HP ProLiant G7 c-Class server blades with Intel® Xeon® processors

installation prerequisites before initiating the installation process. When the installation is complete,
the Insight Software Update Utility will check for available software updates and allow administra
to download them.
HP Insight Control installs and licenses the following components for use:
 HP Systems Insight Manager
 HP iLO Advanced for BladeSystem
 HP Insight Control
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power management
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g enterprise management platforms such as Microsoft System
includes one year of 24 x 7 HP Software Technical Support
4, or 5 years
Power and thermal technologies
amic Power Capping
e many more embedd
ed thermal sensors than previous ProLiant
ferred to as a “Sea of Sensors,” are located on DIMMs,
hard drives, and elsewhere throughout each server blade.
he
er management (ICpm). ICpm also
data for multiple servers to a central location. IT departments can use this
ge business units or third parties for the actual energy costs associated with
Power Regulator improves server energy efficiency by giving processors full power when
they need it and reducing power when they do not. This power management feature allows ProLiant
servers with policy-based power management to control processor power states. You can configure
Power Regulator for HP Static High Performance mode, HP Static Low Power mode, or HP Dynamic
 HP Insight Co
ntrol server deployment
 HP Insight Control server migra
 HP Insight Control performance man
 HP Insight Control virtual machine management
HP Insight Control integrates with lead
Center and VMware vCenter Server. It
in
and Update Service, which can be upgrade to 3,
HP engineers have developed the following power and thermal technologies and c
omponents to
manage power for ProLiant G7 server blades:
 Thermal sensors
 Power meter
 HP Power Regulator for ProLiant
 HP Dynamic Power Capping
 HP Enclosure Dyn
Thermal sensors
ProLiant G7 server blades includ
server blades. Up to 64 thermal sensors, re
Power meter
An integrated power meter in HP ProLiant c-Class server blades analyzes actual server power use. T
BladeSystem Onboard Administrator can access the power meter through iLO 3 or through external
power management software such as HP Insight Control pow
consolidates power
information to char
workload processing. The BladeSystem Onboard Administrator provides instant and time-averaged
views of the power consumption of individual servers or of all servers within a c-Class BladeSystem
enclosure.
HP Power Regulator for ProLiant
HP Power Regulator for ProLiant servers provides firmware-based speed stepping for Intel x86
processors.
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