HP ProLiant DL585 G7 server technology

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Power management technology
The HP ProLiant DL585 G7includes the latest server management technologies
HP Power Regulator
The DL585 G7 includes HP Power Regulator, an innovative OS-independent power management tool.
HP Power Regulator is a ROM-based utility 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 adjusts according to application activity.
HP Power Regulator improves the energy efficiency of the DL585 G7. Opteron processors run at full
power when they need to, but with reduced application activity, they run in a power savings mode
without performance degradation. RBSU during POST or the iLO 3 remote management console
allows selection of the HP Power Regulator modes.
HP Power Capping and Dynamic Power Capping
Server performance-per-watt continues to increase steadily. However, the number of watts-per-server
also continues to climb steadily. These increases, combined with the increasing number of servers and
density in modern data centers, make planning and managing facility power and cooling resources
critically important. HP Power Capping and HP Dynamic Power Capping are ProLiant power
management tools that assist the data center administrator in these critical tasks.
HP implements both Power Capping and HP Dynamic Power Capping in system hardware and
firmware. Therefore, they are not dependent on the operating system or applications. Power capping
uses the power monitoring and control mechanisms built into ProLiant servers. These mechanisms
allow an administrator to limit, or cap, the power consumption of a server or group of servers. Power
capping lets you manage the data center parameters that server power consumption directly
influences, including data center cooling requirements and electrical provisioning. Power capping
also lets you control server power consumption in emergencies such as loss of primary AC power. For
more information on the topic of HP Power Capping visit:
http://
h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01549455/c01549455.pdf
Conclusion
The HP ProLiant DL585 G7 is a 4U rack-optimized, four-processor server created for large data center
deployments requiring enterprise-class performance, uptime, and scalability, plus ease of
management and expansion. It offers customers running both 32- and 64-bit applications increased
performance and memory speed. This platform’s balance of new system architecture, extensive
memory capacity and I/O throughput provides the high performance needed for large-scale
enterprise applications.