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to the PCI local bus without powering down the server. PCI Hot Plug technology benefits also include customer investment protection and efficient manageability and serviceability. In addition, with the release of the ProLiant 6500 and ProLiant 7000, Compaq made the chassis and electronics design - HP ProLiant 1000 | The Benefits of PCI Hot Plug Technology - Page 2
Tools logo in black/white and color, and Compaq PC Card Solution logo are trademarks and/or service marks of Compaq Computer Corporation. Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT, Windows NT Server and Workstation, Microsoft SQL Server for Windows NT are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Microsoft - HP ProLiant 1000 | The Benefits of PCI Hot Plug Technology - Page 3
service. PCI Hot Plug technology adds to other high-availability solutions presently available from Compaq such as Recovery Server Options, Redundant Netelligent Network Interface Controllers (NICs), hot-pluggable power supplies, hot-pluggable fans of network or component failures, is creating a - HP ProLiant 1000 | The Benefits of PCI Hot Plug Technology - Page 4
that systems were required to be accessible five days a week, eight percent of these customers require recovery from a failure in less than 3 minutes. 15% Other Compaq's industry-standard PCI Hot Plug technology is specifically designed to minimize the cost of system downtime by increasing server - HP ProLiant 1000 | The Benefits of PCI Hot Plug Technology - Page 5
server), hot-plug aware software and operating system (OS) support, hot-plug capable device drivers to instruct the hardware to isolate and power down accessed and the suspect adapter can be removed. Once a functioning adapter has been installed, the user simply notifies the OS and reactivates power - HP ProLiant 1000 | The Benefits of PCI Hot Plug Technology - Page 6
an existing adapter or the adapter's device driver while the server is operating. This allows the customer to reconfigure service and the administrator can eliminate both planned and unplanned downtime. Figure 4. Recovering from a network controller failure using PCI Hot Plug technology and Compaq - HP ProLiant 1000 | The Benefits of PCI Hot Plug Technology - Page 7
aware drivers for Compaq NetFlex controllers, Netelligent controllers, Smart array controllers, and Fast-Wide SCSI-2 controllers. • Developed the Compaq ProLiant 6500 and ProLiant 7000, announced in August 1997, as the first available server platforms conforming to the PCI Hot Plug Specification and - HP ProLiant 1000 | The Benefits of PCI Hot Plug Technology - Page 8
to Pentium II Xeon Models of the ProLiant 7000 announced in June 1998. With these servers, Compaq once again set the standard in improved higher installed base of over 100 million PCI adapters in use today. Interoperability: Systems, OS, Adapter Drivers Drivers Server HW Hot Plug or Hot - HP ProLiant 1000 | The Benefits of PCI Hot Plug Technology - Page 9
9 Efficient Manageability and Serviceability PCI Hot Plug is fully supported by Compaq's industry-leading systems integration and management tools, Compaq SmartStart and Compaq Insight Manager. For example, SmartStart CDs contain the device drivers necessary to make Compaq adapters fully hot-plug - HP ProLiant 1000 | The Benefits of PCI Hot Plug Technology - Page 10
The Benefits of PCI Hot Plug Technology 10 console. The ProLiant 7000 also offers PCI 32-bit and 64-bit PCI slots, and is Microsoft Server 98 compliant. Compaq also has provided future generation solutions for PCI Hot Plug technology with the new Extended SCSI PCI Bus Connector, a cableless design - HP ProLiant 1000 | The Benefits of PCI Hot Plug Technology - Page 11
/ecg0810698.html "PCI Hot Plug Technology with SCO Architecture" http://www.compaq.com/support/techpubs/whitepapers/ecg0820698.html "Deploying PCI Hot Plug on Compaq Servers in a Microsoft Windows NT Environment" http://www.compaq.com/support/techpubs/whitepapers/064a0797.html ECG093/0798
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White Paper
July 1998
ECG093/0798
Prepared by ECG Product
Marketing Group
Compaq Computer Corporation
Contents
Overview
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Cost of Downtime
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Compaq’s PCI Hot Plug
Strategy
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Compaq’s PCI Hot Plug
Implementation Advantages
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Highest Level of I/O
Availability
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PCI Hot Plug - an Industry-
Standard Approach
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Investment Protection
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Efficient Manageability and
Serviceability
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Enhanced Solutions
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Conclusion
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For More Information
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The Benefits of PCI Hot Plug
Technology
This white paper summarizes Compaq PCI Hot Plug technology
strategy, discusses Compaq’s leadership role in the development of
the industry standard, and explains the benefits of Compaq’s
implementation of the PCI Hot Plug standard to help organizations
maximize productivity by decreasing server downtime
.
Abstract:
As an increasing number of companies migrate their
business-critical applications to industry-standard servers, the need
for redundant features and hot-pluggable components to minimize
system downtime is increasing.
Each downtime event affects more
people at ever-increasing costs.
The need has grown beyond “high
availability” toward “approaching continuous availability”.
Continuous availability requires the
elimination not only of unplanned
downtime but a reduction of
planned downtime as well.
Compaq Computer Corporation, the
world’s leading server provider, has
historically taken a leadership role
in the development of such
industry-standard technologies that are approaching continuous
system availability.
With the development of PCI Hot Plug
technology, an industry standard, Compaq strengthens its role in
providing the highest levels of I/O availability solutions for the
distributed enterprise.
PCI Hot Plug offers unprecedented server availability by allowing
users to replace, upgrade, and add PCI adapters to the PCI local bus
without powering down the server.
PCI Hot Plug technology
benefits also include customer investment protection and efficient
manageability and serviceability.
In addition, with the release of the ProLiant 6500 and ProLiant 7000,
Compaq made the chassis and electronics design changes required
for safe and efficient removal and insertion of PCI adapters without
powering down the server.
Next-generation PCI Hot Plug solutions
are included in Compaq’s newest enterprise server, the Pentium II
Xeon Model of the ProLiant 7000, released in June 1998.