11 March 2003 Industry Standard Servers

11 March 2003 industry standard servers

hp ProLiant DL560

Product Overview

The ProLiant DL560 redefines enterprise density by delivering scalable 4-processor performance in an innovative 2U design, while minimizing power consumption in the data center.

Key Benefits

Inside the Box

·  Sleek 2U (3.5”) form factor minimizes rack space requirements while providing flexible deployment options and high levels of performance
·  Low-wattage, ultra-efficient power supplies offer complete redundancy without taxing the data center energy and cooling requirements
·  Embedded technologies and comprehensive server management tools simplify deployment and system care

Product Description

The new ProLiant DL560 is a groundbreaking, ultra-dense 4-way server designed for environments that require high levels of computing power while maintaining maximum cooling and power efficiency. The DL560 delivers enterprise class performance based upon award-winning ProLiant engineering and industry standard technology, and its compact 2U form factor means the server uses at least 50% less rack space than most enterprise servers on the market. The server takes advantage of Xeon Processor MP, PCI-X architecture, Wide Ultra320 SCSI, DDR SDRAM memory, and Gigabit networking technology to provide the performance and scalability required for today’s compute intensive applications. In addition, ProLiant management features such as remote administration from a standard web-browser and Insight Manager event and configuration management significantly reduce total cost of ownership. The ProLiant DL560 server combines maximum levels of compute performance, system efficiencies, and manageability to today’s and tomorrow’s enterprise data center.

Ideal Environment

Space constrained data center customers and service providers
Problems and Requirements
A growing number of IT centers are experiencing a proliferation of servers as they begin to move toward a distributed computing model, where they centralize their servers in a data center for security, easy accessibility, and better management. While the workload for IT computing has increased, often the space allotted has not.
Typical Use
·  DL560 space saving design makes it an ideal platform for multi-node, highly available ProLiant clusters.
·  Consolidate older technology servers and web applications onto few new, servers.
·  Excellent platform for transaction management, mail and messaging, or decision processing.
Solving the Customer Problem
The DL560 allows planners to increase the processing capabilities in a rack of their MP servers while more efficiently utilizing existing data center infrastructure.
·  Sleek 2U (1.75”) form factor uses less rack space than any major server in its class.
·  General-purpose design maximizes the different locations the server can be deployed, while common rack and rail solution with other 2U ProLiant servers’ means easier deployment and quick access to the system.
·  Storing all the server and all necessary cabling and components in a single, organized rack simplifies management and maintenance.
Power conscious enterprise customers and IT shops
Problems and Requirements
Faster processors, hard drives, and memory are some of the key factors driving power and cooling requirements in data center environments significantly higher. While the last decade has seen a dramatic decrease in the floor and rack space required to achieve constant computing capability, the power consumption and heat densities have not followed suit.
Typical Use
Customers looking to maximize the power and cooling efficiency of their data center rack space, while maintaining high levels of performance when running back-office and enterprise business applications. They are looking at metrics like processing power and wattage per U. The DL560 offers maximum flexibility when providing power to high-density data centers.
·  Flexibility of high line or low line AC power provides ability to scale capacity when planned and unplanned upgrades become necessary.
·  High-density rack deployments of mission critical applications. These servers must stay on, and thus cannot reduce power consumption by sleeping when the system is idle.
Solving the Customer Problem
By limiting the memory footprint and drive capacity, the DL560 is able to deliver enterprise performance with a lower thermal load.
·  Requiring just two 550-watt power supplies to run a fully loaded and redundant system, the DL560 has the lowest power requirements of any major server in its class.
·  The DL560 can run fully configured using low-line or high-line power sources.
·  Innovative mechanical design adequately dissipates the total heat generated quickly out of the box, delivering excellent cooling and ventilation.
·  Zoned cooling system ensures efficient ventilation to all major components.

QuickSpecs

QuickSpecs are available on the web with the most up-to-date Standard Features,
http://www5.compaq.com/products/quickspecs/Division/Division.html (World Wide version)
http://www5.compaq.com/products/quickspecs/North_America/North_America.html (North America/US version)

