HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 34

Superdome 2 CPU / CPU module support, Partition Rules - 8s

Get HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 PDF manuals and user guides View all HP Integrity Superdome 2 8/16 manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals

Page 34 highlights

Figure 6 Partition Rules - 8s NOTE: The loading rules for the SD2-8S are very similar to those for the SD2-16s except that no partitions larger than 4 blades are supported. This is a firmware limitation imposed on the SD2-8s. However, as seen from the loading options, all 8 blade slots can be populated in a SD2-8s. So you can have eight 1-blade partitions, four 2-blade partitions, two 4-blade partitions, or other combinations when a single partition is not larger than 4 blades. P - Preferred slotting For example, the best 4-blade partition uses slots 1, 3, 5, and 7. A - Alternative slotting For example, the alternative 4-blade partition uses slots 1, 2, 3, and 4. S - nPartition size Superdome 2 CPU / CPU module support HP Superdome 2 servers support the Itanium processor 9300 series. Table 4 (page 34) lists the processors and their core and I/O frequencies that are supported by HP Superdome 2. Two different Itanium processor 9300 series CPU frequency/cache bins are supported in all HP Superdome 2 systems (SD2-8s, SD2-16s ). Support for the various speed bins is as follows: Table 4 Processors supported on HP Superdome 2 Itanium Processor Family 9350, 185W 9340, 185W Core Frequency 1.73GHz base/ 1.86GHz boost 1.60GHz base/ 1.73GHz boost I/O Frequency Cache QPI: 4.8 GT/s SMI: 4.8/s 24MB Number of Number of cores threads/core 4 1-2 QPI 4.8 GT/s SMI: 4.8 20MB 4 1-2 GT/s 34 Planning nPartitions

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72
  • 73
  • 74
  • 75
  • 76
  • 77
  • 78
  • 79
  • 80
  • 81
  • 82
  • 83
  • 84
  • 85
  • 86
  • 87
  • 88
  • 89
  • 90
  • 91
  • 92
  • 93
  • 94
  • 95
  • 96
  • 97
  • 98
  • 99
  • 100
  • 101
  • 102
  • 103
  • 104
  • 105
  • 106
  • 107
  • 108
  • 109
  • 110
Figure 6 Partition Rules — 8s
NOTE:
The loading rules for the SD2-8S are very similar to those for the SD2-16s except that no
partitions larger than 4 blades are supported. This is a firmware limitation imposed on the SD2-8s.
However, as seen from the loading options, all 8 blade slots can be populated in a SD2-8s. So
you can have eight 1-blade partitions, four 2-blade partitions, two 4-blade partitions, or other
combinations when a single partition is not larger than 4 blades.
P – Preferred slotting
For example, the best 4-blade partition uses slots 1, 3, 5, and 7.
A – Alternative slotting
For example, the alternative 4-blade partition uses slots 1, 2, 3, and 4.
S – nPartition size
Superdome 2 CPU / CPU module support
HP Superdome 2 servers support the Itanium processor 9300 series.
Table 4 (page 34)
lists the
processors and their core and I/O frequencies that are supported by HP Superdome 2.
Two different Itanium processor 9300 series CPU frequency/cache bins are supported in all HP
Superdome 2 systems (SD2-8s, SD2-16s ). Support for the various speed bins is as follows:
Table 4 Processors supported on HP Superdome 2
Number of
threads/core
Number of
cores
Cache
I/O Frequency
Core Frequency
Itanium Processor
Family
1-2
4
24MB
QPI: 4.8 GT/s SMI: 4.8/s
1.73GHz base/ 1.86GHz
boost
9350, 185W
1-2
4
20MB
QPI 4.8 GT/s SMI: 4.8
GT/s
1.60GHz base/ 1.73GHz
boost
9340, 185W
34
Planning nPartitions