HP rp5400 Informacje Techniczne

hp rp5400 series ofentry-level unix serversnovember 2001a technical white paperfrom Hewlett-Packard

10Figure 2.2 is a block diagram of the rp5450 architecture. The rp5450 uses the “Astro” CEC, whichwas specifically designed to provide no-compromise f

11low-latencymemory accessAll four systems in the rp5400 series have sixteen memory slots. The rp5400 and rp5450 have allsixteen slots laid out on the

12Table 2.2 Maximum bandwidth for rp5430 system buses# of buses (or controllers) maximum bus bandwidth aggregate bus bandwidthtwin-turbo PCI slots2 5

13I/O subsystem design The rp5470 contains ten PCI I/O slots. The top eight slots have hot-plug capabilities under HP-UX11i. The eight hot-plug slots

14The rp5450 also has ten PCI I/O slots. The top six Turbo slots, labeled slots 6–11, have hot-plugfunctionality in HP-UX 11i. Each of these six Turb

15PCI is the optimized, industry-standard I/O bus. Tables 2.5 through 2.8 summarize the PCI slots foreach of the systems in the rp5400 series.Table 2.

16internalremovablemediaThe rp5400 series contains a single removable media bay that can accommodate either a DVD-ROM or DDS-3The media bay is support

17rp5400 seriesindustrialdesign andpackagingThe rp5400 series has been designed to fit into environments ranging from data centers todeskside. The ind

18high availabilityThe rp5400 series has numerous high availability features that are unmatched in the entry-levelserver market—features such as redun

19redundant powerinput protectionFigure 3.1 contains a diagram of the rp5400 series power subsystem. This section explains howcustomers can utilize th

2table of contentsintroduction to the hp server rp5400 series...3the hp server p

20redundant, hot-swap coolingThe rp5400 series contains eight hot-swappable fans to cool system components. The eight coolingfans (1 front-access, 4 s

21hot-plug diskdrivesThe rp5400 series has four embedded SCSI disks accessible from the front of the server. These diskscan be removed and inserted wh

22hot-plug PCII/O slotsThe ability to hot-plug PCI cards offers excellent flexibility for adding, reconfiguring, and maintainingI/O functions while th

23CPUsThe rp5400 series supports PA-8700, PA-8600, and PA-8500 processors. In the future, ItaniumProcessor Family (IPF) CPUs will also be supported.p

24manageabilityand supportThe rp5400 series has many features to minimize the effort required to manage one system or anentire computer room. The serv

25The monitors can also poll hardware, disks, clusters, network interfaces, and system resourcesand send information to the framework. An “event” can

26system platformmonitorClosely integrated to the Extended Fault Management System is the system platform monitor. Thesystem platform monitor controls

27LAN consoleThe server also provides a LAN console interface using industry-standard telnet connections. Like theWeb console, the LAN console can be

28For More InformationHP product information and technicaldocumentation is available online at:http://www.hp.com/go/rp5400http://www.hp.com/go/rp5430h

3introduction to thehp server rp5400seriesIn today’s economy, whether you’re managing your own IT infrastructure or hosting someone else’s,you have to

4The exploded view reveals the location of major components, as well as the mechanicaland architectural features of the rp5400 series. The server is p

5rp5450 features at-a-glance• 1 to 4 PA-8500 or PA-8600 CPUs• 540MHz, 440MHz, & 360MHzCPUs• IA-64 ready• Up to 16GB of memory• 10 PCI I/O slo

6• High-performance “Stretch” coreelectronics complex (leveraged fromrp7400)• IA-64 ready• Up to 16GB of memory• 10 PCI I/O slots (eight hot-plug,

7the hp server productlineThe rp5400 series is the entry-level cornerstone of the business-critical proven hp server productline. HP servers are #1 a

8binarycompatibilityThe rp5400 series supports the 64-bit HP-UX 11 operating system. With HP-UX 11, HP maintainsits long-standing tradition of providi

9architectureFigure 2.1 shows the relationship of the rp5470 main blocks and the buses that connect them. Therp5470 uses the “Stretch” high-performanc