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QuickSpecs
Upgrades
HP Integrity rx86xx/HP HP Integrity rx86xx/HP HP Integrity rx86xx/HP HP Integrity rx86xx/HP
9000 rp84xx Upgrades to 9000 rp84xx Upgrades to 9000 rp84xx Upgrades to 9000 rp84xx Upgrades to
HP Integrity rx8640 HP Integrity rx8640 HP Integrity rx8640 HP Integrity rx8640
Servers Servers Servers Servers
All HP rp84xx, rx84xx servers are in box upgradeable to rx8640 servers in the current chassis. In box
upgrades may take one to two 8 hour periods either of successive days or using successive shifts on the
same day. In box upgrades will have the advantage of asset tag retention.
You can also accomplish an upgrade by combining the purchase of a new server with Trade Up credits
on the older server. Box swap upgrades may have the advantage of less upgrade down time.
In box upgrades and box swap upgrades may have similar prices depending on the amount of memory
and number of cell boards and processors that have to be upgraded.
Included in the In box Upgrade Kit (AD056A) Included in the In box Upgrade Kit Included in the In box Upgrade Kit Included in the In box Upgrade Kit
System Backplane–The HP Integrity rx8640 server backplane is a new design with the following
feature modifications:
New high speed differential links
Redesign of the crossbar ASIC
Additional switch fabric on the backplane
Redesign of the backplane power subsystem
Redesign of the system clock infrastructure
New high speed, impedance controlled, board to board connectors will be used
Mass Storage Backplane PCA–the mass storage subsystem upgrades from SCSI SE interconnect to
U320.
Other Miscellaneous
Nameplates and labels
"Read Me" documents, Upgrade Guide, CD ROM
Miscellaneous cables
Must Order Separately for an In box Upgrade Must Order Separately for an In box Upgrade Must Order Separately for an In box Upgrade Must Order Separately for an In box Upgrade
Processors–Unless already have supported processors
Cell Boards–New Cell board design to support new chipset and future Itanium CPUs
Memory DIMMs–The memory system uses Double Data Rate DRAMs (DDR II)
I/O Backplane–The I/O backplane must be ordered
Core I/O–U320 support
Installation services
Material to be Reused in an In Box Upgrade Material to be Reused in an In Box Upgrade Material to be Reused in an In Box Upgrade Material to be Reused in an In Box Upgrade
Chassis
1.6-GHz, 6-MB cache single core Itanium 2 processor modules
System fans
AC power distribution PCA
DC power distribution PCA
OL* PCA (I/O cards)
Bulk power supplies
Hard disk drives
Removable media drives
Supported I/O cards (please refer to supported I/O card list)
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