Compaq ProLiant DL980 - G7 Server Specifications

Best Practices When Deploying Linux on HP ProLiant DL980 G7 Servers Technical white paper Table of contents Introduction ...

10 • RHEL 6 — PSP version 8.72 • SLES 10 — PSP version 8.71 • SLES 11 — PSP version 8.70 PSP Installation Methods for Linux Installing PSP using

11 a. Select the components to be installed. b. Review failed dependencies before installation. c. Review the revision history of the component

12 HP SMH Features HP SMH provides streamlined operations for HP servers running Linux operating systems with the following security enhancements an

13 Figure 4: Enabling HP Static High Performance Mode using RBSU 5. Exit all RBSU menu screens using the Esc key. 6. Press the F10 key to conf

14 Figure 5: Enabling OS Control Mode using RBSU 5. Exit all RBSU menu screens using the Esc key. 6. Press the F10 key to confirm your changes

15 Figure 6: Disabling Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) using RBSU 5. Select Disabled to turn Intel® Virtualization Tech

16 While RHEL 5.6 and SUSE LES 10 SP4 can support over 160 logical processors, they are not optimized for these high logical processor counts. This

17 1. During system boot, press F9 to run the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU). 2. Select Advanced Options. 3. Select System ROM Options. 4. Selec

18 Figure 9: Confirming System Address Mode reported by RBSU If the System Address Mode is set to 44-bit, follow these steps to reset it to 40-b

19 Figure 10: Disabling 44-bit System Address Mode using RBSU 5. Select Disabled to turn 44- bit memory addressing OFF. 6. Exit all RBSU menu

2 Introduction This purpose of this white paper is to facilitate the successful deployment and configuration of Linux operating systems on HP ProLia

20 Installation Hangs with SLES 10 SP3 + Netxen Driver Installation of SLES10 SP3 with a Netxen driver sometimes hangs, due to a non-functional LAN-

21 Figure 11: Disabling Hyper-threading using RBSU 5. Select Disabled to turn Hyper-threading OFF. 6. Exit all RBSU menu screens using the Esc

22 Figure 12: Confirming System Address Mode reported by RBSU 2. Press F9 to run the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU). 3. Select Advanced Option

23 Figure 13: Enabling 44-bit System Address Mode using RBSU 6. Ignore the Warning message: Caution: Enabling 44-bit Address Mode may cause pro

24 Oracle Database Best Practices When running Oracle 11gR2 (11.2.0.2) on the HP ProLiant DL980 G7 Server, there are several recommended best practi

25 Oracle’s Automatic Memory Management (AMM) feature must be disabled for Oracle to make use of HugePages. Disabling AMM requires setting the Oracl

For More Information For an overview of the HP Proliant DL980 G7 server: http://www.hp.com/servers/dl980 For more information about the HP DL980 G7

3 For a detailed discussion of the HP PREMA architecture, see the technical overview at: http://h20195.www2.hp.com/V2/GetPDF.aspx/4AA3-0643ENW.pdf L

4 Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) Overview The latest Intel Xeon processors include embedded memory controllers which access memory DIMMS connecte

5 node 7 size: 64640 MB node 7 free: 40784 MB node distances: node 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0: 10 14 23 23 27 27 27 27 1: 14

6 • numa_foreign — a task wanted to allocate on another node but ended up with memory from this one. • local_node — a task ran on this node and go

7 Determining Task Memory Allocation Location Examine the /proc/<pid>/numa_maps file to determine a task’s memory allocation location. This fi

8 Additional Recommended Software Components When Running Linux on the DL980 The HP Smart Start CD (with ProLiant Support Pack minimum recommended v

9 • Including installation logic and version control that automatically verifies hardware, software, and operating system dependencies. Only the co