Chapter 1
Overview
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The biggest differences between hp Integrity Superdome servers or hp 9000 Superdome servers and earlier
Superdome family products include (but are not limited to):
• Cell board design using either of the following processors:
1. Itanium® 2 single- and dual-core for hp Integrity Superdome
2. PA-8800 PA-RISC dual processor for hp 9000 Superdome
• Firmware packages.
— Management Processor
— CLU—clocks, I
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C bus, and so on.
— PM (Environmental monitors)
— Core I/O (Console in I/O chassis)
— System hp Integrity Superdome (IPF on the cell board)
— System hp 9000 Superdome (PA on the cell board)
— PDHC (SINC comes on the cell board)
— Event dictionary (ED)
• 12-slot PCI-X I/O card cage
• 2-GB DIMMS
• Two optional support Management Stations
— Windows-based hp Proliant ML350 G3 (PC-SMS)
— HP-UX based hp Server rx2600 (HP-UX SMS)
The hp Integrity Superdome supports HP-UX 11.23 and Windows Server 2003, Datacenter.
The hp 9000 Superdome supports HP-UX 11.11.