Compaq NetServer LXr 8000 Applications

Brand: Compaq

Model: NetServer LXr 8000

Category: PC/workstation barebones

Type: Applications

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Executive Summary

The HP NetServer LXr 8500, an 8-way capable server, makes available

unprecedented levels of computing performance and scalability. The server

supports either a Microsoft

Windows™ NT, Novell

NetWare, SCO

UNIXware or Linux environment. A rich set of available applications and

middleware, coupled with the relatively low cost of server hardware and

management features, creates a new computing price/performance point.

It provides a cost-effective computing platform for the corporate data center.

The data center is a demanding technology environment, requiring computing

equipment that is extraordinarily reliable, scalable and manageable. In a data

center, various applications are run on server equipment and each application

puts different demands (server resource utilization) on the equipment,

depending upon whether it is processor (CPU), memory, network or

input/output (I/O) intensive. It is important that the server equipment be able

to support these loads in an optimized and balanced manner.

The HP NetServer LXr 8500 is an ideal solution for both centralized and

distributed computing challenges that customers confront today. The

HP NetServer family of servers can play a leading role in client/server

application environments such as enterprise resource planning (ERP), on-line

transaction processing (OLTP) with database management systems (DBMS),

data warehousing and data marts and thin client services.

The additional capability provided by the HP NetServer LXr 8500 includes the

latest in computing technology: Intel

Pentium

III Xeon™ processors, the

Intel Profusion chipset, 64-bit 66 MHz PCI I/O and support for very large

physical memory up to 32 GB. The server is optimized for data centers and

designed to meet their performance, scalability, storage density and high

availability needs.

This white paper provides an overview of several application areas where the

HP NetServer LXr 8500 can provide a highly capable and cost effective

solution. The paper examines the nature of the application requirements

(resource utilization) for server resources. Opportunities for server

consolidation are also examined. The paper concludes with a discussion of

the features of the HP NetServer LXr 8500 that support and meet these

demands.

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A Closer Look

Data Center Needs

The data center, as a repository of information assets, is an

integral component of the enterprise infrastructure. It

generally consists of mission critical, application-specific

data stored in large databases and on file servers. Current

technology trends such as network computing, the Internet

and massive data growth are dramatically increasing the

demands on this environment.

Companies must pay attention to not only their hardware

and software choices but also service and support options

to dependably deliver the information critical to today's

business needs. Selecting the appropriate server

equipment that resides at the center of this information

fabric is critical.

Data centers have three core needs for this server

equipment: performance (data processing capacity), high

availability and scalability.

Performance

for the data center is the ability to process

and transfer large amounts of data quickly within the

various server sub-systems, also expressed as

transactions completed per unit of time. Each of the

sub-systems in a server must be optimized as well as

balanced, so that the system delivers the maximum

performance and no one component becomes a bottleneck.

Performance also includes the ability of the server system

to accommodate peak business periods and occasional

spikes in the workload. The more a server is sized for

growth, the more likely it will have sufficient headroom and

be able to accommodate usage peaks. (See Scalability

below.)

Availability

is a measure of the ability of the server system

to deliver constant computing services to clients, also

expressed as a percentage of time that the system is

“available”. Data center equipment must be highly available

(approaching 100% uptime). If an application stops,

revenue generation can come to a halt. The design

features of reliability, component redundancy, pro-active

manageability, multi-node fail-over clustering capabilities

and the appropriate levels of service and support combine

to produce highly available systems.

Industry Trend:

Server consolidation is an important

trend that impacts the data center in

several ways. Applications running on

less powerful previous generation

servers can be combined onto a single

new server with several times more

processing power. Consolidation of a

server environment can occur in one of

several ways: logical, physical or re-

centralization.

Logical consolidation attempts to

normalize or standardize aspects of the

server environment, such as manage-

ment or backup procedures, and in so

doing, achieve a reduction in staff work-

loads. In a physical consolidation, the

servers are re-located into a centralized

data center to be "racked and stacked”.

The immediate benefits are improved

physical security, lowered system

management complexity across the

servers and a more efficient sharing of

peripherals.

