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Overview

HP Integrity rx3600 Server

 
HP Integrity rx3600 System Overview (Interior View)
1.Hot Swap Fans3.2 Clamshell CPU Sockets
2.8 SAS HDDs4.8 or 24 DDR2 DIMM Slots
HP Integrity rx3600
1.8 Hot Plug PCI-X IO Slots (2 @ 266 MHz)2.Redundant Bulk Power
At A Glance
  • Operating System support: HP UX 11i version 2 September 2006 Update; HP UX 11i version 3; Linux RHEL 4 U4 and SLES 10; OpenVMS V8.3 or higher for Integrity servers; and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise and Datacenter Edition
  • Choice of core storage card.
    For HP UX and OpenVMS based systems: Must select one of two choices: PCI X 8 port Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) host bus adapter or PCI Express 8 port Smart Array (P400) Serial Attached SCSI Controller:
    • The PCI X 8 port Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) host bus adapter: Card will be installed in reserved core PCI X I/O slot #1. This card supports up to two internal RAID 1 volumes (2×2 HDDs) and a disk for global hot spare, for a maximum of five disks in RAIDed arrays for HP UX and OpenVMS. All HDDs must be the same size and speed. A second controller can be purchased to access the remaining three drives (of the maximum of eight drives supported). The second controller is not available with standard factory installation; it must installed using Factory Express or field installed. Please note that the second controller must be configured in slot #2, and the core LAN card moved to slot #10. Factory set up of RAID 1 configurations is supported on the first controller. Please see rx3600 Ordering Guide for factory onfiguration details. NOTE: MirrorDisk/UX is available for SW Mirroring on all HDDs in HP UX based systems and HP Volume Shadowing (software Raid 1) for HDDs in OpenVMS based systems.
    • PCI Express 8 port Smart Array (P400) Serial Attached SCSI Controller: Requires PCI Express Backplane (AD295A Option 200); card will be installed in public slot #3, leaving 3 available PCI Express slots and 4 available PCI X slots. This card supports internal RAID 1, 5 and 6 configurations. RAID 1 requires a minimum of two identical HDDs, RAID 5 requires a minimum of three identical HDDs, and RAID 6 requires a minimum of four identical HDDs. (Identical disks means same size and speed.) Please see rx3600 Ordering Guide for factory configuration details. NOTE: MirrorDisk/UX is available for SW Mirroring on all HDDs in HP UX based systems and HP Volume Shadowing (software Raid 1) for HDDs in OpenVMS based systems.
      For Windows and Linux based systems: Must select one of three choices: PCI X 8 port Smart Array (P600) Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) controller, or PCI Express 8 port Smart Array (P400) Serial Attached SCSI Controller, or PCI Express 16 port Smart Array (P800) Serial Attached SCSI Controller.
    • PCI X 8 port Smart Array (P600) Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) controller: Card will be installed in reserved core PCI X I/O slot #1. Supports internal RAID 1, 5 and 6 configurations.. RAID 1 requires two identical HDDs, RAID 5 requires three identical HDDs, and RAID 6 requires four identical HDDs. Factory set up of RAID 1, 5 and 6 configurations with Smart Array SAS controller is also supported. Please see rx3600 Ordering Guide for details.
    • PCI Express 8 port Smart Array (P400) Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) controller. Requires PCI Express Backplane (AD295A Option 200); card will be installed in public slot #3, leaving 3 available PCI Express slots and 4 available PCI X slots. This card supports internal RAID 1, 5 and 6 configurations. RAID 1 requires a minimum of two identical HDDs, RAID 5 requires a minimum of three identical HDDs, and RAID 6 requires a minimum of four identical HDDs. Please see rx3600
