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Overview
At A Glance
At A Glance
At A Glance
At A Glance
The latest release of Superdome, HP Integrity Superdome supports the new and improved sx1000 chip set. HP Integrity Superdome supports Itanium 2 1.5-
GHz processors in mid 2003, and the next generation PA RISC processor, PA 8800 and the mx2 processor module based on two Itanium 2 processors in early
2004.
Throughout the rest of this document, the term HP Integrity Superdome with Itanium 2 1.5-GHz processors will be referred to as simply "Superdome".
Superdome with Itanium 2 1.5-GHz processors showcases HP's commitment to delivering a 64-way Itanium server and superior investment protection. It is
the dawn of a new era in high end computing with the emergence of commodity based hardware.
Superdome supports a multi OS environment. The multi OS environment offered by Superdome is listed below.
NOTE: Superdome supports both Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3 and Debian Linux. Throughout the rest of this document, the two flavors will be collectively
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referred to as Linux.
NOTE: For information on upgrades from existing Superdome systems to HP Integrity Superdome systems, please refer to the "Upgrade" section.
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NOTE: This information can also be found in ESP at:
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http://esp.mayfield.hp.com:2000/nav24/ppos/servers/gen/PriceAvailConfig/59815790/cgch2/cgch2sub8
HP-UX 11i version 2
HP-UX 11i version 2
HP-UX 11i version 2
HP-UX 11i version 2
Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2003
Datacenter Edition for
Datacenter Edition for
Datacenter Edition for
Datacenter Edition for
Itanium 2
Itanium 2
Itanium 2
Itanium 2
Linux
Linux
Linux
Linux
HP Integrity Superdome Servers: 16-way, 32-way,
HP Integrity Superdome Servers: 16-way, 32-way,
HP Integrity Superdome Servers: 16-way, 32-way,
HP Integrity Superdome Servers: 16-way, 32-way,
Improved performance over PA 8700
Investment protection through upgrades from existing Superdomes to next generation Itanium 2 processors
Extension of industry standard computing with Windows further into the enterprise data center
Increased performance and scalability over 32-bit implementations
Lower cost of ownership versus proprietary solutions
Ideal for scale up database opportunities such as SQL Server 2000 (64-bit)
Ideal for database consolidation opportunities such as consolidation of legacy 32-bit versions of SQL Server 2000
to SQL Server 2000 (64-bit)
Extension of industry standard computing with Linux further into the enterprise data center
Lower cost of ownership versus proprietary solutions
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and 64-way
and 64-way
and 64-way
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