Free Gadget Manuals: 02/12/09

HP ProLiant BL30p server blade

Density. Performance. Manageability. The HP ProLiant BL30p server blade delivers an ideal mix of manageability and high-performance computing in a compact, modular blade design. The BL30p extends the x86 workload capabilities of the HP ProLiant blade line to the most space-conscious environments. The new HP ProLiant BL30p 2-way server blade delivers the density, performance, and manageability your business demands. Powerfully compact Designed for high-performance computing, enterprise front-end, and infrastructure applications in space- conscious environments, the BL30p is the latest addition to HP’s ProLiant BL p-Class server blade line. It supports dual Intel® Xeon™ processors, dual Gigabit Ethernet network adapters, and a dual-port Fibre Channel adapter option, making it ideal for performance-hungry applications and redundant connections to external storage. Up to 96 BL30p blades can be configured in a standard rack, providing the maximum utilization of valuable data-center space.

Well-connected
The BL30p was created to help customers get the most out of their SAN solutions. Its optional dual-port Fibre Channel adapter provides powerful, heterogeneous SAN support up to 2 GB/s, and it is backward-compatible with existing 1 GB/s Fibre Channel equipment. And with HP’s fusion of SAN and network attached storage (NAS), your storage architecture can incorporate application, database, and file-serving functionality.

Outstanding management and deployment The BL30p delivers a variety of powerful, intuitive management and deployment features to ease the burden these tasks typically place on your IT personnel.

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HP BladeSystem specification for Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003

This white paper provides a general specification for an HP BladeSystem c-Class infrastructure that can support and scale out a small-to-medium sized cluster for Microsoft® Windows® Compute Cluster Server 2003 (CCS).

CCS is Microsoft’s entry into the fast-growing High Performance Computing (HPC) market, where solutions are often deployed as clusters of relatively small servers working in parallel to solve intensive computation and mathematical problems. HPC clusters are often utilized in the development and application of complex data models used in computer-aided engineering, finance, life and materials science, scientific research, and other areas.

The specification includes an overview of solution components and usage scenarios, and outlines key benefits that can be achieved by deploying this solution on an HP BladeSystem c-Class infrastructure. Guidelines are provided for planning and implementing a CCS solution. In addition, the paper presents Bills of Material for sample configurations along with links to information that can assist the customer over the solution lifecycle.

Target audience: The intended audience includes solutions architects and technical consultants wishing to learn more about deploying CCS on an HP BladeSystem c-Class infrastructure.

The paper is not intended to teach you about CCS or the deployment of applications on top of CCS. Indeed, knowledge of CCS concepts is assumed, as is familiarity with networking topologies and the concept of head and compute nodes within a cluster.

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HP SIM 5.x Overview

HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) is an application that is used by customers to manage their infrastructure elements, such as servers, storage, blades, and networking devices. The current HP SIM version directly supports HP BNT switches. For example, HP SIM provides a basic set of BNT switch management features, such as basic discovery, fault management, data collection/reporting, and configuration.

To further enhance management of BNT switches with HP SIM, integration with BLADEHarmony Manager is now available. This paper explains how to integrate HP SIM with BLADEHarmony Manager.

HP SIM is built on Web-based client-server architecture. The client Graphical User Interface (GUI) can be launched from any standard Web browser. In addition, the architecture is flexible enough to allow users to integrate off-the-shelf or custom tools and applications.

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Energy-efficient computing using Citrix PowerSmart Utility

Energy-efficient computing using Citrix PowerSmart Utility for Presentation Server (Beta) with HP Integrated Lights-Out. Data center costs for computer power and cooling are staggering. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that data centers used 61 billion kilowatt hours in 2006 – or 1.5% of all power consumed in the United States 1 – at a cost of $4.5 billion, the consumption of approximately 5.8 million average households.

The no-cost Citrix PowerSmart Utility for Presentation Server (PowerSmart) is designed to reduce the power consumption of a Citrix Presentation Server farm. During off-business hours, PowerSmart intelligently focuses the farm’s workload on a few Presentation Servers so that it can power off idle servers. Initial estimates show that based on usage patterns, energy costs for a Citrix Presentation Server farm can be reduced by up to 50%.

PowerSmart integrates seamlessly with HP Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) 2 technology to automate the remote power management of Citrix Presentation Server farms deployed on HP ProLiant servers. By combining Citrix’s market-leading Application Delivery infrastructure with HP’s Lights-Out remote management solution, customers can support environmentally-friendly (green) initiatives by increasing the utilization of their existing hardware and lowering power and cooling requirements. Target audience: This white paper is intended for business and IT professionals interested in power management in a Citrix and HP environment.

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HP Blades and Server Virtualization: The Ins and Outs of I/O

The combination of blade servers and virtualization today offers a compelling solution for IT departments looking to regain control of their server resources, while offering benefits including space savings, reduced power and cooling, improved manageability, availability and flexibility Initially, blade servers got a bad reputation for not being a good match for virtualization This was generally because early blade servers were not powerful enough, and often did not have enough Input/Output (I/O) resources - Ethernet NICs and Fibre Channel ports - to support multiple virtual server environments on one blade, not to mention hundreds of virtual servers in a single chassis As with all technology, both blades and virtualization software have evolved to better support the high performance and high bandwidth I/O requirements that come with initiating many virtual machines

In 200 , when server blades first emerged, they were designed to target a very narrow part of the server market — specifically scale- out applications, such as large web server farms, where the footprint, or the amount of floor space required, was the biggest concern

Immediately, IT liked the “idea” of server blades with shared power, cooling, I/O, and management, but, they wanted the blades to have comparable capabilities to their rack mounted server options, such as processing power, memory architectures, and I/O connectivity In other words, although these first blades were not meant to be general-purpose servers, IT users wanted them to be Based on user input, many blade server vendors responded releasing new blade servers that meet and even exceed the capabilities found in rack servers

Virtualization has had a similar history, in that originally, it was used in a fairly narrow market - the mainframe/large computing market - primarily for development and testing This specialized software allowed IT to efficiently utilize these expensive computer resources to their utmost capacity Again, around 2000, a startup company called VMware brought virtualization technology to industry-standard x86 computers Their first server virtualization release was in 200 with VMware GSX Server Today, they have improved upon and expanded their offerings to the most recent and sophisticated release of VMware ESX, Virtual Infrastructure 3 (VI3)

Together, server blades and virtualization are addressing many of IT’s cries “My servers run at 3 — 5% utilization rates and I’m being asked to provision another ten servers each running their own application I’m out of space; I’m out of power and I can’t stretch my budget or my administrators any thinner How can this be good for business?” However, the question arises, “Can the system architectures, I/O and operating environments designed for a server running one application translate to support multiple virtual servers and their applications?”

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HP Print Server Appliance 4250 Data Sheet

Streamline network printing, print driver distribution, and print management. The cost-effective HP Print Server Appliance 4250 (PSA) manages all aspects of network printing by off-loading printing traffic from the general server, so you spend less time managing the network while receiving more reliable and increased printer uptime.

Simplifies management
• Manage shared office printers right from your desk. With HP Web Jetadmin 7.5, the PSA allows you to remotely manage and monitor print jobs, troubleshoot problems, reboot the system, and install firmware upgrades.
• Easily update and distribute printer drivers to network PCs. Fleet management via HP Web Jetadmin 7.5 allows easy addition, deletion, distribution, and management of all printer drivers in one easy step: update one PSA; printer drivers are automatically distributed to all network PSAs and then to each client PC.

Streamlines printing
• Improve printing functionality and reliability. Gain more control and reduce support by localizing network print traffic. Free general servers from handling print jobs and allow them to conduct other critical tasks.
• Save time when updating drivers. The PSA’s fleet management capabilities let you manage all aspects of driver installation from a single location rather than servicing individual PCs.
• Implement a robust server for all of your office printers. Features such as the 20 GB hard drive allow you to connect up to 50 printers and 300 clients to a single PSA that supports both HP-brand printers as well as printers from other manufacturers.

