With its latest Gen8 ProLiant serve
rs, HP has really pushed the boat out for remote management as they’ve been designed to virtually manage themselves. Along with freeing up time for administrators, they offer improved I/O, flexible configuration options and, with Intel’s new E5-2600 Xeons in the driving seat, a lot more processing power.DL380 SERVER HP
In this review we put HP’s ProLiant DL380p Gen8 flagship and general all round workhorse on the lab bench. This 2U rack server introduces the new iLO4 embedded controller which comes as standard with HP’s Agentless Management, Active Health System (AHS) and Embedded Remote Support features.DL380 SERVER HP
These provide enhanced health monitoring plus power and thermal controls and offer an app for smartphone remote management. The iLO4 web interface sees a minor redesign with more information on major components including storage and RAID. DL380 SERVER HP
HP’s Sea of Sensors 3D provides a wealth of information about all server components.
Server monitoring gets even more sophisticated with HP’s Sea of Sensors 3D. Originally introduced inDL380 SERVER HP the seventh generation ProLiants, HP has now added around 28 thermal sensors throughout the server and on its own PCI-e and mezzanine cards.
AHS monitors over 1,600 system parameters and stores up to 1GB of diagnostics data which can be securely downloaded to HP support for faster problem resolution. It links up with HP’s new SmartMemory and SmartDrive devices and if it identifies a problem, arranges for replacement memory and hard drives to be ordered in advance. DL380 SERVER HP
HP’s new Intelligent Provisioning means you don’t need to boot the server with the SmartStart DVD to load an OS anymore. We were pleased to see this but it’s been a long time coming as Dell introduced a similar feature more than three years ago.DL380 SERVER HP
HP’s new Intelligent Provisioning is very welcome as it streamlines OS installation immensely.DL380 SERVER HPی