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One Dual CPU Building Block Module (Step 3)
Memory (Step 4)
I/O Drawer (Step 5)
One Standard I/O Drawer (Master or Expansion), or
Shared (up to four hard partitions) access to one High Performance I/O Drawer (Master or Expansion)
One local disk (Step 5) or external storage for the system software. Network boot can be used in place of the disk
storage.
User access via the USB port in a Master I/O Drawer, a network connection (requires a LAN or WAN I/O adapter), or
local terminal (requires an async I/O adapter).
All systems require the following minimum firmware and software revisions to run hard partitions:
Minimum Firmware console rev: V6.5-8
Tru64 UNIX: V5.1B + Patch kit - T64V51BB22AS0002-20030415.tar
OpenVMS: V7.3-1 + TIMA Kits (available at
http://h18003.www1.hp.com/alphaserver/gs1280/gs1280_tech.html
):
DEC-AVPVMS-VMS731_PARTITIONING-V0100-4.PCSI
AVPVMS-VMS731_PARTITIONING-V0100_CVRLET
AVPVMS-VMS731_PARTITIONING-V0100_SUBFORM
Configuration Guidelines
The two processors on a Dual Processor CPU Module cannot be split between hard partitions.
The set of processors assigned to a partition must form a continuous rectangle on the system interconnect mesh
network.
CPU modules in an 8P Building Block Drawer share the same 48v power feed (from a redundant power supply). If the
8P Building Block Drawer contains all or portions of several hard partitions, a power fault in the drawer could affect all
the partitions in that drawer. Hard partitions that consist of whole 8P Building Block Drawers limit the risk of a power
fault in one drawer to one partition.
Base systems include an operating system license (Tru64 UNIX or OpenVMS) that licenses all hardware partitions of
the system.
The license for an HP software product, the license(s) and license key(s) that represent those licenses, may be
applied to any partition (OpenVMS Galaxy instance or hardware partition) within that system. Different versions of the
operating system or layered products may be used on different partitions. In this case, the customer must be licensed
for the latest version in use. Software products from other suppliers may have different licensing requirements for
partitions.
Step 1c - Licensing Systems for Both OpenVMS and Tru64 UNIX
A System requires licenses for both OpenVMS and Tru64 UNIX operating systems, either for dual O/S boot of the entire
system or for different operating systems in separate hard partitions. To use a second operating system, order the
appropriate base system upgrade license and as many dual CPU SMP licenses as needed.
OpenVMS software base system upgrade for GS1280
QB-63PAQ-AC
Tru64 UNIX software base system upgrade for GS1280
QB-595AN-AB
OpenVMS Alpha dual CPU SMP license for GS1280
QL-MT1A9-6T
Tru64 UNIX Alpha dual CPU SMP license for GS1280
QL-MT4A9-6T
QuickSpecs
HP AlphaServer GS1280 Systems
Systems
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