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Microsoft Office Communications Server Consolidated Configuration on HP BladeSystem Performance report

Microsoft® Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 is an extensive update to Live Communications Server (LCS) 2005. In addition to the instant messaging and presence features of LCS, OCS provides Enterprise Voice with integrated voice over IP (VoIP) and telephony integration, audio/video conferencing, on premise web conferencing and federation enhancements. OCS servers can host a core set of services including: Instant Messaging (IM) Conferencing Server, Web Conferencing Server, Telephony Conferencing Server, Audio/Video Conferencing server, Internet Information Services (IIS), and the Focus, which helps manage meeting participants. Database services, provided by Microsoft SQL Server, are also required.

There is also a set of OCS server roles in addition to those core services to provide incremental functionality such as access for users over the Internet, archiving and call detail reporting, telephony integration, public IM connectivity, and access through a browser based client. These server roles are typically deployed on servers separate from the core services described above. OCS can be deployed in three primary configurations. The base configuration is OCS Standard Edition (SE) which includes all core services and SQL Server 2005 Express Edition on a single server. With all functionality on a single server, Standard Edition provides no fault tolerance and is not recommended for deployments over 5000 users. Figure 1 depicts a Standard Edition deployment.

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Xen virtualization with Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 on HP ProLiant servers

Xen is an open-sourced project to provide a server environment to host virtual machines. The hypervisor or virtual machine monitor (VMM) is the software layer that is initially loaded to provide the virtual machine (VM) server functionality. The VMM runs between the server hardware and Linux operating system and is loaded first at boot. Once the VMM has loaded, the Xen VM Server is loaded to create and control the other VMs and communicate with the server hardware. This Xen VM Server is referred to as Dom0 or domain0 and runs in privileged mode. A VM, also referred to as a guest domain (DomU), is an isolated environment running an operating system and applications. This guest domain runs unprivileged. A guest domain may or may not know it is running in a VM, depending on whether it is a para-virtualized or fully-virtualized VM.

A para-virtualized VM means that the VMM has APIs (application program interfaces) to assist in accessing the hardware, and the guest operating system has been modified to know it is running in a VM. The VMM emulates the underlying hardware by presenting virtual devices to the guest operating system. A fully-virtualized VM requires no modifications to the guest operating system, but the VMM must trap and emulate all privileged instructions. For fully-virtualized VMs the physical server must have processors that support Virtualization Technology (VT). HP has VT enabled hardware utilizing both Intel® and AMD™ processors. Fully-virtualized VMs perform slower than para-virtualized VMs.

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HP Concedes Buying Is Easier Than Building With Opsware Bid

In this consolidating software market, acquisition prices have been about four to six times revenue (including when HP acquired Mercury), yet HP has bid about 16 times Opsware’s 2006 revenue. Opsware is one of the few IT operations management suppliers left with a run rate exceeding $100 million. We believe that as HP sought to grow its software group revenue base, a bidding war with other would-be purchasers drove up the acquisition price. HP is finally conceding that purchasing configuration management software — the heart of its story for the optimized data center — makes more sense than building onto its own portfolio. Its earlier configuration management purchases (Novadigm and Consera Software) were unsuccessful in penetrating the server provisioning and configuration management market.

Opsware has aimed to enable end-to-end provisioning and configuration management for data center infrastructure. Its revenue breakdown is approximately 70% server-specific life cycle management tools, and 30% network management. It has sought revenue growth through acquisitions, including those of Tangram Enterprise Solutions, Rendition Networks, Creekpath System’s technology assets and iConclude (now Process Automation System - PAS), but it was never profitable.

HP will gain server and network provisioning, configuration management and compliance, as well as run book automation (which it needs to provide process automation and integration for its acquired and existing portfolio). Opsware was integrating its products through its own operational management data store; we believe HP will use its own configuration management database (CMDB) as its strategic integration point. Expect a product integration road map by the end of 2007, because HP can’t afford to lose Opsware R&D momentum for platform parity and compliance.

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BEA WebLogic Server 8.1 for HP OpenVMS servers

HP OpenVMS Alpha solutions deliver the highest levels of availability, scalability, reliability, and security that today’s most demanding applications require. HP OpenVMS Alpha eBusiness solutions include industry-leading hardware, software from HP and our partners, and services from a company with a proven track record of helping organizations succeed in the e-business big league. With our business partners, from value-added solutions providers to systems integrators, we’ll help you create e-business systems that have real business value – with maximum speed and minimum risk.

BEA Systems is the world’s leading application infrastructure software company. Put simply, BEA helps business become e-business.

Together, we deliver the world’s best platform for all your Web application development and deployment needs. BEA WebLogic Server is the #1 Web application server on the market and the foundation of the BEA WebLogic Enterprise Platform™. BEA WebLogic Server plays an integral role in this tightly integrated, comprehensive infrastructure that delivers commerce, personalization, campaign management, enterprise integration, workflow management, and business-to-business collaboration. BEA WebLogic Server manages all of the underlying complexities of your applications, allowing you to focus on delivering new and innovative products and services.

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Virtual Intelligent Hosting Configuration Options

Enhanced IT Infrastructure through Software Virtualization
SAVVIS has been an industry leader in developing and implementing virtual private networking, utility compute, storage and security solutions that leverage virtualization technology. Now SAVVIS has partnered with VMware® , the recognized leader in virtualized technology solutions, to deliver a managed dedicated virtualization service ideally suited to variable, light-to-medium compute loads.

SAVVIS Virtual Intelligent Hosting is a highly scalable and flexible managed dedicated hosting service based on VMware Infrastructure Enterprise. The platform allows a single physical server to be partitioned into multiple self-contained virtual machines, each with its own operating system (OS) and set of applications to meet your needs. As a result, you can consolidate the total number of physical servers into a smaller number of virtual machines running on a much smaller number of physical dedicated servers.

Virtual Intelligent Hosting Configuration Options
To deliver the advantages of HP server and blade options for reliable, scalable, enterprise-grade computing, Virtual Intelligent Hosting is available in four HP DL-based server configurations and four HP c-Class-based BL server blade configurations. HP DL series servers offer two- and four-socket Intel® or AMD processor options, while the HP BladeSystem c-Class provides improved economies of scale for larger node deployments.

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Integration of x86-based HP Servers into ServerView

ServerView® is an easy-to-use, comprehensive set of management programs for monitoring and managing PRIMERGY systems. ServerView® contains tools for providing and analyzing all system data, for automated updating of BIOS, firmware and driver versions (FSC database in the Internet or support CD), and for archiving files and comparing and exporting them. A power alarm management facility that can also be configured individually over the Internet ensures rapid and secure forwarding of system messages to administrators or service providers. ServerView® uses standardized protocols and interfaces. Administrators are provided with a quick and reliable overview of the operating status of the systems, utilization trends and possible sources of error. The individually configurable alarm management facility ensures that predefined administrators or service providers can respond rapidly. The ServerView® Version Management component simplifies maintenance of PRIMERGY servers.

The management program (ServerView® Manager) runs on a central monitoring system with a Windows-based user interface (e.g. a standard PC, server, notebook, etc.). The information on the configuration and operating status of the monitored servers is collected centrally there. In the event of an error, the behavior of the servers is controlled from the monitoring station. In a complex network, several monitoring stations can also be set up at different locations (branches, home office, etc.), thus ensuring monitoring at any time, anywhere. The agents are programs that run on the monitored systems. The agents collect information and forward it to the management station. Servers have Management Hardware, like Baseboard Management Controller (BMC), or RemoteView Service Board RSB.

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HP CM8000 Color MFP series Overview

Designed to meet the diverse needs of business users working in departments of enterprise, large and medium-sized companies, who need a fast, versatile multi-functional device they can rely on to produce a wide range of colour and black-and-white communications. Enjoy best-in-class operating costs and boost productivity with outstanding performance. Enjoy best-in-class performance with fast print speeds of 50 ppm colour, 60 ppm black (HP CM8060 Color MFP), or 40 ppm colour, 50 ppm black (HP CM8050 Color MFP).

Control costs with HP’s two-tiered colour pricing model: pay one price for Professional colour and less for General Office colour and black. Add a dash of colour to printed pages at no extra cost with HP’s Color Accent feature Create resilient prints with HP Vivera office inks that resist water and highlighter smear.