  • Ordering Guide for factory configuration details.
    • PCI Express 16 port Smart Array (P800) Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) controller: Requires PCI Express Backplane (AD295A Option 200); card will be installed in public slot #3, leaving 3 available PCI Express slots and 4 available PCI X slots. This card supports internal and external RAID 1, 5 and 6 configurations. RAID 1 requires a minimum of two identical HDDs, RAID 5 requires a minimum of three identical HDDs, and RAID 6 requires a minimum of four identical HDDs. Please see rx3600 Ordering Guide for factory configuration details.
  • Core PCI X dual port 10/100/1000Base TX LAN (with auto speed sensing; RJ 45 connector, Wake On LAN support)
  • Integrated iLO2 Management Processor for remote management and HA monitoring
  • Telnet and web console via 10/100Base TX management LAN (RJ 45 connector)
  • Two RS 232 serial ports, one for console from the integrated management processor and one from the processor dependent hardware bus (PDH)
  • Factory integration of processors, memory, disk drives, removable media, I/O cards, and HP Universal 10000 G2 series racks.
  • Rackmountable into 19 inch cabinets-HP Universal 10000 G2 series as well as many third party racks, including field integration into existing HP System E racks
  • Optional stand alone pedestal mount, field installation only.
  • Three year warranty with next business day on site
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Standard Features
Minimum System
  • One 64 bit dual core Intel Itanium processor; either 1.6 GHz/18 MB cache or 1.4 GHz/12 MB cache; or 1.66 GHz/18 MB 9140M processor or 1.42 GHz/12 MB 9120N processor
  • One I/O backplane. Either PCI X 2.0 backplane with eight available slots or PCI Express backplane with 8 available slots
  • 2 GB PC2 4200 ECC x4 Single rank Registered DDR2 SDRAMs (4×512MB DIMMs)
  • Eight DIMM slots (2×4 DIMM slot memory carrier boards)
  • One hot swap power supply
Maximum Server Capacities
  • Two dual core 64 bit Intel Itanium processors; either 1.6 GHz/18 MB cache or 1.4 GHz/12 MB cache; or 1.66 GHz/18 MB 9140M processor or 1.42 GHz/12 MB 9120N processor
  • One I/O backplane. Either PCI X 2.0 backplane with eight available slots or PCI Express backplane with 8 available slots
  • 192 GB PC2 4200 ECC x4 Single rank Registered DDR2 SDRAMs (24×8 GB DIMMs)
  • 24 DIMM slots (2×12 DIMM slot memory carrier boards)
  • Eight Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) disk drive
  • Two hot swap power supplies (two supplies enables redundancy)
Standard System Features
  • Operating System support: HP UX 11i version 2 September 2006 Update; HP UX 11i version 3; Linux RHEL 4 U4 and SLES 10; OpenVMS V8.3 or higher for Integrity servers; and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise and Datacenter Edition
  • Choice of core storage card.
    For HP UX and OpenVMS based systems: Must select one of two choices: PCI X 8 port Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) host bus adapter or PCI Express 8 port Smart Array (P400) Serial Attached SCSI Controller:
