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Itanium –based midrange servers from HP—
the HP Integrity rx7620-16 and rx8620-32 Servers
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Adaptable, available: the HP Integrity rx7620-16 and rx8620-32 Servers ................................................. 4
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Executive summary ® ® Based on the revolutionary Intel Itanium 2 processor co-developed by HP and Intel, the HP Integrity rx7620-16 and rx8620-32 Servers bring you all the computing power you need to operate in the most demanding IT environments. This market-leading computing performance coupled with the flexibility and scalability of the Integrity rx7620-16 and rx8620-32 Servers allow you the kind of agility and investment protection you need to meet today’s commercial and technical comput
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Adaptable, available: the HP Integrity rx7620-16 and rx8620-32 Servers Introduction Today’s HP Integrity servers outpace competitive servers by providing more compute power, more applications, additional features, and a broader range of solutions across both commercial and technical computing. The HP Integrity server family offers hardware and software solutions for every tier of the enterprise, from entry-level to high-end enterprise computing, featuring the Integrity rx2600-4, rx4640-8,
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Figure 1. HP Integrity rx7620-16 and rx8620-32 Servers 5
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HP Integrity rx7620-16 and rx8620-32 Server specifications HP Integrity rx7620-16 HP Integrity rx8620-32 HP Integrity rx8620-32 Server Server with 8-way Intel Server with 16-way Intel Expansion Unit (SEU) Itanium 2 processor or Itanium 2 processor or 16-way HP mx2 Dual- 32-way HP mx2 Dual- Processor Module Processor Module Cell boards 1–2 1–4 1.5 or 1.6 GHz 2–8 2–16 Intel Itanium 2 processors 1.1 GHz Dual-Processor 1–8 Dual-Processor Modules 1–16 Dual-Processor Module (2-way
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Figure 2. Front and side view of the Integrity rx7620-16 Server Figure 3. Rear view of the Integrity rx7620-16 Server Figures 2 and 3 show major components of the HP Integrity rx7620-16 Server, as well as the system’s mechanical and architectural features. Figure 2 shows the Integrity rx7620-16 Server with its front plastic bezel and top and left side panels removed. A peripheral bay located at the top front of the Integrity rx7620-16 Server provides space for four hot-plug disk dr
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Figure 4 shows a front view of the Integrity rx8620-32 Server with its front plastic bezel and top and left side panels removed. A peripheral bay located at the top front of the Integrity rx8620-32 Server provides space for four hot-plug disk drives and two removable-media devices (DVD or DAT). Directly below the peripheral bay are two PCI-X power bricks, which supply DC power for the PCI-X backplane. Below the power supplies are nine redundant hot-swappable cooling fans. These fans pull c
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System architecture HP Integrity midrange servers are built around a modular architecture, with components that can be configured to effectively cover a wide range of computing needs. Both the Integrity rx7620-16 and 8620-32 Servers support a variety of system configurations, ranging from two to eight 1.6 or 1.5 GHz Intel Itanium 2 processors or from two to 16 1.1 GHz Intel Itanium 2 processors, using HP mx2 Dual-Processor Modules. Both servers can be configured as large symmetric multiproc
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Figure 6. Architecture of the HP Integrity rx7620-16 Server, showing the basic modular building blocks of the system 10
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HP Integrity rx8620-32 Server architecture The HP Integrity rx8620-32 Server architecture builds upon that of the Integrity rx7620-16 Server with the addition of a crossbar backplane and two more cell boards. The crossbar backplane provides a non-blocking connection between up to four cells, plus connection to the external I/O resources in the HP Server Expansion Unit (SEU). Similarly to the Integrity rx7620-16 Server, the Integrity rx8620-32 Server can be configured as one 2- to 16-way (In