Enjoy low maintenance, increased uptime and security with these highly reliable colour MFPs.
Keep maintenance costs low thanks to advanced printhead design, a robust print engine which delivers monthly volumes of up to 50,000 pages and minimal service requirements. Intelligence built into Original HP printing supplies optimises print quality and system reliability and provides alerts when supplies need replacing. Eliminate internal and external threats to your equipment and data with HP’s security framework which protects critical information on the network, and simplifies management. Easy to install, use and manage with a large colour touch-screen control panel and HP Web Jetadmin.

Experience intuitive operation with the award-winning
HP Easy Select Control Panel which has a large colour touch-screen that clearly displays all available applications and is easy to navigate. Install, configure, and manage your MFP from anywhere on the network with HP Web Jetadmin. Simplify printer management and reduce intervention with the HP Universal Print Driver Series. Enjoy easy printer sharing, increased efficiency and reduced costs with embedded HP Jetdirect print servers.

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HP Clusters in Computational Chemistry

This study reveals excellent scaling, independent of architecture, is found for HP clusters (tested up to 128 processors), effectively reducing the overall computational time. For DFT calculations, clusters of Intel® Itanium® 2 servers, such as HP Cluster Platform 6000, have a distinct performance advantage over similar clusters based on Intel® Xeon® processors, which in turn outperform clusters based on AMD® Opteron™ processors.

Cluster performance, even with the fastest computing architecture, is dependent on sufficient memory and I/O. ADF is a memory-intensive application and, for some job types, stores large amounts of data on disk. Using today’s typical configurations, this case study reveals memory was not a bottleneck to performance. I/O, on the other hand, was improved (from typical Network File System (NFS) configurations) with HP StorageWorks Scalable File Share (SFS)—delivering the best I/O performance, especially useful in large cluster configurations.

Performance on clusters may also be limited by interconnect speed. In this case study, good parallel speedups of clusters with more than four processors came from using high performance interconnects. The parallel efficiency of a particular ADF job depends on many factors. As a guide, this case study characterized the effect of a number of key cluster configuration variables on cluster performance. It also represents part of the collective analyses and understanding that HP and its partners develop in better supporting its computing customers in life and materials sciences.

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HP BladeSystem p-Class power solutions

The HP BladeSystem is an integral part of the HP infrastructure for the Adaptive Enterprise. One benefit of the HP BladeSystem is its modular infrastructure that customers can deploy in standard racks, along with existing legacy servers and storage devices.

With the introduction of the ProLiant BL30p (double-density) server blade, HP announced an enhanced server blade enclosure with a split power backplane. This technology brief describes the HP BladeSystem p-Class power subsystem and the different configurations that are possible when using both standard and enhanced server blade enclosures and different combinations of server blades. This technology brief was written with the assumption that readers are familiar with the components of the HP BladeSystem p-Class infrastructure. For more information about the infrastructure components, see the HP website at www.hp.com/go/bladesystem/.

The HP BladeSystem p-Class power infrastructure uses a rack-centralized power subsystem that consists of the power supplies, power enclosure, and the power distribution mechanism.

Power supplies
The capacity of each power supply varies with the voltage level of the local AC power source. Maximum capacity can only be achieved using a 240-volt nominally rated power source. Lower voltages may result in lower server blade capacity. Customers can use the HP BladeSystem p-Class Sizing Utility to examine the effects of lower voltages. The “Recommendations” section in this paper describes the Sizing Utility.

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HP ProLiant BL30p Server Blade Setup and Installation Guide

This guide provides step-by-step instructions for installation and reference information for operation, troubleshooting, and future upgrades for the HP ProLiant BL30p server blade.

System Maintenance Switch
The system maintenance switch (SW1) is an 8-position switch that implements protection and override functions. The default position is off. For the proper system maintenance switch settings, refer to Table 1-3 or refer to the label attached to the server blade.

Powering Up the Server Blade
By default, server blades are set to power up automatically when installed in a server blade enclosure. If you changed this setting, use one of the following methods to power up the server blade:
CAUTION: Be sure that the ProLiant BL30p server blade is installed in a server blade enclosure with enhanced backplane components. Installing a ProLiant BL30p server blade in a server blade enclosure without enhanced backplane components can damage the power subsystem.
• Power button
— A momentary press initiates a power-up request. The system detects if power is available from the power subsystem to power on the server blade. If power is available, then the server blade powers on.
— A long press, 5 or more seconds, initiates a power-up override. The server blade is powered on without detecting available power. CAUTION: Always observe iLO alerts before initiating a power-up override to prevent a hot-plug power supply fault and possible loss of system power. Refer to the HP Integrated Lights-Out User Guide for more information.
NOTE: You may choose to perform a power-up override to power up a server blade and to override the power-up request function when the management modules are not in use.
Be certain that sufficient power is available.

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HP Security and Compliance service for Network Automation Data Sheet

HP Security and Compliance service for Network Automation addresses the vulnerability management challenges of today’s highly networked environments. This service works with HP Network Automation software to provide you with up-to-date security and compliance information for your network devices. With this information and the powerful automation capabilities in HP Network Automation, you can quickly implement new security and compliance policies to increase the security and compliance of servers across your enterprise.

Actionable security alerts
HP Security and Compliance service for Network Automation can notify you about network security vulnerabilities on a regular basis. Unlike traditional alerts, which are typically delivered through e-mail and are time consuming to implement, HP Security and Compliance service alerts are delivered as actionable HP Network Automation compliance policies that let you quickly identify vulnerable network devices across your enterprise. You can rapidly remediate them before hackers can compromise your security.

Industry-standard compliance policies HP Security and Compliance service for Network
Automation provides Center for Internet Security (CIS) compliance policies for Cisco IOS and Cisco PIX devices. CIS is a non-profit enterprise that consists of members from the public and private sectors. CIS develops and promotes the widespread use of security configuration benchmarks for workstations, servers, network devices and software applications.

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IBM x3755 AMD Opteron Server CPU Performance and Xcelerated Memory Technology Study

IBM Corporation commissioned VeriTest, the testing service of Lionbridge Technologies, Inc., to perform competitive testing on their IBM System x3755, a 4-socket AMD Opteron server, against a comparative product from Hewlett Packard (“HP”) in order to quantify the performance advantages of the x3755 when leveraging their Pass Thru card and Xcelerated Memory Technology™. The IBM System x3755 and equally configured HP DL585 G2 were evaluated by Veritest to determine which system provided the best processor and memory utilization performance.

This test was conducted to highlight the innovation of the x3755 with the IBM CPU Pass Thru card as well as the Xcelerated Memory Technology™. The CPU Pass Thru card is an option that allows for flexible configurations of the x3755 and is needed when one or three CPUs are installed.

It allows for direct connection to additional I/O slots and faster access to processors for optimal performance. Xcelerated Memory Technology™ is the ability to run maximum memory at maximum speed. IBM has designed the x3755 to allow all 8 memory DIMMs per CPU to run at 667MHz. Competitive platforms are forced to run the first 4 DIMMs at 667MHz, but when more memory is populated the speed clocks down to 533MHz.

Testing was conducted using the SPECjbb2005 benchmark tool. This benchmark exercises the implementations of the JVM (Java Virtual Machine), JIT (Just-In-Time) compiler, garbage collection, threads and some aspects of the operating system. It also measures the performance of CPUs, caches, memory hierarchy and the scalability of shared memory processors (SMPs). SPECjbb2005 simulates a wholesaling operation receiving orders, managing deliveries, and generating reports of various sorts. The database is replaced by in-memory Java Collection objects and transaction logging is implemented using XML. The purpose of this test was to compare under different scenarios how the IBM x3755 performed when leveraging the Pass Thru card and the Xcelerated Memory Technology™. Complete details of the system configurations can be found in Appendix A of this report.

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HP ProLiant ML350 Generation 5 Server Maintenance and Service Guide

This guide is for an experienced service technician. HP assumes you are qualified in the servicing of computer equipment and trained in recognizing hazards in products with hazardous energy levels and are familiar with weight and stability precautions for rack installations.

HP products are designed with many Customer Self Repair (CSR) parts to minimize repair time and allow for greater flexibility in performing defective parts replacement. If during the diagnosis period HP (or HP service providers or service partners) identifies that the repair can be accomplished by the use of a CSR part, HP will ship that part directly to you for replacement. There are two categories of CSR parts:
• Mandatory—Parts for which customer self repair is mandatory. If you request HP to replace these parts, you will be charged for the travel and labor costs of this service.
• Optional—Parts for which customer self repair is optional. These parts are also designed for customer self repair. If, however, you require that HP replace them for you, there may or may not be additional charges, depending on the type of warranty service designated for your product.

