HP (Hewlett-Packard) BL685c G5 Network Card User Manual


 
Performance characterization of HP ProLiant BL685c G5
with Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors (2.3 GHz)
in a 64-bit HP Server Based Computing environment
Executive summary............................................................................................................................... 3
Audience ........................................................................................................................................ 3
Introduction......................................................................................................................................... 3
AMD Opteron processors ................................................................................................................. 4
AMD Dual Dynamic Power Management ........................................................................................ 5
Test methodology................................................................................................................................. 6
Test tools......................................................................................................................................... 7
More information ......................................................................................................................... 7
User profiles.................................................................................................................................... 7
Test scenarios.................................................................................................................................. 8
Performance and scalability metrics................................................................................................ 8
Test topology....................................................................................................................................... 9
Configurations............................................................................................................................... 10
HP SBC server summary.................................................................................................................. 11
Performance test results....................................................................................................................... 12
Perfmon values .............................................................................................................................. 13
Canary times................................................................................................................................. 14
Test analysis summary........................................................................................................................ 15
Appendix A – HP BladeSystem............................................................................................................ 16
HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosure.................................................................................................... 16
Management ............................................................................................................................. 17
Options..................................................................................................................................... 17
HP BladeSystem c3000 enclosure.................................................................................................... 17
Performance .............................................................................................................................. 18
Management ............................................................................................................................. 18
Options..................................................................................................................................... 18
Appendix B – Using Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions......................................................... 19
Historical scalability limitations ........................................................................................................ 19
More information ....................................................................................................................... 20