HP (Hewlett-Packard) RX7620-16 Server 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