HP ProLiant DL580 G7server technology
Technology brief
Introduction......................................................................................................................................... 2
Environments for the DL580 G7............................................................................................................. 3
Operating systems and Virtualization software........................................................................................ 3
Comparison between the DL580 G7 and DL580 G5 servers .................................................................... 3
HP servers and balanced architecture..................................................................................................... 5
DL580 G7 architecture......................................................................................................................... 5
Hemisphere mode............................................................................................................................ 8
Increasing memory performance...................................................................................................... 10
Memory RAS................................................................................................................................. 11
I/O technologies ............................................................................................................................... 15
Smart Array P410i controller........................................................................................................... 17
Serial Attached SCSI ...................................................................................................................... 19
SAS and SATA Small Form Factor hard drives................................................................................... 19
Networking technologies.................................................................................................................... 19
Network Adapter Teaming.............................................................................................................. 19
Jumbo Frames................................................................................................................................ 20
Server management technologies ........................................................................................................ 20
HP Insight Control .......................................................................................................................... 20
HP Integrated Lights-Out 3 (iLO 3).................................................................................................... 20
HP Power Regulator ........................................................................................................................... 21
HP Dynamic Power Capping............................................................................................................... 21
Conclusion........................................................................................................................................ 22
For more information.......................................................................................................................... 23
Call to action .................................................................................................................................... 24