS Enterprise BI Server with HP VSE study

This white paper demonstrates how the IT organization at a SAS customer site can benefit from Hewlett-Packard’s Virtual Server Environment (VSE) technology to achieve optimization on server utilization. Through the VSE technology, resources can automatically grow and shrink based on the service-level objectives set for each application. The flexibility offers real time capacity planning based on the workload change to meet the business demands.

The demonstration in this white paper involved the successful integration of HP Integrity servers, HP-UX 11i v2, Virtual Partitions (vPars), HP-UX Workload Manager (WLM), Instant Capacity (iCAP/TiCAP), and the SAS Enterprise BI Server.

The testing effort was carried out in three stages. The first stage involved using separate entry-class HP Integrity rx4640 servers for the SAS Enterprise BI Server implementation. The second stage involved implementing the SAS Enterprise BI solution on a single Integrity rx8620 server with 16 CPUs in a static virtual partition configuration. The transition of the implementation from the first stage to the second implementation can be viewed as the first step to consolidate multiple physical servers to a virtualized server environment. The third stage involved adding WLM and iCAP to the partition configuration in the previous stage and turning it into a dynamic partition configuration with a flexible CPU count.

In the static partition configuration in the second stage, the Integrity rx8620 server with 16 CPUs was configured to 5 virtual partitions with fixed CPU counts. Each partition was installed with one of the SAS Enterprise BI Server components. Dynamic partition configuration was built on top of the static partition configuration with flexible CPU counts in each partition. HP-UX WLM was utilized to dynamically and automatically manage CPU migrations among all virtual partitions based on the workload.

The drawback of the static partition configuration is that the CPU count needs to always size for peak workload. This presents a big challenge for resource utilization because even the most optimal sizing in the static configuration can not predict and match the changes in the dynamic business world. Under an average workload situation, the CPU utilization is usually low around 20-40% according to industry studies. To solve the low CPU resource utilization issue, iCAP CPUs were applied in the dynamic partition configuration. Thus, instead of using all 16 CPUs all the time, iCAP will allow customers to use only the CPU resource required to handle the workload most of the time with an additional CPU resource pool on the side to satisfy the peak workload.

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HP Rack and Power Manager 1.1 Quick Specs Overview

Simplify lifecycle management of your data center and grow with your demands for power protection and rack space with enterprise-class capabilities

Enterprise-class software providing comprehensive device control in data center environments where multiple users need to access and manage many devices both locally and remotely. A familiar browser interface provides secure remote access (up to 128-bit SSL encryption) to the management server anywhere on your network. HP Rack and Power Manager allows users to schedule system shutdowns, control power failure settings, and define UPS load segments to allow for maximum uptime of critical servers. This software offers several new features, such as, the ability to configure redundant UPSs and system event handling, which allows users to establish power and environmental failure policies with programmed automatic responses.

Product Description
HP Rack and Power Manager 1.1 offers power management software solutions for use in different IT environments. The HP Rack and Power Manager is an enterprise-class software providing comprehensive device control in data center environments where multiple users need to access and manage many devices. A familiar browser interface provides secure remote access (up to 128-bit SSL encryption) to the management server located anywhere on your network.

HP Rack and Power Manager allows users to schedule system shutdowns, control power failure settings, and define UPS load segments to allow for maximum uptime of critical servers. This software offers several new features, such as, the ability to configure redundant UPSs and system event handling, which allows users to establish power and environmental failure policies with programmed automatic responses.

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HP Server Static Mount Kit AB293A for NEBS 2000 Rack Installation Instructions

This manual provides instructions for static mounting the hp Integrity cx2600 server chassis in a NEBS 2000 rack.
Mounting Kit Contents
This manual provides installation instructions for server mount kit AB293A. This kit is intended for use with the hp Integrity cx2600 server, and includes the following:
• Two Mounting Rails
• Two Rear Rack Ears
• One Cable Management Strain Relief Bar
• Two Cable Routing Brackets
• Mounting Hardware (screws and nuts)

Mounting Kit
Before mounting your server in the NEBS 2000 rack, inspect the mounting kit hardware. Check that all required mounting hardware is available. A mounting kit parts list is provided at the rear of this manual.
Mount the Server
Mount a server in the NEBS 2000 rack as follows:
Step 1. Remove the rear door from the rack. Set this door aside because it will not be reinstalled on the rack.
Step 2. Attach the cable routing brackets to the server chassis using T15 flathead screws.
Step 3. Attach the rear rack mount brackets to the rear columns as shown in Figure 1-3 using T25 panhead.

