Best Practice for HP DL385p G8

[ScottK74]

Trying to find documentation for setting up a HP DL385p G8 server for VMware. I would like to find a best practice guide for this server? Been researching but not found anything yet. Stuff I would like to find is should hyperthreading be turned on and so on. I use the ESXI image from HP so the drivers all are working but just want to find the tweaks.

Thanks

[S_Grimbuhler · Accepted solution]

hi

you can find on this blog : BIOS settings in a VMware ESX(i)/vSphere Environment | VirtualKenneth's Blog - hqVirtual | ... a detailed explanation about all BIOS settings and why you should enable or disable it.

hope it help.

[ScottK74]

It is a good article just looking for something more current, that article was back in 2010

[Lessi001]

Maybe this can help you:

BIOS Konfigurationen:

System Options – Processor Options – No-Execute Memory Protection -> enabled

System Options – Processor Options – Intel(R) Virtualization Technology -> enabled

System Options – Processor Options – Intel(R) Hyperthreading Options -> disabled (wg. Lizenzen SQL)

System Options – Processor Options – Processor Core Disable (Intel Core Select) -> default (=max. Core)

System Options – Processor Options – Intel(R) Turbo Boost Technology -> enabled

System Options – Processor Options – Intel(R) VT-d -> enabled

Power Management Options – HP Power Profile -> Maximum Performance

Power Management Options – HP Power Regulator -> HP Static High Performance Mode

Power Management Options – Redundant Power Supply Mode -> Balanced Mode

Power Management Options – Advanced Power Management Options – Intel QPI Link Power Management – disabled

Power Management Options – Advanced Power Management Options – Intel QPI Link Frequency – Auto

Power Management Options – Advanced Power Management Options – QPI Bandwidth Optimization (RTID) – Balanced

Power Management Options – Advanced Power Management Options – Minimum Processor Idle Power Core State -> no C-states

Power Management Options – Advanced Power Management Options – Minimum Processor Idle Power Package State – No Package State

Power Management Options – Advanced Power Management Options – Energy/Performance Bias -> Maximum Performance

Power Management Options – Advanced Power Management Options – Maximum Memory Bus Frequency -> Auto

Power Management Options – Advanced Power Management Options – Channel Interleaving -> Enabled

Power Management Options – Advanced Power Management Options – Dynamic Power Savings Mode Response -> Fast

Power Management Options – Advanced Power Management Options – DIMM Voltage Preference -> Optimized for Performance

Power Management Options – Advanced Power Management Options – Memory Power Savings Mode -> Maximum Performance

Advanced Options – Advanced System ROM Options – Power-on Logo -> disabled

Regards

Andreas