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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 sx2000 chip set.
The Integrity Superdome with the sx2000 chipset supported the Mad9M Itanium processor at initial release.
HP Integrity Superdome currently supports the following processors:
sx2000
sx2000
sx2000
sx2000
Intel Itanium series 9100 1.6-GHz processor (Montvale)
Intel Itanium series 9000 1.6-GHz processor (Montecito)
Intel Itanium 1.6 GHz processor (Madison 9M) (no longer offered)
sx1000 (no longer offered as new systems)
sx1000 (no longer offered as new systems)
sx1000 (no longer offered as new systems)
sx1000 (no longer offered as new systems)
Intel Itanium 1.6 GHz processor (Madison 9M)
HP mx2 processor module based on two Intel Itanium processors (no longer offered)
The November 2007 release of Montvale was accompanied by the release of a new I/O chassis for Superdome. The mixed interface
I/O chassis supports six slots of PCI-Express (PCIe) and six slots of PCI-X. The abbreviation PCIeX is used below to discuss this
product.
HP sx1000 Integrity Superdome supports mixing the Intel Itanium 1.6-GHz/9M processor and the HP mx2 processor module in the
same system, but in different partitions, as long as they have the same chipset. All cell boards to be mixed in a system must contain
the same chipset, sx1000 only. HP Integrity sx1000 Superdome supports mixing the Itanium 1.6-GHz/9M processor, PA 8800 and
PA 8900 processors in the same system, but in different partitions, again only with the same chipset, sx1000. HP Integrity sx2000
Superdome supports mixing the Intel Itanium series 9000 and series 9100 , Itanium 1.6 GHz processor (Mad9M) and PA 8900
processors in the same system, but in different partitions, again only with the same chipset, sx2000.
Throughout the rest of this document, the term HP sx1000 Integrity Superdome with Intel Itanium 1.6 GHz processors or mx2
processor modules will be referred to as simply "Superdome sx1000." The HP sx2000 Integrity Superdome with Intel Itanium series
9000 or series 9100 processors or single core Intel Itanium processors is refered to as "Superdome sx2000."
Integrity Superdome (with Itanium processors) showcases HP's commitment to delivering a 64 processor Intel 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. Currently, HP UX, Windows Server 2008, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server (SLES), and OpenVMS are shipping with Integrity Superdome sx1000. Customers can order any combination of HP
UX 11i v2, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for Itanium- based Systems, RHEL 4 or 5, SLES 9 or10 or OpenVMS running in separate
hard partitions.
With the release of HP Superdome sx2000 (with Intel Itanium series 9000 processors), HP-UX, Windows Server 2008, OpenVMS,
and Linux are all supported in separate hard partitions.
Some details of each Operating Environment offered by Superdome are listed below.
1
Unless otherwise noted, Montecito and Montvale specifications and features operate the same in Integrity Superdome. Montecito is
Intel Itanium 9000 series and Montvale is Intel Itanium 9100 series.
2
As of July 1, 2008 the Montecito processor is only available as an add-on to existing Superdome systems. Contact your regional
product marketing team for the end of sales of add-on Montecito processors.
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processor, and 64- processor Systems
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