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BlueJADE – A service for managing software agents

In this paper, we describe our research into transforming an agent platform into a manageable service that can be managed by a modern application server. This is a key part of industrializing agent technology, that is, integrating agent technology with other mainstream web server, application server, DB, communication and security technologies, to produce a scalable, robust platform for intelligent applications of various kinds.

This document provides the motivation and overview of the work done to enable HP’s Bluestone Application Server (HP-AS) [1] to manage an agent service using the Java Agent DEvelopment Framework (JADE) [2]. Internal to HP, and in this document, we use the term BlueJADE to reflect this technology combination. BlueJADE aims to provide an industrial grade agent environment, which can be managed as any other application in an application server, and comply to both the FIPA Abstract architecture and the FIPA 2000 specifications. We believe that BlueJADE is a major milestone towards the success of agent technology deployment.

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HP JetDirect Printer Installer for UNIX Software Installation Guide

Environments Supported
The HP JetDirect Printer Installer for UNIX contains support for the following environments:
- HP-UX 10.0 - 10.20, 11.x (HP 9000, Series 700/800)
- Solaris 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.6, 7, 8 (Sun SPARCstation)

Installation
This guide provides specific installation instructions and other information
users should know before they install and use the HP JetDirect Printer
Installer for UNIX software.
Installation instructions are provided for the following operating systems:
- HP-UX 11.x (Series 700/800)
- HP-UX 10.0 - 10.20 (Series 700/800)
- Sun Solaris 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.6, 7, 8

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HP Integrity rx7640 Server

HP Integrity rx7640 Server Flexible Advantage Starter (FAST) Configurable Bundles. The Flexible Advantage STarter base systems for the HP Integrity rx7640 Server allow for faster configurations due to the semi configured system bundles. Configurations built from FAST base systems will have substantially lower prices than systems built from the parts.

The HP Integrity rx7640 Server is a symmetrical multiprocessing (SMP) server supporting up to eight high performance Intel dual core Itanium processors (90XX series or 91XXN series). Earlier single core “Mad9″ processors are supported with certain limitations. The server supports HP’s innovative sx2000 chip set. The rx7640 can be configured as a single SMP server or divided into two smaller, hardware partitioned (nPars), logical servers.

Cell Boards
A minimum of one and a maximum of two cells can be ordered in an HP Integrity rx7640 Server. Each cell can be purchased with up to four active Intel dual-core Itanium processors (90X0 series or 91X0N series) or in combination with Instant Capacity processors. The rx7640 can support a mix of 90X0 and 91X0N series processors; however, within a single cell, all processors must be identical The HP Integrity rx7640 and HP Integrity rx8640 servers share the same cell board. The rp7410/rp7420/rx7620 cell boards cannot be carried forward to the rx7640 server.

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HP NC326m PCI Express Dual Port 1Gb Server Adapter for c-Class BladeSystem

The NC326m is a dual port Gigabit Ethernet server adapter for the c-Class BladeSystem. The x4 PCI Express NC326m adapter is supported on all ProLiant c-Class servers in all mezzanine slots. Multiple adapters can be installed per server. The NC326m is designed for applications requiring additional Gigabit Ethernet ports than those provided on the server. It is ideal for virtualization, security, server consolidation, network segmentation, and other BladeSystem applications requiring additional network port density.

Tested and proven to meet demanding BladeSystem standards, the NC326m ships with the advanced server features that ProLiant customers have come to expect, such as support for failover and load balancing, TCP/IP checksum offloading, large send offloading, Wake-on-LAN, PXE, jumbo frames, VLAN tagging, QoS, and more.

At A Glance
Dual Gigabit Ethernet ports
Supported on all ProLiant c-Class servers in all mezzanine slots, multiple cards per server
Designed with server needs in mind:
IEEE 802.1p, 802.1Q, 802.3, 802.3ad, and 802.3x
ProLiant Teaming including Network Fault Tolerance, Transmit Load Balancing, and Switch-Assisted Load Balancing
9K industry standard jumbo frames
TCP/IP checksum offload (TCO) and large send offload (LSO)
Interrupt coalescence and Dual address cycles (DAC)
Wake-on-LAN (WOL) and pre-boot execution environment (PXE)
IPv6 packet transmit and receive (excluding all offload capabilities); IPv6 aware SNMPv1 agent for Windows

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HP ProLiant DL585 Server technology

The HP ProLiant DL585 server is a 4U rack-optimized, 4-way server created for large data center deployments requiring enterprise-class performance, uptime, and scalability, plus easy management and expansion. Based on AMD™ Opteron™ technology, the ProLiant DL585 server greatly improves the performance of standard 32-bit applications. Moreover, it includes AMD 64-bit extensions that add the capability to run 32-bit and 64-bit applications on the same x86 platform with no performance penalty.

