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White Paper July 2001 157S-0701A-WWEN History of Innovation and Value- Prepared by OS Integration Add in Compaq x86 Server Engineering Compaq Computer Corporation Families Contents Abstract: Compaq systems provide features differentiating them Features........................................3 from the competition. The number and variety of options and High Availability..........................3 features available for Compaq servers has grown rapidly and Total Cost of Ownership.............5 Intelligent Manageability.............7 continues to grow. Security......................................9 Server Families ............................9 This white paper supplies information about Compaq servers, Compaq NeoServer .................10 features, and options, as well as providing historical references to ProLiant Family ........................10 communicate the rich heritage of Compaq innovation and leadership ProLiant Clustering Solutions...28 in the industry. Prosignia Family ......................33 Systempro Family ....................35 It describes features for high availability, total cost of ownership TaskSmart Family ....................36 (TCO), intelligent manageability, and security. It examines the Appendix A–Solution Compaq x86 server families. The appendices provide a description Partners......................................40 System Vendor Solution of Compaq solution partners, feature and option descriptions, a Partners ...................................40 matrix of supported features server by server, and Web resources. Operating System Vendor Solution Partners .....................41 This document is intended as a reference aid for those who want to Application Vendor Partners ....43 understand how Compaq adds value to products. Systems Management Partners ...................................54 Note: Most of the features described in this paper are operating Other Solution Partners............59 system independent but not all features are available on every Appendix B–Feature and operating system. Option Descriptions ..................60 Appendix C–Supported Features by Server ....................82 Appendix D–Compaq Web Resources ..................................97 Help us improve our technical communication. Let us know what you think about the technical information in this document. Your feedback is valuable and will help us structure future communications. 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History of Innovation and Value-Add in Compaq x86 Server Families White Paper prepared by OS Integration Engineering Sixth Edition (July 2001) Document Number 157S-0701A-WWEN 157S-0701A-WWEN History of Innovation and Value-Add in Compaq x86 Server Families 3 Features Compaq innovations enhance the quality, reliability, maintainability, performance, and total cost of ownership (TCO) of its server products. Even the Compaq quality pledge reflects the commitment to listen to you in order to deliver the highest quality products, services, and solutions to ensure value and to contribute to your success. Over the years, Compaq often pioneered new technologies subsequently adopted as industry standards. Several vendors now market features like Automatic Server Recovery once found only on Compaq servers. Compaq engineered PCI Hot Plug technology, now adopted as an industry standard. Compaq, through its partnership with Corollary, developed the ProFusion 8-way chipset architecture. Expect research occurring at Compaq today to become industry-standard features tomorrow. This document examines both the tangible and intangible features that make Compaq servers the number one choice for customers who demand quality, reliability, and manageability. For additional descriptions of these and other features, please refer to Appendix B–Feature Options and Descriptions. High Availability You employ systems to accomplish mission-critical functions central to the success of your operation and any loss of availability translates into a loss of time and money. To protect you from such losses, Compaq offers many features that ensure Compaq servers provide maximum uptime with minimal maintenance. High availability involves providing three major classes of functionality: • Features designed to work around any failures without service interruption (fault management) • Features designed to prevent problems from occurring (fault prevention) • Features designed to reduce the time it takes to recover from failures (fault tolerance) Fault Management Fault management provides a first line of defense against failures. These technologies enable you to route around potential faults and continue operating with little or no interruption of service. In many cases, fault management features incorporate redundancy. The features listed in Table 1 enable Compaq systems to work around potential failures without requiring immediate intervention or downtime. Table 1. Fault management features Feature Description Advanced Network Control Merges two similar network controllers into a controller pair allowing failover if a Utility fault occurs Cluster Verification Utility Helps determine if a configuration is suitable for use with Microsoft Cluster Service On-line Recovery Server Allows two servers to act as a redundant pair while handling two separate workloads continued 157S-0701A-WWEN History of Innovation and Value-Add in Compaq x86 Server Families 4 Table 1. Fault management features (continued) Feature Description Online Storage Controller Merges matched SMART-2 controllers into controller pairs providing controller Recovery redundancy Redundant array controllers Supplies a failover array controller in case a primary array controller fails Redundant fans Ensures proper airflow around temperature-sensitive components if a fan fails Redundant hot-plug power Allows power supplies to be added or replaced without shutting down the server supply Redundant NICs/NIC teaming Permits two NICs to share the same device driver code for failover in case a primary NIC fails Redundant power modules Enables Power Safe Modules to act as hot spares if the primary power module fails Redundant power supplies Ensures that the server continues operating even when a power supply fails Standby Recovery Server Allows two servers to act as a redundant pair, one acting as the hot spare for the active server Virtual power-on button Permits remote control of the power to a managed server Fault Prevention One of the most obvious ways to improve the availability of a server involves including features enabling the system to avoid problems. Such features involve forward-looking technology to anticipate the likelihood of a situation and prevent the situation from becoming a problem. Table 2 lists features that improve uptime by preventing server failures. Table 2. Fault prevention features Feature Description Dynamic sector