HP (Hewlett-Packard) RX8620-32 manual

Itanium ® –based midrange servers from HP— the HP Integrity rx7620-16 and rx8620-32 Servers Executive summary ............................................................................................................................... 3 Adaptable, available: the HP Inte grity rx7620-16 and rx8620-32 Servers .................................[...]

Performance benchmarks ................................................................................................................ 28 Racking ............................................................................................................................... ............. 28 Third-party racks ........................................[...]

3 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-l eading computing performance coupled with the flexibility and scalability of the Inte[...]

4 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 [...]

Figure 1. HP Integrity rx7620-16 and rx8620-32 Servers 5[...]

6 HP Integrity rx7620-16 and rx8620-32 Server specifications HP Integrity rx7620-16 Server with 8-way Intel Itanium 2 processor or 16-way HP mx2 Dual- Processor Module HP Integrity rx8620-32 Server with 16-way Intel Itanium 2 processor or 32-way HP mx2 Dual- Processor Module HP Integrity rx8620-32 Server Expansion Unit (SEU) Cell boards 1–2 1–4[...]

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[...]

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 powe[...]

9 System architecture HP Integrity midrange servers are built around a mo dular 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 configur ations, ranging from two to eight 1.6 or 1.5 GHz Intel Itanium 2 processors o[...]

Figure 6. Architecture of the HP Integrity rx7620-16 Server, showing the basic modular buildi ng blocks of the system 10[...]

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 S[...]

Figure 8. Primary components of the HP sx1000 Chipset Cell boards The cell, or cell board, is one of the basic bu ilding blocks of the HP Integrity rx7620-16 and rx8620-32 Servers. A cell board is a module that pr imarily houses processors, memory, and the cell controller ASICs. Figure 9. Layout of the Integrity rx7620-16/rx8620-32 Server cell boar[...]

13 Cell design details Each cell board is a self-contained unit, with a sy mmetric multiprocessor (SMP), main memory, and all necessary hardware. • CPUs—up to four 1.6/1.5 GHz Intel Itanium 2 proc essors or four 1.1 GHz HP mx2 Dual-Processor Modules (consisting of eight Intel Itanium 2 processors) • Cell controller ASIC • Memory controller [...]

14 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 eigh t active processors and 64 GB memory per cell board in the Integrity rx7620-16 Server[...]

15 Cell hot-plug The HP Integrity rx7620-16 and rx8620-32 Servers supp ort cell hot-plug. Coupled with the servers’ partitioning capability 1 , cell hot-plug allows for the servicing of cell boards within a single partition while the other partition continues normal operatio n. Any number of configuration changes can be made to the partition bein[...]

I/O subsystem Each HP Integrity rx7620-16 and rx8620-32 Server co ntains an embedded high-performance I/O subsystem. In addition, the Integrity rx8620-32 Se rver can optionally connect to external I/O resources located in the HP SEU through a high-per formance I/O cable link. The components within the I/O subsystem are the I/O controllers, internal[...]

17 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 contai ns 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 fro[...]

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 am ount of bandwidth should be configure[...]

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 wi th SCSI controllers for the peripheral bay. The second core I/O product can be used to enable du [...]

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 sy stem management and enhances serviceability. The MP reduces or eliminates the need for the system administrator to be physically at the system to perform tasks [...]

External LAN —The external LAN port is a 10/100/1000Base-T external LAN port that uses an RJ-45 connector. External SCSI —The external SCSI port is an Ultra160 LVD external SCSI port for connections to mass storage or media. HP Integrity rx7620-16 Server internal peripheral bay The Integrity rx7620-16 Server internal peripheral bay is located a[...]

22 The core I/O Management Processor, external LAN po rt, and external SCSI port functionality in the HP Integrity rx8620-32 Server is the same as desc ribed above in the Integrity rx7620-16 Server core I/O section. However, there are slot count and bus routing differences in the peripheral bay implementation. The following section pertains specifi[...]

• 9U rackmount chassis • Certified under Uptime Institute’s Fault Tolerant Power Compliance Specification Figure 17. The HP SEU (left) and the SEU + HP Integrity rx 8620-32 Server mounted in HP 2-meter cabinet (right) The HP SEU mirrors the I/O resources embedded within the Integrity rx8620-32 Server chassis, both physically and electrically.[...]

Figure 18. The HP SEU block diagram AC power subsystem The HP Integrity rx7620-16 and rx8620-32 Servers were both designed to take full advantage of the multi-grid power inputs found in today’s high-end data centers. Th is means that both servers can connect to two independent power grids at the same time and are able to tolerate a grid failure w[...]

Figure 19. Power inputs and interconnects in the Integrity rx7620-16 Se rver are designed for fault- tolerant power compliance Fault-tolerant power compliance in the Integrity rx8620-32 Server The AC input to the Integrity rx8620-32 Server is divided into four separate circui ts. Each circuit is fed by any 50 to 60 Hz high line source through four [...]

