This is a summary of documents needed to support HP servers.
Video Library of DL equipment:
http://h20464.www2.hp.com/default.htm
HP Power Advisor – plug in your server config and get resulting information related to power requirements:
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/solutions/power/advisor-online/HPPowerAdvisor.html
Fine Tuning ProLiant BIOS for Vmware vSphere environment:
Here is a document from Vmware that explains vSphere 4.0 best practices as it relates to performance.
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/Perf_Best_Practices_vSphere4.0.pdf
This relates to our recommended BIOS configurations in the vSphere environment per the keys below:
a. HP Power Regulator = HP Static High Performance Mode (default is HP Dynamic Power Savings Mode)
b. Minimum Processor Idle State = No C-States (default is C6 State)
c. Intel QPI Link Power Management = Disabled (default is enabled)
d. HW Prefetcher = Disabled (default is enabled)
e. Adjacent Sector Prefetch = Disabled (default is enabled)
f. DCU Prefetcher = Disabled (default is enabled)
g. Data Reuse = Disabled (default is enabled)
User Guides provide information on system components, setup, configuration utilities, and troubleshooting. Great reference documents
DL360 G7 User Guide:
http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c02065265/c02065265.pdf
DL380 G7 User Guide:
http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c02159833/c02159833.pdf
DL580 G7 User Guide:
http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c02267159/c02267159.pdf
iLO3 User Guide
http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c02063196/c02063196.pdf
DL580 G7 Memory Configuration (Memory subsystem architecture is spelled out in the attached DL580 G7 quickspecs document).
http://www.itelon.ru/upload/iblock/fe1/QuickSpecs%20-%20HP%20ProLiant%20DL580%20G7%20l1,2%20MBy.pdf
HP Certified Professional Program for HP ProLiant
http://h10076.www1.hp.com/education/hpcp_prog.htm