HP COMPAQ PROLIANT 5000 SERVER User Manual

April 1996

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Prepared by Systems Division

Compaq Computer Corporation

ONTENTS

Leading in the Dist ribute d Ent e rprise

New Compaq ProLiant 5000

Database Performanc e File Server Performance ProLiant 4500 Comparison Competitive C omparison

Balance d Performa nc e

Processor Memory I/O Architecture

High-Availability

Single-System Availability Compaq Server Arrays Ensuring Tested Trans itions

Investment Prot ection

Pa rtne rshi ps for Integration and Compatibility

Microsoft Novell Oracle Compaq SmartStart Compaq Insight M anager

Global S e rvice a nd Support

Conclus ion

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Compaq Pentium Pro Processor-Based Servers: New

Possibilities For The Distributed Enterprise

The computing industry is at the threshold of a new generation of multiprocessing servers based

on the new Intel Pentium Pro processor. Leveraging seven years of server expertise, Compaq is

introducing a new breakthrough platform for the distributed enterprise: the Compaq ProLiant

5000, offering midrange-class performance and reliability.

Compared to its predecessor, the new Compaq ProLiant 5000 has

Customers currently deploying business-critical database applications or doing file server

consolidation on a ProLiant 4500 should consider a relatively quick transition to the ProLiant

5000 based on its superior performance and value; most customers should shift to Pentium Pro

processor-based systems by September, 1996. In addition, customers who are transitioning from

Pentium to Pentium Pro processor-based servers should also strongly consider transitioning from

EISA to PCI peripherals to take full advantage of the ProLiant 5000 I/O performance capabilities.

By designing its own Pentium Pro processor-based servers, Compaq is delivering industry-

standard platforms that will meet the needs of the distributed enterprise:

High-availability and reliability are key for trusting a platform to run your business-critical

applications. A few examples of Compaq’s attention to detail in these new systems are

These and many other features make the new Compaq ProLiant 5000—and future Pentium Pro

processor-based servers to be introduced later in 1996—ideal for running business-critical

applications in either the department or the data center.

HITE

XECUTIVE SUMMARY

30% to 50% greater database performance, and

•

25% to 40% greater file server performance.

•

midrange-level performance of 5676 tpmC supported by up to 4GB

•

the industry’s best price:performance of $136 per tpmC,

•

the high-availability and reliability required for business-critical applications—including

•

clustering solutions, comprehensive investment protection programs for Compaq servers, especially backward

•

compatibility with the large installed base of Compaq rack-mountable servers robust platform integration and manageability, and

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systems-class service and support.

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redundant Netelligent network interface controllers (NICs) that eliminate the network

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adapter as a single point of failure, N+1 redundant Processor Power Modules that guarantee power to each individual

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Pentium Pro processor even if one Processor Power Module fails, an expansion of the Compaq Pre-Failure Warranty to include Pentium Pro processors,

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optimized system signal path and air flow routing that ensures highly reliable operation

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under the heaviest loading conditions, On-Line Capacity Expansion with the SMART-2 Array Controller that allows storage

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capacity to be added to an existing RAID configuration without taking the server offline, the new Compaq DLT Array that can back up over 200GB of data in under five hours

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with full RAID 5 protection, clustering solutions that deliver cost-effective high-availability for both file/print and

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database applications, and high levels of operating system, database, and management integration through Compaq

•

SmartStart and Insight Manager.

A PER

of system memory,

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OTICE

The information in this publication is subject to change without notice.

COMPAQ CO MPUTER CORPORATION SHALL NO T BE LIABLE FOR

TECHNICAL OR EDIT ORIAL ERRORS OR OMISSIONS CO NTAINED

HEREIN, NO R FOR INCIDENTAL O R CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES

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FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE AND

NONINFRINGEMENT

This publication does not constitute an endorsement of the product or products that were tested.

The configuration or configurations tested or described may or may not be the only available

solution. This test is not a determination of product quality or correctness, nor does it ensure

compliance with any federal, state or local requirements. Compaq does not warrant products

other than its own strictly as stated in Compaq product warranties.

Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their

respective companies.