The third type of server consolidation,

re-centralization, involves collapsing the

processing loads from several different

servers onto a single, larger server (or

servers). This approach is used to

reduce the number of dedicated servers

or to respond to changing business

flows. Re-centralization achieves the

greatest return on investment (ROI)

benefit and is most suitable for 8-way

server configurations. All three methods

require that companies employ a con-

solidation approach that encompasses

technology, process and people in order

to achieve the benefits (reduced staff

workloads, improved manageability and

floor space utilization) attributed to

server consolidation.

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Scalability means the ability of a server system to

expand to meet the growth in the enterprise. This

concept is also called headroom and can be a difficult

demand to meet. Every significant corporate computing

trend of the past decade—LANs, client/server computing

and especially the Internet—has required more

processing power and more bandwidth than initially

forecasted. The Intel Profusion technology provides CPU

scalability to eight processors, memory scalability to

32 GB and I/O scalability with ten PCI slots on four 64-bit

PCI buses.

A server’s ability to support an upgrade to future

processor generations is one method that will increase

the load carrying capacity of a system. Increased

processing power will permit the server to support more

users and/or more demanding applications. The ability to

upgrade other components, such as controllers and

storage, is another way to accommodate growth. The

LXr 8500 follows the HP NetServer history of providing

investment protection in the form of upgrades, for

example, to future Intel Pentium Xeon processors.

Client/Server Application Architectures

The client/server application architecture is a versatile,

message-based, modular infrastructure intended to

improve interoperability, flexibility and scalability as

compared to more centralized, mainframe-style, time-

sharing computing. The client/server method of

structuring and distributing hardware and software has

shown great benefits in the operational effectiveness of

business information systems. This architecture is widely

used with many off-the-shelf application software

packages.

There are three major functions that the software performs in the client/server architectural

model. These functions, summarized here, reside in different pieces of equipment,

depending upon the structure.

1. Presentation - the user interface

2. Business Logic - the application data processing

3. Data Management - A database stores and retrieve information

Two common hardware deployment configurations are as a centralized environment (see

Figure 1) two-tier client/server and a more distributed environment, three-tier client/server

(see Figure 2).

Issues to Consider

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Is the facility centralized or decen-

tralized? Is it consolidating the servers?

What application(s) does it support and

are they processor intensive, I/O

intensive or network intensive? What are

the performance requirements?

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Has the organization done capacity

planning? Are more servers anticipated?

Already ordered?

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What does it cost the company if the

servers are down? What is the level of

availability currently on this system and

in this facility and how much should it

improve?

As part of the accumulation and

understanding of costs of downtime, it is

important to perform a complete risk

assessment. Has the organization

looked at disaster recovery? Has it

addressed the potential for growth and

the means for accommodating increased

system usage?

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In the centralized environment, the application presentation component runs on the client

with the application business logic and the database management software running on a

server system, competing for server resources. In a distributed environment with 3-tier

topologies, a database is on the third tier (the database server) and one or more

application servers comprise the second tier. Client systems are the first tier in either

arrangement.

Distributed environments can support several times the number of active users over a

centralized system, depending upon the power of the chosen servers. Clearly, the

distributed environment requires more hardware but the scalability in terms of the number

of users supported or the potential transaction throughput offsets the complexity and the

cost.

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In a centralized environment, especially at peak business periods, the processing demand

can put heavy loads on the server. The HP NetServer LXr 8500 is a logical choice for a

centralized server system.

In both cases the processing demands of the application and the power and capacity of the

server hardware along with the network fabric limit the number of users that can be

supported. As compute or data access demands increase, many companies feel the

pressure for additional hardware. In other cases, the number of application or database

servers causes a system management headache. The LXr 8500 8-way capable SMP

system offers a viable solution for reducing complexity.

Client/server configurations for front-end application servers can be easily scaled by

segmenting the applications. Scaling is also accomplished by assigning functions to

dedicated servers depending upon the anticipated loads. Back-end database server

configurations may be either single machines with multiple databases or multiple machines

with single databases, again depending upon the size of the environment and service level

requirements. In a data center environment, both types of servers are typically rack-

mounted, symmetric multiple processor (SMP) machines.

Application servers require large amounts of memory but typically have minimal mass-

storage needs. Database servers are sometimes configured as high availability clusters,

providing insurance against a single point of failures. Both types of servers require rapid

I/O performance (network and mass storage), necessary for access to the databases.