  • The PCI X 8 port Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) host bus adapter: Card will be installed in reserved core PCI X I/O slot #1. This card supports up to two internal RAID 1 volumes (2×2 HDDs) and a disk for global hot spare, for a maximum of five disks in RAIDed arrays for HP UX and OpenVMS. All HDDs must be the same size and speed. A second PCI X 8 Internal Port Serial Attached SCSI host bus adapter is supported. In this case each adapter is connected up to a maximum of 4 drives, and the maximum number of disks supported in a RAIDed array is four. The second PCI X 8. Internal Port SAS host bus adapter is not available for standard factory installation; it must be installed via Factory Express or in the field. Use AD348A #006 upgrade product/option to order the second PCI X 8 Internal Port SAS host bus adapter. When a second PCI X 8 Internal Port SAS host bus adapter is installed in an rx3600, it must be located in slot #2, and the LAN adapter moved to slot #10. Please see rx3600 Ordering Guide for factory configuration details
    NOTE: MirrorDisk/UX is available for SW Mirroring on all HDDs in HP UX based systems and HP Volume Shadowing (software Raid 1) for HDDs in OpenVMS based systems.
  • PCI Express 8 port Smart Array (P400) Serial Attached SCSI Controller: Requires PCI Express Backplane (AD295A Option 300); card will be installed in public slot #3, leaving 3 available PCI Express slots and 4 available PCI X slots. This card supports internal RAID 1, 5 and 6 configurations. RAID 1 requires a minimum of two identical HDDs, RAID 5 requires a minimum of three identical HDDs, and RAID 6 requires a minimum of four identical HDDs. (Identical disks means same size and speed.) Please see rx3600 Ordering Guide for factory configuration details.
    NOTE: PCIe Generation 2 cards are NOT supported in slots 3 and 4 of the AD295A Option 200 PCIe I/O Backplane.
    For Windows and Linux based systems: Must select one of three choices: PCI X 8 port Smart Array (P600) Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) controller, or PCI Express 8 port Smart Array (P400) Serial Attached SCSI Controller, or PCI Express 16 port Smart Array (P800) Serial Attached SCSI Controller.
  • PCI X 8 port Smart Array (P600) Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) controller: Card will be installed in reserved core PCI X I/O slot #1. Supports internal RAID 1, 5 and 6 configurations.. RAID 1 requires two identical HDDs, RAID 5 requires three identical HDDs, and RAID 6 requires four identical HDDs. Factory set up of RAID 1, 5 and 6 configurations with Smart Array SAS controller is also supported. Please see rx3600 Ordering Guide for details.
  • PCI Express 8 port Smart Array (P400) Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) controller. Requires PCI Express Backplane (AD295A Option 300); card will be installed in public slot #3, leaving 3 available PCI Express slots and 4 available PCI X slots. This card supports internal RAID 1, 5 and 6 configurations. RAID 1 requires a minimum of two identical HDDs, RAID 5 requires a minimum of three identical HDDs, and RAID 6 requires a minimum of four identical HDDs. Please see rx3600
    Ordering Guide for factory configuration details.
  • PCI Express 16 port Smart Array (P800) Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) controller: Requires PCI Express Backplane (AD295A Option 300); card will be installed in public slot #3, leaving 3 available PCI Express slots and 4 available PCI X slots. This card supports internal and external RAID 1, 5 and 6 configurations. RAID 1 requires a minimum of two identical HDDs, RAID 5 requires a minimum of three identical HDDs, and RAID 6 requires a minimum of four identical HDDs. Please see rx3600 Ordering Guide for factory configuration details.
  • Core PCI X dual port 10/100/1000Base TX LAN (with auto speed sensing; RJ 45 connector, Wake On LAN support)
  • Integrated iLO2 Management Processor for remote management and HA monitoring
  • Telnet and web console via 10/100Base TX management LAN (RJ 45 connector)
  • Two RS 232 serial ports, one for console from the integrated management processor and one from the processor dependent hardware bus (PDH)
