Ultra-dense Server Deployment Solutions Overview

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Deployment in Telco Racks
Many data centers are equipped with telecommunications (telco) racks. Recognizing the need to
support these customers, Compaq has designed the ProLiant DL360 to be deployed into telco
racks.
Compaq offers an optional rail kit for mounting into telco racks. The kit includes rack rails that
can be mounted onto telco racks. It also includes several screws to allow attachment of the rack
rails to a variety of different telco racks. The factory-mounted fixed rails on the ProLiant DL360
allow the server to easily slide into the rack. Thumbscrews attach the server to the rack.
Compaq also provides a solution white paper called Compaq Ultra-dense Server Deployment in
Telecommunications (Telco) Racks. This paper describes the environmental parameters for the
ProLiant DL360, such as power consumption, cooling requirements, and weight, so that
customers can adequately prepare their rack environment to deploy the ProLiant DL360 into their
telco racks. Customers can use this white paper as a resource to assist with deploying large
volumes of ProLiant DL360 servers into their telco racks.
Desktop Stacking
In environments where a smaller number of servers are deployed, some customers may stack their
servers one on top of another.
Compaq offers an optional desktop stackable chassis. This desktop/stackable chassis acts as a
hood for the server and can withstand a heavy monitor on top. The standard factory-mounted
fixed rails on each ProLiant DL360 server work with the rails located inside the desktop chassis.
Up to six servers and in chassis can be stacked one on top of another. The hood has rubber feet at
the bottom and matching rectangular holes at the top, to keep the stack aligned when sliding an
individual server out.
Console Management
There are several methods customers use to provide console access to their servers. Many
customers prefer the superior remote management capabilities offered by the Compaq Remote
Insight Lights-Out Edition option. Others continue to use keyboard-video-mouse (KVM)
switches to access a single server in a rack. Others still prefer completely headless operation
rather than network management, and only connect keyboard and video when a server requires
direct access. Compaq has ensured optimum support for the ProLiant DL360 regardless of
customers’ preference for console management.
Lights-Out Management
Compaq's Remote Insight Lights-Out Edition is a technological innovation allowing hardware-
based graphical remote console that is completely OS-independent. The Compaq remote console
provides IT Administrators highly efficient and cost-effective remote management. Remote
servers can be managed from any a web browser interface. Because it is hardware based, remote
management works even if the server is turned off or the operating system is not running.
The Remote Insight Lights-Out Edition provides access to the server through a dedicated Ethernet
port located on the PCI board.
A special connector and auxiliary power circuitry inside the ProLiant DL360 connect directly to
this Remote Insight Board so that the external keyboard/mouse loop-back cable and the external
power supply module are not required. This means complete remote console management can be