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A Cold War-2 Weeks Diet, Nov 28, 2004
The book 11 Steps to Survival, distributed by the Canada Emergency Measures Organization, advised that fallout shelters should be stocked with 14 days worth of food. Included in the provisions list: two jars of cheese, 14 cans of milk, 14 individual packages of cereal, two cans of meat, chewing gum, two packages of cookies, two cans baked beans, and two pounds of hard candy.

*AMD Opteron vs. Intel Xeon Processor Technology (Reference: DL385 Guide) (Last Updated: April 08, 2005)*
Intel Xeon DP	AMD Opteron

Each CPU gets less than one-half of maximum bus bandwidth Memory and I/O must share the same bus Adding CPU’s compounds problems Not highly scalable past 2-way	Bottlenecks reduced or eliminated Adding CPU’s adds memory and I/O bandwidth—5.3 GB/s dedicated CPU memory bandwidth CPU-to-CPU HyperTransport links offer bandwidth of 3.2GB/s in each direction Each PCI-X Bus has bandwidth of 3.2GB/s I/O is independent of memory access

Direct Connect Architecture (Last Updated: April 08, 2005)

AMD Opteron Processor with Direct Connect Architecture

Increases application performance by reducing memory latency

Supports simultaneous 32- and 64-bit computing.

Eliminates 4GB memory barrier imposed by 32-bit systems

How to Create a bootable USB drive (Last Updated: April 08, 2005)

First Obtain a USB Key and Download the Windows-based Format Utility for HP Drive Key or DiskOnKey USB Device
http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/hpcpqdt/us/download/ 20306.html
After you hard downloaded the utility execute it on a windows box
1) hit next
2) Accept the EULA , and hit next
3) Hit Nextà YesàNextà Finish
4) Then hit StartàProgramsàHewlett-Packard CompanyàHP USB Storage Format Tool
5) Have your USB key in a port, then select FAT
6) Check create a DOS startup disk
7) Place a 95/98 boot disk in the floppy drive. If you do not have one go to www.bootdisk.com and download one
8) On the Format utiliy brose to your floppy drive, and hit OK
9) Then Hit Start
10) Hit yes to the warning that all your data on your USB key will be lost
11) Hit close…you now have a bootable dos boot key

Then you need to download the firmware you want to flash in our case we will use the DL140 firmware:
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/support/files/server/us/download/2 2198.html
Download and unzip the file to your boot key
Then follow these instruction to get the server to boot from USB Key.
1) Power down the server
2) Place the USB key in a USB Port
3) Power on the server and hit the Delete Key to enter the BIOS
4) Hit the Right arrow key till Boot is Selected ..then Hit Down arrow till HARD DISK DRIVES, is selected
5) Hit enter and select the 1st Drive, toggle the selection until the USB is the first drive
6) Hit F10 and then enter on the OK selection
7) Boot the server from the Boot key and execute the appropriate batch file to flash your system BIOS:
8) Follow onscreen instruction and reboot when you are done
For more information about Proliant USB support the following link is very helpful
http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/platforms/usb-sup port.html

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