NOTE: Some HP parts are not designed for customer self repair. In order to satisfy the customer warranty, HP requires that an authorized service provider replace the part. These parts are identified as “No” in the Illustrated Parts Catalog.

Based on availability and where geography permits, CSR parts will be shipped for next business day delivery. Same day or four-hour delivery may be offered at an additional charge where geography permits. If assistance is required, you can call the HP Technical Support Center and a technician will help you over the telephone. HP specifies in the materials shipped with a replacement CSR part whether a defective part must be returned to HP. In cases where it is required to return the defective part to HP, you must ship the defective part back to HP within a defined period of time, normally five (5) business days. The defective part must be returned with the associated documentation in the provided shipping material. Failure to return the defective part may result in HP billing you for the replacement. With a customer self repair, HP will pay all shipping and part return costs and determine the courier/carrier to be used.

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Scalability and performance of HP ProLiant BL25p server blades

Engineered for enterprise performance and scalability while sharing the same infrastructure components as all other HP ProLiant p-Class server blades, the new HP ProLiant BL25p server blade features AMD Opteron™ 200 Series processors
1. SAN storage capability, and four gigabit NICs standard. A two-way HP ProLiant BL25p server blade with 2.6 GHz/1 MB processors can provide optimal support for up to 124 users
2. in an HP SBC environment.

This performance brief is intended for IT professionals needing guidelines for the performance and scalability of the HP ProLiant BL25p server blade.

HP offers a broad range of HP ProLiant servers that are ideal for particular HP SBC environments. To help customers select the appropriate server for their environment, HP publishes a series of performance briefs that characterize individual server performance and scalability. Each performance brief includes the following information:
• An outline of the benefits and features introduced with the tested server
• A description of the test environment and test scenarios used to determine the optimal number of users supported by the particular server in an HP SBC environment.

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Blade Server Power Study - IBM BladeCenter and HP BladeSystem

This report presents the results of tests conducted by Edison Group to compare the power consumption of the IBM BladeCenter blade server system with a comparable BladeSystem blade server configuration from HP. It provides background, configuration details, and methodology by which Edison reached its conclusion: that IBM BladeCenter H requires nearly 10 percent less power than the equivalently configured HP BladeSystem c7000.

Objective
Edison sought to address the lack of any industry study reflecting high-volume blade server configurations representative of those commonly deployed today within customer installations. We developed tests to establish parity between IBM BladeCenter and HP BladeSystem setups in a lab setting and measure the actual power consumption of each.

Many of the components within various commercially available servers —processors, memory, fans, power supplies, etc. — are supplied by the same manufacturers. For this reason, no appreciable difference in power consumption exists between servers at the component level. However, IBM BladeCenter as a whole (blades and chassis combined) is purposefully designed to maximize the efficiency of power delivery and cooling. Edison sought to accurately measure the power consumption of the IBM BladeCenter platform as compared to that of HP’s BladeSystem. Therefore, we benchmarked a workload on complete assembled systems.

NOTE: IBM refers to the structure in a blade server that contains the blades as a “chassis,” while HP refers to the same thing as an “enclosure.” For the sake of clarity we use the term “chassis” throughout this report.

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Introducing the HP Embedded Web Server

A web server provides an environment in which web programs may run, much in the same way that an operating system, such as Windows, provides an environment for programs to run on your PC. The output from these programs can then be displayed by a web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator.

When a web server is “embedded”, that means it resides on a hardware device (such as a printer) or in firmware, rather than as software that is loaded on a network server.

The advantage of an embedded web server is that it provides an interface to the printer that anyone with a network-connected PC and a standard web browser can access. There is no special software to install or configure. The HP Embedded Web Server helps you to display status information, change settings, and manage the printer from the comfort of your PC.

Note
The HP Embedded Web Server screens shown in this guide are for the HP Color LaserJet 4550 series printer. If you are using a different printer model, you will notice slight variations in the embedded web server appearance and features.

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Configuring Management Agents for ESX Server 2.5.5

This document describes how to configure the selected management agents for use with VMware® ESX Server 2.5.5. The supported management agent configuration steps are described in the following sections:
“Installing HP Insight Manager 7.8.0” on page 2
“Uninstalling HP Insight Manager 7.8.0” on page 2
“Installing Dell OpenManage” on page 3
“Uninstalling Dell OpenManage” on page 3
“Installing IBM Director 5.20.U1” on page 4
“Uninstalling IBM Director 5.20.U1” on page 4

For more information on using management agents with ESX Server, see the VMware ESX Server Administration Guide.

Each vendorʹs management agent is designed to work across a broad range of platform releases. Your system might work with management agent versions other than the ones described in this document. Please be aware that only the specific releases described here have been tested by VMware with this release of ESX Server. Use of other agent versions is not currently supported by VMware.

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HP Server Mount Kit AB292A for 19 in. 2-Post Rack Installation Instructions

This manual provides installation instructions for server mount kit AB292A. This kit is intended for use with the hp Integrity cx2600 server, and includes the following:
• Chassis Tray (Base)
• Two Rack Brackets
• Cable Management Strain Relief Bar
• Mounting Hardware (screws, washers, and nuts)

Mounting Options
The server chassis can be mounted with the chassis front at the rack columns, or with the chassis centered between the rack columns. The front-mount option facilitates alignment of the chassis front panel with those of other items in the rack. (The tray provides adequate support to prevent unbalancing the rack or stressing the columns.) The center-mount option provides improved weight distribution for those installations where columns are already stressed.

The mounting holes in the chassis rack ears, together with the holes in the tray (base) and rack columns (approximately 1/4-inch centers) allow adjustment of the server mounting position, up to the practical limits of weight distribution. The server is supported in the tray (base) and held in position by eight screws (provided).

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HP Virtual Server Environment Reference Architecture: Shared Infrastructure for Application Servers

The HP Virtual Server Environment is designed to achieve a greater return on your IT investments by optimizing server resource utilization to align to business priorities in real time. For HP Integrity and HP 9000 servers, the HP Virtual Server Environment (VSE) encompasses a number of fully integrated, complementary components that enhance the functionality and flexibility of an application server environment. HP VSE Reference Architectures are designed to deliver IT solutions with ease and efficiency based on the HP Virtual Server Environment. This HP VSE Reference Architecture is a high-level concept document, with documented best-practices and solution-specific architectural blueprints for an actual implementation, which integrates with HP Integrity servers and key industry applications architectures. Regardless of the form, HP VSE Reference Architectures are designed to achieve a reduction in solution deployment time and performance optimization through the use of modern virtualization and resource sharing techniques.

J2EE application server frameworks
J2EE applications are typically multi-tier applications, where each tier resides on a different host system. A host system could be an actual physical system or a virtual system created with virtualization software running on a shared system. J2EE applications typically include a client tier where the user’s web browser provides the presentation mechanism. The bulk of the application is deployed in the infrastructure of the datacenter in three tiers – the web tier, application tier, and database tier. While the focus of this paper is the application tier, each of these tiers is briefly described in the following sections. Pointers to additional information on these tiers are also provided.

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HP ProLiant c-Class Server Blades

As HP began planning the next generation of BladeSystem architecture, it became clear that significant changes affecting I/O, processor, and memory technologies were on the horizon:
• New serialized I/O technologies to meet demands for greater I/O bandwidths
• More complex processors using multi-core architectures, providing virtualization, and requiring higher power loads
• Memory formats, such as Fully Buffered DIMMs, providing increased performance and capacity

Therefore, HP designed the BladeSystem architecture to accommodate these new technologies. HP
BladeSystem architecture uses full-featured server blades in a high-density form factor. For complete
specifications of each server blade, see the HP website:
http://www.hp.com/go/bladesystem/.

ProLiant c-Class server blade architecture
An HP ProLiant c-Class Server Blade is a complete server that slides into an HP BladeSystem c-Class Enclosure. The enclosure fits in an HP 10000 series rack and can operate with as few as one server blade installed. The great advantage of blade architecture, however, is the easy addition of more server blades. ProLiant c-Class server blades are built in standard form-factors, referred to as half-height (4U) and full-height (8U). Both half-height and full-height server blades fit into any device bay in a BladeSystem c-Class enclosure.

