The Evolving ProLiant Server Product Line

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It's impossible to overlook the rapid rate of change in the computer industry. ProLiant products are constantly being improved as technology moves forward. Covering the changes at the hardware level in detail in print is almost futile because processor, memory, and IO/bus speeds increase at such rapid rates that they become outdated quickly. This book's focus is on core technologies and capabilities in the ProLiant platform that work in combination with Windows Server 2003 to provide successful business solutions. The book details the basic description and features of the current generation of ProLiant servers and options. This provides a reference for the ProLiant servers and components used by HP, Microsoft, and our customers to build the solutions covered in the case studies we reference. For complete details on the current ProLiant products, visit the HP Web site. http://www.hp.com/servers/siteindex.

Core Technologies Within ProLiant Platforms

The ProLiant platform has always focused on delivering innovative technology based on advancing industry standards. This strategy has successfully driven down the cost of enterprise computing while pushing standards-based servers higher into the enterprise. HP is applying its approach to deliver HP's adaptive infrastructure strategy on ProLiant. For example, using intelligent management technologies and automated provisioning tools, an IT Administrator can rapidly deploy servers globally with a minimal amount of effort. After the servers are configured, integrated hardware and software minimize system downtime through redundancy and error-correcting mechanisms. Software updates can be automatically downloaded according to customer requirements. Administrators can keep resources continuously available by using management and monitoring tools that automatically identify and resolve fault conditions. When conditions change, the Administrator can pinpoint areas that need to be scaled up or down in response to changing business needs.

The following examples demonstrate how HP ProLiant products and technologies, available now, deliver core capabilities. Many products or solutions provide more than one core capability. For example, ProLiant servers include the capability to scale dynamically and provide intelligent fault management.

ProLiant Technologies for Continuous and Secure Operations

Fault tolerance features were built into the very first ProLiant server and have been a primary design element with a focus on continued improvement with each generation. These features are designed to provide the reliability and proactive reporting to maintain continuous operation.

  • ProLiant server and component fault-management technologies : Fault tolerant SMP, Hot Plug RAID memory, SMART array controller RAID, Hot Plug drives , Hot Plug PCI slots, Hot Plug fans, Hot Plug power supplies , Network Fault Tolerant (NFT) network adapter teaming, and Automated System Recovery (ASR).

  • ProLiant performance issue identification tools : System Insight Manager (SIM), Insight Manager 7, ProLiant Performance Analyzer, and Insight Agents.

  • ProLiant clustering and failover : ProLiant DL380 Packaged Cluster; Recovery Server Option Pack; Modular Storage Array (MSA) 1000 SAN (Storage Area Network) HA F100, F200, and F500; and Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) Clusters.

ProLiant Technologies for Automated and Intelligent Management

ProLiant customers stress that the intelligent management capabilities of ProLiant servers have been a key factor in their choice. Remote and automated fault monitoring and reporting capabilities enable the fault and performance problems to be discovered and resolved before they impact availability or result in unplanned downtime. Each of the bulleted items below shows the HP and ProLiant tools that provide the automated and intelligent management for each technology:

  • HP service-level management tools : HP Open View and HP Utility Data Center.

  • System-level management : SIM, Insight Management Agents, SmartStart, Version Control Agents, and Version Control Repository Manager (VCRM).

  • Lights-out management : Remote Insight Lights-Out Edition II (RILOE II) and integrated Lights-Out (iLO).

  • Remote Management : iLO, RILOE II, Integrated Administrator, and KVM IP console.

  • Automated installation : ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack (RDP), ProLiant Essentials SmartStart Scripting Toolkit, ProLiant blades Integrated Administrator (IA), and SmartStart.

ProLiant Technologies for Dynamic Resource Optimization

Being able to grow or scale your resources quickly, easily, and even automatically provides the capability to respond quickly to changing business needs. Each of the bulleted items below shows the HP and ProLiant server or ProLiant Essentials software that provides the dynamic resource optimization for each technology:

  • Scale-up : ProLiant DL 500 series and DL 700 series four- and eight-way multiprocessors servers.

  • Scale-out : ProLiant blade servers, ProLiant DL 300 series servers, and MSA SANs.

  • Workload optimization : ProLiant Essentials Workload Management Pack (WMP) and ProLiant Essentials Performance Management Pack (PMP).

  • Resource deployment and partitioning : ProLiant Essentials RDP, SmartStart Scripting Toolkit, Online ROM flash Utility, Remote Deployment Utility (RDU), and VCRM.

ProLiant Core Technologies Summary

The many core technologies built into ProLiant servers and ProLiant essentials software provide the capabilities to build a scalable and resilient computing environment that can easily and automatically adapt to changing conditions and business needs. Many of the components and technologies mentioned in this section are described in more detail in this chapter and throughout the book. See the Table of Contents for quick reference.

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Windows Server 2003 on Proliants. Deployment Techniques and Management Tools for System Administrators
Windows Server 2003 on Proliants. Deployment Techniques and Management Tools for System Administrators
ISBN: B004C77T6A
EAN: N/A
Year: 2004
Pages: 214

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