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Servers in high demand environments will be configured with multiple processors

(SMP machines), equipped with high-speed, high capacity, backup and restore devices.

Different applications make demands on different aspects of the server system. Some rely

heavily on memory while others are processor-intensive or require frequent and rapid

access to storage. (See Table 1 for a summary of server resource utilization by application

type.) As applications increase in complexity and capability, server requirements also

increase. Companies that rely on these applications can benefit by installing 8-way servers

in their IT environments. Several application environments, highly amenable to larger

systems, are discussed in some detail in the following sections.

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Server Resource Utilization

Application Server Type

CPU

Power

Memory

Usage

Disk

I/O

Network

I/O

File & Print Low Low Med. Low

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Multiple-Application

High High High Med.

Small Application Low Low Med. Low

E-Commerce Web Server High High High High

Intra/Internet Dynamic

Web Server

Med. Med. Med. Med.

Domain/Proxy/Firewall, etc. Med. Low Low Med.

Terminal Server High High Med. Low

Messaging E-mail Services Med. Med. High Med.

Collaboration Med. Med. Med. Med.

Data Warehouse High High High Low

ERP Application Server High High Low Low

ERP Central Server

Application and Database

High High High Med.

Medium Database <.5TB

(ERP, OLTP, Data Mart)

Med. Med. Med. Low

Large Database .5 - 1TB

(ERP, OLTP, etc)

High High High Low

Low: 1 CPU, Med.: 2-4 CPUs, High: 4-8 CPUs

Applications’ Resource Utilization are "typical"

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ERP is a class of business management software that integrates many facets of a

manufacturing business, including planning, inventory management, workflow on the

manufacturing floor, financial reporting and other aspects of fast moving businesses.

HP has partnered with most of the ERP vendors and supports the hardware needs of their

software. (Several success stories about these installations are available on the HP

web site.)

Two trends are changing the nature of ERP

applications. Software suppliers continue to expand

the breadth of functionality to areas such as human

resources, supply chain management and sales force

automation. E-Commerce and intra-business

capabilities via the Internet, including Web-based user

interfaces, are being added. These additional

capabilities require more data processing power

concentrated at database and application servers.

ERP vendors are also downsizing their offerings,

making them more attractive to companies requiring

little or no customization. Companies may be already

running their servers with Windows NT and are looking

to improve their overall effectiveness by deploying

ERP applications. In fact, ERP is one application area

that is becoming more “NT-centric”, due to the

potential sales volume. The overall ERP software and

equipment market is growing at approximately 25%

per year, while the market for NT-based server

systems is estimated to be growing at a 50%

compounded annual growth rate.

ERP applications are large and complex, requiring

server system resources adequate to process

transactions from all points in the business value

chain. Referring to table 1, we see that these

applications need high CPU power and large memory

configurations to support the community of users.

Growth is also a significant factor, both in terms of

volume of transactions as a business grows, but also

in terms of additional application functions and the number of active users. Note that the

users’ community is now expanding to those outside a company (Extranet) as well as those

inside (Intranet). Server systems need to be sized not only for today’s needs, but also in

anticipation of near future additional computing demands. HP’s NetServer LXr 8500 is a

wise choice given the capability to scale from one to eight processors and to grow the

system memory. Furthermore, the advent of Microsoft Windows 2000 data center edition

will bring larger memory access where the capability of the LXr 8500 to accommodate up to

32 GB of RAM will provide years of load carrying capacity.

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Is the organization aware of the benefits

of managing both NOS and applications

with a convenient set of tools? Are there

clustering management requirements?

Is this data center a heterogeneous

environment that needs tools that can

manage a variety of devices and plat-

forms? Is it a distributed environment

that can benefit from remote

management options?

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Does the vendor have a proven track

record of making customers successful

with demanding enterprise environments

and applications? Is the vendor capable

of consistently manufacturing high-

quality, tested, integrated products that

minimize failure opportunities? Does the

vendor have the necessary expertise

and support capabilities that are required

for the enterprise data center

environment?

