HP 9000 midrange servers from HP— The HP 9000 rp7440 and rp8440 Servers Executive summary...
HP 9000 rp8440 Server architecture The HP 9000 rp8440 Server architecture builds on that of the HP 9000 rp7440 Server with the addition of a crossbar
Figure 6. Primary components of the HP sx2000 chipset I/O backplane CPU socket Cell controller crossbar I/O controller Memory Cell board CPU socket
Figure 7. Layout of the HP 9000 rp7440 and rp8440 Server cell board Cell design details Each cell board is a self-contained unit, with an SMP, mai
The CC also supports DCS, an increased level of memory availability. The memory error correcting logic reestablishes chip-spare correction after anoth
Number of processors per partition Average memory latency 4 processors (one cell) ~185 ns 8 processors (two cells) ~249 ns There are two types of
providing higher bandwidth, the crossbar fabric consisting of the Crossbar ASIC and high-speed links have been redesigned for the sx2000 to provide gr
Figure 9. Basic block diagram of the HP 9000 rp8440 Server I/O subsystem I/O controller chips The HP 9000 rp7440 and rp8440 Servers contain two ma
Figure 10. The PCI-X backplane of the HP 9000 rp7440 Server has fat link high-performance links for 14 of the 16 I/O card slots. PCI-XTwin fat link
In practice, PCI-X I/O cards requiring the largest amount of bandwidth should be configured into the dual-link slots. Because each I/O slot has a dedi
Figure 13. Basic core I/O card set (secondary) 530 MB/s busManagement processor Link to PCI converter10/100Base- TXLANmanagement LAN peripheral bayU
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External LAN—The external LAN port is a 10/100/1000BaseT external LAN port that uses an RJ-45 connector. External SCSI—The external SCSI port is an Ul
HP 9000 rp8440 Server core I/O The HP 9000 rp8440 Server chassis supports up to two core I/O cards, installed in core I/O slots located along the righ
HP 9000 rp8440 Server internal peripheral bay The HP 9000 rp8440 Server internal peripheral bay is located at the top front of the system chassis. The
Figure 15. The HP SEU-2 (left) and the SEU-2 + HP 9000 rp8440 Server mounted in an HP 2-m cabinet (right) The HP SEU-2 mirrors the I/O resources e
Figure 16. The HP SEU-2 block diagram All hot-plug8 PCI I/O s lotsI/O controllerI/O controller8 PCI I/O s lotsP CI- X BackplaneCore I/OCore I/OCore
• Redundancy for both hardware failures and power input failures • Hot-plug capability for any BPS in a redundant configuration • Better data secur
Figure 18. Power inputs and interconnects in the HP 9000 rp8440 Server are designed for fault-tolerant power compliance. AC power consumption The
– Typical maximum power: 2120 VA (2078 W) (10.6 A @ 200 VAC across two cords) – Marked Electrical for the server: 2640 VA (12A @ 220 VAC across two
Scalability HP 9000 rp7440 Server HP 9000 rp8440 Server Cell boards 1–2 1–4 PA-8900Processors 1–8 1–16 Memory 2–128 GB 2–256 GB Hot-plug P
The interlock is a safety feature that is used when more than one product is to be installed in a single rack. This feature works only when two produc
Executive summary The HP 9000 rp7440 and rp8440 Servers and the PA-8900 processor bring you all the computing power you need to operate in the most de
Hard partitions Hard partitions (nPars) are electrically isolated hard partitions with security provided in the hardware. Facilitated by the MP and se
processors and the virtual server resources that can run within the server hard partitions (resource management groups, soft partitions) across an ent
Partition reliability The HP 9000 rp7440 and rp8440 Servers have a design that is significantly “hardened” over other systems in their class. In fact,
HP Instant Capacity HP iCAP is a means of adding and removing processors in a partition. With iCAP, you do not need to worry about: • Interleaved mem
“cleans” memory without operating system or application knowledge, resulting in much better coverage. Protection for I/O I/O errors are another signif
Dual AC line cord support As described earlier in this paper, the HP 9000 rp7440 and rp8440 Servers can run on one or two totally independent power so
Upgrading the HP 9000 rp7420 and rp8420 Servers The HP 9000 rp7420 and rp8420 Servers are the current generation of the HP midrange server family that
HP-UX HP Essentials for HP-UX 11i are advanced plug-ins to HP SIM that provides modular, integrated system management software for complete HP server
(guaranteed minimums) to fixed levels in the configuration. The use of workload groups and SLOs improves response time for critical users, allows syst
other well known vendors. With the introduction of the midrange servers based on the Intel Itanium 2 micro-architecture, HP is the only vendor that of
Adaptive, flexible, and scalable: The HP 9000 rp7440 and rp8440 Servers Introduction Today’s HP 9000 servers outpace competitive servers by providing
• Ongoing support—HP offers a variety of support levels that cover your entire IT infrastructure and meet your specific needs. Companies can count on
41 The HP difference HP Services provides a full range of services to help companies like yours quickly and confidently introduce Itanium-based system
For more information For more information, see: • The HP 9000 server family overview website at http://www.hp.com/go/hp9000 • The HP 9000 rp7440 Ser
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HP 9000 rp7440 and rp8440 Server specifications HP 9000 rp7440 Server with 8 PA-8900 processors HP 9000 rp8440 Server with 16 PA-8900 processors HP
HP 9000 rp7440 Server with 8 PA-8900 processors HP 9000 rp8440 Server with 16 PA-8900 processors HP 9000 rp8440 Server Expansion Unit (SEU-2) Depth
The HP 9000 rp7440 and rp8440 Servers share many system components and design features as seen below. Figure 3 shows a front/side and rear view of the
System architecture HP 9000 midrange servers are built around HP sx2000 chipset which is based on a modular cell-based architecture. Cell-based archit
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