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Figure 8. Primary components of the HP sx1000 Chipset Cell boards The cell, or cell board, is one of the basic building blocks of the HP Integrity rx7620-16 and rx8620-32 Servers. A cell board is a module that primarily houses processors, memory, and the cell controller ASICs. Figure 9. Layout of the Integrity rx7620-16/rx8620-32 Server cell board. CPU 0 CPU 2 CPU 3 CPU 1 12
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Cell design details Each cell board is a self-contained unit, with a symmetric multiprocessor (SMP), main memory, and all necessary hardware. • CPUs—up to four 1.6/1.5 GHz Intel Itanium 2 processors or four 1.1 GHz HP mx2 Dual-Processor Modules (consisting of eight Intel Itanium 2 processors) • Cell controller ASIC • Memory controller (buffer) ASIC • Main memory DIMMs (up to 16 DIMMs per cell board) • Voltage regulator modules (VRMs) • Data buses The cell controller ASIC (CC) is at th
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Within the cell, CPU-to-CC peak bandwidth is 12.8 GB/s, a greater than 50% improvement over previous-generation systems. The minimum supported cell configuration is two active processors and 2 GB of memory per cell board. The maximum configuration includes eight active processors and 64 GB memory per cell board in the Integrity rx7620-16 Server; the Integrity rx8620-32 Server supports a maximum of 16 active processors and 64 GB memory per cell board. Memory DIMM modules are sold in sets of
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Cell hot-plug The HP Integrity rx7620-16 and rx8620-32 Servers support cell hot-plug. Coupled with the servers’ 1 partitioning capability , cell hot-plug allows for the servicing of cell boards within a single partition while the other partition continues normal operation. Any number of configuration changes can be made to the partition being serviced, including replacing the complete cell board, adding or deleting CPUs and memory, or even increasing or decreasing the number of cells in tha
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I/O subsystem Each HP Integrity rx7620-16 and rx8620-32 Server contains an embedded high-performance I/O subsystem. In addition, the Integrity rx8620-32 Server can optionally connect to external I/O resources located in the HP SEU through a high-performance I/O cable link. The components within the I/O subsystem are the I/O controllers, internal peripheral bay, and multifunction core I/O. Basic block diagrams for the HP Integrity rx7620-16 and rx8620-32 Server I/O subsystems are shown in F
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I/O controller chips The HP Integrity rx7620-16 and rx8620-32 Servers contain two master I/O controller chips located on the PCI-X backplane. Each I/O controller contains 16 high-performance, 12-bit-wide links. These links connect to 16 slave I/O controller chips supporting the PCI-X card slots and core I/O. In both systems, two links—one from each master controller—are routed through the system backplane and are dedicated to core I/O. The remaining 30 links are divided among the 16 133 MH
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Figure 12. The PCI-X backplane of the Integrity rx7620-16 Server has dual high-performance links for 14 of the 16 I/O card slots Figure 13. The PCI-X backplane of the Integrity rx8620-32 Server has dual high-performance links for 14 of the 16 I/O card slots In practice, PCI-X I/O cards requiring the largest amount of bandwidth should be configured into the dual-link slots. Because each I/O slot has a dedicated bus, any slot can be hot-plugged or serviced without affecting other s
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Core I/O The HP Integrity rx7620-16 and rx8620-32 Servers are purchased with either one or two core I/O card products. In both systems, core I/O provides console, Ultra160 SCSI, Gigabit LAN, serial, and Management Processor (MP) functionality, along with SCSI controllers for the peripheral bay. The second core I/O product can be used to enable dual partitioning, provide access to a second set of disk drives, and provide redundant MP functionality. In the HP Integrity rx8620-32 Server, the s
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Figure 15. Basic core I/O card set (secondary) The Management Processor—The Management Processor (MP) is a dedicated processor located on each MP/SCSI card that simplifies and extends system management and enhances serviceability. The MP reduces or eliminates the need for the system administrator to be physically at the system to perform tasks such as diagnostics, system management, or even hard resets. Following are some of the features offered by the Integrity rx7620-16 and rx8620-3
