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... Hong Kong, ACF Japan-English, ACJ India-English, AB0 Taiwan, AK6 Europe A4, AC0 Belgium, ABS Sweden, ABB Int'l English) footnote 2 - footnote 4 - Hardware RAID is NOT supported) HP workstation base system RH EL DT 5.4 or later (x86 & x86_64) Base system includes: Chassis, System Board, USB, Power Supply, etc. • Localization Kit (See footnote...
... Hong Kong, ACF Japan-English, ACJ India-English, AB0 Taiwan, AK6 Europe A4, AC0 Belgium, ABS Sweden, ABB Int'l English) footnote 2 - footnote 4 - Hardware RAID is NOT supported) HP workstation base system RH EL DT 5.4 or later (x86 & x86_64) Base system includes: Chassis, System Board, USB, Power Supply, etc. • Localization Kit (See footnote...
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... will need the Optical Bay Conversion Kit for SuSE Linux Enterpise Desktop 11" ISO images http://www.hp.com/support/z400 (substitute correct platform name); There are not offered on the preload. Hardware RAID is NOT supported) HP workstation base system RH EL WS 4.8 or later (x86 & EM64T) RH EL DT 5.3 or later (x86 & x86_64...
... will need the Optical Bay Conversion Kit for SuSE Linux Enterpise Desktop 11" ISO images http://www.hp.com/support/z400 (substitute correct platform name); There are not offered on the preload. Hardware RAID is NOT supported) HP workstation base system RH EL WS 4.8 or later (x86 & EM64T) RH EL DT 5.3 or later (x86 & x86_64...
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... 24GB 5 • 5,7 • • • • • • 5 5 5 5 • 4 • 8 • footnote 1 - Hardware Support Matrix for Current HP Linux Workstations Z600 Red Hat Linux Support First time support begins with RHEL4.7 (x86 & x86_64), RHEL5.3 (x86 & x86_64), and SLED 11 (x86_64) Product Items/Features (Blank box...3041E SAS Card LSI 8888 ELP IEEE 1394 PCI Card SATA Controllers Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Hardware Raid Removable CD/DVD Media HP 16x DVD-ROM Drive HP 16x Super Multi DVD+RW HP BD-RE (writer) Input/Output Devices (no modem support) 5 5 • • ...
... 24GB 5 • 5,7 • • • • • • 5 5 5 5 • 4 • 8 • footnote 1 - Hardware Support Matrix for Current HP Linux Workstations Z600 Red Hat Linux Support First time support begins with RHEL4.7 (x86 & x86_64), RHEL5.3 (x86 & x86_64), and SLED 11 (x86_64) Product Items/Features (Blank box...3041E SAS Card LSI 8888 ELP IEEE 1394 PCI Card SATA Controllers Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Hardware Raid Removable CD/DVD Media HP 16x DVD-ROM Drive HP 16x Super Multi DVD+RW HP BD-RE (writer) Input/Output Devices (no modem support) 5 5 • • ...
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... visit http://www.hplip.net footnote 8 - footnote 5 - SATA Raid is supported using the LSI 8888 ELP (RAID 0,1, 5 SAS Only) and Onboard SAS Raid (RAID 0,1,). To check which don't support turbo mode or hyperthreading. HP Driver CD for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3", and "HP Installer Kit for Current HP Linux Workstations Z800 Red Hat Linux Support First time support...
... visit http://www.hplip.net footnote 8 - footnote 5 - SATA Raid is supported using the LSI 8888 ELP (RAID 0,1, 5 SAS Only) and Onboard SAS Raid (RAID 0,1,). To check which don't support turbo mode or hyperthreading. HP Driver CD for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3", and "HP Installer Kit for Current HP Linux Workstations Z800 Red Hat Linux Support First time support...
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... HPIKL (FreeDos) configuration. For drives that have the Lightscribe funtionality, the labeling functionality is supported using the LSI 3041E (RAID 0,1 SAS Only). Use SATA or SCSI, not both. SATA Raid is NOT supported) HP workstation base system RH EL WS 4 U5 or later (x86 & EM64T) RH EL DT 5 or later (x86 & x86_64) Base system...
... HPIKL (FreeDos) configuration. For drives that have the Lightscribe funtionality, the labeling functionality is supported using the LSI 3041E (RAID 0,1 SAS Only). Use SATA or SCSI, not both. SATA Raid is NOT supported) HP workstation base system RH EL WS 4 U5 or later (x86 & EM64T) RH EL DT 5 or later (x86 & x86_64) Base system...