Figure 20. Power inputs and interconnects in the Integrity rx8620-32 Se rver are designed for fault- tolerant power compliance AC power consumption The power consumption of the HP Integrity rx7620-16 and rx8620-32 Servers varies greatly, depending on the hardware configuration and the inpu t line voltages supplied at the customer site. HP represent[...]

27 HP Integrity rx8620-32 Server • Integrity rx8620-32 Server fully loaded with 16 traditional Intel Itanium 2 processors —The Integrity rx8620-32 Server fully loaded configuration consists of 16 1.6 GHz Intel Itanium 2 processors, 256 GB of memory, 16 PCI-X cards, four cell boards , four internal hard drives, two DVD drives, two core I/O cards[...]

28 Performance benchmarks The HP Integrity rx7620-16 and rx8620-32 Servers of fer leadership performance in the online transaction processing (OLTP), business intelligence, and technical markets. More information will be available as benchmar ks become certified. Racking Both the HP Integrity rx7620-16 and rx8620-32 Servers provide industry-leading[...]

29 Also included with every Integrity rx7620-16 an d rx8620-32 Server is a cable management arm (CMA). The cable management arm is a two-member trough system that resides at the back of the chassis and guides cables during extension and re traction of the product. The CMA neatly secures data cables and prevents them from becoming entangled while th[...]

30 How nPartitions work A hardware partition corresponds roughly to a single, standalone system. The Integrity rx7620-16 Server can be subdivided into two partitions, whil e the Integrity rx8620-32 Server (configured with an SEU) can be divided into four partitions. In the Integrity rx7620-16 Server, each partition will contain one cell board and i[...]

31 CPU protection The central processing unit is often a major cause of system downtime. For instance, CPU cache errors are demonstrated to be a large contributor (in many cases, the greatest contributor) to unplanned system downtime. Furthermore, addition or modifi cation of CPU resources is among the highest- ranking causes of planned hardware do[...]

32 Instant Capacity Instant Capacity is a means of adding and removing CPUs in a partition. With Instant Capacity, you don’t need to worry about the following: • Interleaved memory • Application-locked memory • Server switchovers due to false failures • Physically handling CPU or memory boards • Rebooting Instant Capacity is the most re[...]

33 Address/Control parity The address control path of the memory system is protected so that spurious bit flips in the address/control path do not cause the correct data to be written to the wrong location, which would result in data corruption. HP is the leader in de livering this functionality to the mission-critical marketplace. Protection for I[...]

34 Dual AC line cord support As described earlier in this paper, the Integr ity rx7620-16 and rx8620-32 Servers can run on one or two totally independent power sources. Moreover, these two power sources do not need to be in phase or the same voltage. Resilience to service processor failures The Integrity rx7620-16 and rx8620-32 Server hardware has [...]

35 All major system components, other than the power co nversion board, are slated to remain the same for future processors—you can even use the same memory DIMMs. This makes upgrading easy and economical: You simply remove all the cells and th e memory contained within the cells, transfer the memory to the processor cell boards, and install the [...]

36 Temporary Instant Capacity is the ability to turn Inst ant Capacity CPUs that are already installed in the system on and off for short periods of time to provide added capacity. Temporary Instant Capacity gives customers the ability to adjust to un planned or planned spikes in computing. Cell board Instant Capacity extends the Instant Capa city [...]

37 These are some of the things you can do with Partition Manager: • Display server status • Create, delete, and modify nPartitions • Display a complete hardware inventory • Display status of key server components • Check for problems or unusual server c onditions • Manage power to cells and I/O chassis • Toggle attention indicators f[...]

38 • Security Patch Check determines how current a system’s se curity patches are, recommends patches for continuing security vulnerabili ties, and warns administrators abo ut recalled patches still present on the system. • System Inventory Manager is for change and asset management . It allows you to easily collect, store, and manage invento[...]

39 Windows The HP Integrity Essentials Fo undation Pack for Windows is a complete toolset for installing, configuring, and managing HP Integrity rx 7620-16 and rx8620-32 Servers running Windows. The following tools are included in the package: • Smart Setup DVD includes an EFI-based setup utility (EBS U) designed for easy server and array control[...]

40 Linux The following tools are also used to manage HP Integrity rx7620-16 and rx8620-32 Servers running Linux. • Insight Manager 7 increases system uptime and provides powerful monitoring and control. Insight Manager 7 also provides inventory reporting capab ilities that dramatically reduce the time and effort required to track server assets, a[...]

41 mx2 Dual-Processor Module technology, thereby expl oiting the full potential of your HP Integrity servers. HP Services delivers end-to-end so lutions that offer consistent qualit y and service levels across multiple platforms such as UNIX ® , Windows, and Linux, as well as sy stems from other well-known vendors. With the introduction of the mid[...]

42 – Integrated support: Support Plus and Support Plus 24 are integrated hardware and software services that are available to customers who requir e assistance that complements their internal IT resources. HP Proactive 24 Service includes pr oactive advice and assistance that helps you improve the effectiveness of your IT environment. – Mission[...]

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