This paper is intended for IT professionals familiar with system administration and ProLiant industry-standard servers. It explains the technologies implemented in the ProLiant DL585 server that make it an excellent choice for enterprise customers needing increased performance while maintaining investment protection with a 64-bit migration path

The Opteron-based ProLiant DL585 server is a 4-way, x86 rack-optimized server delivering best-in-class performance, industry-leading management, and enterprise-class reliability for large data center deployments. The DL585 is a 4-way platform for high-performance 32-bit and 64-bit computing requirements. This capability allows IT organizations to protect their large x86 investments and manage their 32- to 64-bit transition. Customers can order the ProLiant DL585 server in a 2P configuration or upgrade it to support four processors. Computing environments for which the server is particularly well suited include:
• High-performance technical computing (HPTC)
• Electronic design automation (EDA)/semiconductor
• Financial
• Large database applications
• ERP/CRM
• Petrochemical
• Life science and material science
• Video rendering

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HP Integrated Citrix XenServer Quick Specs

Citrix XenServer is a high performance virtualization solution designed for efficient support of Windows and Linux virtual machines. HP has tightly integrated Citrix XenServer into ProLiant platforms to enable fast and straightforward installation, configuration, and virtual machine management. This revolutionary way of distributing virtualization technology combines seamless integration and active ProLiant management to ensure confident virtual deployments.

In addition to integrating Citrix XenServer into ProLiant platforms, the product set features the HP ProLiant Virtual Console (PVC). Designed for new users of virtualization technology, HP PVC provides a simple to use GUI interface to setup and manage virtual machines on individual servers, without the need for a separate management server or even a network. PVC comes standard with all HP integrated Citrix XenServer options, allowing local virtual machine creation and management using the server’s KVM keyboard/video/mouse (KVM). The virtual machine creation and management experience is greatly enhanced with the HP iLO2 Advanced Pack (sold separately), which provides a number of powerful features, including graphical remote consoles and virtual media capabilities.

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SMS Inventory Tool for HP ProLiant and Integrity Update

The SMS Inventory Tool for HP ProLiant and Integrity Update enables the use of Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 with Service Pack 1, Service Pack 2, or Service Pack 3 (SMS 2003 SP1, SP2 or SP3) for management and distribution of HP ProLiant and Integrity server system software, firmware, and complete support packs. The SMS Inventory Tool allows customers that have chosen SMS 2003 to manage HP server inventory and software with the tool they also use to manage operating system software updates. This product expands on existing integration tools for ProLiant with SMS 2000 and SMS 2003.

Customers using SMS will appreciate the obvious integration of the HP server software catalog within the SMS management structure. The Inventory tool supports all SMS features, including server inventory with adjustable scope, such as filtering by server model or Windows version. It allows remote scanning of HP server software configurations and reporting of the results via standard template reports. The tool also enables management and distribution of complete Support Packs or individual components (drivers, ROM, and software agents) to defined collections of servers. All data is presented through the SMS interface.

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HP ProLiant BL685c Server Blade Quick Specs

The HP ProLiant BL685c delivers no-compromise performance and expansion in the densest 4P server blade form-factor available to handle your most demanding applications.

HP ProLiant BL685c server blade includes:
Processor:
Up to four Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ 8300 Series processors
Supports up to 2.3 GHz, 1 GHz HyperTransport™; 512KB Level 2 cache memory per core; 2MB Level 3 cache
Up to four AMD Opteron 8200 Series processors
Supports up to 3.0 GHz,1 GHz HyperTransport™; 1MB Level 2 cache memory per core
Memory:
Up to 64 GB of memory, supported by (16) slots of PC2-5300 Registered DIMMs at 667 MHz Supporting memory interleaving (2:1)
Storage Controller:
Integrated Smart Array E200i RAID controller with 64 MB cache (with optional battery-backed write-cache with an upgrade to 128MB cache (BBWC). Supports RAID 0,1.
Internal Drive Support:
Up to 2 small form factor (SFF) SAS or SATA hot plug hard disk drives
Network Controller:
Four (4) integrated network adapters
One (1) embedded NC326i Dual Port Gigabit Server Adapter
Two (2) embedded NC373i Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapters
One (1) additional 10/100 NIC dedicated to iLO 2 Management
NOTE: The Gigabit Ethernet adapters transmit from the server only at 2000 Mbps, full duplex per port. For more information, see the “Network Controller” item in Standards Features section.