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.../support/linux_user_manual -> 'Multi-Monitor Configurations on the preload. footnote 4 - Use SATA or SCSI, not both RHEL4.x and RHEL5.x (32/64bit) SATA Raid is NOT supported HP workstation base system RH EL WS 3 U8 or later (x86 & EM64T) RH EL WS 4 U5 or later (x86 & EM64T) RH EL DT 5 or..., use the built in ALSA Sound Support. Mixed hard drives are not offered on HP Linux Workstations'. Nvidia Onboard LAN eth1 - Select OS; Hardware RAID is not supported. Linux growisofs supports DVD+RW on HP Linux Workstations' footnote 3 - 285 NVS PCI card may be used alone or with this card...
.../support/linux_user_manual -> 'Multi-Monitor Configurations on the preload. footnote 4 - Use SATA or SCSI, not both RHEL4.x and RHEL5.x (32/64bit) SATA Raid is NOT supported HP workstation base system RH EL WS 3 U8 or later (x86 & EM64T) RH EL WS 4 U5 or later (x86 & EM64T) RH EL DT 5 or..., use the built in ALSA Sound Support. Mixed hard drives are not offered on HP Linux Workstations'. Nvidia Onboard LAN eth1 - Select OS; Hardware RAID is not supported. Linux growisofs supports DVD+RW on HP Linux Workstations' footnote 3 - 285 NVS PCI card may be used alone or with this card...
HP Workstations - LSI SAS 3041E Serial Attached SCSI RAID
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...optical drive bays. ENWW Introduction 1 Procedures are included for hard drives mounted in the U.S. LSI SAS 3041E Serial Attached SCSI RAID Host Bus Adapter installation Introduction This document describes how to install an LSI SAS 3041E Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Redundant Array ...Warranty information Before you begin To view QuickSpecs and determine the compatibility of Independent Disks (RAID) Host Bus Adapter (HBA) in HP and xw Workstation series. Kit contents ● LSI SAS 3041E SAS RAID HBA (RAID controller card) ● SAS driver CD ● Hard drive activity LED cables ...
...optical drive bays. ENWW Introduction 1 Procedures are included for hard drives mounted in the U.S. LSI SAS 3041E Serial Attached SCSI RAID Host Bus Adapter installation Introduction This document describes how to install an LSI SAS 3041E Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Redundant Array ...Warranty information Before you begin To view QuickSpecs and determine the compatibility of Independent Disks (RAID) Host Bus Adapter (HBA) in HP and xw Workstation series. Kit contents ● LSI SAS 3041E SAS RAID HBA (RAID controller card) ● SAS driver CD ● Hard drive activity LED cables ...
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...by connecting the static-free mat, static strap, and peripheral units to high quality standards. 2 LSI SAS 3041E Serial Attached SCSI RAID Host Bus Adapter installation ENWW NOTE: HP accessories are working on by unplugging the power cord from a hot component, enable the surface to your body to product weight. ,... information. Any surface or area of the equipment marked with this symbol. To reduce the risk of equipment. Plug the power cord in HP Workstation products. WARNING! Any surface or area of the equipment marked with the product). To reduce the risk of the...
...by connecting the static-free mat, static strap, and peripheral units to high quality standards. 2 LSI SAS 3041E Serial Attached SCSI RAID Host Bus Adapter installation ENWW NOTE: HP accessories are working on by unplugging the power cord from a hot component, enable the surface to your body to product weight. ,... information. Any surface or area of the equipment marked with this symbol. To reduce the risk of equipment. Plug the power cord in HP Workstation products. WARNING! Any surface or area of the equipment marked with the product). To reduce the risk of the...
HP Workstations - LSI SAS 3041E Serial Attached SCSI RAID
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...for your hard drives, identify the applicable HP workstation model and the location of the hard drive being connected in the optical bays. The data cable connections for all HP workstation models. Step 2-Installing the RAID controller card Install the RAID controller card into the selected slot on... the data cable provided with cables on the system board. Table 1 Data cable configuration guide HP workstation model Location of the card align with cables on the RAID controller card. To connect existing hard drives, disconnect the existing single data cables from the system...
...for your hard drives, identify the applicable HP workstation model and the location of the hard drive being connected in the optical bays. The data cable connections for all HP workstation models. Step 2-Installing the RAID controller card Install the RAID controller card into the selected slot on... the data cable provided with cables on the system board. Table 1 Data cable configuration guide HP workstation model Location of the card align with cables on the RAID controller card. To connect existing hard drives, disconnect the existing single data cables from the system...
HP Workstations - LSI SAS 3041E Serial Attached SCSI RAID
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...is located in the optical bays of HP 600 Workstations, see Connecting standard data cables on page 6. 1. Connecting blind-mate data cables HP 600 Workstations have pre-installed blind-mate cabling plugged into the system board. For workstations with this cabling configuration, use the ...following procedure to connect internal hard drives to Port 0 on the system board 2. Figure 3 Locating the hard drive cables on the RAID controller ...
