Preface ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ i

CHAPTER 1

Product Overview ................................................................................................................................................................. 1

1.1

Introduction of the PRIMEQUEST 2000 series............................................................................................................................ 1

1.1.1

Features .................................................................................................................................................................................... 1

1.2

Product Lineup ............................................................................................................................................................................... 2

1.3

PRIMEQUEST 2000 series configuration .................................................................................................................................... 4

1.3.1

Hardware configuration ............................................................................................................................................................ 5

1.3.2

Hardware specifications ........................................................................................................................................................ 10

1.3.3

Partition management ........................................................................................................................................................... 11

1.3.4

Hardware management ........................................................................................................................................................ 11

1.4

Hardware technologies ............................................................................................................................................................... 12

1.4.1

CPU ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 13

1.4.2

QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) ............................................................................................................................................... 13

1.4.3

Hyper Threading Technology Function ................................................................................................................................ 13

1.4.4

Memory Mirror Functions ...................................................................................................................................................... 14

1.4.5

Memory Sparing Function ..................................................................................................................................................... 14

1.4.6

Reserved SB Function .......................................................................................................................................................... 14

1.4.7

Hardware RAID ...................................................................................................................................................................... 14

1.4.8

PCI Hot Plug Function ........................................................................................................................................................... 15

1.4.9

Security and Encryption Function ......................................................................................................................................... 15

1.4.10

Trusted Platform Module (TPM) ....................................................................................................................................... 15

1.4.11

Physical Partitioning (PPAR) ............................................................................................................................................ 15

1.4.12

Extended Partitioning ........................................................................................................................................................ 16

1.4.13

Dynamic Reconfiguration (DR) function .......................................................................................................................... 16

1.4.14

Flexible I/O ......................................................................................................................................................................... 16

1.4.15

Virtual Support Virtualization Technology (VT) Function ................................................................................................ 16

1.4.16

Management Board (MMB) ............................................................................................................................................. 17

1.4.17

Network (LAN) ................................................................................................................................................................... 17

1.4.18

Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) ........................................................................................................................... 18

1.4.19

iSCSI boot and iSCSI connection .................................................................................................................................... 19

1.4.20

FCoE boot and FCoE connection .................................................................................................................................... 20

1.4.21

Wake on LAN (WOL) ........................................................................................................................................................ 21

1.4.22

sadump .............................................................................................................................................................................. 21

1.4.23

Green Support and Power Saving Technology .............................................................................................................. 21

1.4.24

Active Processor Cores Function ..................................................................................................................................... 21

1.4.25

Optimal Fan Control Cooling (Optimization of rotation per minute of fans) .................................................................... 22

1.4.26

Air Flow Monitoring ........................................................................................................................................................... 22

1.4.27

Optimal Power Allocation (Optimization of the number of operation power sources) ................................................... 22

1.4.28

Power Consumption Monitoring ....................................................................................................................................... 22

1.4.29

Power Saving .................................................................................................................................................................... 23

1.4.30

Agentless Monitoring ........................................................................................................................................................ 23

1.5

Software technologies ................................................................................................................................................................ 23

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