HP ProLiant Intel-based 100-series G6 servers

Fans and fan control
Standard fan configuration for the h1000 chassis includes four, 80mm non-redundant fans. Figure 10
illustrates how the server nodes share thermal management.
Figure 10. Thermal management across server
nodes as seen in the front view of the DL1000 G6 system
Node 4 Node 2
Node 3 Node 1
Fan Control
Board
fan1 fan2 fan3 fan4
Power supply support
The DL1000 Multi Node server supports both HP Common Slot and HP industry-standard power
supplies. Multiple Common Slot power supply options allow you to choose the best power supply for
your configuration to maximize efficiency and performance. These are hot pluggable power supplies
that support power metering, power capping and redundancy.
The DL1000 system can also use a low cost option of two non-redundant, industry-standard 750W
power supplies. This option does not support hot-plug or power capping functionality because it does
not use “Common Slot” power supplies.
For more information on HP Common Slot and Industry Standard power supplies, see the section titled
“Efficient power delivery.”
Advanced Power Management
In addition to the efficiencies gained by the shared power infrastructure, HP designed the DL1000
system with advanced power metering and power capping technologies. The Power Interface
Controller (PIC) lets users configure the system for full AC redundancy or AC redundancy with power
throttling depending on the system configuration. With the optional power capping mode, the
DL1000 system can boost data center capacity by reclaiming trapped power and cooling capacity.
Power Interface Controller
In order to maintain a pre-set power budget, the embedded Power Interfa
ce Controller monitors
power consumption and throttles processors and memory speed in each node within the chassis. HP
provides a simple command-line utility for reading and configuring the power control logic of the
server nodes. Versions are available for MS Windows Server OS (2003 and 2008) and Linux OS
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