Where can I find detailed information on the HP ProLiant DL165 G6 server specifications and supported options?
A1.
The DL165 G6 QuickSpecs include descriptions of all models of the ProLiant DL165 G6 and an extensive list of supported options from HP.
Q2.
Are there any features of the DL165 G5 that are not included on the DL165 G6?
A2.
Yes. The design of the ProLiant DL165 evolves as server technologies evolve. The DL165 G6 offers support for AMD Opteron 2400 Series 6 core processors. Previous AMD Opteron processors, 2300 series and before, are not supported.
Q3.
Please refer to the portfolio positioning general Q&A list for more information.
A3.
The DL165 G6 QuickSpecs include descriptions of all models of the ProLiant DL165 G6 and an extensive list of supported options from HP.
Q4.
What chipset is HP using in the ProLiant DL165 G6 and what are its advantages?
A4.
The ProLiant DL165 G6 uses the ServerWorks HT2100 and HT1000. This chipset implementation supports up to two Opteron processors, 64GB of PC2-6400 DDR2 memory, x16 PCI-Express, PCI-X 133MHz and HTX functionality.
Q5.
What memory does the new ProLiant DL165 G6 use and what are its benefits?
A5.
The HP ProLiant DL165 G6 server uses PC2-6400 and PC2-5300 Double Data Rate II (DDR2) SDRAM running at 800MHz and 667MHz with Advanced ECC functionality. SDRAM data is transferred on the rising edge of every clock cycle with each DIMM. The memory chip on DDR DIMMs performs transactions on both the rising and falling edges of the clock cycle, effectively doubling memory bus clock rate yields. Because DDR2 memory has been around longer.
Q6.
How do customers expand the memory on the ProLiant DL165 G6?
A6.
The ProLiant DL165 G6 offers models that ship standard with 4GB of PC2-6400 ECC SDRAM memory (2×2GB). The architecture of the ProLiant DL165 is such that each processor supports up to 4 DDR2 SDRAM DIMMs. Memory should be added in identical pairs for optimal performance, with the ideal configuration being one with identical memory configuration for each CPU board, up to 64GB with PC2-5300 (8×8GB) or 32GB with PC2-6400 (8x4GB).
Please refer to the Quick Specs for memory option kit information.
Q7.
Can the front USB port on the DL165 G6 be used as a floppy replacement or allow for an external DVD?
A7.
Utilities are now available to allow the use of USB instead of floppy for a number of tasks, including system boot from USB drive key. The USB ports also allow for the walk-up attachment of an external DVD or DVD-RW drive for OS or other application installation.
Q8.
How do the PCI-X and HTX options work?
A8.
The DL165 G6 has support for an optional PCI-X card that replaces the low-profile PCI-Express slot in the system and HTX riser card that replaces the full-length PCI-X slot in the system. The optional PCI-X Riser card is p/n 411625-B21 and the optional HTX riser card is p/n 411627-B21.
Q9.
Can I upgrade my HP ProLiant DL165 G6 non-hot plug model to support hot plug drives?
A9.
No. The non-hot plug models come standard with 4 drive bays and are not reconfigurable.
Q10.
Can I deploy Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) hard drives in the DL165 G6? Does the DL165 G6 support Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) RAID?
A10.
Yes. The DL165 G6 supports both Large Form Factor SATA and Large Form Factor SAS hard drives in hot-plug configurations.
Yes. The DL165 G6 supports a range of I/O option cards for flexible RAID level selection.
Q11.
What operating systems are supported by the DL165 G6?
A11.
View more details and an updated list of supported operating systems on ProLiant Servers at: http://www.hp.com/go/supportos
Q12.
What are the advantages of AMD's new Smart Fetch Technology?
A12.
AMD Smart Fetch technology helps reduce power consumption by allowing cores to enter a “halt” state, causing them to draw even less power during processing idle times.
Before entering halt, however, the core must first write its L1 and L2 contents to the L3 cache.
And then the core can power itself down, because the core’s L1 and L2 data has already been written to the L3 cache, there’s no reason to wake the core up when other cores need to check its data.
Q13.
What types of applications see the most performance benefit from AMD Opteron technology?
A13.
Applications that require high bandwidth and low latency access to system memory benefit from AMD Opteron technology, especially true for high performance cluster computing but also applicable to a large number of commercial applications as well.
Also, AMD Opteron technology allows memory and I/O resources to scale with additional processing power providing increased levels of system resources as computing needs increase. Combining resource scaling with AMD Opteron's HyperTransport technology allows for those system resources to be shared effectively across all processing units benefiting many multi-threaded applications and provides for high levels of scalability from UP to DP to 4-way processing.
Q14.
What is the performance of these new servers?
A14.
Opteron specific benchmarks can be found on AMD's website. ProLiant specific benchmarks will be posted to our website once they are completed.
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