HP (Hewlett-Packard) RX8620-32 User Manual

Itanium

®

–based midrange servers from HP—

the HP Integrity rx7620-16 and rx8620-32 Servers

Executive summary............................................................................................................................... 3

Adaptable, available: the HP Integrity rx7620-16 and rx8620-32 Servers ................................................. 4

Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 4

HP Integrity rx7620-16 and rx8620-32 Server specifications.................................................................... 6

System architecture .............................................................................................................................. 9

HP Integrity rx7620-16 Server architecture.......................................................................................... 9

HP Integrity rx8620-32 Server architecture........................................................................................ 11

HP Super-Scalable Processor Chipset sx1000.................................................................................... 11

Cell boards ................................................................................................................................... 12

Cell design details ...................................................................................................................... 13

Cell configurations...................................................................................................................... 13

Memory latency ......................................................................................................................... 14

Cell hot-plug .............................................................................................................................. 15

Crossbar backplane ....................................................................................................................... 15

Crossbar chips ........................................................................................................................... 15

I/O subsystem ............................................................................................................................... 16

I/O controller chips .................................................................................................................... 17

PCI-X backplane ......................................................................................................................... 17

Core I/O ...................................................................................................................................... 19

HP Integrity rx7620-16 Server core I/O........................................................................................ 19

HP Integrity rx7620-16 Server internal peripheral bay .................................................................... 21

HP Integrity rx8620-32 Server core I/O........................................................................................ 21

HP Integrity rx8620-32 Server internal peripheral bay .................................................................... 22

HP Server Expansion Unit................................................................................................................ 22

AC power subsystem ...................................................................................................................... 24

Fault-tolerant power compliance in the Integrity rx7620-16 Server.................................................... 24

Fault-tolerant power compliance in the Integrity rx8620-32 Server.................................................... 25

AC power consumption .................................................................................................................. 26

HP Integrity rx7620-16 Server ..................................................................................................... 26

HP Integrity rx8620-32 Server ..................................................................................................... 27

Performance and scalability ................................................................................................................ 27

Important speeds and feeds............................................................................................................. 27

Scalability ..................................................................................................................................... 27