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Portfolio and technology guide HP ProLiant Gen8 HP Intelligent Provisioning—Quicklyand easily get your system up and running.The embedded pre-boot startup anddiagnostics tool accelerates systemconfiguration and creates greater visibility.This allows you to identify and correctconfiguration errors before you deploy yoursystems. In addition, the built-in smart updatecapability recognizes if the system softwareis out of date and will automatically downloadthe latest update for you. With IntelligentProvisioning, server provisioning capability isnow embedded across all HP ProLiant Gen8Servers. This means you can quickly deployservers without having to rely on physicalmedia. This fully integrated system and OSconfiguration tool eliminates 45% of the steps,so you can deploy servers three times faster.3HP Insight Online—Smart cloud-based ITmanagement and support portalIndustry’s first comprehensive cloud-basedsupport portalBased on internal engineering calculation, withProLiant Gen8 Active Health, over 1600 pieces ofunique data were downloaded. All configurationchanges were logged.4 Based on internal testing to run and send theRPS report vs. ProLiant Gen8 Active Health,February 2012.5 HP internal estimate.6 66% faster problem resolution time for HPInsight Remote Support-initiated cases (HWversus traditional phone support, HP internal callcenter data, Q4 FY11.3 6 HP Active Health System—Continuouslyrunning diagnostics to minimize downtime.Active Health is an industry-first technologythat provides continuous, proactive healthmonitoring of over 1600 system parameters.3In addition, 100% of configuration changes arelogged4 for more accurate problem resolution.HP SmartMemory and HP SmartDrive devicesalso log failure information to accuratelydocument events and avoid inadvertentreuse of failed components. This informationenables you to start problem analysis fivetimes faster4 and spend less time with supportreproducing or describing errors. In addition,the consolidated health and service alertswith precise time stamping are synchronizedto improve root cause diagnosis acrosssystems and solutions. With this advancedsystem telemetry you can more accuratelytroubleshoot and resolve problems faster thanother servers. And because it’s completelyagentless, HP Active Health doesn’t impactapplication performance. HP Remote Support—Rapid phone-homesupport setup and configuration. EmbeddedRemote Support functions build on the alreadyestablished HP Insight Remote Support(version 7.05 or greater) application that canrun either on a standalone central system oras a plug-in to HP Systems Insight Manager(HP SIM). Key elements of that technology noware part of the HP iLO Management Engine andare ready to start working for you, after a fewkeystrokes on a single activation screen.HP Insight Online—Smart cloud-based ITmanagement and support portalIn today’s data centers, valuable staff timeis too often lost to IT support issues. When asystem goes down and a service call begins,you might spend hours digging throughspreadsheets and log files to find andcommunicate dozens of pieces of data to asupport desk. Taking advantage of the richdata collected by the HP ProActive Insightarchitecture, HP Insight Online transformsthe support experience. It combines devicemonitoring, asset management, and servicewarranty information together into theindustry’s first comprehensive cloud-basedsupport portal. Manually managing paper contracts andwarranties is a thing of the past. You caneasily track and proactively monitor theseonline, saving as much as 90%5 in timeand resources versus doing it the timeconsuming manual way. The combination with HP Insight RemoteSupport enables you to solve problemsup to 66% faster6 and proactively preventproblems before they occur. Transform the way your environment ismanaged and supported with the industry’sfirst cloud-based IT management andsupport portal. After installing Insight Online, add HPProactive Care Services to prevent problemsbefore they occur. This combination will allowyou to take full advantage of the HP ProactiveInsight experience.

