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QuickSpecs
Upgrades
Upgrades Upgrades Upgrades Upgrades
Included in the In box Included in the In box Included in the In box Included in the In box
Upgrade Kit (AD057A) Upgrade Kit (AD057A) Upgrade Kit (AD057A) Upgrade Kit (AD057A)
Other Miscellaneous Other Miscellaneous Other Miscellaneous Other Miscellaneous
Must Order Separately for Must Order Separately for Must Order Separately for Must Order Separately for
an In box Upgrade an In box Upgrade an In box Upgrade an In box Upgrade
Material to be Reused in Material to be Reused in Material to be Reused in Material to be Reused in
an In box Upgrade an In box Upgrade an In box Upgrade an In box Upgrade
Upgrading to HP Integrity Customers can also upgrade their rp7440 server to a HP Integrity rx7640 Server using the AD056A Upgrading to HP Integrity Upgrading to HP Integrity Upgrading to HP Integrity
The rp7440 server is capable of in box upgrades from rp74xx Servers.
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.
System Backplane-The HP 9000 rp7440 System 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.
Nameplates and labels
"Read Me" documents, Upgrade Guide, CD ROM
Miscellaneous cables
Processor-Customer won't be able to use their existing PA 8900 processors due to a faster FSB
and different core frequency
Cell boards- New Cell board design to support new chipset
I/O Backplane-The I/O backplane must be ordered
Memory DIMMs-The memory system uses Double Data Rate DRAMs (DDR II)
Core I/O - U320 support
Installation services
Chassis
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)
product. This upgrade kit consists of the following:
Nameplates and labels
"Read Me" documents, Upgrade Guide, CD ROM
Miscellaneous cables
For more information on upgrades, return credits and services products, please refer to the midrange
upgrade guide on the Source/Partner Portal.
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