ProLiant c-Class server blades include enterprise-class technologies:
• Two or four AMD, Intel x86, or Intel Itanium® processors
• Hot-plug internal disk drives
• Memory modules using advanced memory technologies such as Fully Buffered DIMMs
• Multiple slots for I/O cards
• Embedded multifunction Gigabit Ethernet network interconnects that use TCP/IP offload engine (TOE)
• Thermal Logic technologies
• Power management

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HP SmartStream Production Pro Print Server Overview

The new HP SmartStream Production Pro Print Server is a smart, high performance Raster Image Processor (RIP) and press controller for HP Indigo digital presses. It’s a powerful solution for managing large job volumes, as well as complex variable data jobs. HP SmartStream Production Pro increases your productivity with automated job routing and processing, as well as detailed job and production floor tracking. Adding to your productivity, its unique Variable Data Printing (VDP) framework assures optimized processing for variable data to produce personalized, one-to-one print communications. It also serves as a single point of management for multiple HP Indigo digital presses and features strong JDF connectivity.

Featuring advanced HP Professional Color technologies, HP SmartStream Production Pro delivers unsurpassed, consistent color quality.

With a very flexible, high performance architecture, the Production Pro scales to grow with your business. You can start with a base configuration, and, as your workload increases, add storage capacity or RIP and press control power as needed. The three base configurations—including the IN050, IN100 and IN200, plus upgrade kits—drive the HP Indigo 7000 Digital Press, as well as existing HP Indigo commercial digital presses.

The Production Pro management and automation abilities help you to take advantage of profitable digital print applications such as web-to-print marketing collateral, personalized direct marketing, photo specialty products and publications such as books, journals and magazines.

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Introduction to HP System Management Homepage for OpenVMS

HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH) is the single system management solution for managing HP OpenVMS systems. HP SMH is also available for HP-UX, Linux and Microsoft® Windows® systems. By aggregating data from HP Insight Management Agents the System Management Homepage provides a secure and intuitive interface to review in-depth hardware configuration and status data, performance metrics, system thresholds and software version information. HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH) replaces the HP Insight Management Agents on OpenVMS.

Why HP SMH?
• SMH is the Common HP solution for managing a single “system” (physical or virtual server, complex, etc.)
• SMH provides the Framework for seamless Consolidation of different Management Tools and a framework to simplify the management of individual Alpha and Integrity servers running OpenVMS. New management tools can be added easily to HP SMH.
• SMH is based on standard apache web server (HP Secure WEB Server), enables the use of latest web server capabilities like render PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) pages, JavaScript’s/CGI files.

What is New in HP SMH?
The current version of SMH for OpenVMS provides a display/GUI which is consistent with a similar display/GUI on Windows or Linux SMH implementations. Most of the features of Insight Management Agents remains the same under SMH. The user is able view the system configuration, set thresholds, generate traps and access/collect data from HP SIM (HP Systems Insight Manager) using HP SMH just as they did with HP Insight Management Agents.
Apart from the existing features of Insight Management Agents the following new features are added in SMH:
• Installation of SMH on non-system disks (Note that SMH requires ODS-5 disks for installation)
• Non-public Read community

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HP Server Console Switch Support on AlphaServer Systems Overview

This document contains the release notes for the HP server console switch as used on HP AlphaServer systems running the Tru64 UNIX and OpenVMS operating systems with a PS2 keyboard and mouse.

The HP Server Console Switch, 1×8 (8-port) model (P/N 336044-B21), is supported for Alpha systems using PS2 mouse and keyboard with VGA video. This includes support for the PS2 Interface Adapter (P/N 262588-B21) required for operation.

Tru64 UNIX and OpenVMS Supported
Support is given for systems using the HP Tru64 Unix, version 5.1A or higher, operating system and the OpenVMS, version 7.3-2 or higher, operating system with TIMA kits. Systems using the Linux operating systems have not been tested and are not supported.

Support for 1×8, 8-port Switch Only
Only the 1×8 (8-port) model (P/N 336044-B21) of the HP Server Console Switch has been tested and is supported for AlphaServer systems

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Enabling server consolidation with HP Tru64 UNIX system partitions and resource management utilities

This white paper defines both system partitions and resource management, and discusses howthey are implemented in the current version of HP Tru64 UNIX running on the newest AlphaServer systems. The newest AlphaServer systems are based on the EV7 Alpha chip; to distinguish their implementation details, this paper refers to these systems as EV7-based AlphaServer systems. In addition, the paper will explore how system partitions and resource management can be used independently or in combination to solve real business problems using the advanced capabilities of Tru64 UNIX on AlphaServer systems. Figure 1 shows the family of EV7-based AlphaServer systems.

These days, it would be nearly impossible to find an IT operation that’s not under intense pressure to support a wide range of applications with no downtime and ultimate flexibility, while reducing cost and complexity. To meet these apparently conflicting goals, IT organizations today are consolidating computing resources to keep costs down, and using dynamic resource management and system partitions to keep availability and flexibility up.

System partitions and resource management can be applied very effectively to address a variety of business challenges. Among the most common challenges are supporting separate applications for production and test, and allocating appropriate levels of computing resources to multiple applications or user communities. To address these challenges in the simplest, most economical way, many enterprises are turning to server consolidation

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HP OpenCall Intelligent Network Server Data sheet

HP OpenCall Intelligent Network Server provides a proven, robust IN services platform that supports legacy wireline, legacy wireless and next-generation IP Multimedia Subsystem-based networks (IMS). Built on HP NonStop S-Series and Integrity NonStop servers, HP OpenCall Intelligent Network Server brings the same levels of reliability, scalability and data integrity to the core network services as those powering financial institutions and stock exchange markets worldwide.

Key features and benefits
• The most reliable transaction processing server in the industry protects against outages harming your business.
• Virtually unlimited scalability enables you to expand capacity and performance simultaneously and easily as your service needs grow.
• Data integrity gives you confidence that problematic hardware will not compromise the most valuable component of the service—subscriber data.
• An open application programming interface and software architecture helps meet your service development and deployment needs.
• The platform offers common manageability for the industry-leading HP OpenCall Home Location Register and its next-generation successor, HP OpenCall Home Subscriber Server.
• Multiple applications can be delivered on a single platform.

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Errata Sheet for HP OpenVMS Support of HP Integrity BL860c Server Blade

This document identifies important information that is required for HP OpenVMS support on the HP Integrity BL860c Server Blade. Read this document before booting your system. OpenVMS Version 8.3 plus the patch kits listed in the next section provide support for the following features:
Server Blade System (all processor speeds)
C7000 enclosure and HP Onboard Administrator
Three PCI-e mezzanine I/O slots plus core I/O
HP intends to introduce other features (such as provisioning, WBEM providers, USB DVD, and vMedia) as part of the next version of OpenVMS.

How to Install HP OpenVMS Version 8.3 on Your HP Integrity BL860c Server Blade
This document explains how to install OpenVMS Version 8.3 on an HP Integrity BL860c Server Blade.
Prerequisites
To install OpenVMS Version 8.3 for Integrity servers (I64) on your Integrity BL860c Server Blade, you need:
• A non-production OpenVMS for Integrity servers (I64) system running OpenVMS I64 Version 8.2-1 or later that includes a spare, initialized disk. This system will be used as the boot server and must be configured with enough memory and suitable system parameter settings to allow such utilities as ESS$LAD_STARTUP, BOOTP, and TFTP to run successfully. It will be unavailable to users for the time required to perform steps preparing for the installation of OpenVMS I64 on your Integrity BL860c Server Blade. The spare disk will be set up as an InfoServer service drive; it will be booted remotely to install OpenVMS I64 on your Integrity BL860c Server Blade.
• OpenVMS Version 8.3 for Integrity servers Operating Environment (OE) DVD, part number 5013-6799. The OE DVD will be used on the boot server. The system’s DVD reader may be either an IDE DVD (such as DQA0) or a USB DVD (such as DNA0).

