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An accessible side plane eliminates the need to replace the system board when SCSI, video,
memory, or port repairs are needed. Thumbscrews, easy access panels, and board release levers
allow quick access to modular, removable, hot-plug components.

The ProLiant DL590/64 server power subsystem was designed for quick and easy maintenance.
The primary power supplies are easily loaded from the front, while the hot-pluggable system
power modules are easily replaceable from the top of the server.

Hot-pluggable, redundant fan design offers easy cable-free maintenance. In addition, with the
innovative fan design, only two part numbers are required to maintain replacement parts for the 10
fans in the server.

The ProLiant DL590/64 server also features an enhanced PCI Hot Plug implementation. A more
ergonomic design of the PCI Hot Plug push button and slot release (Figure 15) makes insertion
and removal of PCI adapter cards easier than ever.

Figure 15: The ProLiant DL590/64 server features an improved PCI Hot Plug implementation.

The ProLiant DL590/64 server also includes light-pipe diagnostic LED indicators that improve
serviceability and further reduce downtime associated with upgrades and field maintenance. These
indicators allow quick identification to unseated or malfunctioning components.

Manageability

A range of hardware- and software-based server management tools are offered for reducing
downtime and increasing productivity. The ProLiant DL590/64 server includes the following
standard tools available to all ProLiant servers:

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Automatic Server Recovery (ASR).

ASR automatically resets the server after a critical

hardware or software error. ASR can reset the server to the OS or to the System Partition
Utilities. The ASR reset function is based on a hardware timer working in conjunction with
the server health drivers. If the server health drivers can no longer reset the hardware timer
after some user-specified amount of time, the server is automatically reset. ASR can also be
configured to page the administrator when an ASR event occurs.

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Summary of Contents for ProLiant DL590/64

Page 1: ...Compaq has a multi year technology and marketing agreement with Intel to accelerate the availability of next generation enterprise servers based on the Intel Itanium processor family Microsoft and Compaq have continued a two decade long partnership to deliver one of the most stable and reliable industry standard computing platforms in the market by working hand in hand to develop the Windows 64 bi...

Page 2: ... of Compaq Information Technologies Group L P in the U S and or other countries Microsoft and Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U S and or other countries Intel Intel Xeon Itanium Pentium Pentium II Xeon Pentium III Xeon and Pentium 4 are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U S and or other countries UNIX is a trademark of The Open Group in the U S and or other countries Al...

Page 3: ...stems resulting in a theoretical physical memory limit into the exabytes As memory density increases and relative cost of memory decreases it becomes feasible to implement system memory in the hundreds of GB enabling significant performance improvements for large memory intensive enterprise applications The benefits of larger system memory pools include Faster access to huge amounts of data in mem...

Page 4: ...supports dual memory boards and up to four Intel Itanium processors The ProLiant DL590 64 server architecture also includes support for up to 64 GB of industry standard 100 MHz SDRAM and up to four PCI bridges with a total of 11 slots Figure 1 Diagram of ProLiant DL590 64 server architecture Processors The ProLiant DL590 64 server includes support for up to four 733 MHz or 800 MHz Itanium based pr...

Page 5: ...e closely to the processor for more efficient execution of parallel instructions and optimized application performance Current IA 32 processors on the other hand exclusively use hardware within the processor to decide which instructions can be executed simultaneously The Itanium processor uses a new instruction set designed for optimal performance with the EPIC architecture The Itanium processor i...

Page 6: ...M sockets the 800 MHz model comes with two memory boards supporting up to 64 GB of memory using 1 GB DIMMs The 733 MHz model may be upgraded with an additional optional memory board Memory is expandable four DIMMs at a time to a maximum total of 64 GB Compaq strongly recommends using DIMMs supplied by Compaq because of the rigorous testing they undergo in ProLiant systems However the ProLiant DL59...

Page 7: ...oard design so form factor modularity and serviceability would not be sacrificed to accommodate the larger footprint and weight Figure 5 The Itanium processor and power module are much larger than the 32 bit Pentium Xeon processor and its power module For example Compaq required the use of very high density metric connectors to provide tool free insertion and removal of the processor and memory dr...