Portfolio and technology guide HP ProLiant Gen8HP Smart Update—Update servers withone-click simplicityBreakthrough system maintenance toolto scale with your data center.HP SmartMemory—Avoid data lossand downtimeProvides additional memory capacityfaster at lower power levels.HP SmartDrives—Completelyredesigned for ProLiant Gen8Management support for all operating systems.HP Smart Update—Update servers withone-click simplicityThis breakthrough system maintenancetool with one-click simplicity systematicallyupdates servers and blade infrastructures atthe scale of your data center. HP Smart Updatedramatically simplifies the system updateprocess by automating maintenance. Thefirmware, drivers, and tools are bundled into asingle, HP-validated Service Pack for ProLiantthat is customizable to your baseline. Ratherthan waiting for one operation to completebefore the next one starts, HP Smart UpdateManager automatically sequences, schedules,and stages updates across your infrastructureto enable the update execution in parallel. Inaddition, the best-in-class discovery, analysis,and compliance-based reporting easilymanage to meet your IT standards. With thisintelligence and online updates, administratorscan deploy updates three times faster, with93% less downtime during online updates.7The bottom line is less time on maintenanceand more confidence in the stability of theupdates and resulting solutions.HP SmartMemory—Avoid data lossand downtimeAs today’s data-intensive applications demandmore, HP SmartMemory provides applicationswith not only additional memory capacity,but memory that operates faster at lowerpower levels for the ProLiant Gen8 Servers.HP SmartMemory helps you avoid data lossand downtime with enhanced error handling—while delivering up to 25%8 increase inmemory bandwidth to improve workloadperformance and increase power efficiency.HP ProLiant Gen8 Servers with HPSmartMemory now support DDR3-1600and LRDIMM. DDR3-1600 is new to the Intel platforms and allows for 20% higher memorybandwidth.9 LRDIMMs or load reduced memoryis an industry technology that alleviatesloading on the memory data bus, which letsyou populate all three DIMM sockets perchannel (translating to 50% greater memory10capacity with three-socket systems supportingup to 768 GB).HP ProLiant Gen8 systems authenticate thepresence of genuine HP SmartMemory byverifying that the memory meets our highestquality standards for reliability. And becausethe memory has been optimized for HPProLiant Servers, HP SmartMemory can unlockenhanced memory performance and highefficiency features that go above and beyond theprocessor/chipset manufacturer’s specifications.HP SmartDrives—Completely redesignedfor ProLiant Gen8HP SmartDrives offer many benefits suchas management support through HP toolsincluding Active Health monitoring, SystemManagement home page support, HP SIM,storage agents for all operating systems, andonline firmware upgrades and service packs,plus all the benefits of Smart Array features,such as RAID integration, rebuild, and supportfor data erasure.HP SmartDrives are rigorously tested forinteroperability with HP ProLiant servers,backplanes, external enclosures, andcontrollers. HP SmartDrives have firmwareoptimized for performance and reliability in HPProLiant server environments.HP has completely redesigned both the smalland large form factor hot plug drive carrierswith a more intuitive design. The hard drive status indicator light willinform you of the drive’s current status andwhether the system is configured or not, thesystem is rebuilding, or if a predictive failureor even full failure is imminent. The drive activity spinner indicator shows ananimated green circle that spins anytime theHDD has one or more outstanding commands. The Do Not Remove indicator illuminates whitewhen a drive should not be removed to reducelogical drive failures due to accidental removal.Based on internal engineering testing with fullyonline firmware and system software update,November 8, 2011.8 HP internal Lab testing, UDIMM supports 25%higher bandwidth (1333 MT/s vs. 1066 MT/s) upto two DIMMs per channel.9 1600 MT/s memory is 20% faster than1333 MT/s memory.10 Ability to install 32 GB memory in all 24 socketsprovides 50% more memory capacity versus theability to install memory in only 16 sockets.7 7

Portfolio and technology guide HP ProLiant Gen8HP FlexibleNetwork—Enhancing networkconnectivity and data accessDemands for reliability, bandwidth, lowlatency, and security will continue to growon your network and increase the need forinfrastructure simplification and reduced costs.The new HP FlexibleNetwork adapters offersolutions to meet these complexities.The FlexibleNetwork adapters allow yourenterprise to: Gain precise timing and synchronization overpacket-based Ethernet networks throughIEEE1588-based adapters Reduce power during periods of low dataactivity managed by energy-efficientEthernet adapters Optimize power and cooling with embeddedtemperature sensor on each adapterHP FlexibleNetwork—Enhancing networkconnectivity and data accessSolutions for your network demands.HP IO Accelerator—Smarter andfaster applicationsReduced data access latency for faster business. Grow your environment without overhaulingthe infrastructure when the FlexibleLOMprovides the ability to customize thenetworking of today and the ability to changeto meet future needs Reduce infrastructure costs and complexityby unifying network and storage fabrics inthe FlexibleFabric adapters Connect faster with the highest bandwidthand lowest latency dual-function InfiniBand/Ethernet adapters8HP IO Accelerator—Smarter andfaster applicationsSlow applications get in the way of doingbusiness. HP IO Accelerators can help youmake faster business decisions by reducing thedata access latency common with mechanicalspinning storage media. The HP IO Acceleratorovercomes I/O bottlenecks resulting fromperformance gaps between high-speedprocessors and mechanical hard drives,accelerating application response times withmicrosecond data access latency. And becausesolid state memory operates at lower powerthan mechanical drives, you can achieve thiswhile reducing data center space, power, andcooling requirements.HP IO Accelerators for HP ProLiant Servers areadvanced NAND flash storage devices and arepart of our comprehensive solid state storageportfolio. HP IO Accelerators are available in aPCI Express (PCIe) form factor for HP ProLiantBL, DL, ML, and SL servers, and in a mezzaninecard form factor for HP BladeSystem c-Classserver blades.

