HP hp-ux 11i Manuale Utente

At A Glance

The latest release of Superdome, HP Integrity Superdome supports the new and improved sx1000 chip set. HP Integrity Superdome supports Itanium 2 1.5-
GHz processors in mid 2003, and the next generation PA RISC processor, PA 8800 and the mx2 processor module based on two Itanium 2 processors in early
2004.

Throughout the rest of this document, the term HP Integrity Superdome with Itanium 2 1.5-GHz processors will be referred to as simply "Superdome".

Superdome with Itanium 2 1.5-GHz processors showcases HP's commitment to delivering a 64-way Itanium server and superior investment protection. It is
the dawn of a new era in high end computing with the emergence of commodity based hardware.

Superdome supports a multi-OS environment. The multi-OS environment offered by Superdome is listed below.

NOTE:

NOTE: Superdome supports both Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3 and Debian Linux. Throughout the rest of this document, the two flavors will be collectively
referred to as Linux.

NOTE:

NOTE: For information on upgrades from existing Superdome systems to HP Integrity Superdome systems, please refer to the "Upgrade" section.

HP-UX 11i version 2

Improved performance over PA 8700
Investment protection through upgrades from existing Superdomes to next generation Itanium 2 processors

Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2003
Datacenter Edition for

Datacenter Edition for

Datacenter Edition for
Itanium 2

Itanium 2

Extension of industry standard computing with Windows further into the enterprise data center
Increased performance and scalability over 32-bit implementations
Lower cost of ownership versus proprietary solutions
Ideal for scale up database opportunities such as SQL Server 2000 (64-bit)
Ideal for database consolidation opportunities such as consolidation of legacy 32-bit versions of SQL Server 2000
to SQL Server 2000 (64-bit)

Linux

Extension of industry standard computing with Linux further into the enterprise data center
Lower cost of ownership versus proprietary solutions

QuickSpecs

HP Integrity Superdome Servers: 16-way, 32-way,

and 64-way

Overview

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