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Nordson Corporation, a multinational manufacturer of industrial process equipment has

deployed SAP R/3, a well-known ERP application, on a HP NetServer LXr 8500 in its SAP

test and development center. The trial has been so successful that the company is going

live with three racks of HP NetServer LXr 8500s (9 servers and EMC storage). Nordson

chose these servers for three key reasons: increased computing power, superior scalability

and excellent price/performance compared to RISC/UNIX systems. More information is

available in the Nordson customer story on the HP NetServer web site. (The URLs for all

sites referenced in this paper are listed in the section titled For More Information on

page 15.)

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Relational database management systems (DBMS) are at the core of many modern

application systems. They offer ease of storage and flexible access to complex sets of

information.

ERP applications depend upon databases. Other important applications that employ

databases include transaction processing and data warehousing (discussed in more detail

below). Transaction processing is a class of computing that facilitates many types of

business needs in a wide range of industries, including on-line or ATM banking, airline and

car rental reservations, and inventory management in areas as diverse as supermarkets

and manufacturing.

Databases employ thousands of lines of software code dedicated to facilitating storage and

ad hoc retrieval of all the elements of business transactions in planned and unplanned

combination. Databases require processing power far beyond the basic demands of a file

server due to the database infrastructure of indexes and links, which are often constantly

changing but designed to provide fast entry and retrieval over large (tens of millions of

elements) volumes of data.

A database is typically designed to efficiently accommodate the addition, modification and

access to stored information. Server systems that house these databases are typically

multi-processor systems that will improve parallelism in processing a number of pending

requests for a wide variety of transactions. Large RAM memories facilitate rapid retrieval of

often used information. More memory in the server means a better chance of a fast

response.

This is another environment where the HP NetServer LXr 8500 excels, providing the

multiprocessing capability that maintains service levels during peak periods and the

memory and I/O capacity that allows fast storage and retrieval of vital data.

Couple the processing power of 8 Intel Pentium III Xeon processors with Fibre Channel

connected mass storage and the system’s ability to manage large databases is equivalent

or better than many RISC/UNIX servers. The cost/performance ratio is far superior, often

achieving hardware costs that are one-third that of RISC/UNIX servers with comparable

processing power.

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A Data Warehouse is the data center main repository of information. A Data Mart is simply

a smaller data warehouse for specific sub-organizations (i.e. marketing) or departments.

Data warehousing emphasizes the capture of data from diverse sources for storage and

analysis. Data from various applications is stored and then selectively organized in the data

warehouse database for use by business analysis and unanticipated queries. This store of

information enlarges a company’s capability to enhance it’s “Business Intelligence”,

identifying positive and negative sales trends, customer demographics and other profitable

subjects.

Data warehouses once required mainframe scale computers due to their size and the

prodigious processing need. Today, Microsoft Windows NT or Novell NetWare servers are

becoming viable and incredibly cost effective solutions in this area for all but the largest

warehouses. Intel-based servers have been effective tools to fill the role of the front-end or

application server, which directs storage to and queries from the warehouse and may

perform computationally intense data transformations. This portion of the server market is

forecasted to be growing at more than 50% per year.

The growth of data warehouses in both size and analytical utility makes the LXr 8500 well

suited for companies where this function can improve their competitiveness. Again, the

inherently high processing power and capacity for system growth at a reasonable cost

makes the HP NetServer LXr 8500 an attractive choice.

HP has developed a program to enable deployment of SAP’s Business Information

Warehouse. This module integrates data warehousing into the SAP R/3 ERP program.

HP has developed a suite of services and support tuned specifically for SAP environments.

This offering combines hardware (including the HP NetServer LXr 8500), software, and

HP and third party consulting.

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Microsoft Windows Terminal Server is a Windows NT server extension that creates a multi-

user environment where all users share the hardware and software resource on the

terminal server machine. Applications are run on the server, and even the graphical user

interface (GUI) is server-resident, pushed to the clients. Microsoft Windows NT Server

Terminal Server Edition supports a full range of clients from legacy personal computers to

the new and cost effective “thin clients”. Using Citrix Meta-Frame software in addition to

Terminal Server, customers can gain access to server resources from clients’ devices

running even non-Microsoft OS (i.e. Mac, Unix). In addition, using Meta-frame, customers

can balance loads between servers in a farm to deliver optimal performance to end-users.

