HP ProLiant DL585 G5/G6 server technology

 Deploy ProLiant servers quickly – brings reliability and consistency to each ProLiant deployment with

a fast, drag-and-drop tool that can turn a manual, resource-intensive server deployment into an

unattended, repeatable, and highly automated ProLiant server deployment.

 Proactively monitor ProLiant server health – system administrators can monitor an entire ProLiant

infrastructure with one simple, integrated interface and receive proactive notification of any actual

or impending component or server failure.

 Control ProLiant servers from any location – administrators can take control of ProLiant servers at

any time, regardless of location, and realize reduced travel time and costs and improved system

recovery times.

 Optimize ProLiant server power confidently – data center capacity can be extended by fitting more

ProLiant servers within an existing power envelope.

Insight Control is available bundled with the ProLiant DL585 G6 and is backed by HP Service and

Support.

HP Integrated Lights-Out 2

The HP ProLiant DL585 server also includes the HP Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO 2) management

technology. iLO 2 hardware and firmware provide remote server management capabilities over

Ethernet. The iLO 2 management processor obtains its power from the auxiliary power plane of the

server, so it is always available when the server is plugged into a power source―even when the OS

is not operating.

The DL585 provides the ability to connect to iLO 2 through a dedicated Ethernet port. This port can

connect to a dedicated management network that is out of the data path for the server and that can

be highly secured. Alternatively, in the DL585, iLO 2 also provides a Shared Network Port (SNP) that

allows network access to both iLO and the host server using a single network port. SNP allows iLO

network traffic to be routed by means of a sideband connection on one of the server NIC interfaces.

Although the iLO traffic shares a port with the server OS traffic, both the iLO processor and the server

NIC have their own Media Access Control (MAC) address. Having separate MAC addresses enables

the iLO device and the server to have separate Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. Using the SNP

simplifies hardware installation and reduces overall hardware costs because both corporate and iLO

network traffic comes through the system NIC.

Power management technology

The HP DL585 includes HP Power Regulator, an innovative OS-independent power management tool.

HP Power Regulator is a ROM-based utility that can be used to set the server to one of four power

modes:

 Static high power – Server runs continuously in the highest performance state.

 Static low power – Server runs continuously in the lowest power state.

 OS Control – Server uses AMD Opteron PowerNow!™ Technology that allows the operating system

or drivers to control processor power states.

 Dynamic power savings – server processor power is automatically adjusted according to

application activity.

HP Power Regulator improves the energy efficiency of the DL585. Opteron processors run at full

power when they need to, but when application activity is reduced, they run in a power savings

mode without performance degradation. HP Power Regulator modes can be selected through the

RBSU during POST or through the iLO 2 remote management interface any time during runtime.