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HP Integrity high-end servers: Superdome 2

 
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Announcing breakthrough value for HP Integrity and HP-UX customers
For over 10 years, HP Superdome — HP’s flagship, high-end Integrity server — has powered some of the world’s most demanding, mission-critical environments. For enterprise-class customers who require high availability, rich virtualization capabilities, and long-term investment protection, Superdome is the solution of choice. With breakthrough innovations such as the fault-tolerant crossbar fabric and Superdome 2 Analysis Engine, Superdome 2 sets the standard for the next decade of mission-critical computing.
Superdome 2
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HP Superdome 2: Superdome resiliency meets BladeSystem efficiency

Superdome customers need the very highest levels of availability—minutes of downtime can mean millions of dollars lost. With Superdome 2, HP pioneers a new category of modular, mission-critical systems that scale up, out, and within to consolidate application tiers on a common platform. Superdome 2 includes:
  • Modular, bladed design, common components, and standard racks
  • Fault-tolerant Crossbar Fabric that Intelligently routes transactions to the fastest, optimal pathways between blades and I/O
  • Increase server efficiency and reduce costs with dynamic virtualization capabilities
  • Architected for 32-socket scalability; designed to scale from 8 to 256 cores
  • Power-on-once technology with hot-swappable components, and the innovative Superdome 2 Analysis Engine for predictive error handling and analysis
  • Flexible I/O scaling to precisely provision and repurpose capacity where needed
  • 3 packages for scale-as-you-grow flexibility, offered in 8-socket, 16-socket and 32-socket configurations
HP Integrity Superdome 2-16 Socket
HP Integrity Superdome 2-16 Socket
HP Integrity Superdome 2-32 Socket
HP Integrity Superdome 2
– 8 Socket		 HP Integrity Superdome 2
- 16 Socket		 HP Integrity Superdome 2
– 32 Socket
Product information
Processors/Core
per system
16/128
16/128
32/256
designed to scale from 8 to 256 cores
Processor/Core
per partition
8/64
16/128
32/256
Microprocessor type
Intel® Itanium® 9560 8c
Intel® Itanium® 9540 8c
Intel® Itanium® 9350 4c
Intel® Itanium® 9340 4c
Intel® Itanium® 9560 8c
Intel® Itanium® 9540 8c
Intel® Itanium® 9350 4c
Intel® Itanium® 9340 4c
Intel® Itanium® 9560 8c
Intel® Itanium® 9540 8c
Intel® Itanium® 9350 4c
Intel® Itanium® 9340 4c
Memory Min/Max
Minimum: 32GB (8 x 4GB)
Maximum: 2TB (256 x 8GB)
Minimum: 32GB (8 x 4GB)
Maximum: 2TB (256 x 8GB)
Minimum: 32GB (8 x 4GB)
Maximum: 4 TB (512 x 8GB)
External I/O slots
48 external PCIe x8 Gen2
96 external PCIe x8 Gen2
96 external PCIe x8 Gen2
Internal I/O slots
24 PCIe Mezzanine
16 Type II and 8 Type I, PCIe x8 Gen2
24 PCIe Mezzanine
16 Type II and 8 Type I, PCIe x8 Gen2
48 PCIe Mezzanine
32 Type II and 16 Type I, PCIe x8 Gen2
Built-in Networking
32 10 GbE ports
Pass-through or Switch interconnect module
32 10 GbE ports
Pass-through or Switch interconnect module
64 10 GbE ports
Pass-through or Switch interconnect module
Operating systems
HP-UX 11i v3
HP-UX 11i v3
HP-UX 11i v3
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Consult the Superdome 2 data sheet for additional details on feature availability and support.

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Data Sheets

» Superdome 2 data sheet (PDF 500 KB)
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Quick Specs

Superdome 2 Quick Specs
» HTML version
» PDF Version (PDF 3.0 MB)

User Guides

» Superdome 2 Onboard Administrator User Guide (PDF 6.4 MB)
» Superdome 2 Onboard Administrator Command Line Interface User Guide (PDF 1.1 MB)
» Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide (PDF 3.7 MB)

Customer References

» Case Study: Stuller Jewelers use of Superdome 2, Integrity Blades on HP-UX (Video 4:20)
» Read more customer case studies

White Papers

Videos

Downloads

» Superdome 2 integrated firmware bundle v2.51.102 (enter “Superdome 2” in the “Find an HP Product” field) for the latest vPars v5 dynamic cores enhancements