Portfolio and technology guide HP ProLiant Gen8By connecting to HP servers via the PCIe bus, HPIO Accelerators increase application performancewith microsecond access latencies. They alsointegrate seamlessly into your existing datacenter environment to provide: Higher IOPS performance and faster read/write capabilities Zero-footprint server integration throughuse of existing internal server slots Accelerated database/data-miningperformance Faster business intelligence andfinancial transactionsCompared to key competitive products.Based on HP internal testing comparing an HPIntelligent Series Rack with a leading vendorrack, comparing HP door perforation at 63%versus competitor’s 56%, resulting in a 7%improvement in door perforation area.12 HP ProLiant Gen8 server compared to a similarlyconfigured HP ProLiant G6 server. Based onHP internal testing, the 10% power savingscomes from a combination of: 1) 20% reductionin system memory power from operating HPSmartMemory at 1.35v DIMM versus 1.5v; 2) 30%reduction in system fan power due to ProLiantSea of Sensors technology improvements; and3) 5% improvement in system power efficiencywith HP ProLiant Gen8 94% efficient CommonSlot Platinum Plus power supplies. Total powersavings includes both server power and thepower required for server cooling.13 Total annual energy savings using HP ProLiantGen8 servers versus similarly configured HPProLiant G6 servers. Utilizing the 10% reductionin power consumption for HP ProLiant Gen8servers, the annual power costs to operate a 10kW capacity rack (with 20x HP ProLiant DL380pGen8 servers installed) will be reduced by upto 1828 per rack when compared to a 10 kWcapacity rack with similarly configured ProLiantG6 servers (assumptions: 0.10/kWhr; PUE 2). 3D array of temperature sensors helpsprecisely control server fans. HP Intelligent Series Racks have 26% morerack door open area for higher airflow.11 Ten percent less energy is consumed.12 Get 1828 savings per 10 kW rack.13 More efficient data center operation Critical time saved—automaticallyidentifies over-utilized servers withreal-time system temperature data inInsight Control Power Management.11Data center efficiency—IntelligentinfrastructureWith embedded intelligence across threedimensions—sense of location, powerutilization, and thermal demand—HP ProLiantGen8 servers provide a unique level of visibilityand control over the energy efficiency of yourdata center.HP Location Discovery ServicesHP Location Discovery Services optimizeworkload placement with servers that selfidentity and inventory themselves. HP is thefirst to provide built-in location awareness inthe next generation of HP ProLiant Servers thatworks hand in hand with technology in the newHP Intelligent Series racks. Enterprise-class quality, endurance,and reliability11 HP Thermal Discovery ServicesThe new HP ProLiant Gen8 Servers buildupon a track record of delivering the leadingcompute capacity per watt. HP ThermalDiscovery Services reduce energy usage andincrease compute capacity. Rack identification number and precise UAs data centers grow, power and coolinglocation automatically sent to servers.costs take an ever-larger piece of the IT 100% manual and error-prone inventorybudget. HP takes a proactive approach withtracking eliminated.server infrastructure so smart that it helpsmaximize the use of space, power, and cooling System administrators no longer have touse manual, inaccurate, and tedious assetwhile eliminating tedious and error-pronecollection and tracking approaches such asmanagement processes for asset tracking,spreadsheets and bar code scanners.checking, and documenting power and rackconfigurations. With this innovation, HP has Workload placement optimized withcreated HP Location Discovery Services, HPautomated system location data combinedThermal Discovery Services, and HP Powerwith the unique graphical power, temperature,Discovery Services to help reduce energy use,and performance display of HP Insight Control.reclaim data center power capacity, and extendthe life of your data center.9