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Netscape Directory Server for hp-ux

Netscape Directory Server for HP-UX is an LDAP server that centralizes application settings, user profiles, group data, policies, and access control information into a network-based registry. Directory Server simplifies user management by eliminating data redundancy and automating data maintenance. It also improves security, enabling administrators to store policies and access control information in the directory for a single authentication source across enterprise or extranet applications.

Reduces administration costs
Netscape Directory Server for HP-UX lets administrators establish a network-based registry that applications can use to store shared data such as user information, groups, and preferences. With Directory Server, applications can achieve location independence by storing and retrieving preferences in the directory instead of reading separate files on a user’s desktop. This allows users to work at virtually any computer as if they were at their own desktop. It also enables IT administrators to manage user credentials and profiles in one place, regardless of the size or number of applications that leverage the information. To enable customer self-administration, Netscape Directory Server for HP-UX distributes administrative control over one or more levels of enterprise management.

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HP Integrity BL860c Server Blade Data sheet

The HP Integrity BL860c Server Blade delivers the robust value and virtualisation of Integrity systems coupled with the efficiency of HP BladeSystem c-Class. The BL860c Server Blade is a versatile and expandable next-generation HP Integrity server that is well-suited for application-tier and transaction workloads, database, Java™, business intelligence and technical computing. The Integrity BL860c Server Blade is ideal if you are seeking to deploy or enhance HP-UX 11i applications in a HP BladeSystem c-Class architecture.

In addition to the robust HP-UX 11i operating environment, you can choose from Red Hat and Novell SUSE Linux, followed in 2H 2007 by Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 Enterprise Edition and OpenVMS. Powered by a new generation of Dual-Core Intel® Itanium® 2 processors, the Integrity BL860c Server Blade has up to four processor cores supported by up to 48 GB memory in a single, full-height HP BladeSystem c-Class form factor.

The Integrity BL860c Server Blade delivers the flexible capacity, secured availability and simplified management found in all HP Integrity servers, along with the manageability, density, and power and cooling advantages of the HP BladeSystem c-Class family. Simple, built-in control interfaces and unified infrastructure management software will streamline your operations while increasing administrator productivity. In addition, you can manage all infrastructure components as one system and through one console to simplify operations, save time and promote high-quality service levels. The Integrity BL860c Server Blade is extremely energy-thrifty because it shares pooled power and cooling resources, significantly increasing efficiency, reliability and scalability.

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HP NonStop Server customers upgrading to NonStop SQL without reprogramming

What do the nations largest “Do-it-yourself” retailer, the nations largest casino & resort operator, the largest provider of e-911 services, one of the world’s largest software companies and HP’s NonStop Enterprise division Software Release Tools Group have in common? They all use NonStop server systems from HP and they are among the majority of NonStop server customers whose programs are written using Enscribe, the original flat-file system running on the NonStop Kernel operating system.

The difference for these users is that they have upgraded from Enscribe to NonStop SQL and accomplished this without changing their existing programs.

Everywhere you turn the press and industry pundits are talking about heterogeneous data access, data marts, data warehouses and using technology like ODBC, JAVA and products like CrystalReports and Oracle to access your data. Unfortunately for most Nonstop server users, this has been possible only in their dreams because their data is stored in Enscribe files. This is also true for their programs that are written for Enscribe and cannot be converted to a relational database, such as NonStop SQL, without rewriting them from the ground up. At least, not until now!

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HP OpenView Storage Mirroring and Virtual Servers white paper

HP OpenView Storage Mirroring is the leader in Microsoft® Windows®–based replication software. And for most continuity of business solutions, that is all that is required to ensure that one’s data is protected and can be made available. There are a few scenarios, however, whereby HP customers want to employ O/S virtualization software. Examples of the virtualization software include Microsoft Virtual PC (formerly known as PC Connectix), Microsoft Virtual Server, VMware GSX Server, and ESX Server.

Protecting virtual servers, and their virtual disks, provides some unique challenges that are only surmountable by Storage Mirroring, due to its patented architecture and feature set. Most notably, Storage Mirroring is able to protect the virtual server’s disks, regardless of whether they are virtual or direct. And queuing model and options within Storage Mirroring allows for flexible configurations around the type of disk I/O created by virtual machines. By combining Storage Mirroring and virtual server solutions, some exciting solutions are possible:
• Some HP Partners specialize in disaster recovery hot-site services or other off-site vaulting of data. For them, an unusual challenge is to provide customers with a secure location for their data. By using designated virtual computers for each customer, each customer’s data is completely isolated from others, while allowing the hot-site provider to more efficiently use their servers and floor space.
• Similarly, some enterprise customers may also have a need to segment servers (for security or other reasons) by business unit. Designating separate virtual servers as targets accomplishes this.
• But perhaps most common is the need to protect unusual and sometimes conflicting applications to a single target. While a normal Storage Mirroring implementation already supports “many to one,” the target has only one O/S and may not be able to launch all of the source applications simultaneously. By leveraging virtual computers on the target platform, each failed source can be protected and made available by an independent virtual target.

This document describes how these types of virtual O/S products can be leveraged with Storage Mirroring from HP.

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HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Storage Server Overview

The HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Storage Server is a network attached storage (NAS) solution with multi-protocol file support and storage management for enterprise and workgroup environments. The ProLiant DL380 G5 Storage Server offers both appliance and NAS/SAN fusion storage solutions that offer ease of installation and management features that reduce overall total cost of ownership (TCO). The ProLiant DL380 G5 Storage Server is ideal for customers with limited IT resources who require quick, simple, rapidly deployable, flexible storage and who need remote manageability. The ProLiant DL380 G5 Storage Server uses Microsoft’s Windows Storage Server 2003 Release 2 (WSS 2003 R2) operating system which adds increased storage management functionality, increased data protection, performance enhancements and print services allowing customers to take control of their growing storage needs. Plus, it comes with HP Global Services, providing cost-effective support to ensure continuous availability.

HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Storage Server comes in five configurations: a Base, 1.2TB SCSI, 2TB SATA, 1.16TB SAS and SAN storage model.

What Is NAS?
HP uses the Storage Server product name to describe its Network Attached Storage (NAS) solutions NAS solutions are specialized file-serving devices that provide support for heterogeneous files in a high-capacity package. NAS solutions also provide specific features to simplify the tasks and reduce the resources associated with data storage and management. The objective of NAS technology is to simplify manageability and improve data access to clients and applications. A NAS solution will generally provide network accessible storage to a mix of clients and servers running different operating systems.

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HP ProLiant Firewall/VPN/Cache Server

HP ProLiant – the server of choice for the majority of businesses operating networks – has always been a risk-free investment, built on industry standards to run the operating systems and applications customers rely on. But, now there’s another dimension to risk-free – providing strong security for applications and networks to defend against a wide range of increasingly sophisticated threats.

For many customers, IT security is a major concern. The days when they could deploy assets without considering defensive measures have long gone. Without these measures, systems are vulnerable to many threats – including hacking, spamming, viruses and worms. That’s why security should be included from the start, not considered as an add-on later.

In this guide, we introduce the HP ProLiant Firewall/VPN/Cache Server – an integrated solution born from extensive collaboration between HP and Microsoft. It provides future-proof security and peace-of-mind for businesses, in a convenient package that works out of the box.

On the following pages, we outline the solution and its components, and describe typical deployment scenarios to illustrate its overall capabilities, and how HP and its partners can help customers upgrade to a more secure network.

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Mobile Device Management Security Whitepaper Powered by HP Enterprise Mobility Suite

HP Mobile Device Management Distributed Approach
HP’s approach to mobility separates the management and security components from the messaging and application components of the solution. This means that HP MDM service does not pass sensitive company information through its system. Its purpose is to provide manageability and security for mobile devices regardless of whether devices are used to access messaging or line-of-business applications. With HP MDM, IT can secure and manage devices while independently authenticating for access to any particular enterprise application. This distributed approach ensures that the foundation of management and security can be provided independent of the devices and applications access by those devices. This also serves to eliminate a single point of failure by handling the management and security traffic separate from the content traffic.

Secure Web Access of MDM
In the hosted environment, HP EMS is securely deployed within the hosted infrastructure behind a firewall. Access to the server is provided through a reverse proxy which resides in the DMZ between the hosted HP EMS server and the internet protecting EMS from direct internet access. In addition, all access to HP EMS requires authentication of users through username and password credentials.

