The HP Integrity Superdome with industry-standard Dual-Core Intel® Itanium® and Intel Itanium 9M processors offers an unprecedented level of choice with several configurations from 2-way multiprocessing all the way to 128 processor cores.
This flexible server supports multiple operating systems:
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In addition, the HP Integrity Superdome delivers unprecedented investment protection through in-box upgrades, enabling you to take advantage of the latest advancements in technology.
The following table provides an overview of the HP Integrity Superdome server hardware:
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HP Integrity Superdome Server with new sx2000 chipset—16 Intel® Itanium® processors |
HP Integrity Superdome Server with new sx2000 chipset—32 Intel Itanium processors |
HP Integrity Superdome Server with new sx2000 chipset—64 Intel Itanium processors |
| Dual-Core Intel® Itanium® (1.6 GHz) Intel Itanium (1.6 GHz) |
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| Number of processors |
1 – 16 |
1 – 32 |
2 – 64 |
| Number of 4-socket cell boards (hot-swap capability offered with HP-UX releases after 11i v2) |
1 – 4 |
1 – 8 |
2 – 16 |
| Max. processors per partition |
16 |
32 |
64 |
| Memory (with 1 GB, 2 GB, or 4 GB DIMMs) |
8 GB – 512 GB |
8 GB – 1 TB |
16 GB – 2 TB |
| Max. memory per partition |
512 GB |
1 TB |
2 TB |
| Hot-swap PCI-X I/O slots: PCIe and PCI-X both available, with maximum PCIe of 50% |
48 slots with 8 slots @ 2,133 MB/s, 24 slots @ 1,066 MB/s, 16 slots @ 533 MB/s |
48/96 slots¹ with 16 slots @ 2,133 MB/s, 48 slots @ 1,066 MB/s, 32 slots @ 533 MB/s |
96/192 slots¹ with 32 slots @ 2,133 MB/s, 96 slots @ 1,066 MB/s, 64 slots @ 533 MB/s |
| I/O fans |
6 |
6 |
10 |
| Hot-swap redundant fans (N+1 included) |
4 |
6 |
12 |
| Physical (hard) partitions |
1-4 |
1-8 |
1-16 |
| Operating system |
HP-UX 11i v3 and HP-UX 11i v2 (choice of Mission Critical, Enterprise, or Foundation Operating Environment)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise and Datacenter Editions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux² 4 and Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server² 10
OpenVMS v8.3² (choice of Mission Critical, Enterprise, or Foundation Operating Environment) |
HP-UX 11i v3 and HP-UX 11i v2 (choice of Mission Critical, Enterprise, or Foundation Operating Environment)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise and Datacenter Editions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux² 4 and Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server² 10
OpenVMS v8.3² (choice of Mission Critical, Enterprise, or Foundation Operating Environment) |
HP-UX 11i v3 and HP-UX 11i v2 (choice of Mission Critical, Enterprise, or Foundation Operating Environment)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise and Datacenter Editions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux² 4 and Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server² 10
OpenVMS v8.3² (choice of Mission Critical, Enterprise, or Foundation Operating Environment) |
| Management Processor |
Integrity iLO 2 management processor standard (Optional) Lights Out Advanced /. KVM card for vMedia and Integrated Remote Console |
Integrity iLO 2 management processor standard (Optional) Lights Out Advanced /. KVM card for vMedia and Integrated Remote Console |
Integrity iLO 2 management processor standard (Optional) Lights Out Advanced /. KVM card for vMedia and Integrated Remote Console |
| Crossbar throughput per cell (peak) |
34.6 GB/s |
34.6 GB/s |
34.6 GB/s |
| Cell controller to I/O subsystem bandwidth (peak) |
11.5 GB/s |
11.5 GB/s |
11.5 GB/s |
| L2 to L3 cache per core (peak) |
76.8 GB/s |
76.8 GB/s |
76.8 GB/s |
| Memory bandwidth (peak) |
138 GB/s |
276 GB/s |
553 GB/s |
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HP Integrity Superdome Server with sx1000 chipset—16 Intel® Itanium® processors |
HP Integrity Superdome Server with sx1000 chipset—32 Intel Itanium processors |
HP Integrity Superdome Server with sx1000 chipset—64 Intel Itanium processors |
| Intel Itanium Processor |
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| Number of processors |
2 – 16 |
2 – 32 |
4 – 64 |
| Number of 2-CPU or 4-CPU cell boards (hot-swap capability offered with HP-UX releases after 11i v2) |
1 – 4 |
1 – 8 |
2 – 16 |
| Max. processors per partition |
16 |
32 |
64 |
| Memory (with 512 MB, 1 GB, or 2 GB DIMMs) |
2 GB – 256 GB |
2 GB – 512 GB |
4 GB – 1 TB |
| Max. memory per partition |
256 GB |
512 TB |
1 TB |
| Hot-swap PCI-X I/O slots |
48 total slots with 8 slots @ 2,133 MB/s, 24 slots @ 1,066 MB/s, 16 slots @ 533 MB/s |
48/96 total slots¹ with 16 slots @ 2,133 MB/s, 48 slots @ 1,066 MB/s, 32 slots @ 533 MB/s |
96/192 total slots¹ with 32 slots @ 2,133 MB/s, 96 slots @ 1,066 MB/s, 64 slots @ 533 MB/s |
| I/O fans |
5 |
5 |
10 |
| Hot-swap redundant fans (N+1 included) |
4 |
4 |
8 |
| Physical (hard) partitions |
1-4 |
1-8 |
1-16 |
| Operating system |
HP-UX 11i v3 and HP-UX 11i v2 (choice of Mission Critical, Enterprise, or Foundation Operating Environment)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise and Datacenter Editions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux³ (RHEL) 3 and 4 and Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server² (SLES) 9 and 10
OpenVMS v8.3² (choice of Mission Critical, Enterprise, or Foundation Operating Environment) |
HP-UX 11i v3 and HP-UX 11i v2 (choice of Mission Critical, Enterprise, or Foundation Operating Environment)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise and Datacenter Editions
No Linux support
OpenVMS v8.3² (choice of Mission Critical, Enterprise, or Foundation Operating Environment)
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HP-UX 11i v3 and HP-UX 11i v2 (choice of Mission Critical, Enterprise, or Foundation Operating Environment)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise and Datacenter Editions
No Linux support
OpenVMS v8.3² (choice of Mission Critical, Enterprise, or Foundation Operating Environment)
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| Management Processor |
MP/9000 management processor |
MP/9000 management processor |
MP/9000 management processor |
| Crossbar throughput per cell |
8.0 GB/s |
8.0 GB/s |
8.0 GB/s |
| Cell controller to I/O subsystem bandwidth (peak) |
2.5 GB/s |
2.5 GB/s |
2.5 GB/s |
| L2 to L3 cache per core (peak) |
76.8 GB/s |
76.8 GB/s |
76.8 GB/s |
| Memory bandwidth (peak) |
64 GB/s |
128 GB/s |
256 GB/s | 
1To expand a 32-processor Integrity Superdome to 96 slots and a 64-processor Superdome to 192 slots, an I/O expansion unit (IOX) is required. ²Linux and OpenVMS supported only on Integrity Superdome Servers with Dual-Core Intel Itanium processors ³Linux support for Superdome with Intel Itanium processors only (not on Superdome with mx2 processor modules) Intel and Itanium are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. Microsoft and Windows are U.S. registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp. Linux is a U.S. registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.
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