HP Cluster Platform Server and Workstation Overview

3 Opteron Processor Servers
Several servers based on the AMD Opteron processor are supported in HP Cluster Platform
solutions. This chapter presents the following information:
• HP ProLiant DL145 G1 and G2 (Section 3.1)
• HP ProLiant DL145 G3 (Section 3.2)
• HP ProLiant DL165 G5 (Section 3.3)
• HP ProLiant DL385 (Section 3.4)
• HP ProLiant DL385 G2 (Section 3.5)
• HP ProLiant DL385 G5 and G5p (Section 3.6)
• HP ProLiant DL585 (Section 3.7)
• HP ProLiant DL585 G2 (Section 3.8 )
• HP ProLiant DL585 G5 (Section 3.9)
Chapter 4 describes the HP ProLiant server blades, also based on the Opteron processor, that
are supported in HP Cluster Platform solutions.
3.1 HP ProLiant DL145
The HP ProLiant DL145 G1 and G2 are supported servers in HP Cluster Platform solutions. The
1U HP ProLiant DL145 server supports up to two AMD Opteron processors and can be used as
an application node, utility node, or control node.
All HP ProLiant DL145 servers in an HP Cluster Platform solution are configured with two
processors. Memory is two-way interleaved. and must be added in pairs. Ideally, memory is
configured identically for each CPU board, up to 16 GB (8 x 2 GB). In most cases, the PCI-X slot
is used for the interconnect host adapter. For configurations in which the HP ProLiant DL145 is
the control node and is not connected to the system interconnect, an alternative I/O option can
be installed.
The HP ProLiant DL145 also has an integrated ProLiant 100-series management processor (MP)
that operates independently from the operating system and is powered by auxiliary power. It
provides system administrators with access to the server at any time, even prior to an operating
system being installed on the server. This MP provides a text remote console and a command-line
interface (CLI). The ProLiant 100-series MP is Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)
v1.5 compliant. In addition to IPMI, the HP ProLiant DL145 G2 has ProLiant Lights Out 100i
Remote Management.
There are three embedded network ports on an HP ProLiant DL145. The iLO port connects to
the console network switch and is used for server management. The NIC 1 port is used for the
administrative network, and the NIC 2 port is used for the Gigabit Ethernet system interconnect.
See Figure 3-2, and Figure 3-4 to locate the ports.
Table 3-1 describes the characteristics of the HP ProLiant DL145 G1 and the HP ProLiant DL145
G2 servers.
Table 3-1 ProLiant DL145 G1 and G2 Comparison
HP ProLiant DL145 G2HP ProLiant DL145 G1Features
AMD Opteron up to 2.6 GHz and
future dual-core support 1 MB L2
cache 1 GHz HyperTransport
AMD Opteron up to 2.4 GHz 1 MB
L2 cache 800 MHz HyperTransport
Processor
AMD 8132 for PCI-X and NVIDIA
CK8-04 for PCI Express
AMD 8111 and AMD 8131Chipset
1 GB-2 GB / 16 GB1 GB-2 GB / 16 GBRAM std/max
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