SuperDome Configuration Guidelines/Rules
SuperDome Configuration Guidelines/RulesSuperDome Configuration Guidelines/Rules
SuperDome Configuration Guidelines/Rules
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Category
Rule Index
Rule IndexRule Index
Rule Index
Rule Description
Rule DescriptionRule Description
Rule Description
General
GeneralGeneral
General
1
Every Superdome complex requires connectivity to a Support Management Station (SMS). For Superdome PA-8800,
the PC-based SMS also serves as the system console. For Superdome PA-8600/PA-8700, a separate system console
is needed.
2
Every cell in a Superdome complex must be assigned to a valid physical location.
CPU
CPUCPU
CPU
3
All CPUs in a cell are the same type, same Front Side Bus (FSB) frequency and same core frequency. Every cell
within a partition must be of the same type, same Front Side Bus (FSB) frequency and same core frequency with no
mixing. With PA-8800, the entire cabinet must consist of only PA-8800 cell boards.
Memory
MemoryMemory
Memory
4
Configurations with 8, 16 and 32 DIMM slots are recommended (i.e. are fully qualified and offer the best
bandwidth performance.
5
Configurations with 4 and 24 DIMM slots are supported (i.e. are fully qualified, but don't necessarily offer the best
bandwidth performance).
6
DIMMs can be deallocated in 2 DIMM increments (to support HA) in Superdome PA-8800 systems. ). DIMMs are
deallocated in 4 DIMM increments for Superdome PA-8600/8700 systems.
7
Superdome PA-8800 only
Superdome PA-8800 onlySuperdome PA-8800 only
Superdome PA-8800 only
: Mixed DIMM sizes within a cell board are supported, but only in separate Mbat
interleaving groups. At the time of boot, the system firmware gathers information on which DIMMs are present and
how to best interleave the memory. Thus, DIMMs of different sizes will not be in the same Mbat interleaving group.
From a customer perspective, it is it automatically done by the system firmware.
8
Superdome PA-8800 only
Superdome PA-8800 onlySuperdome PA-8800 only
Superdome PA-8800 only
: System orders from the factory provide mixed DIMM sizes in recommended
configurations only.
9
For system orders from the factory, the same memory configuration must be used for all cells within a partition.
10
DIMMs in the same rank must have SDRAMs with the same number of banks and row and column bits.
11
Size of memory within an interleave group must be power of 2.
12
DIMMs within the same interleave group must be same size and have same number of banks, row bits, and column
bits.
13
There are currently no restrictions on mixing DIMMs (of the same type) with different vendor SDRAMs.
I/O
I/OI/O
I/O
14
One cell in every partition must be connected to an I/O chassis that contains a Core I/O card, a card connected to
boot media, a card connected to removable media, and a network card with a connected network.
15
A partition cannot have more I/O chassis than it has active cells.
16
Removable media device controller should be in slot 8 of the I/O chassis.
17
Core I/O card must be in slot 0 of the I/O chassis.
18
Boot device controller should be in slot 1 of the I/O chassis
19
PCI X high bandwidth I/O cards should be in the high bandwidth slots in the I/O chassis
20
Every I/O card in an I/O chassis must be assigned to a valid physical location.
21
Every I/O chassis in a Superdome complex must be assigned to a valid physical location
QuickSpecs
HP 9000 Superdome Servers
HP 9000 Superdome ServersHP 9000 Superdome Servers
HP 9000 Superdome Servers
(PA-8600, PA-8700 and PA-8800)
(PA-8600, PA-8700 and PA-8800)(PA-8600, PA-8700 and PA-8800)
(PA-8600, PA-8700 and PA-8800)
System Management Features
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