Configuration Requirements For Npartitions - HP Rp7410 - Server - 0 MB RAM Administrator's Manual

Table 3-1 Operating System Hardware Requirements (continued)
Operating System
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10

Configuration Requirements for nPartitions

The hardware requirements determine which cells are eligible to be assigned to an nPartition.
For configuration requirements and restrictions for Superdome hybrid servers, refer to
Superdome Hybrid Servers: Intel® Itanium® 2 and PA-RISC nPartition Mixing" (page
Superdome servers based on the HP sx1000 chipset can support hybrid configurations with both
PA-RISC nPartitions and Intel® Itanium® 2 nPartitions in the same server complex.
Every nPartition you configure must meet the following hardware requirements:
• On HP 9000 systems, all cells in an nPartition must have the same processor revision level
and clock speed. That is, the IODC_HVERSION must be identical for all PA-RISC processors.
You can view processor details, including the CPU type (revision level) and speed, by using
the parstatus -V -c# command or by using Partition Manager (select the Cell Show
Cell Details action, CPUs/Memory tab).
• On HP Integrity servers, all cells in an nPartition must have the same compatibility value.
The cell compatibility value is reported by the parstatus -V -c# command as "CPU
Compatibility" for the cell.
Partition Manager Version 2.0 reports the value as "Cell Compatibility" in the General Cell
Properties view for the cell, which you can display by clicking the cell location when viewing
other details about the server complex.
62 Planning nPartitions
nPartition Hardware Requirements
Supports up to eight Intel® Itanium® 2 processors.
On servers based on the HP sx2000 chipset, supported
only in nPartitions that have dual-core Intel® Itanium®
2 processors.
Supports a maximum of two cells in an nPartition.
Supports a maximum of 128 GBytes memory.
Supports a maximum of two I/O chassis in an nPartition.
Requires a PCI-X I/O chassis, and does not support PCI
I/O chassis.
Supports up to 16 Intel® Itanium® 2 processors. Requires
single Itanium 2 processors, and does not support HP
mx2 dual-processor modules.
Supports a maximum of four cells in an nPartition.
Supports a maximum of 256 GBytes memory.
Supports a maximum of two I/O chassis in an nPartition.
Requires a PCI-X I/O chassis, and does not support PCI
I/O chassis.
Supports up to 16 Intel® Itanium® 2 processors.
On servers based on the HP sx2000 chipset, supported
only in nPartitions that have dual-core Intel® Itanium®
2 processors.
Supports a maximum of four cells in an nPartition.
Supports a maximum of 256 GBytes memory.
Supports a maximum of two I/O chassis in an nPartition.
Requires a PCI-X I/O chassis, and does not support PCI
I/O chassis.
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