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A thin client is basically a simplified desktop device that provides reliable and fast access to

networked resources. Thin clients have no local hard drive, no local storage and do not

require a large or complicated desktop operating system to function. Thin clients rely on the

speed and availability of the server infrastructure to deliver maximum computing

performance to users. For example, HP Entria thin-clients offer out-of-the-box connectivity

and HP's award-winning industry-standard manageability. Add to that legendary HP quality

and reliability, and you have great value in a thin-client computing solution.

In Figure 3 above, the central or terminal server is often referred to in industry jargon as a

“Fat Server” set up to serve “Thin Clients”. The server, unlike a central server in a typical

ERP environment, must also provide the processing power to construct and update the

graphical user interface.

Thin clients address the need for an extremely reliable, secure and compact desktop

device that offers the familiarity of a windows-type graphical user interface. Thin Clients are

often deployed in situations where the users access one or a few specific applications. With

no hard disk to fill or fail, and with application access centrally controlled, this type of

computing fills many needs once the realm of “dumb” terminals or legacy PCs.

The demand for thin client computers and servers to serve them is expected to develop

rapidly, with growth for both devices expected to exceed 10% per year.

Thin client computing has two primary server resource requirements: CPU processing

power and memory capacity. The capacity of a server to support a given number of clients

depends directly on both these resources to maintain adequate service levels. If either

resource is exhausted, user response time will degrade severely in the case of memory

exhaustion and gradually in the case of CPU.

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Multi-processors servers will always provide better response to a number of clients given

the capability for parallel task processing. Memory capacity is more critical in that each thin

client may require from 4-8MB of RAM for “generic” applications that have not been

designed specifically for this type of use. RAM consumption will be considerably less for

applications designed specifically for thin client use. Several studies have been done using

generic applications to determine recommended client loads for a given server

configuration. With adequate server resources, the number of supportable thin clients

scales very well with the number of processors and amount of RAM.

The HP NetServer family has several models that can well serve user communities of

various sizes; for example, well over 400 clients can be supported with an HP LXr 8500

system with 8 processors and 32 GB of RAM (with Microsoft Windows 2000). With

Windows NT 4.0 Enterprise Edition, RAM use is limited to 8 GB and the client estimate is

about 300.

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Server consolidation provides several benefits to the IT department and to the corporation.

Physical security improves, system management and hardware resource utilization

becomes more efficient, staff workloads can be reduced or redirected and operating costs

(especially hardware support and OS licensing costs) frequently decline. Consolidation of

applications or user communities to a larger server with faster processors, more processors

plus more efficient access to memory, mass storage and the network can significantly

improve service levels and reduce data center costs.

An 8-way HP NetServer LXr 8500 server also provides enough future capacity to

accommodate consolidated applications as well as the planned growth in application types

or system usage.

HP Philosophy and Strategy

HP’s approach to solving computing problems is based first on solid system design and

high quality manufacturing and testing of all server components and subsystems. The most

effective approach to improving performance, availability and scalability is to prevent faults

as opposed to designing to recognize or tolerate faults.

HP’s design philosophy for the NetServer LXr 8500 8-way system was simple: lead in all

areas of performance, scalability, manageability, availability and reliability. The architecture

is a uniquely balanced design where the performance capabilities of the processors, cache,

I/O subsystems and memory are well matched to provide optimum throughput. Due to the

balanced architecture, our customers do not have to make tradeoffs between CPU and

memory capacity or between CPU and I/O capacity to achieve the desired high

performance.

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and estimates may not reflect your environment.

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The HP NetServer Solution

The HP NetServer LXr 8500 (see Figure 4), the newest

server in the L series family of servers, establishes a

highly scalable Intel-based architecture for the data

center.

In the beginning of this paper, data centers equipment

needs were listed as performance, availability, and

scalability. The HP NetServer LXr 8500 meets these

needs in the following manner:

• Performance

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Up to 8 550 MHz Intel Pentium III Xeon

processors, reducing the potential for

processor bottlenecks

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Up to 32 GB of ECC SDRAM memory on its

own 64-bit bus, with interleaving to improve

memory bandwidth and reduce access

conflicts

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Up to 4 host-to-PCI bridge chips, connecting to

a 64-bit, dedicated I/O bus, reducing

contention between the I/O and processor

activity, improving throughput and reducing the

potential for I/O bottlenecks.

