HP Integrity Superdome 2 HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide - Page 67

HP Superdome 2 Boot Support, Local Boot, P2000 FC G3 product options - quickspecs

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Figure 6-22 Firmware Summary HP Superdome 2 Boot Support This section provides details of the accessories supported by HP Superdome 2 for booting purposes. The only supported local disk is fibre channel - P2000 FC G3 array. • Up to 12 LFF or 24 SFF SAS HDDs per array (SATA is available but not supported) • Expandable up to 149 HDDs • Suggest dedicated (per partition) 15K drives in Raid 1 configuration for performance/availability • Up to 512 LUNs supported per P2000 FC G3 array • P2000 FC G3 product options, HDD and RAID details in P2000 Fc G3 QuickSpec are available at: http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/13551_div/13551_div.HTML Each partition (nPartition or vPar) requires dedicated boot path(s) and dedicated HBAs. • One dedicated FC HBA per partition - two dedicated FC HBA for Serviceguard • AD221A; AD222A; AD393A (Emulex 4Gb combo) at initial release • AH400A; AH401A (QLogic 8GB 1- 2-port HBA) at initial release • AH402A; AH403A (Emulex 8GB 1- 2-port HBA) post initial release Up to 32 partitions per HP Superdome 2 - 16s. Each IOX supports up to 12 HBAs. Each HP Superdome 2 - 16s supports up to 4 IOX at initial release. HP Superdome 2 partition limits: • nPartitions: per blade =1; per SD2-8s = 4; per SD2-16s = 8 • vPars: per blade = 4; per SD2-8s = 16; per SD2-16s = 32; per nPartition = 16 Local Boot Up to 4 boot paths are supported per P2000 FC G3 array. • P2000 FC G3 array can support up to two (2) dual port array controllers • Each controller supports up to two (2) 8GB FC links HP Superdome 2 Boot Support 67

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Figure 6-22 Firmware Summary
HP Superdome 2 Boot Support
This section provides details of the accessories supported by HP Superdome 2 for booting
purposes.
The only supported local disk is fibre channel – P2000 FC G3 array.
Up to 12 LFF or 24 SFF SAS HDDs per array (SATA is available but not supported)
Expandable up to 149 HDDs
Suggest dedicated (per partition) 15K drives in Raid 1 configuration for
performance/availability
Up to 512 LUNs supported per P2000 FC G3 array
P2000 FC G3 product options, HDD and RAID details in P2000 Fc G3 QuickSpec are available
at:
.HTML
Each partition (nPartition or vPar) requires dedicated boot path(s) and dedicated HBAs.
One dedicated FC HBA per partition – two dedicated FC HBA for Serviceguard
AD221A; AD222A; AD393A (Emulex 4Gb combo) at initial release
AH400A; AH401A (QLogic 8GB 1- 2-port HBA) at initial release
AH402A; AH403A (Emulex 8GB 1- 2-port HBA) post initial release
Up to 32 partitions per HP Superdome 2 – 16s. Each IOX supports up to 12 HBAs. Each HP
Superdome 2 – 16s supports up to 4 IOX at initial release.
HP Superdome 2 partition limits:
nPartitions: per blade =1; per SD2-8s = 4; per SD2-16s = 8
vPars: per blade = 4; per SD2-8s = 16; per SD2-16s = 32; per nPartition = 16
Local Boot
Up to 4 boot paths are supported per P2000 FC G3 array.
P2000 FC G3 array can support up to two (2) dual port array controllers
Each controller supports up to two (2) 8GB FC links
HP Superdome 2 Boot Support
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