Hardware Reusability; Deployment, Management, And Troubleshooting Technologies; Deployment Technologies; Smartstart - HP ProLiant DL560 Technology Brief

of HP High Airflow Rack Door Inserts to ensure the required airflow for adequate cooling of the
servers.
For additional information about deploying the ProLiant DL560 server, refer to the Setup and
Installation Guide and the Documentation CD provided with the server, or to the server documentation
located in the Support section of the HP website at the following URL: www.hp.com/servers/dl560.

Hardware reusability

For the ProLiant DL560 server, a key design goal was developing an ultra-dense server with a
significant number of reusable components to reduce cost and simplify parts inventory for customers.
HP achieved that goal by using many standard components in the server:
• Standard DDR SDRAM memory and the same memory spares option kits used for the ProLiant
DL380 server
• The same standard processor power modules, rack and rail kit, and Smart Array 5i Plus storage
controller as used for the ProLiant DL380, DL580, and DL360 servers
• A single hot-plug fan model throughout the ProLiant DL560 server
Deployment, management, and troubleshooting
technologies
HP provides hardware technologies and many software tools to simplify deployment, management,
and troubleshooting of ProLiant servers. The ProLiant DL560 server ships standard with the ProLiant™
Essentials Foundation Pack, which includes:
• SmartStart system configuration software
• ROMPaq support software and configuration utilities
• Insight Manager 7 event and configuration management
• Management Agents
• ActiveUpdate
• Survey Utility and diagnostics utilities
For the ProLiant DL560 server, HP also offers optional software tools that simplify server configuration,
automate server deployment, and enable companies to adapt quickly and easily to changing business
demands. The optional software includes the SmartStart Scripting Toolkit and the following ProLiant
Essentials Value Packs:
• Rapid Deployment Pack (RDP)
• Workload Management Pack (discussed in a later section of this paper)
• Performance Management Pack
Each of the tools supported by the ProLiant DL560 server is described briefly in the following sections.

Deployment technologies

SmartStart

SmartStart is a set of server integration tools and utilities that optimizes platform configuration and
simplifies setup for ProLiant servers. Embedded ROM-based utilities configure the server and array
controller hardware. SmartStart performs dependency and validity checks to ensure that all software
required for supporting the desired server configuration can be installed. SmartStart prepares the
system for installing "off-the-shelf" versions of leading OS software and provides an easy-to-use,
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