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HP Integrity Superdome Server – specifications

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The HP Integrity Superdome Server with industry-standard Dual-Core Intel® Itanium® and Intel Itanium 9M processors offers an unprecedented level of choice with several configurations from 2-way multiprocessing all the way to 128 processor cores. This flexible server supports multiple operating systems:


In addition, the HP Integrity Superdome delivers unprecedented investment protection through in-box upgrades, enabling you to take advantage of the latest advancements in technology.

The following table provides an overview of the HP Integrity Superdome server hardware:

Technical specifications

HP Integrity Superdome Server with new sx2000 chipset – 16 Intel Itanium processors HP Integrity Superdome Server with new sx2000 chipset – 32 Intel Itanium processors HP Integrity Superdome Server with new sx2000 chipset – 64 Intel Itanium processors
Dual-Core Intel Itanium (1.6 GHz) Intel Itanium (1.6 GHz)



Number of processors
1 – 16
1 – 32
2 – 64
Number of 4-socket cell boards (hot-swap capability offered with HP-UX releases after 11i v2)
1 – 4
1 – 8
2 – 16
Maximum processors per partition
16
32
64
Memory (with 1 GB, 2 GB or 4 GB DIMMs)
8 GB – 512 GB
8 GB – 1 TB
16 GB – 2 TB
Maximum memory per partition
512 GB
1 TB
2 TB
Hot-swap PCI-X I/O slots: PCIe and PCI-X both available, with maximum PCIe of 50%
48 slots with 8 slots @ 2,133 MB/s, 24 slots @ 1,066 MB/s, 16 slots @ 533 MB/s
48/96 slots¹ with 16 slots @ 2,133 MB/s, 48 slots @ 1,066 MB/s, 32 slots @ 533 MB/s
96/192 slots¹ with 32 slots @ 2,133 MB/s, 96 slots @ 1,066 MB/s, 64 slots @ 533 MB/s
I/O fans
6
6
10
Hot-swap redundant fans (N+1 included)
4
6
10
Physical (hard) partitions
1-4
1-8
1-16
Operating system
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).
Management Processor
Integrity iLO 2 management processor standard (Optional) Lights Out Advanced / KVM card for vMedia and Integrated Remote Console
Integrity iLO 2 management processor standard (Optional) Lights Out Advanced / KVM card for vMedia and Integrated Remote Console
Integrity iLO 2 management processor standard (Optional) Lights Out Advanced / KVM card for vMedia and Integrated Remote Console
Crossbar throughput per cell (peak)
34.6 GB/s
34.6 GB/s
34.6 GB/s
Cell controller to I/O subsystem bandwidth (peak)
11.5 GB/s
11.5 GB/s
11.5 GB/s
L2 to L3 cache per core (peak)
76.8 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
Memory bandwidth (peak)
138 GB/s
276 GB/s
553 GB/s

1To expand a 32-processor Integrity Superdome to 96 slots and a 64-processor Superdome to 192 slots, an I/O expansion unit (IOX) is required.
²Linux and OpenVMS supported only on Integrity Superdome Servers with Dual-Core Intel Itanium processors
³Linux support for Superdome with Intel Itanium processors only (not on Superdome with mx2 processor modules)
Intel and Itanium are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries.
Microsoft and Windows are U.S. registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp.
Linux is a U.S. registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.

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