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 sx1000 chip set. HP Integrity Superdome
supports the following processors:
Itanium 2 1.5 GHz and 1.6-GHz processors
HP mx2 processor module based on two Itanium 2 processors
HP Integrity Superdome supports mixing the Itanium 2 1.5 GHz processor, the Itanium 2 1.6 GHz processor and the HP mx2
processor module in the same system, but on different partitions.
Throughout the rest of this document, the term HP Integrity Superdome with Itanium 2 1.5 GHz processors, Itanium 2 1.6-GHz
processors or mx2 processor modules will be referred to as simply "Superdome".
Superdome with Itanium processors showcases HP's commitment to delivering a 64 socket 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 2003, Red Hat RHEL AS 3, and SUSE SLES 9 are
shipping with Integrity Superdome Customers can order any combination of HP UX 11i v2, Windows Server 2003, Datacenter
Edition, or RHEL AS 3, running in separate hard partitions.
The multi-OS environment offered by Superdome is listed below.
HP-UX 11i version 2
HP-UX 11i version 2
HP-UX 11i version 2
HP-UX 11i version 2
Improved performance over PA-8700
Investment protection through upgrades from existing Superdomes to next-generation Itanium 2
processors
Windows Server 2003,
Windows Server 2003,
Windows Server 2003,
Windows Server 2003,
Datacenter Edition for
Datacenter Edition for
Datacenter Edition for
Datacenter Edition for
Itanium 2
Itanium 2
Itanium 2
Itanium 2
Extension of industry standard-based computing with the Windows operating system further into
the enterprise data center
Increased performance and scalability over 32-bit implementations
Lower cost of ownership versus proprietary operating system solutions
Ideal for scale up database opportunities (such as SQL Server 2000 (64-bit), Enterprise Edition)
Ideal for database consolidation opportunities such as consolidation of legacy 32-bit versions of
SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2000 (64-bit)
Red Hat RHEL AS 3 and
Red Hat RHEL AS 3 and
Red Hat RHEL AS 3 and
Red Hat RHEL AS 3 and
SUSE SLES 9
SUSE SLES 9
SUSE SLES 9
SUSE SLES 9
Extension of industry standard computing with Linux further into the enterprise data center
Lower cost of ownership
Ideal for server consolidation opportunities
Not supported on Superdome with mx2 processor modules
QuickSpecs
HP Integrity Superdome Servers 16-socket, 32-socket,
HP Integrity Superdome Servers 16-socket, 32-socket,
HP Integrity Superdome Servers 16-socket, 32-socket,
HP Integrity Superdome Servers 16-socket, 32-socket,
and 64-socket
and 64-socket
and 64-socket
and 64-socket
Overview
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