Compaq, Contura, Deskpro, Fastart, Compaq Insight Manager, LTE, PageMarq, Systempro,

Systempro/LT, ProLiant, TwinTray, LicensePaq, QVision, SLT, ProLinea, SmartStart, NetFlex,

DirectPlus, QuickFind, RemotePaq, BackPaq, TechPaq, SpeedPaq, QuickBack, PaqFax,

registered United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Aero, Concerto, QuickChoice, ProSignia, Systempro/XL, Net1, SilentCool, LTE Elite, Presario,

SmartStation, MiniStation, Vocalyst, PageMate, SoftPaq, FirstPaq, SolutionPaq, EasyPoint, EZ

Help, MaxLight, MultiLock, QuickBlank, QuickLock, UltraView, CompaqCare and the Innovate

logo are trademarks and/or service marks of Compaq Computer Corporation.

Other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their

respective companies.

Microsoft, Windows, Win32, Windows NT, Windows NT Server, SQL Server for Windows NT

and BackOffice are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

(cont’d)

“Lyondell Petrochemicals selected the Compaq SAP R/3 solution running Microsoft Windows NT Server and Microsoft SQL Server 6.0 because it offered the best

price:performance and the ultimate flexibility of an industry-standard systems environment,” said Randy Lewis, Director of IS for Lyondell Petrochemicals. Lewis continued, “We are now in full production with this configuration and are very impressed with its stability and performance. Lyondell values the relationship between Compaq, SAP and Microsoft, and trusts them to continue delivering valuable solutions for our enterprise computing requirements.”

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EADING IN THE DISTRIBUTED ENTERPRISE

There is a revolution in business computing as corporations move their operations to a

decentralized business and computing environment. These business and technological changes

are driving the convergence of the centralized and distributed computing models.

Compaq has pioneered this

infrastructure that delivers instant access to business-critical data and empowers decision-makers.

In 1989 Compaq introduced the first industry-standard, multiprocessing x86 server, the Compaq

Systempro. Soon after, in 1991, Compaq created the Compaq Systems Division to focus

specifically on industry-standard server innovation. And in 1994, Compaq reinforced its

commitment to serving the needs of corporate MIS by delivering the industry’s first rack-

mountable x86-based servers that targeted the needs of customers deploying and consolidating

servers in the data center.

Because Compaq continues to challenge traditional midrange computing paradigms, many

customers are presently migrating their business-critical applications from proprietary RISC-

based systems to industry-standard x86-based Compaq servers:

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For example, TPC-C results published earlier this year for the Pentium processor-based Compaq ProLiant 4500 5/166 clearly demonstrate that x86-based servers deliver midrange-class transaction processing performance for a total cost of ownership less than that of traditional midrange systems that were available at the time:

TPC-C Throughput Price:Performance

Total System Cost Number of Processors

With almost triple the worldwide server market share of the nearest competitor in 1995,3 Compaq is uniquely positioned to forge wide-ranging partnerships that guarantee Compaq’s client/server customers integrated, highly-reliable distributed enterprise solutions. For example, the Compaq ProLiant server has emerged as the platform of choice for SAP on Windows NT Server, holding over 50% of SAP AG’s R/3 market share for Windows NT installations worldwide. recently announced a record sales and distribution (SD) benchmark—one of the most demanding systems tests available for SAP solutions—of 350 SD benchmark users on a ProLiant 4500 running Windows NT Server.

In addition, through its two-year-old Client Server Partners Program, Compaq has been working with other software companies like Computer Associates, Dun & Bradstreet Software, PeopleSoft, Platinum Software, SEER Technologies, and Tivoli to port high-end, enterprise applications to Windows NT Server on Compaq ProLiant platforms.

(cont’d)

distributed enterprise

Performance is comparable to the fastest RISC-based midrange systems. Solutions based on industry-standard Pentium platforms cost 50% to 75% less than comparable midrange solutions. Deployment of systems with consistent architectures allows customers to easily manage and redeploy servers depending on their changing business needs. High-availability options for industry-standard systems now meet or exceed those for typical midrange levels of availability. Rapidly increasing numbers of business-critical applications, like SAP R/3, are being ported to x86-based servers, especially under Windows NT Server, yielding outstanding performance. Midrange-class integration, manageability, service and support are available for industry-standard solutions.

Compaq ProLiant

4500 5/166 3849 tpmC

$161 / tpmC

$619,445

HP 9000

K410

3809 tpmC 3631 tpmC 3406 tpmC 3921 tpmC

$364 / tpmC $289 / tpmC $240 / tpmC $495 / tpmC

$1,384,763 $1,049,656 $816,031 $1,939,674

4878

, a flexible, networked information

that is $500,000 to $1,000,000

IBM RS/6000

J30

Data General

AViiON 5800

SNI RM 600

340

Compaq

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HE COMPAQ PROLIANT

ALTERNATIVE FOR THE DISTRIBUTED ENTERPRISE

Leveraging its seven years of server expertise, Compaq is introducing a new breakthrough

platform for the distributed enterprise: the Compaq ProLiant 5000, offering midrange-class

performance and reliability.