Portfolio and technology guide HP ProLiant Gen8HP Power Discovery ServicesThe HP Power Discovery Services eliminatepower configuration errors and preciselytrack power usage by rack and server whileeliminating manual recordkeeping.HP Intelligent Series RacksThe HP Intelligent Series Racks allow all of theinnovations outlined above while enhancingrack serviceability and reliability over time—inany data center. Up to 26% reduction in the causes of datacenter outages.14 Convenience—Unmatched cablemanagement in the back of the rack providestool-less operations and extra space for hotair to pass from the rack. Automatically eliminate power redundancyand circuit overload errors that lead to manyunplanned outages.15 Minutes vs. hours to deploy power. PowerDiscovery Services offering reduces hours ofmanual configuration, documentation, andmonitoring setup time from hours to minutes.16 10% more usable power per circuit. Throughidentification of excess power capacity, reclaimstranded power and provide 10% more usablepower per circuit for additional servers.17Based on an Aperture survey in 2007, 57% ofall data center outages are the result of humanerror. This includes 26% caused by PDU andbreaker overloads.15 57% of outages are caused by human errors.The HP Power Discovery Services offeringautomatically eliminates power redundancy andcircuit overload errors that lead to many of theseunplanned outages.16 Based on HP internal analysis, comparesmanual documentation of power configurationvs. automatic documentation performed byHP iPDU. In manual operation, equipment andits corresponding outlet location are manuallydocumented on paper or spreadsheet as rackwiring takes place. HP Power Discovery Servicessolution using HP iPDU automatically mapsservers to outlets and verifies redundant serverpower connections.17 Based on an average PDU power monitoringaccuracy of 94% vs. the HP iPDU’s 99% accuracy. Monitoring accuracy is a /- spread, sothat 5% difference equates to better monitoringand measuring of up to 10% of the power goingto a rack. Accurately monitored power can nowbe used for new equipment without increasingthe size of the circuit.14 10 Structural integrity—Up to 3000 poundsof dynamic loading enables HP racks towork with all types of equipment anywherein the world.

Portfolio and technology guide HP ProLiant Gen8Selecting the rightHP ProLiant Gen8 ServerHP ProLiant Gen8 Servers have a new lookand new names to help you understand thedifferences among servers within the family.These changes will help make sure you getthe right server to meet your current andfuture needs.Everyday business versusapplication performanceWith the launch of HP ProLiant Gen8Servers, HP is offering a more consistent setof foundational innovations across all HPProLiant Servers, new model descriptions, anda simplified nomenclature. Now there are twodistinct categories of rack and tower servers:the HP essential series, ideal for everydaybusiness needs, and the performance series,ideal for more demanding applications. Thetable below summarizes the differences.One of the major changes you’ll notice with HPProLiant Gen8 Servers is that, in both the DLand ML families, the 100 series offerings aretransitioning into the 300 “e” series. The needsand requirements of traditional 100 seriescustomers will be met by the new 300 “e”series servers, packaged with a balanced setof essential features and HP innovations. You willalso notice that our original DL and ML 300 seriesproducts have now transitioned to the DL300“p” and ML300 “p” series servers respectively forleading performance and versatility.Now the numerical series is less aboutdistinguishing feature set differences and ismore about grouping platform levels.The basic series indicators are:“e” Essential: Balanced offering of ProLiantinnovation focused on value“p” Performance: Highest end, mostcomprehensive ProLiant innovation“c” c-Class: Blades architecture, flexible,modular infrastructure“s” Scalable system: Purpose-built for scaleenvironmentsWhether it’s a departmental server, anenterprise data center, or anything in between,HP can meet your exact business needs. Youcan choose the right levels of performance,availability, expandability, and manageabilityfrom the world’s most comprehensive portfolioof industry-standard servers and options.Figure 1Conveying the value of e-Series vs. p-Seriesbuilt on HP ProActive Insight architecturee-Series (essential)Redefining essential andeasy-to-use computingInsight Control is available on the e-Series2P rack performance server models only19 Intelligent Power Discovery built in.20 Bundled on all performance models18 Right-sized I/O bandwidth and memory Essential storage performance 1Gb embedded Ethernet Gold-level 92% power efficiency Industry-leading managementwith HP Insight Control18 Key serviceability fea

HP Intelligent Provisioning is a single embedded tool for all server setup and configuration tasks. HP Active Health: An essential part of . is out of date and will automatically download the latest update for you. With Intelligent Provisioning, server provisioning capability is now embedded across all HP ProLiant Gen8