• Availability

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Redundancy: fans, power supplies, disk drives, network controllers

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Hot swap: fans, power supplies and disk drives so that replacements can be made

without bringing the system down. PCI hot plug support so PCI adapter cards can be

repaired or replaced while the system is up.

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Self-monitoring hardware components (CPU, CPU boards, memory DIMMs, memory

boards, cache coherency filters) de-allocate themselves in case of a failure and

continue server operations without IT intervention.

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“Totally Safe” memory scrubbing utility proactively cleans system memory,

eliminating single bit memory errors and minimizing multi-bit induced system failures.

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Automated failure recovery, including automatic server restart and ECC memory.

Includes One-Button Disaster-Recovery as a tape backup solution to simplify and

expedite system restoration after a failure

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Server clustering: supports cluster capabilities from several vendors

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• Scalability

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Processors: increase from 1 to 8, can be upgraded to next-generation Xeon

processors

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CPU L2 cache available at 1 MB or 2 MB.

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Memory: increase from 256 MB to 32 GB. I/O: Ten hot-plug, full-length PCI slots;

four 64-bit, 66 MHz slots; and six 64-bit, 33 MHz slots (one 33 MHz PCI slot used by

preinstalled HP TopTools Remote Control Card)

• Manageability

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Preinstalled HP TopTools Remote Control card for secure remote management

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HP TopTools for Servers, a comprehensive server management solution with

intuitive browser-based user interface; facilitates troubleshooting, administration, and

asset information collection

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HP OpenView ManageX/SE Event Manager for complete NOS and Application

management

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HP Fault Notifier phones home to HP if hardware problems occur. Pre-failure alerts

occur on key system components.

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Pre-Failure Warranty receives alerts and proactively directs the system administrator

to replace hard drives, memory or power supplies before they fail and cause

downtime.

The performance of this server is enabled by the use of the Intel Profusion chipset

architecture. This chipset is a five-ported switch that links five 100 MHz buses in a crossbar

switch. The architecture allows direct point-to-point, simultaneous access to all system

resources producing a balanced server platform. (The design of the chipset and server is

discussed in more detail in the Architecture/Technology Overview, a HP white paper on the

Profusion architecture.) This is the second generation of a HP eight-way, SMP processor

design, incorporating proven design technology and expertise to produce a high-

performance, highly available system.

The HP NetServer LXr 8500 brings solid reliability to the demanding data center

environment, especially those that support ERP, data mart, OLTP or thin client application

environments. The server’s robust design provides the high availability so needed by data

centers by using redundant, hot-swappable key components as well as by being certified

for clustering on a variety of platforms. Maximum uptime is further enhanced by a

comprehensive set of server management tools.

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Conclusion

The HP NetServer LXr 8500, an 8-way capable server, is a highly available, scalable and

cost-effective solution ideal for several different application areas. It is especially effective

for those applications where the demand exists for large amounts of CPU power and

memory, or rapid and frequent access to disk I/O or the network. These applications

include enterprise resource planning, data warehousing, data marts and data mining,

database servers and thin client/server-based computing. The performance of this server is

enhanced by the Intel Profusion chipset features and the fastest Intel Pentium Xeon

processors as well as up to 32 GB of memory and dedicated I/O and memory buses.

Combining the power, performance and availability of the HP NetServer LXr 8500 with the

reliability that with every HP NetServer yields the best possible server for demanding

applications and environments.

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For More Information

HP has several white papers and technology briefs that describe in more detail, the HP

NetServer LXr 8500 architecture, memory, processor selection, clustering and availability.

These are available in the product information section for the HP NetServer LXr 8500 at:

http://netserver.hp.com/netserver/products/papers.asp?pid=lxr8500

These and other papers are also listed in the technical papers section of the HP NetServer

web site at:

http://www.netserver.hp.com/netserver/papers/

For more information on the customer success stories referred to in this paper, see:

http://netserver.hp.com/netserver/solutions/customer_story

For more information on data warehousing solutions, see:

http://www.hp.com/go/datawarehouse

For more information on the HP partnership with SAP, see:

http://www.sap.hp.com/public/

Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of, and Windows NT is a trademark of, Microsoft

Corp. All other brand names are trademarks of their respective owners. Technical information in this document is subject to change without notice.

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