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HP Solutions for Microsoft SQL Server

Regardless of the size of your business, you are not alone in facing data demands that stress legacy systems to the limits. Existing database environments can’t handle ever-growing amounts of data. Older hardware and software investments don’t provide the necessary performance to serve escalating number of users. Management of a sprawling server footprint is becoming increasingly challenging and complex as costs spiral out of control. What’s more, business data that spans multiple systems often is not accurate, making it difficult to leverage your data for business intelligence (BI).

In this complex IT environment, the unrelenting demand to stay competitive creates a need for quick, easy access to information to support faster and informed business decisions that drive better results. What you need is your data—any place, any time. It’s all possible with HP solutions for Microsoft SQL Server.

One of the most critical components in your IT infrastructure is your database server. Microsoft® SQL Server is designed to address your data challenges by providing next-generation data management andinformation analysis solutions that deliver increased security, scalability, and availability to enterprise data and to reporting and analytical applications—while making them easier to build, deploy, and manage. Microsoft SQL Server makes an excellent choice for back-end databases for line-of-business applications

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HP NC380T PCI Express Dual Port Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter

The HP NC380T server adapter is the industry’s first PCI Express dual port multifunction network adapter supporting TOE (TCP/IP Offload Engine) for Windows, iSCSI (Internet Small Computer System Interface), and RDMA (Remote Direct Memory Access) over a single network connection. Each port on the NC380T is a four lane (x4) serial device designed for PCI Express slots. The NC380T comes with a total of 184KB onboard memory.

In addition to its multifunction capabilities, the NC380T ships with all the advanced server features that ProLiant customers have come to expect, such as support for failover and load balancing, Pre-Boot Execution Environment (PXE), large send offload capability, multiple VLAN tagging, and auto-negotiated 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet speeds.

Performance
Gigabit Ethernet Throughput
Up to 1000Mbps Ethernet transfer rate delivers outstanding network performance that improves response time and removes bottlenecks across the entire network.
TCP/IP Protocol Offloading
TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE) for Windows moves the processing of data in the TCP protocol stack from the server CPU to the network card, freeing CPU cycles for other duties. The NC380T supports TOE when Windows TOE Chimney is installed. With TOE, network communications are improved, and server efficiency is increased.
Accelerated iSCSI
Accelerated iSCSI allows the NC380T to multi-function both as a network adapter and as a storage host bus adapter, thereby providing access to storage boxes and to servers over a single connection. Additionally, the NC380T offloads the iSCSI software to the hardware for improved performance

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httperfmA Tool for Measuring Web Server Performance

A web system consists of a web server, a number of clients, and a network that connects the clients to the server. The protocol used to communicate between the client and server is HTTP [2]. In order to measure server performance in such a system it is necessary to run a tool on the clients that generates a specific HTTP workload. Currently, web server measurements are conducted using benchmarks such as SPECweb or WebStone [6, 8] which simulate a fixed number of clients. Given that the potential user base of an Internet-based server is on the order of hundreds of millions of users it is clear that simulating a fixed and relatively small number of clients is often insufficient.

For this reason, Banga and Druschel [1] recently argued the case for measuring web servers with tools that can generate and sustain overload, which is effectively equivalent to simulating an infinite user base. They also presented a tool called “s-clients” that is capable of generating such loads. The s-clients approach is similar to httperf in that both are capable of sustaining overload but they differ significantly in design and implementation. For example, httperf completely separates the issue of how to perform HTTP calls from issues such as what kind of workload and measurements should be used. Consequently, httperf can readily be used to perform various kinds of web-server related measurements, including SPECweb/WebStone-like measurements, s-client-like measurements, or new kinds of measurements such as the session-based measurements that we will discuss briefly in Section 4. Creating httperf turned out to be a surprisingly difficult task due to factors inherent in the problem and shortcomings of current operating systems (OSes). The first challenge is that a web system is a distributed system and as such inherently more difficult to evaluate than a centralized system that has little or no concurrency and a synchronized clock.