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Open Service Event Manager Release Notes

Open Service Event Manager (OSEM) allows customers to collect, filter, and format problem reports for assorted systems. In addition, OSEM can automatically send service event notifications as local email messages or as Instant Support Enterprise Edition (ISEE) notifications to Hewlett-Packard. OSEM also support HP Service Essentials Remote Support Pack (RSP) notifications. Customer systems self-report by running automated software for the detection and forwarding of incidents to a designated OSEM host.

OSEM Host—The OSEM host requires the following hardware prerequisites:
• Either a 32-bit or 64-bit Intel-based systems manufactured by HP, such as the ProLiant or the HP Openview Storage Management Appliance, or an HP Integrity Server (an Intel Itanium2 based system).
Note
OSEM usually will operate on any industry standard x86 system. However, because HP does not qualify OSEM on third-party products, functionality on such systems is provided on an as-is basis only.
• Minimum 512MB RAM (1024MB recommended if the OSEM host runs additional services).
• Minimum 300MB free disk space on local hard drive.
• Network interface hardware and a working network connection.
Managed Systems—The managed systems that report to OSEM can include a variety of platforms, such as:
• HP 32-bit Intel-based systems such as the ProLiant.
• HP OpenView Storage Management Appliances.
• HP Integrity Server.
• HP AlphaServers.
• Legacy VAX platforms.
See the OSEM Setup Guide for additional detail regarding platforms.

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HP Instant Support Enterprise Edition

Today’s IT department plays a central role in meeting business objectives. Leveraging your IT infrastructure investments and improving overall system availability and utilization are crucial in today’s business environment. HP Instant Support Enterprise Edition (ISEE) simplifies the management of highly diverse IT environments by providing a single remote monitoring and support solution for multiple operating systems and technologies, thereby reducing cost and complexity. HP ISEE provides features to manage diverse environments ranging from simple to complex, including mission-critical and multivendor IT environments.

HP ISEE is a support solution that enables the delivery of HP remote monitoring and support over the Internet. Today, many security-sensitive transactions—such as e-commerce, stock trades, and online banking—are executed securely over the Internet using the same industry-standard security technology utilized in ISEE by HP.

HP understands your company’s security concerns and has leveraged its experience as a technology leader to create a secure remote support solution. To enhance the safety and integrity of your enterprise networks and support data, HP has incorporated a number of security technologies into the HP ISEE design. HP provides a multilevel, layered security structure through encryption, authentication, industry-standard security protocols, and best practices integrated at the physical, network, application, and operational levels. Transactions between HP and your enterprise network are restricted and tightly controlled through a single, secure access point. HP’s remote monitoring and support capabilities, along with any support information collected, are used only to provide you with world-class HP support.

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hp designjet 1000 plus series printers production technical printers

HP Designjet 1000 plus series printing system is a complete large-format productivity solution for CAD and GIS departments. These printers deliver outstanding line and image quality at top speeds with minimal user intervention.

production printing
• hp jetexpress printing technology—hp combines smart printing with wide printheads for fast, high-quality, unattended printing
• line drawings in under one minute—hp designjet 1000 plus series printers deliver top performance for quick turnaround and high-volume capacity
• efficient, unattended printing—long-life, self-cleaning printheads and high-capacity ink cartridges, plus job management capabilities such as queuing, nesting and multiple copies minimize user intervention
• advanced media handling—300-foot input rolls and integrated multi-roll feeder option provide maximum media flexibility and support for longer print runs

top quality
• best hp designjet line quality—up to 1200 dpi resolution for precise, crisp lines
• 600 dpi images—impressive 3D rendering, maps and illustrations for clear, powerful communication and presentations
• wide array of printing materials—choose from a variety of hp premium products for uncompromising quality and consistency or hp basic materials for quality results at a lower price.

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HP System Insight Manager and HP Storage Essentials integration

Integrating HP SIM and SE enables you to manage storage through a combined product GUI. While each product has benefits and features of its own, integrating the two together enhances the suite of management and storage features, extending functionality with specialized plug-ins, reporting, and shared services.

HP Systems Insight Manager
HP SIM is a single tool for managing HP ProLiant, Integrity, and HP 9000 systems running Microsoft® Windows®, Linux, and HP-UX. The core HP SIM software delivers the essential capabilities required to manage all HP server platforms.

HP SIM can be extended to provide system management with plug-ins for HP clients, storage, power, and printer products. Plug-in applications for rapid deployment, performance management, HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager partition management, and workload management enable you to pick the value-added software required to deliver complete lifecycle management for your hardware assets.

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HP virtualization with VMware Enabling end-to-end virtualization

HP is the world’s leading brand for x86 servers, storage, management software, services and support. Building on this core strength, HP ProLiant servers and HP BladeSystem provide ideal platforms for virtualization on industry-standard hardware.

With HP, you have the added assurance that comes with hardware and software that have been certified for VMware. HP tests and qualifies many of its products with VMware. This includes drivers, management agents, installation software and more. Certification allows you to run your business-critical applications with confidence, knowing HP has tested key components within the virtualized stack. Today, HP has more certified platforms for VMware than any other vendor—more than 30 HP ProLiant server models have been certified for use with VMware ESX Server.

By using HP BladeSystem, you can leverage the performance, density and low power consumption of server blades. A smaller solution footprint helps you make the most of the valuable space in your datacenter, and attachment to a storage area network (SAN) is economical.

HP StorageWorks
To take advantage of many of the features of VMware, including the ability to quickly move virtual machines to different physical servers, you will want to attach to a SAN. HP StorageWorks Storage Array Systems provide an ideal storage platform for virtualization over a SAN. Like HP ProLiant servers, HP StorageWorks Storage Array Systems are certified to perform well in VMware environments. What’s more, these storage systems lever- age the HP StorageWorks Grid, a comprehensive storage virtualization environment that provides a wide range of storage-level virtualization capabilities.

HP integrated virtualization management
Gain a single view of physical and virtual resources While many companies can provide hardware that works with VMware, no other company offers HP’s unique set of tightly integrated virtualization management capabilities. HP arms you with the tools you need to unify the management of physical and virtual assets within the same environment.

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HP OpenView Smart Plug-in for Oracle Application Server

J2EE-based applications, with their many distributed parts, turn out to be hard to manage once they go into production. The HP OpenView Smart Plug-In (SPI) for Oracle Application Server removes this barrier to a successful deployment by making the Oracle Application Server environment much easier to monitor, control, and manage.

The result is application services that are highly available, performing to expectations and aligned with your business priorities. To maximize your return on investment, HP provides high-quality software services that address all aspects of your software application life-cycle needs and align with your business goals. With HP, you have access to standards-based, modular, multiplatform software coupled with best-in-class services and support.

Key features and benefits
• Proactively reduce Oracle Application Server downtime – The Oracle Application Server SPI, with comprehensive monitoring of the Oracle application server, Oracle HTTP server, and the Oracle Application Server logfiles for predefined event conditions, works to proactively identify web application server problems before they affect end-users.
• Optimize the end-user experience – The Oracle Application Server SPI, which monitors more than 20 threshold events in specific areas such as HTTP requests, servlet, EJB, JDBC, JMS, JSP, JVM, and server performance, sniffs out potential performance degradation and allows the opportunity to adjust system configuration before end-users even notice a difference.
• Diagnose, plan, and track service levels with flexibility — The Oracle Application Server SPI integrates with HP OpenView Performance Manager and reporting tools such as HP OpenView Reporter to provide a variety of graphical formats to display both real-time and historical information.

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HP Imaging and Printing IPv6 FAQs

The IPv6 family supports a range of new functionally. IPv6 tackles critical areas of IP standards, such as address depletion, end-to-end authentication and security, packet handling efficiency, and improved scalability. All designs were optimized for use with 64-bit hardware and software. IPv6 provides true IP mobility by enabling secure access from any place, at any time, all the time. It is simpler and easier to configure and offers better network management than IPv4. IPv6 is the standard for global information technology for decades to come.

