QuickSpecs
HPE Integrity Superdome X
Ordering and Configuration
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HPE Superdome X
Configuration Rules
The HPE BladeSystem Superdome Enclosure is the basic building block for the HPE Superdome X.
Multiple HPE nPartitions (HPE nPars) can be supported in 1-Blade, 2-Blade, 3-Blade (BL920s Gen9 blades
only), 4-Blade, 6-Blade (BL920s Gen9 (v4) only) or 8-Blade configurations.
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Blades can be ordered in single or multiple quantities. A minimum of one BL920s server blade must
be ordered with a Superdome Enclosure and populated in slot 1. If only one blade is ordered, a CCM
must be populated in slot 2 for CAMnet topology redundancy. A CCM is automatically included in
the enclosure when there is only one blade.
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All blades are populated with two processor modules
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A Superdome Enclosure can have up to eight BL920s server blades
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A Superdome Enclosure contains four Crossbar Fabric Modules (XFMs)
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A Superdome Enclosure has two Onboard Administrator (OA) boards populated
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Two Global Partition Services Modules (GPSMs) are included
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There are single phase and three phase power distribution options.
Racking Choices
The HPE Superdome X has some basic racking rules. The Superdome Enclosure is 18U high and can be
racked in the 42U high HPE 600mm wide Intelligent Series rack. The HPE Superdome X may be ordered
field racked, but some disassembly is required.
The default assumption is that compute enclosures are loaded in the rack at the bottom. It is recommended
that 2U is left below the bottom of the compute enclosure in the 42U rack to provide PDU and cabling exit
space.
The supported configuration is a single rack for a Superdome Enclosure at the bottom of the rack leaving
space above for other peripherals.
NOTE:
The TFT7600 rack mountable display is not supported with the HPE Superdome X.
Partitioning Choices
The HPE Superdome X may be partitioned into different mixes of nPartions - nPARs. The configurations
specified herein allow the customer to hard partition their HPE Superdome X into the configuration of 2-
socket, 4-socket, 8-socket or 16-socket configurations as best suits their computing needs.
The enclosure's midplane has been routed such there is more bandwidth across odd slots and even slots vs.
mixed. Therefore, a four blade partition will have better performance when all four of the blades are in odd (1,
3, 5, 7) or even (2, 4, 6, 8) slots vs. mixed (1, 2, 3, 4) slots.
Below are the configurations when shipped from the factory
HPE Superdome X partition loading
nPartition
Size
ENCLOSURE Slot Number
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
1-Blade
1
5
2
6
3
7
4
8
2-Blades
1
3
1
3
2
4
2
4
3-Blades
1
2
1
2
1
2
3
4
4-Blades
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
6-Blades
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
8-Blades
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
NOTE:
Support for multiple nPartitions within the enclosure, and those nPartitions can be 1-Blade, 2-