Second, HTTP in general and HTTP/1.0 in particular cause connection usage patterns that TCP was not designed for. Some of these problems have been fixed in response to the experience gained from running web servers. However, since tools such as httperf run on the client-side they exercise the system in a manner that is quite different from the way servers do. As a consequence, there are a number of additional issues that such a test tool needs to guard against.

A third challenge is that the world-wide web is a highly dynamic system. Almost every part in it–server and client software, network infrastructure, web content, and user access pattern–is subject to relatively frequent and fundamental changes. For a test tool to remain useful over a period of time requires a design that makes it relatively easy to extend and modify as need arises. The rest of this paper is organized as follows: the next section gives a brief introduction on how to use httperf. Section 3 describes the overall design of the tool and presents the rationale for the most important design choices. Section 4 discusses the current state of httperf and some of the more subtle implementation issues discovered so far. Finally, Section 5 presents some concluding remarks

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HP NC7771 PCI-X 1000T Gigabit Server Adapter Quick Specs

The NC7771 supports 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet speeds as well as a PCI-X 64-bit/133MHz data path and it is backwards compatible with existing PCI bus architectures. This range of features enables HP customers to protect their current hardware investment while also future-proofing their HP ProLiant servers for the inevitable increase in networking throughput. Additionally, the NC7771 ships with support for PCI Hot Plug, Network Fault Tolerance, Load Balancing, Jumbo Frames, PXE, Cold Boot Wake-on-LAN (WOL), and various offload capabilities that improve performance. These improvements in speed and throughput come at a cost-effective price for environments using Category 5 (or better) twisted-pair cabling.

The HP NC7771 server adapter is a follow-on to the NC7770. The NC7771 is a single port copper, PCI-X, Gigabit Ethernet server adapter that runs over Category 5 (or better) twisted-pair cabling. Along with all the advanced features that HP ProLiant customers have come to expect, the NC7771 includes support for teaming for failover and load balancing, jumbo frames, Dual Address Cycles (DAC), Pre-Boot Execution Environment (PXE), PCI hot plug, large send offload capability, cold boot WOL, and multiple VLAN tagging.

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HP File Archiving software (formerly File Migration Agent) version 2.2

HP File Archiving software (HP FAs) helps reduce information management costs-and increase storage efficiency-by automatically migrating aged and less accessed data from Microsoft Windows-based storage systems into a choice of target archives, including HP Integrated Archiving Platform (IAP).

What’s New
The new version 2.2 of HP File Archiving software introduces the following new capabilities:
Support for 64-bit Windows Server 2003 Operating Systems on 64-bit Intel or AMD systems
Support for the following Hard Quota management applications:
Hard quota of Microsoft File Server Resource Manager (FSRM)
Symantec Storage Exec 5.5

Helps reduce costs of storage and storage management - automatically migrates static data to an archive based on business policies and quality of service requirements, and releases (stubs) the file on primary storage

Faster backup and recovery - HP File Archiving software enables you to migrate inactive files to an archive. A sparse file remains as a pointer to migrated data, and it is a minute fraction of the size of the original file. Less data volume to manage on primary storage translates into faster backup of primary storage and potentially faster restore.

Ease of management - HP File Archiving software helps ease the backup effort and infrastructure management effort required to protect large scale file serving, web server, and application server environments

Business agility - HP File Archiving software enables customers to redeploy storage and storage management resources once static files have been migrated off the system Storage consolidation - HP File Archiving software enables customers to consolidate File servers, web servers, and application servers once infrequently used data is migrated to secondary storage

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HP ProLiant BL260c Generation 5 Server Blade Installation Instructions

Installation of a server blade requires the following steps:
1. Install and configure an HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosure.
2. Install any server blade options.
3. Install interconnect modules in the enclosure.
4. Connect the interconnect modules to the network.
5. Install a server blade.
6. Complete the server blade configuration.

For definitions of the acronyms used in this document, refer to “Acronyms and abbreviations” in the server blade user guide

Installing server blade options
Before installing and initializing the server blade, install any server blade options, such as an additional processor, hard drive, or mezzanine card. For server blade options installation information, see the HP ProLiant BL260c Generation 5 Server Blade User Guide on the HP website.

