HP (Hewlett-Packard) sx2000 Computer Hardware User Manual


 
The following seven firmware packages installed in the sx2000 to support the IPMI manageability
environment:
Management Processor (h_mp.xxx.xxx.xxx.frm)
Power Monitor (h_pm.xxx.xxx.xxx.frm)
Cabinet-Level Utilities (h_clu.xxx.xxx.xxx.frm)
Cell (h_cell_pdh.xxx.xxx.xxx.frm)
Processor-Dependent Hardware Code (h_pdhc.xxx.xxx.xxx.frm)
Event Dictionary (h_ed.xxx.xxx.xxx.frm)
Intel® Itanium® Processor Family Firmware (ipf.x.xx.frm)
For the latest Superdome sx2000 firmware levels, check your Engineering Advisories.
To update firmware on the Superdome sx2000, use the fw command from the MP Main Menu.
MP MAIN MENU:
CO: Consoles
VFP: Virtual Front Panel
CM: Command Menu
CL: Console Logs
SL: Show Event Logs
FW: Firmware Update
HE: Help
X: Exit Connection
Itanium System Firmware Functions
Support for HP-UX, Windows (Enterprise Server and Data Center), Linux, and OpenVMS
Support for EFI 1.10.14.61 and EFI 1.1 I/O drivers
Support for ACPI 1.0b up through 2.0c (OS-dependent)
Parallel main memory initialization. Support for double chip-spare in memory ECC code
OLAD of new cells with noninterleaved memory, OLAD I/O cards
Support for link level retry with self-healing for crossbar and I/O links
Support for both native and EBC EFI I/O card drivers
Maximum 128 CPU cores per partition (8 CPU cores per cell)
Supports mixing Itanium cells of different frequencies or major steps (generations) in separate
partitions within a complex
Supports mixing of Itanium and PA-RISC processors in the same complex but in different
partitions.
Support for 1, 2, and 4 GB DDR-II DIMMs
Support for mixed DIMMs on a cell
Support for common DIMMs across sx2000 platforms
Supports nonuniform memory configurations within a partition
Address parity checking on DIMMs (no address ECC)
Support for cell local memory
Support for adding DIMMs in increments of eight
Support for new LBA and PCI-X 2.0 (266 MHz) (PCI compatible)
Support for all PCI-X and PCI cards supported by respective sx1000 systems
Elimination of Superdome core I/O card for Superdome/sx2000 console
Infiniband supported using PCI-X cards only
Support for shadowed system firmware flash
PA-RISC Firmware for HP 9000/sx2000 Servers
The PA-RISC firmware incorporates firmware interfaces shown in Figure 1–18.
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