Page 8: ...w but within the safe voltage limits At the load a second power supply converts the high voltage to the required lower voltage In the ProLiant DL590 64 server these local power converters are known as system power modules Throughout the industry they are also known as point of load converters or voltage regulator modules VRMs Since the system power modules are located next to the loads the large c...

Page 9: ...ing high line power to operate ProLiant DL590 64 servers when possible All of the power supplies and system power modules in the ProLiant DL590 64 server are hot pluggable so a failed power supply in a redundant configuration can be replaced while the server is up and running Easy to use light emitting diodes LEDs and levers simplify the identification and replacement of a failed power supply The ...

Page 10: ...onnector giving the fan room to slide in at an angle and then lock into place The mechanism is designed to make removal of the fans quick and easy All four fans are hot pluggable and can be replaced one at a time while the system is running and mounted in the rack LEDs on these fans are visible from both sides Figure 8 The ProLiant DL590 64 uses the same fan design in both the front and back of th...

Page 11: ...re notification ensures removal of the correct adapter card PCI Hot Plug technology allows the following capabilities while the system is running Hot replacement replacing a single PCI adapter with a similar adapter Hot upgrade replacing a PCI adapter with an upgraded adapter Hot expansion adding a PCI adapter to an empty slot Redundant Network Interface Controller Technology Redundant network int...

Page 12: ...peration the server will automatically switch back to the primary source Note however that the AC line redundancy feature functions only with use of high line power Figure 10 Dual AC feeds allow redundancy throughout the power subsystem The ProLiant DL590 64 server also uses intelligent redundant hot plug power supplies to reduce downtime The server supports three dual rated 1250 watt 700 watt pri...

Page 13: ...redundancy If one of the primary fans fails a system alert triggers the associated secondary or redundant fan to take over automatically The redundant hot plug system fans protect the various server components from overheating and help prevent possible system interruption Four additional hot pluggable redundant fans cool the system power modules media bay and PCI area of the server Two of these 6 ...

Page 14: ...so queue tasks and data thereby increasing performance The integrated controller consists of a processor memory controller and hardware exclusive OR XOR engine SCSI chip PCI bridge and an internal bus structure embedded on a single substrate The controller has fewer parts than typical array controllers since all of the components and connections are combined into one integrated circuit With fewer ...

Page 15: ...nt physical drives RAID migration refers to changing the RAID level of an existing logical drive Distribution factor is the amount of data stored on each physical drive for a RAID stripe All of these change operations can be performed without disturbing the data on the drives The integrated array controller in the ProLiant DL590 64 server can be bypassed using the Integrated Array Bypass Kit and a...

Page 16: ...ier than ever Figure 15 The ProLiant DL590 64 server features an improved PCI Hot Plug implementation The ProLiant DL590 64 server also includes light pipe diagnostic LED indicators that improve serviceability and further reduce downtime associated with upgrades and field maintenance These indicators allow quick identification to unseated or malfunctioning components Manageability A range of hardw...

Page 17: ...iguration tools to save time during initial deployment and enable virtual presence anywhere on the network These tools use SmartStart technology to build the reliable and consistent server configurations that ProLiant customers rely on SmartStart will not be supported on the ProLiant DL590 64 server With RBSU initial configuration is fast and easy and the server is always available RBSU includes a...

Page 18: ...ore solution stacks will be available for the Itanium processor family Compaq is working with major software vendors to ensure that applications are available for those customers who will initially benefit most from the ProLiant DL590 64 server Initially customers using applications that can take advantage of the ProLiant DL590 64 server s large memory footprint will benefit most As mentioned earl...

Page 19: ... expect from ProLiant servers plus integrated management technologies and revolutionary serviceability features that further reduce downtime and improve manageability For customers needing the greater performance of a 64 bit architecture combined with availability manageability and serviceability the ProLiant DL590 64 server is an excellent choice Development of this server demonstrates Compaq s c...

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