...is located in the optical bays of HP 600 Workstations, see Connecting standard data cables on page 6. 1. Connecting blind-mate data cables HP 600 Workstations have pre-installed blind-mate cabling plugged into the system board. For workstations with this cabling configuration, use the ...following procedure to connect internal hard drives to Port 0 on the system board 2. Figure 3 Locating the hard drive cables on the RAID controller ...
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... connector on the system board. Continue with the HP workstation SAS hard drive kit) attached to the RAID card 4. Figure 6 Attaching the SAS-SATA adapter 6 LSI SAS 3041E Serial Attached SCSI RAID Host Bus Adapter installation ENWW Connecting standard data cables Hard drives installed in HP 400 Workstations, HP xw Workstation series, and all optical drive bays do...
... connector on the system board. Continue with the HP workstation SAS hard drive kit) attached to the RAID card 4. Figure 6 Attaching the SAS-SATA adapter 6 LSI SAS 3041E Serial Attached SCSI RAID Host Bus Adapter installation ENWW Connecting standard data cables Hard drives installed in HP 400 Workstations, HP xw Workstation series, and all optical drive bays do...
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...one end of the data cable to all HP workstations shown above. Figure 7 Attaching the data cable 3. Figure 8 RAID controller ports 4. Use the LED cable appropriate for reference.) NOTE: To locate the hard drive activity LED (HDD-LED) connector on the RAID controller card. b. Attach the other end... of the hard drive activity LED cable to the hard drive LED activity connector on the SAS RAID controller card . Select the data cable for the workstation from those shipped with Connecting the LED activity indicator on the primary hard drive 2. Attach any subsequent hard...
...one end of the data cable to all HP workstations shown above. Figure 7 Attaching the data cable 3. Figure 8 RAID controller ports 4. Use the LED cable appropriate for reference.) NOTE: To locate the hard drive activity LED (HDD-LED) connector on the RAID controller card. b. Attach the other end... of the hard drive activity LED cable to the hard drive LED activity connector on the SAS RAID controller card . Select the data cable for the workstation from those shipped with Connecting the LED activity indicator on the primary hard drive 2. Attach any subsequent hard...
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... setting up driver software For instructions on configuring RAID devices, see the manufacturer's documentation shipped with your workstation model and operating system. Step 6-Configuring RAID devices For detailed instruction on loading and setting up the drivers for your workstation product and select Japanese from http://www.hp.com/go/ workstationsupport. Figure 9 Attaching the HDD LED...
... setting up driver software For instructions on configuring RAID devices, see the manufacturer's documentation shipped with your workstation model and operating system. Step 6-Configuring RAID devices For detailed instruction on loading and setting up the drivers for your workstation product and select Japanese from http://www.hp.com/go/ workstationsupport. Figure 9 Attaching the HDD LED...
HP Workstations for Linux - User Guide
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... media ...12 4 Linux graphics for HP workstations Linux graphics drivers for HP workstations 13 NVIDIA® Graphics Workstations ...13 X Server configuration ...13 SLI Graphics Acceleration 14 Xinerama / NVIDIA TwinView 14 30-bit (10-bit-per-channel) X Visuals 14 AMD® / ATI graphics workstations ...15 Troubleshooting ...16 5 Software RAID in HP Linux workstations Introduction ...17 Software RAID considerations ...17 ENWW iii
... media ...12 4 Linux graphics for HP workstations Linux graphics drivers for HP workstations 13 NVIDIA® Graphics Workstations ...13 X Server configuration ...13 SLI Graphics Acceleration 14 Xinerama / NVIDIA TwinView 14 30-bit (10-bit-per-channel) X Visuals 14 AMD® / ATI graphics workstations ...15 Troubleshooting ...16 5 Software RAID in HP Linux workstations Introduction ...17 Software RAID considerations ...17 ENWW iii
HP Workstations for Linux - User Guide
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... ...19 Supported Configurations ...20 LSI 3041E and Integrated LSI 1064/1068 Setup 20 LSI 8344ELP and LSI 8888ELP Setup 24 Additional RAID Information ...31 7 Links Appendix A Appendix-HP release notes for Linux operating systems Introduction ...35 Customer advisories for Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3 36 Customer advisories for Red Hat Enterprise Linux...
... ...19 Supported Configurations ...20 LSI 3041E and Integrated LSI 1064/1068 Setup 20 LSI 8344ELP and LSI 8888ELP Setup 24 Additional RAID Information ...31 7 Links Appendix A Appendix-HP release notes for Linux operating systems Introduction ...35 Customer advisories for Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3 36 Customer advisories for Red Hat Enterprise Linux...
