Configuration
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The HP Integrity rx8640 Server is a symmetrical multiprocessing (SMP) server supporting up to 16 high-
performance Intel Dual core Itanium 2 processors or Intel Itanium 2 1.6-GHz 6-MB L3 cache. The server
supports the new and improved sx2000 chip set. The rx8640 can be configured as a single SMP server
or divided into up to four smaller, hardware partitioned (nPars), logical servers.
Cell Boards
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Cell Boards
A minimum of one and a maximum of four cells can be ordered in HP Integrity rx8640 Servers. Each cell
can be purchased with up to four active Intel Dual-core Itanium 2 processors or Itanium 2 processors, or
in combination with Instant Capacity processors (iCAP is a future offering for Intel Dual core Itanium 2).
The HP Integrity rx8640 and HP Integrity rx7640 (8-processor) servers share the same cell board. The
rp8400/rp8420/rx8620 cell boards cannot be carried forward to the rx8640 server.
Cell Details
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Cell Details
4 processor slots (supporting up to eight processor cores with dual core)
HP sx2000 cell controller
16 DDR-2 Memory DIMM slots
DC-DC Power converters
Manageability and Processor Dependent Hardware Circuitry
Cell Board Configuration
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Cell Board Configuration
Rules
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Rules
Cell boards are ordered individually
Minimum: 1 cell board; Maximum: 4 cell boards
Cell slots 0 or 1 must be loaded first
Recommended Cell board loading order: 0,1,2,3
Intel Dual and Single core
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Intel Dual and Single core
Itanium 2 Details
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Itanium 2 Details
Intel Dual core Itanium 2 Details
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Intel Dual core Itanium 2 Details
1.6-GHz
Level 3 cache: 24 MB
Level 2 cache: 1 MB instr + 256 KB data
Level 3 cache: 16 KB instr + 16 KB data
Single-bit cache error correction
44-bit physical addressing
64-bit virtual addressing
4-GB maximum page size
1.6 GHz
Level 3 cache: 18 MB
Level 2 cache: 1 MB instr + 256 KB data
Level 3 cache: 16 KB instr + 16 KB data
Single-bit cache error correction
44-bit physical addressing
64-bit virtual addressing
4-GB maximum page size
1.4 GHz
Level 3 cache: 12 MB
Level 2 cache: 1 MB instr + 256 KB data
Level 3 cache: 16 KB instr + 16 KB data
Single-bit cache error correction
44-bit physical addressing
64-bit virtual addressing
QuickSpecs
HP Integrity rx8640 Server
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Configuration
DA - 12471 North America — Version 12 — June 1, 2007
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