  • Factory integration of processors, memory, disk drives, removable media, I/O cards, and HP Universal 10000 G2 series racks.
  • Rackmountable into 19 inch cabinets-HP Universal 10000 G2 series as well as many third party racks, including field integration into existing HP System E racks
  • Optional stand alone pedestal mount, field installation only.
  • Three year warranty with next business day on site
    NOTE: PCIe Generation 2 cards are NOT supported in slots 3 and 4 of the AD295A Option 200 PCIe I/O Backplane.
High Availability
  • N+1 Hot swap cooling
  • One hot swap power supply-optional second power supply for N+1 protection
  • Hot Plug PCI X I/O slots
  • On line memory page deallocation
  • ECC protected DDR2 memory
  • Memory double chip spare to overcome single DRAM chip failures
  • Dynamic Processor resilience and deallocation
  • UPS power management
  • Hot Plug internal disks
  • Internal RAID support. See Standard Systems Features on previous page and rx3600 Ordering Guide for various levels of RAID support
  • Journal file system with HP-UX
  • Auto reboot
  • HP Serviceguard for HP-UX
  • HP Serviceguard Extension for RAC for HP-UX
  • HP Serviceguard Extension for SAP for HP-UX
  • Serviceguard Manager for HP-UX and Linux Clusters
  • HP Event Monitoring Service
  • HA Monitors for HP-UX
  • HA Toolkits for HP-UX and Linux
  • HP Mirrordisk/UX
  • Extended Campus Cluster, HP Metrocluster, and HP Continentalclusters for HP-UX
  • HP OpenVMS clusters
  • HP Volume Shadowing for OpenVMS
  • HP RMS Journaling for OpenVMS
  • HP System Insight Manager (SIM) for proactive fault management
  • Microsoft Cluster Service for Windows Server 2003 Enterprise and Datacenter Edition
  • HP StorageWorks Software for HP Integrity Servers running Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition. Includes Cluster Extension XP and EVA, Continuous Access, Business Copy and SQL Server Fast Recovery
  • HP StorageWorks Cluster Extension XP for Linux
Security
  • Separate LAN for system management
  • Password protection on console port
  • Disablement of remote console ports
  • SSL encryption on web console
Manageability - Deploy
  • HP Ignite UX for installation and deployment of the operating system
  • HP Software Distributor UX for software and patch management
  • HP Integrity Essentials Foundation Pack for Linux
  • HP Integrity Essentials Foundation Pack for Windows including Smart Setup CD for easy server setup and configuration
Manageability - Monitor
  • Built in Integrity iLO 2 Management Processor for comprehensive remote server management of HP-UX, Linux, Windows and OpenVMS
  • HP Servicecontrol suite for HP-UX servers including tools for system administration, asset management, and fault management
  • HP-UX kernel configuration for easy, dynamic kernel parameter changes
  • HP System Insight Manager (SIM)
Manageability - Optimize
  • Process Resource Manager for HP-UX resource management
  • HP-UX Workload Manager for HP-UX workload management based upon service level objectives
  • HP OpenView GlancePlus Pack
  • HP Intelligent Networking Pack for Windows
  • HP Performance Management Pack for Windows
  • Windows System Resource Manager (included with each copy of Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition)
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Configuration
Processor Configuration The HP Integrity rx3600 is a symmetrical multiprocessing (SMP) server supporting up to two high performance 64 bit dual core Intel Itanium processors. The dual core Intel Itanium processor supports hyper threading. Each core of the processor supports two threads.
Processor Details