The new Compaq ProLiant 5000 has 30% to 50% greater database performance than its

predecessor, the Compaq ProLiant 4500. The ProLiant 5000 also has 25% to 40% greater file

server performance. Customers currently deploying business-critical database applications or

doing file server consolidation on a ProLiant 4500 should consider a relatively quick transition to

the ProLiant 5000 based on its superior performance and value. In addition, customers who are

transitioning from Pentium to Pentium Pro processor-based servers should also strongly consider

transitioning from EISA to PCI peripherals to take full advantage of the ProLiant 5000 I/O

performance capabilities.

The breakthrough database capabilities of the Compaq ProLiant 5000 is dramatically illustrated

by the following benchmark. With Windows NT Server 4.0 and Microsoft SQL Server 6.5, the

ProLiant 5000 offers transaction performance similar to that of the leading proprietary midrange

systems for a total cost that is 35% to 65% less—this translates into a total savings of $400,000 to

$1,400,000 over a five-year period. This data also illustrates the challenge vendors such as

Hewlett Packard and Sun face when their larger, more costly, proprietary systems are less and less

often the best answer for their customers’ applications.

TPC-C Throughput

Price:Performance

Total System Cost

Number of

Processors

$500,000

$1,000,000

$1,500,000

greater affordability

$2,000,000

$2,500,000

(cont’d)

5000: T

ProLiant 4500 5/166

4 Processors

ProLiant 4500 5/133

4 Processors

IBM RS/6000 J30

8 Processors

HP9000 K410 4 Processors

3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000

increasing performance (tpmC)

Compaq ProLiant

5000

5676 tpmC

$136 / tpmC

$770,272

HP 9000

K420

4939 tpmC withdrawn 3631 tpmC 5607 tpmC 6444 tpmC

$232 / tpmC withdrawn $289 / tpmC $394 / tpmC $200 / tpmC

$1,144,200 withdrawn $1,049,656 $2,206,688 $1,289,077

4 12 8 16 16

HE NEW MIDRANGE

ProLiant 5000 6/166

4 Processors

save

$400,000

HP9000 K420 4 Processors

save

$1,400,000

NCR WorldMark 5100S

16 Processors

HP 9000

T500

IBM RS/6000

J30

SPARCcenter 2000E

16 Processors

NCR WorldMark

5100S

SPARCCenter

2000E

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Businesses are placing more and more performance demands on today’s file servers. Network

services such as messaging, security, routing, and global directory services are being added to the

traditional “file server,” making them more business-critical than ever before. These complex

multi-function servers may require additional processor performance. Compaq servers delivering

Pentium Pro performance are an excellent solution for these growing LAN environments. In

addition to enhancing CPU processing power, Compaq servers also provide customers with disk

and network subsystems that deliver world-class performance as illustrated by the following

NetBench benchmark

ProLiant 4500 is expected to improve with the final release of Windows NT Server 4.0.

Peak Throughput (MB/s)

NetBench 4.01, Windows NT Server 4.0 beta

File server performance under Novell NetWare shows a similar performance improvement when comparing a single-processor ProLiant 5000 to a similarly-configured ProLiant 4500. The bulk of the NetWare performance improvement is due to the ProLiant 5000 dual, peer PCI architecture rather than increased processor performance.

(cont’d)

. Both absolute and relative performance of the ProLiant 5000 versus the

File server performance of the Pentium Pro processor-based ProLiant 5000 is 30% faster than the ProLiant 4500 under W indows NT Server 4.0 bet a

7.5

6.3

One

Processor

ProLiant 450 0 5/166 ProLiant 500 0 6/200-25 6

Two

Processors

8.3

One

Processor

9.8

Two

Processors

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OMPARISON WITH THE PROLIANT

The following table illustrates the similarities and differences between the Compaq ProLiant 5000

and the Compaq ProLiant 4500. Where the Compaq ProLiant 5000 has a particular advantage,

that feature is

Processors

L2 Cache

Memory

Architecture

Expansion Slots

NIC

Disk Controller

Pre-Failure Warranty

Mass Storage

Storage Management

Form Factor

(cont’d)

bold italicized

4 x Pentium (133, 166MHz) 4 x Pentium Pro (166, 200MHz) runs at 66 MHz 2MB, 2-way set associative