Model Specification Comparison

DL560 / DL580 G2 / ML570 G2
Performance
Chassis / 2U / 4U / 7U
Processor / 1.5 GHz, 1.9 GHz or 2.0 GHz Xeon MP / 1.5 GHz, 1.9 GHz or 2.0 GHz Xeon MP / 1.5 GHz, 1.9 GHz or 2.0 GHz Xeon MP
Processor Cache / 1MB (1.5 or 1.9 GHz) or 2MB (2.0 GHz) iL3 / 1MB (1.5 or 1.9 GHz) or 2MB (2.0 GHz) iL3 / 1MB (1.5 or 1.9 GHz) or 2MB (2.0 GHz) iL3
MP / 4P capable / 4P capable / 4P capable
Power Supply / 550W (1+1) / 800W (1+1) / 600W (2+1)
Front Side Bus / 400MHz / 400MHz / 400 MHz
Chipset / ServerWorks Grand Champion-LE / ServerWorks Grand Champion-HE / ServerWorks Grand Champion-HE
Memory / 200MHz DDR, PC2100 2:1 interleaved / 200MHz DDR, PC16000 4:1 interleaved / 200MHz DDR, PC1600 4:1 interleaved
Memory Standard / 512MB or 1GB / 1GB or 2GB / 1GB or 2GB
I/O Subsystem / Quad Peer 64bit/100MHz PCI-X / Quad Peer 64bit/100MHz PCI-X / Quad Peer 64bit/100MHz PCI-X
SCSI / Wide Ultra3/Ultra320-ready / Wide Ultra3/Ultra320-ready / Wide Ultra3/Ultra320-ready
NICs / 2 embedded NC7781 10/100/1000 / Single port 10/100/1000 in a slot / 10/100 embedded
Expansion/Scalability
Drive bays / 2 – 1.0” / 4 – 1.0” / 12 – 1.0”
Multibays / 1 / 2 / 0
I/O slots / 3 – 2x64bit/100MHz PCI-X, 1x64bit/133MHz PCI-X / 6 – 64bit/100MHz PCI-X (4 Hot Plug) / 7 – 64bit/100MHz PCI-X (4Hot Plug)
Max Memory / 12GB Advanced ECC / 32GB Advanced ECC / 32GB Advanced ECC
Availability
Power supply / HP, redundant / HP, redundant / HP, redundant
Fans / HP, redundant / HP, redundant / HP, redundant
Standard Memory Protection / Advanced ECC / Advanced ECC / Advanced ECC
Advanced Memory Protection / Online Spare Memory / Online Spare Memory, Single Board Mirrored Memory, Hot-Plug Mirrored Memory / Online Spare, Single-Board Mirrored Memory, Hot-Plug Mirrored Memory

ProLiant DL Line Advantage

The ProLiant DL line excels at packing more performance, availability, and engineering in the least amount of space. ProLiant servers also offer the best setup, maintenance, and management tools in the industry. Furthermore, ProLiants are designed, in part, to optimize common spare parts, so systems share hard disk drives, memory, and PCI cards, just to name a few.

Inside the hp ProLiant DL560

Sleek 2U (3.5”) form factor minimizes rack space requirements while providing flexible deployment options and high levels of performance

·  The DL560 allows planners to increase the processing capabilities in a rack of their MP servers while more efficiently utilizing existing data center infrastructure.

·  Intuitive and tool-less layout—including modular design and clearly identified touch points—make the DL560 among the most serviceable servers available.

·  Several shared option kits along with a common rack and rail solution (shared with other ProLiant 2U servers) allows for rapid deployment.

Low-wattage, ultra-efficient power supplies offer complete redundancy without taxing the data center energy and cooling requirements

·  Converts AC power to DC power at various voltage levels based on the requirements of the internal components.

·  The DL560 can support either low-line or high-line power sources

·  Utilizes a 1+1 power solution where the power supplies share the load equally. If one power supply fails, the other supply immediately takes over the entire load.

Embedded technologies and comprehensive server management tools simplify deployment and system care

·  Insight Manager 7 provides an easy-to-use, flexible, scalable and secure solution for managing servers, desktops, workstations, and portables, providing rapid access to detailed fault and performance information.

·  System health LEDs and the Unit Identification Lights on the front and back of the server make pinpointing system issues easier than ever

·  Pre-Boot Execution Environment (PXE), Array Configuration Utility (ACU), and ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU)

Internal Information (HP restricted)

Competitive Differentiation

Capabilities / Importance to Customer / HP / IBM x360 / Dell PE6650 / Unique Silver Bullets
Power Efficiency / H / 5 / 3 / 2 / S
Density / M / 5 / 4 / 3 / S
Manageability / M / 4 / 4 / 3
Serviceability / M / 5 / 4 / 4 / S
H - High
M - Medium
L - Low / 0 - No Capability
1 - Very Weak
2 - Weak / 3 - Moderate
4 - Strong
5 - Exceptionally Strong / • - Silver Bullet
S - Strength
* - Market perception and true capabilities are disparate. These issues are addressed in the "Objections" and "Capabilities Explained" sections of the Sales Guide.

We beat the competition on

IBM x360 lacks in the following areas
·  Requires 50% more rack space than the DL560
·  Requires 35% more power to run over two processors
·  Has only a single 10/100 NIC vs. DL560’s dual 10/100/1000 NICs
·  Does not have any Advanced memory Protection
·  Does not offer 133MHz slots
·  Does not have a unit ID light for trouble shooting in mass deployments or server farms
Dell PE6650 lacks in the following areas
·  Requires 100% more rack space than the DL560 to do the same jobs
·  Requires nearly 65% more power to run standard enterprise applications
·  Remote management is optional, slot based”.