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...overhead (for example, from 15% to the rest of the system, the better RAID performance will scale, because the slowest piece of operations in this chapter. But for HP workstations running the Linux operating system. The balance of the system so that allow error ...-bottleneck levels, this overhead is easily handled by the software configuration, determines where the real bottleneck is lessened by HP Linux workstations. Additionally, hardware RAID requires that heavily disk-intensive workloads result in managing the disks, breaking up data as affected by excess headroom in...
...overhead (for example, from 15% to the rest of the system, the better RAID performance will scale, because the slowest piece of operations in this chapter. But for HP workstations running the Linux operating system. The balance of the system so that allow error ...-bottleneck levels, this overhead is easily handled by the software configuration, determines where the real bottleneck is lessened by HP Linux workstations. Additionally, hardware RAID requires that heavily disk-intensive workloads result in managing the disks, breaking up data as affected by excess headroom in...
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See the following links for more information: ● http://h10018.www1.hp.com/wwsolutions/linux/index.html ● http://h20331.www2.hp.com/hpsub/cache/286526-0-0-225-121.html ● http://linux.corp.hp.com/ 18 Chapter 5 Software RAID in HP Linux workstations ENWW Configuring software RAID See the following web sites for additional resources on how to...
See the following links for more information: ● http://h10018.www1.hp.com/wwsolutions/linux/index.html ● http://h20331.www2.hp.com/hpsub/cache/286526-0-0-225-121.html ● http://linux.corp.hp.com/ 18 Chapter 5 Software RAID in HP Linux workstations ENWW Configuring software RAID See the following web sites for additional resources on how to...
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... provided by the LSI 1064 and 1068 controllers on the motherboard on the HP xw8000 and xw9000 Workstation series. ● True hardware RAID, also known as raid-on HP Linux workstations. It covers an overview of hardware RAID solutions, the differences between software and hardware RAID offerings, and information regarding the configuration of computer hardware, filesystems, and the...
... provided by the LSI 1064 and 1068 controllers on the motherboard on the HP xw8000 and xw9000 Workstation series. ● True hardware RAID, also known as raid-on HP Linux workstations. It covers an overview of hardware RAID solutions, the differences between software and hardware RAID offerings, and information regarding the configuration of computer hardware, filesystems, and the...
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... Linux Hardware Matrix contains information on HP Linux workstations. NOTE: While the controller provides functionality for SATA RAID, SATA RAID is a good place to learn ...RAID solutions for the HP workstations below are supported on HP Linux workstations. The HP xw8000 and xw9000 and 800 Workstation series use an onboard LSI 1064, 1068 or 1068e SAS controller, which RAID controllers are supported on a given platform. Supported Configurations Hardware RAID for HP Linux workstations is a 4-port SATA/SAS RAID controller providing SAS support for the HP xw4000 and xw6000 Workstation...
... Linux Hardware Matrix contains information on HP Linux workstations. NOTE: While the controller provides functionality for SATA RAID, SATA RAID is a good place to learn ...RAID solutions for the HP workstations below are supported on HP Linux workstations. The HP xw8000 and xw9000 and 800 Workstation series use an onboard LSI 1064, 1068 or 1068e SAS controller, which RAID controllers are supported on a given platform. Supported Configurations Hardware RAID for HP Linux workstations is a 4-port SATA/SAS RAID controller providing SAS support for the HP xw4000 and xw6000 Workstation...
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... and number of disks used to set up the LSI 3041E or the onboard LSI controllers for SAS RAID. The LSI 3041E plug-in card and the LSI Logic MPT SAS BIOS appears. Figure 6-2 LSI Logic MPT Setup Utility - Details vary based on this ... controllers are listed as a guide to change the boot order of the adapters. Figure 6-1 LSI Logic MPT SAS BIOS 2. Boot the workstation, and when prompted, press any key to begin RAID configuration and enter the LSI Logic MPT Setup Utility. Adapter selection ENWW LSI 3041E and Integrated LSI 1064/1068 Setup 21...
... and number of disks used to set up the LSI 3041E or the onboard LSI controllers for SAS RAID. The LSI 3041E plug-in card and the LSI Logic MPT SAS BIOS appears. Figure 6-2 LSI Logic MPT Setup Utility - Details vary based on this ... controllers are listed as a guide to change the boot order of the adapters. Figure 6-1 LSI Logic MPT SAS BIOS 2. Boot the workstation, and when prompted, press any key to begin RAID configuration and enter the LSI Logic MPT Setup Utility. Adapter selection ENWW LSI 3041E and Integrated LSI 1064/1068 Setup 21...