The Superdome and/or hp 9000 Superdome rules for configuration are
as follows:
Single-cabinet system:
Two to 32 CPUs per complex with single-core
processors
Four to 64 CPU cores per complex with dual-core
processors
Minimum of one cell
Maximum of eight cells
Dual-cabinet system:
Six to 64 CPU cores per complex with
single core processors
Twelve to 128 CPU cores per complex with dual-core
processors
Minimum of three cells
Maximum of 16 cells
No master/checker support for dual-core processors
No mixing of processor types within a partition
Processors running at different frequencies are not allowed
within the same partition. Processors with different steppings may
not be allowed depending on the stepping changes.
Each family of Itanium® Processor Family Itanium® 2
processors must be in different partitions.
Homogeneous cell board population; no mixing of
older PA-RISC Superdome cell boards (PA-8700+, PA-8700, or PA-8600)
with new Itanium® 2 or PA-8800 cell boards
No mixing of Itanium® 2 and PA-8800 cell
boards in the same complex
Maximum of 32 DIMMs per cell.
16-GB memory per cell with 128-Mb
SDRAMs (512-MB DIMMs).
32-GB memory per cell with 256-Mb SDRAMs (1-GB DIMMs).
64-GB memory per cell with 512-Mb SDRAMs (2-GB DIMMs).
DIMM mixing is allowed
No SCA support.
Supported I/O subsystems with System Bus Adaptor
(SBA) and Local Bus Adaptor (LBA)
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