
Access to internal peripheral bay:
Access to internal peripheral bay:
Access to internal peripheral bay:
Access to internal peripheral bay: The first core I/O card enables half of the HP 9000 rp8420
Server peripheral bay, which includes one removable media and two low profile disks. The second
core I/O card enables the remaining internal peripherals, two disks and one removable media
bays. Customers that require access to more than two internal disks and/or one removable media
slot must purchase the second core I/O card and more than one cell board.
The integrated multifunction I/O provides core I/O functionally and includes the Management Processor
technology.
Core I/O Loading Rules
Core I/O Loading Rules
Core I/O Loading Rules
Core I/O Loading Rules
Minimum of 1 Core I/O board must be purchased with each HP 9000 rp8420 Server
Load the 1st Core I/O board into slot 0.
Core I/O slot 0 corresponds to Cell Board slot 0. Core I/O slot 1 corresponds to Cell Board slot
1.
A cell board must be installed in slot 0 to enable use of Core I/O 0. Likewise, a cell board must
be installed in slot 1 to enable use of Core I/O 1.
Access to two internal disk drives and 1 Removable Media bay is enabled with the installation of
the 1st Core I/O board.
The optional second Core I/O board must be ordered to enable hardware partitioning (systems
not using the Server Expansion Unit).
The optional second Core I/O board must be ordered to enable access to the 3rd/4th internal disks and
2nd removable media drive.
(NOTE:
NOTE:
NOTE:
NOTE: For support of 3 or 4 hard partitions (nPartitions), a third and/or fourth core I/O board can be
added in the rp84xx/rx86xx Server Expansion Unit. See its section for more details.
)
Internal Disk Drives
Internal Disk Drives
Internal Disk Drives
Internal Disk Drives
HP 9000 rp8420 Server chassis supports up to four internal low-profile hot-plug disk drives in
three capacities.
Two UltraSCSI controllers provide each disk drive with an independent SCSI channel
Supported by MirrorDisk/UX across disk drives, controllers, and Core I/O boards
Must order two Core I/O cards to support more than two internal disk drives
Internal Disk Drive Specifications
Internal Disk Drive Specifications
Internal Disk Drive Specifications
Internal Disk Drive Specifications
Product Number
Product Number
Product Number
Product Number rp8400 Product
rp8400 Product
rp8400 Product
rp8400 Product
Numbers that are
Numbers that are
Numbers that are
Numbers that are
supported
supported
supported
supported
Disk Capacity
Disk Capacity
Disk Capacity
Disk Capacity
Rotational speed
Rotational speed
Rotational speed
Rotational speed
Average seek time
Average seek time
Average seek time
Average seek time
(read/write)
Sustained Bandwidth
Sustained Bandwidth
Sustained Bandwidth
Sustained Bandwidth
A9880A
A6831A
36 GB
15,000 RPM
3.6 msec (read); 3.9 msec
(write)
75 MB/s
A9881A
A6725A
73 GB
15,000 RPM
(A9881A)
10,000 RPM
(A6725A)
3.6 msec (read); 3.9 msec
(write) (A9881A)
4.7 msec (read); 5.2 msec
(write) (A6725A)
75 MB/s (A9881A)
69 MB/s (A6725A)
A9882A
A7083A
146 GB
10,000 RPM
4.7 msec (read); 5.2 msec
(write)
69 MB/s
AD050A
N/A
300 GB
10,000 RPM
4.7 msec (read); 5.2 msec
(write)
69 MB/s
AD146A
N/A
36 GB
15,000 RPM
3.6 msec (read); 3.9 msec
(write)
75 MB/s
AD209A
N/A
73 GB
10,000 RPM
4.7 msec (read); 5.2 msec
(write)
69 MB/s
AD148A
N/A
146 GB
10,000 RPM
4.7 msec (read); 5.2 msec
(write)
69 MB/s
QuickSpecs
HP 9000 rp8420 Server
HP 9000 rp8420 Server
HP 9000 rp8420 Server
HP 9000 rp8420 Server
Configuration
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