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Transforming Access with HP And Citrix

Welcome to the HP ProLiant Podcast series. This series covers the latest news about the HP ProLiant server and server blade portfolio, with insights from the people behind the technology. By subscribing to this series, you will receive the latest product and solution introductions delivered straight to your desktop or iPod.

Today, we’re talking about some of the latest innovations to come from the collaborative efforts of HP and Citrix. Working together, these companies have invested significant resources in testing new technologies to shorten implementation cycles and save money.

Speaker 1: Transforming access sounds good, but what exactly does it mean?
Speaker 2: Organizations need more processing capability to support their growing business demands. Scaling up – deploying larger, more powerful servers that can support more users per server.
As we enter the new world of dual-core processors and 64-bit computing, it’s not enough to provide the technological power – you have to make it efficient, robust and cost-effective.
Speaker 1: What are the benefits of consolidation on x64 and dual-core technology? In other words, why should we bother?
Speaker 2: Fewer physical servers enable organizations to reap the benefits of increased performance while at the same time:
Reducing infrastructure requirements and associated power and cooling costs
Reducing software licensing costs. and Reducing the number of IT staff needed for management.

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HP Driver Preconfiguration Support Guide

This HP Driver Preconfiguration Support Guide describes HP driver preconfiguration, the tools to use it, and the printing environments in which it can be employed. Three distinct tools for using HP Driver Configuration are described in detail:
● The HP Driver Configuration Editor
● The HP Web JetAdmin Driver Configuration Plugin

The HP Customization Utility/Silent Installer
HP driver preconfiguration is a software architecture and set of tools that permits HP software to be customized and distributed in managed corporate printing environments. Using HP driver preconfiguration, information technology (IT) administrators in corporate and enterprise environments can preconfigure the printing and device defaults for HP printer drivers before installing the drivers in the network environment.

For instance, suppose a company has purchased several HP Color LaserJet 5500 printers that are to be shared among several workgroups. To keep printing costs to a minimum, management wants all of the print queues to print on both sides of the paper (duplex) by default. To save costs further, they wish to restrict the ability of certain groups to print in color, thereby minimizing toner consumption. Several different printer servers are in use, each of which has one or more queues to the new devices. Some users can print directly to the new printers over the network, but IT wants to apply the same driver configuration to those print queues.

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Tru64 UNIX Transition Strategies for BEA WebLogic Server (WLS)

In the coming years, HP will be phasing out Tru64 UNIX® and the AlphaServer enterprise system products in favor of the new HP Integrity servers based on Intel® Itanium® 2 processors. HP is also integrating leading technology from Tru64 UNIX, such as TruCluster Server and Advanced File System (AdvFS), into HP-UX 11i, the operating system for HP Integrity servers. For Tru64 UNIX-based BEA WebLogic Application Server (WLS) environments, Information Technology (IT) organizations should start considering when and how they should transition to the new platform.

HP is investing significant resources to help you transition easily and reliably to the new HP Integrity servers. Because transitions are easier when the same version is available on both the original and target platforms, HP has partnered with BEA Systems to make sure that the latest version of WebLogic Application Server for Tru64 UNIX is also available for HP-UX 11i v2 on HP Integrity servers.

HP will continue Tru64 UNIX operating system support through 2011. However, as more robust market-leading solutions become available, it will become increasingly compelling for you to consider higher performing, lower cost options, such as HP Integrity servers. This document can assist you in planning and implementing your transition by presenting you with the transition strategy and details involved with moving the WLS to the HP Integrity server platform.

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HP 3000/9×9KS and HP 9000/Kxx0 Enterprise Servers Internal Peripherals Update Guide

This edition of the HP 3000/9×9KS and HP 9000/Kxx0 Internal Peripherals Upgrade Guide contains technical information about HP 9000 class servers, HP VISUALIZE Kxx0 (EG and XP) workstations, and HP3000 9×9KS servers.

This guide describes the installation of internal peripherals into HP 3000/9×9KS and HP 9000/Kxx0 servers.
Contents of this guide:
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2 Installation Procedures

Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Precautions When installing peripherals, you must observe the following antistatic precautions to prevent damage to peripherals and system components from electrostatic discharge:
• Always wear a grounded wrist strap when working on or around the system, and when handling printed circuit boards.
• Treat all assemblies, components, and interface connections as static-sensitive.
• Perform all removal and installation in a work area where potential static sources are minimized (preferably an anti-static work station).
• Avoid working in carpeted areas, and keep body movement to a minimum while removing and installing boards to minimize buildup of static charge.

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