64MB ECC standard, 1GB maximum 64 or 128MB ECC standard, 4GB 64-bit processor bus @ 267MB/s

128-bit memory bus

EISA bus @ 33MB/s concurrent processor and I/O operation 8 EISA slots 5 PCI slots

NetFlex-3 NIC installed in an EISA slot 10Mb/s upgradable to 100Mb/s Ethernet

Integrated 32-Bit Fast-Wide SCSI-2 SMART-2/E Array Controller installed in

an EISA slot on some models hard drives and memory hard drives, memory, and processors 5 hot-pluggable drive bays in rack models; 4 hot-pluggable drive bays in tower models over 350GB total storage capacity (1H96); will increase to over 700GB (2H96) supports DAT, DLT, and DLT Array a single DLT Array backs up over 200GB in under 5 hours tower or rack-mountable

4500

Compaq ProLiant 4500 Compaq ProLiant 5000

runs at processor speed (166 or 200MHz) up to 512KB, 4-way set associative ECC-protected

maximum

64-bit split-transaction, ECC-protected processor bus @ 540MB/s

256-bit memory bus dual, peer PCI buses @ 267MB/s

EISA bus @ 33MB/s concurrent processor and I/O operation

2 Shared PCI/EISA slots 1 EISA slot Netelligent NIC installed in a PCI slot 10/100 Mb/s standard redundant NIC functionality optional

Integrated 32-Bit Fast-Wide SCSI-2

SMART-2/P Array Controller installed in a PCI slot on some models

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OMPETITIVE COMPARISONS

Performance, price:performance, and partnerships offer only a partial view of a platform’s

capabilities. Compaq understands the importance of maximizing the availability of application

and file services to clients as well as ease-of-use features in a business-critical environment.

Because of this commitment to providing customers with the utmost in system availability and

usability, Compaq offers many features that are not currently offered by our competitors in their

x86-based product lines.

Price:Performance Features

Processor

Cache Memory Std. (KB)

Memory

(MB)

Expansion Slots

Controllers

Disk

Drive Bays

Total

Maximum Storage Int / Ext / Total(GB)

Dependability Features

Fault Prevention

Fault Tolerance

Rapid Recovery

Server Management Tools

Warranty

Standard

Ease-of-Ownership Features

Intelligent Software Installation

Remote Server Management

(cont’d)

Compaq IBM ALR

ProLiant 5000 PC Server 704 Revolution Quad6

Models Available

Number of Processors Supported 4 4 4

Symmetric Multi-Processing Yes Yes Yes

Standard Memory

Maximum Memory (GB) 4

Dedicated PCI Slots

Shared EISA/PCI Slots 2 0 1

Dedicated EISA Slots 1 4 7

Total PCI Slots 7 6 8

Total Slots 8 10 15

Integrated

Network Interface Controller Netelligent 10/100TX 10/100 Mbps Std. Optional

Removable Media Bays 3 5 2

Hot-Swap Drive Bays 4 1.6” (Tower), 5 1.6” (Rack) 12 (1” high) Optional

3.5" Floppy 1.44MB Std. 1.44MB Std 1.44MB Std.

CD-ROM Drive Standard Standard Standard

Server Environment Tracking

Disk System Tracking Standard Standard No

ECC Memory Standard Standard Standard

Off-Line Backup Processor

Hot-Pluggable Drives Standard Standard Optional

RAID Controller SMART-2 Controller (PCI) PCI Array Controller 3-channel PCI Array Ctrl.

On-Line Spare Yes Yes Yes

Redundant Power Supply Yes Yes Yes

Uninterruptible Power Supply Yes Yes Yes

Standby Recovery Server

On-Line Recovery Server (Clustering) Optional No No

Automatic Server Recovery Yes Yes No

Server Health Logs Yes Yes No

Processor Pre-Failure Warranty Yes No No

6/166, 6/200 6/166 6/166, 6/200

512 (6/166), 256 (6/200) 512 512 (6/166), 256 (6/200)

64 to 128 64 to 128 32 to 64

5 6 7

PCI Fast-Wide SCSI-2 PCI Fast-Wide SCSI-2 PCI IDE

7 in tower, 8 in rack 17 13

17.2 (T) 21.5 (R) / 301 / 301 25.68GB / NA 30GB/ NA

Standard Standard No

Yes No No

Optional No No

Insight Manager

3-Year On-Site 3-Year On-Site 5-Year system, 3-Year

SmartStart ServerGuide No

Yes Yes No

1 2

Labor, On-Site Optional

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