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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 3000 | The Benefits of PCI Hot Plug Technology - Page 2
logo, Wonder 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 - HP ProLiant 3000 | The Benefits of PCI Hot Plug Technology - Page 3
uninterrupted 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, and hot-pluggable SCSI drives. Cost - HP ProLiant 3000 | The Benefits of PCI Hot Plug Technology - Page 4
for improved higher availability solutions that reduce costly downtime is paramount, Compaq's industry-standard PCI Hot Plug technology is specifically designed to minimize the cost of system downtime by increasing server uptime. 3 Source: The Standish Group International, Inc. Demand Assessment - HP ProLiant 3000 | The Benefits of PCI Hot Plug Technology - Page 5
failed or failed input/output (I/O) adapters in a running system. Currently, system administrators without PCI Hot Plug technology must power down their servers (server), hot-plug aware software and operating system (OS) support, hot-plug capable device drivers, and hot-plug aware PCI user interface - HP ProLiant 3000 | The Benefits of PCI Hot Plug Technology - Page 6
is the process of removing a failed or failing PCI adapter and inserting an identical adapter into the same slot while the server is operating. • Hot upgrade is the process of upgrading an existing adapter or the adapter's device driver while the server is operating. This allows the customer - HP ProLiant 3000 | 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 3000 | 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 PCI adapters in use today. Interoperability: Systems, OS, Adapter Drivers Drivers Server HW Hot Plug or Hot Plug or Adapter Investment Protection Hot - HP ProLiant 3000 | 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 3000 | The Benefits of PCI Hot Plug Technology - Page 10
design facilitates service and eliminates powering down the server. In addition, PCI Hot Plug is backward compatible with the vast majority of PCI adapters in existence today. As a pioneer of this breakthrough technology, Compaq chose to deliver PCI Hot Plug as an industry-standard specification - HP ProLiant 3000 | 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.