• Addressing: IP address size increases from 32 bits with IPv4 to 128 bits with IPv6, which provides enough IP addresses so that for the foreseeable future, all nodes can have a globally unique address for true peer-to-peer communication. The IPv6 addressing scheme uses hierarchically assigned addresses with a logical separation of “who you are” (interface ID) from “where you are connected” (prefix) to allow more efficient routing.
• Support for renumbering: IPv6 brings link level support for renumbering (changing IP addresses across a network). IPv6 addresses have associated lifetimes: as the lifetime of the old address expires, a new address can be automatically configured. You can easily renumber IPv6 hosts by adding a new prefix to the router, which reduces the lifetime of the old prefix. As nodes depreciate the old prefix, the new prefix is used for new connections. Renumbering happens automatically! This may provide many benefits, including the end of ISP “lock in,” improved competition, and reduced costs when renumbering due to the joining of two networks, as in the case of corporate mergers or acquisitions.
• Management: IPv6 makes getting on the network as simple as plugging a cable into your computer. IPv6 nodes automatically configure themselves using IPv6 stateless auto-configuration or a version of the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCPv6)—all without human intervention. These features deliver true plug-and-play network access, placing the IT director in control and allowing network operation staff to focus on running the network, rather than manually configuring new users.
• Efficient mobility support: With built-in mobility support, every network is mobile-ready, requiring little pre-existing infrastructure. Each IPv6 node can act as a correspondent and redirect packets to the new mobile node’s care-of-address.
• IPv6/IPv4 interoperability: Given the millions of existing systems currently running IPv4, it is clear that successful adoption of the IPv6 technology suite will be largely based on its ability to integrate with the existing IPv4 infrastructure. To address this requirement, IPv6 is carefully designed to ensure that hosts or routers can be upgraded in an incremental manner and that IPv6 and IPv4 hosts and routers can interoperate in a variety of configurations

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HP Smart Array 6400A (SA6400A) Controller Quick Specs

The SA6400A is a high-performance Ultra320, PCI-X array controller. It provides maximum performance, flexibility, and reliable data protection for HP OpenVMS AlphaServers through its unique modular design and support for Advanced Data Guarding (RAID ADG). This new generation Smart Array controller again raises the standards of performance, introducing a Double Data Rate (DDR) battery-backed write cache architecture and a new RAID engine.

This controller is ideal for workgroup, departmental, and enterprise servers. And like other Smart Array controllers, the SA6400A features complete data compatibility with previous generation’s Smart Array controllers for easy data migration from server to server and for controller upgradability*

Advanced Data Guarding (RAID ADG) offers breakthrough level of fault protection of RAID volumes up to 1TB and a total of 28 disk drives in a RAID volume. RAID ADG provides fault protection greater than RAID 1 or RAID 5 and only consumes the capacity of 2 disk drives for distributed parity data. RAID ADG protects against any 2 disk drive failures. This higher level of protection is ideal to protect large logical volumes and with high capacity disk drives where a failed drive rebuild time may be significant.
High-performance, Sixth generation architecture offers a new hardware RAID engine, and a new performance 266MHz DDR memory architecture for increased performance over previous controllers.
Recovery ROM protects against a ROM failure or corruption. Ultra320 SCSI technology delivers high performance and data bandwidth up to 320 MB/s bandwidth per channel

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HP Server Appliances: dedicated internet infrastructure devices

Today’s business climate hasn’t stalled Internet traffic. Today’s e-business data centers are feeling resource-congested. In fact, belt-tightening and mergers are driving many organizations to consolidate and streamline their business processes. Causes include
• demand spikes
• space and power consumption constraints
• IT staffing and WAN costs
• business-critical transactions
• heightened security requirements traffic is starting to move

Service providers and enterprises are responding to these e-business demands by building always-on Internet infrastructures. Server appliances are a vital ingredient in always-on infrastructures for a number of reasons:
• easy to install and configure, low maintenance
• no network operating system license or user limits
• space efficient—rack-mountable with no monitor or keyboard
• optimized software architecture
• entirely standards-based
• increased security Both enterprises and service providers can leverage server appliances to quickly and easily add low-maintenance capacity and functionality—while at the same time offloading the demands on general-purpose servers. The benefits include
• improved network and overall server performance, improved application responsiveness, and streamlined processes, with specialization occurring near the edge of the network
• increased data center efficiencies from increased rack densities and lowered system management expenses
• decreased power consumption
• reduced capital expenditures (a server appliance is typically less expensive than a general-purpose server plus application purchased separately)

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P 9000 rp8420-32 server - Maximum flexibility and performance density at midrange prices

HP 9000 servers cover the full breadth of commercial and high-performance computing solutions. Whatever type of servers your solution requires, from entry-level two-processor systems up to the high-end 128-way Superdome, HP 9000 servers running HP-UX 11i v1 can help bring your technology infrastructure and business challenges into sync. HP’s industry-leading support, system software, and single-system administration allow any scalable HP server to be managed simply.

Build your adaptive enterprise with a server that offers performance, affordability, and scalability, all in a rack-dense form factor. Based on the PA-8800 processor and the HP Super-Scalable Processor Chipset sx1000 running the critically acclaimed HP-UX 11i v1 UNIX® operating environment, the 32-way HP 9000 rp8420-32 server delivers high-end performance, flexibility, and simplified management in the industry’s most dense form factor. Choosing the right IT infrastructure for your enterprise is paramount. Complicating this choice is a constantly changing business and technology environment coupled with tightening budgets and increasing IT demands. As the business environment changes, so must your infrastructure—towards scalable solutions that are powerful, flexible, and easy to use at a value that lets you focus resources on what’s most important: growing your business.

The HP 9000 rp8420-32 server is that solution. With breakthrough performance improvements over the previous generation of PA-RISC processors, leading rack density of up to 32 processors per server and 2 servers per rack, flexible HP-UX 11i v1 hard and virtual partitioning, outstanding scalability, and tremendous value, the HP 9000 rp8420-32 server makes high-availability, mission-critical 64-bit computing an affordable reality for your enterprise.

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HP ProLiant DL360 Generation 5 Server User Guide

The NMI switch allows administrators to perform a memory dump before performing a hard reset. Crash dump analysis is an essential part of eliminating reliability problems, such as hangs or crashes in operating systems, device drivers, and applications. Many crashes freeze a system, requiring you to do a hard reset. Resetting the system erases any information that would support root cause analysis. Systems running Microsoft® Windows® operating systems experience a blue screen trap when the operating system crashes. When this happens, Microsoft® recommends that system administrators perform an NMI event by pressing a dump switch. The NMI event enables a hung system to become responsive again.

HP Systems Insight Display and LEDs
The display provides status for all internal LEDs and enables diagnosis with the access panel installed.

HP Systems Insight Display LEDs and internal health LED combinations
When the internal health LED on the front panel illuminates either amber or red, the server is experiencing a health event. Combinations of illuminated system LEDs and the internal health LED indicate system status. The front panel health LEDs indicate only the current hardware status. In some situations, HP SIM may report server status differently than the health LEDs because the software tracks more system attributes.

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HP NC150T PCI 4-port 1000T Gigabit Combo Switch Adapter

The HP NC150T PCI 4-port 1000T Gigabit Combo Switch Adapter is a gigabit switch and PCI NIC integrated on a single card. The NC150T provides 4 switched ports so that the gigabit channel to the server is shared among 4 external devices such as personal computer clients, printers, and POS terminals, etc. It fits into a single PCI slot and offers SMB customers a cost-effective network switch solution that is simple to set up and use. Additionally, it supports auto-negotiating 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet speeds as well as 33 or 66MHz slots since it is based on 32-bit, 33/66 MHz PCI architecture. This PCI based combination switch adapter is priced affordably and comes with the complete suite of server software drivers for all major operating systems, teaming utilities and GUI that are expected from HP.

It has been designed with server needs in mind and offers these features:
Offers the first integrated gigabit NIC and switch on a single card
Non-managed and requires no configuration; simply load the drivers and the installation is complete
Fits into any standard PCI 32 bit slot in HP ProLiant 100 or 300 series servers
Provides easy, simple set-up by eliminating traditional switch components
No power cabling with power brick - power supplied from server
No need to obtain additional NIC to attach it to the server
Available bundled (CTO/BT0) with select HP ProLiant 100 and 300 servers
Auto-negotiated 10/100/ 1000 BASE-T speed and duplex
Support for IEEE 802.3 standards
Integrated with HP ProLiant Essentials, SmartStart, and Systems Insight Manager FCC Class B

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