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HP SUPERDOME: Evaluate Mission-Critical Computing
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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 virtualisation 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.
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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
  • 100+ innovations to ensure reliability and resiliency
  • 450 percent reliability boost, backed by a host of self-diagnosing and self-healing features
  • 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 virtualisation capabilities
  • Architected for 64-socket scalability; designed to scale from 8 to 256 cores and more*
  • A 4x improvement in performance, in ½ the size and at a lower entry price point
  • Power-on-once technology with hot-swappable components, online replaceable crossbars, 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
16/64
16/64
32/128
designed to scale from 8 to 256 cores and more*
Processor/Core
per partition
8/32
16/64
32/128
Microprocessor type
Intel® Itanium® 9350 4c
Intel® Itanium® 9340 4c
Intel® Itanium® 9350 4c
Intel® Itanium® 9340 4c
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
Intel and Itanium are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries.
Consult the Superdome 2 data sheet for additional details on feature availability and support.
* Future release

HP Superdome: 10 years of mission-critical value

HP Integrity Superdome is the trusted mission-critical solution at the high-end of the Integrity portfolio. For over a decade, enterprise customers have trusted this Superdome solution to provide balanced high performance, along with expansive capacity and flexibility for mission-critical applications. With support for multiple operating environments, Superdome can be configured for exceptional performance across a variety of business-critical workloads, whether they are transaction-based, query-driven, or batch processing.

The Integrity Superdome is an ideal system to handle online transaction processing (OLTP), data mining, customer relationship management, enterprise resource planning, database hosting and high-performance computing. With large memory capacity and extensive I/O, the Integrity Superdome is a trusted platform on which to tackle resource-intensive applications for the largest IT organisations.

As with all HP Integrity servers, the Integrity Superdome always delivers the highest levels of virtualisation, scalability, and availability. This Superdome scales to 64 processors and 128 cores with 2 TB of memory and 192 I/O slots in a single server.

HP Integrity Superdome Server: 16 processors
HP Integrity Superdome Server: 32 processors
HP Integrity Superdome Server: 64 processors
HP Integrity Superdome with sx2000 chipset - 16 Intel® Itanium® processors
HP Integrity Superdome with sx2000 chipset - 32 Intel® Itanium® processors
HP Integrity Superdome with sx2000 chipset - 64 Intel® Itanium® processors
Product information
Processors
1-16
1-32
2-64
Microprocessor type
Dual-core Intel®
Itanium® (1.6 GHz)
Intel® Itanium® (1.6 GHz)
Dual-core Intel®
Itanium® (1.6 GHz)
Intel® Itanium® (1.6 GHz)
Dual-core Intel®
Itanium® (1.6 GHz)
Intel® Itanium® (1.6 GHz)
Memory
512 GB
1 TB
2 TB
PCI slots
48
96
192 (with I/O expander)
Operating systems
HP-UX 11i v3 and HP-UX 11i v2

Microsoft® Windows™ Server 2008 for Intel® Itanium®-based systems

Red Hat Enterprise Linux® AS 4 and 5 and Novell SUSE Linux® Enterprise Server 10 and 11

OpenVMS v8.3; OpenVMS v8.3-1H1 (choice of Mission Critical, Enterprise, or Foundation Operating Environment).
HP-UX 11i v3 and HP-UX 11i v2

Microsoft® Windows™ Server 2008 for Intel® Itanium®-based systems

Red Hat Enterprise Linux® AS 4 and 5 and Novell SUSE Linux® Enterprise Server 10 and 11

OpenVMS v8.3; OpenVMS v8.3-1H1 (choice of Mission Critical, Enterprise, or Foundation Operating Environment).
HP-UX 11i v3 and HP-UX 11i v2

Microsoft® Windows™ Server 2008 for Intel® Itanium®-based systems

Red Hat Enterprise Linux® AS 4 and 5 and Novell SUSE Linux® Enterprise Server 10 and 11

OpenVMS v8.3; OpenVMS v8.3-1H1 (choice of Mission Critical, Enterprise, or Foundation Operating Environment).
Dimensions
48" D
30" W
77.2" H
48" D
30" W
77.2" H
48" D
60" W
77.2" H
Intel and Itanium are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries.

Microsoft and Windows are U.S. registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
Linux is a U.S. registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.

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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)
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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