Latest Competitive White Papers and Server Benchmarks

http://inline.compaq.com/pg/ecg/crossdiv/competitive/index.asp

http://www.compaq.com/products/servers/benchmarks

Latest Marketing Research

Questions and Answers

Technology
1Q. / What are the features of the DL560? (This will link to product QS on website)
1A. / 2U (3.5”) form factor
550W hot plug power supplies (1+1 for redundancy)
4-way Intel Xeon Processors MP with L3 integrated cache,
Hyper-threading technology for optimized performance
ServerWorks Grand Champion-LE Chipset
400MHz Front Side Bus
Integrated Lights-Out Technology standard on all models
Two10/100/1000 Single port, Copper, Gigabit NIC (embedded)
200MHz DDR SDRAM (PC2100) Advanced ECC memory
12GB max memory
Support for Advanced Memory Protection Technology (Online Spare)
3 PCI-X (2-64bit/100Mhz, 1-64bit/133MHz) expansion slots available
Embedded Smart Array 5i Plus Controller (Dual Channel Wide Ultra3) supports up to 64MB write cache, fully transportable with 72 hour protection
RAID (0, 1, 1+0) across internal hard disk drives
Ultra3 SCSI Backplane supports up to 2 Hot-Plug Hard Disk Drives
ROM-based Set Up Utility
Redundant ROM
2Q. / What ProLiant DL560 models will be available, and when will they begin shipping?
2A. / All models of the ProLiant DL560 became available in February of 2003.
Description / HP Part Number / Processor Quantity / Standard Memory / Hot Plug Redundant Power Supplies / Battery Backed Write Cache
DL560R01 X2000-2MB, 1024MB (2P) / 246639-XX1 / 2 / 512MB (2x256MB) / 2 / Standard
DL560R01 X1900-1MB, 1024MB (2P) / 283975-XX3 / 2 / 1024MB (2x512MB) / 2 / Standard
DL560R01 X1500-1MB, 512MB (1P) / 246638-XX3 / 1 / 1024MB (2x512MB) / 1 / Optional
For customers deploying applications that require higher availability, the models featuring 2 processors, redundant hot-plug power supplies, and battery backed write cache are recommended.
3Q / Is the ProLiant DL560 a replacement for any of the existing servers?
3A / No. The ProLiant DL560 does not replace any existing ProLiant servers. Rather, it fills a gap between the DL380 and the DL580 in terms of capability and feature set.
4Q / What are the feature differences between the new ProLiant DL560 and other ProLiant 4-way servers?
4A / Link to Model Specification Comparisons Chart
5Q / What are the power requirements for the ProLiant DL560?
5A / The ProLiant DL560 runs off of one 550W power supply; significantly lower than most enterprise servers. For full redundancy, a second power supply can be added. On two processor models, the second power supply ships standard.
6A / What chipset is using on this new server?
6Q / The new ProLiant DL560 uses the ServerWorks Grand Champion-LE chipset. In this implementation, the chipset supports up to four Xeon MP processors, 12GB of memory, and two independent PCI-X bus segments.
7Q / What memory does the new ProLiant DL560 use?
7A / The ProLiant DL560 uses 200 MHz Double Data Rate (DDR) SDRAM (PC2100 Registered ECC SDRAM) with Advanced ECC functionality. DDR SDRAM is a next-generation SDRAM technology. SDRAM data is transferred on the rising edge of every clock cycle with each DIMM. The memory chip on DDR DIMMs performs transactions on both the rising and falling edges of the clock cycle, effectively doubling memory bus clock rate yields. With a doubling of the clock rate yields, the 200MHz memory bus matches the throughput of the 400MHz front side bus of the Intel Xeon Processor MP.
8Q / What is Advanced Memory Protection?
8A / HP has developed a spectrum of advanced memory technologies that provide superior memory protection over simple error checking and correcting memory (ECC). Advanced Memory Protection is designed to maintain server availability and memory reliability without service intervention. Advanced Memory Protection features are available throughout the ProLiant line, with increasing fault protection features going up the line.
Additional key points about Advanced Memory Protection include: Advanced Memory Protection features are optional. Standard system memory uses Advanced ECC to detect and correct single bit errors as well as some multi-bit errors.
The ProLiant DL560 implementation is OS independent for Online Spare
Advanced Memory Protection uses industry standard DIMMs. The features in Advanced Memory Protection place specific requirements on the DIMMs used, and Memory Option Kits are guaranteed to meet all requirements.
The ProLiant DL560 uses an industry standard chipset, however, its implementation of chipset features is unique.
Advanced Memory Protection options are easily configured in the server’s ROM-based setup during the POST process.
Advanced Memory Protection options are viewable through Insight Manager 7 (CIM 7) and the Integrated Management Log (IML.)