Dual core Intel Itanium 2 processors:

  • 1.6 GHz with 18 MB Level 3 Cache, 9 MB per core processor
  • 1.66 GHz with 18 MB Level 3 Cache, 9 MB per core 9140M processor
  • 1.4 GHz with 12 MB Level 3 Cache, 6 MB per core processor
  • 1.42 GHz with 12 MB Level 3 Cache, 6 MB per core 9120N processor

All processors support:

  • Level 2 Cache: 1 MB Instruction/256 KB Data per core
  • Level 1 Cache: 32 KB
  • Four threads (two threads per core)
  • Single bit cache error correction
  • 50 bit physical addressing
  • 64 bit virtual addressing
  • 4 GB maximum page size
Processor Configuration Rules
  • Processors can be installed one at a time
  • Processors must be installed in the following sequence: 0, 1
  • Different speed and cache processors cannot be mixed in the same system
Memory Configuration

The HP Integrity rx3600 supports double data rate (DDR2) synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM) DIMMs with ECC and double chip spare protection. The HP Integrity rx3600 can be ordered with one of the following two memory carrier boards:

  • AD124A-Supports from 2 GB (2×1GB DIMMs) minimum to 32 GB (8×4 GB DIMMs) maximum memory; 14.2 GB/s memory bandwidth. The AD124A can be replaced with the AD125A to increase maximum memory beyond 32 GB and to a maximum of 192 GB. Please note, there is no return credit for the AD124A.
  • AD125A-Supports from 2 GB (2×1GB DIMMs) minimum to 192 GB (24×8 GB DIMMs) maximum; 14.2 GB/s memory bandwidth
Memory Loading Rules
  1. Memory must be installed in groups of four DIMMs, also known as quads; except for the 2-GB option, which is installed as 2 x 1-GB DIMMs. Note: the 2-GB pair (2 x 1 GB DIMMs), product number AH350A, is only supported with the 8-DIMM carrier (AD124A).
  2. Each DIMM in a memory option must consist of equal density DIMMs
  3. Memory can be ordered in quads of 4 GB (4×1GB), 8 GB (4×2GB), 16 GB (4×4 GB), or 32-GB (4x8 GB) . There is also a 2-GB pair (2×1 GB) supported with the 8-DIMM carrier (AD124A).
  4. Minimum memory is 2 GB (2×1GB)
  5. Maximum memory is 192 GB, using six 32 GB memory quads in memory carrier option AD125
  6. Memory must be loaded in the order depicted on the memory carrier board
  7. Arrange DIMMs so that the DIMMs with the largest capacity are in the lowest numbered slots.
  8. For best performance, all DIMM slots on both memory carrier boards should be populated with the same size DIMM.
Memory Options
Description Product Number
2-GB Chip Spare PC2-4200 ECC x4 single rank Registered DDR2 SDRAM memory pair (2×1GB DIMMs) AH350A
4-GB Chip Spare PC2-4200 ECC x4 single rank Registered DDR2 SDRAM memory quad (4×1GB DIMMs) AB564A
8-GB Chip Spare PC2-4200 ECC x4 single rank Registered DDR2 SDRAM memory quad (4×2GB DIMMs) AB565A
16-GB Chip Spare PC2-4200 ECC x4 single rank Registered DDR2 SDRAM memory quad (4×4GB DIMMs) AB566A
32-GB Chip Spare PC2 4200 ECC x4 single rank Registered DDR2 SDRAM memory quad (4×8GB DIMMs) AH405A
Server Form Factor and Rack Configuration The HP Integrity rx3600 is a 4U rack optimized server. It is supported in HP 10000 G2 series cabinets. For factory integration order AD053A with 0D1 feature code. Sliding mounts and a cable management arm will be installed with the server in a factory integrated rack.

The HP Integrity rx3600 can be installed in the field with the Field Rack Kit (AD053A with B01 feature code). This field kit contains the slide mounts, cable management arm, and all other hardware needed to mount an rx3600 into a 19 inch cabinet.

Refer to the 10000 G2 Series Rack Best Practices Guide for information on rack deployment, stabilization and transportation. Go to http://www.hp.com/go/rackandpower for more information.

The rx3600 is also available in a stand alone, pedestal form factor (AD054A). Kit will be shipped in the same box with the system and is field installable only.
I/O Architecture
The HP Integrity rx3600 supports two I/O backplane options in order to provide maximum flexibility, I/O card availability, performance, scalability and reliability. The two options are a PCI-X 2.0 Backplane (AD295A Option Code 100) or a PCI-Express Backplane option (AD295A OptionCode 300). Only one backplane per system is supported.

PCI-X 2.0 Backplane:
This backplane provides ten PCI X I/O slots, two of which are reserved for Core I/O cards and eight which are available for I/O card expansion. The Core I/O slots will always be filled with either an HP PCI X 8 Internal Port Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) host bus adapter (for HP UX and OVMS systems) or an HP PCI X Smart Array (P600) 8 Internal Port Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) card (for Windows and Linux systems) (slot #1) and a PCI X dual port 10/100/1000Base TX LAN adapter (slot #2). A second host bus adapter is supported as a core I/O controller, but is not available for standard factory installation; it must be installed via Factory Express or in the field. When a second host bus adapter is ordered, it must be installed in slot #2, and the LAN adapter moved to slot #10.

HP-UX and OpenVMS based systems with PCI-X 2.0 Backplane:
Must choose the HP PCI X 8 Internal Port Serial Attached SCSI host bus adapter for Core I/O controller (AB036B Option 006 or Option 106). If factory configured RAID is not desired, select Option 006. If factory configured RAID 1 is desired, select Option 106. RAID 1 only is supported on the HP PCI X 8 Internal Port SAS host bus adapter. When selecting Option 106, a minimum of 2 HDDs of the same size and speed are required. A maximum of two internal RAID 1 volumes (2×2 HDDs) and a disk for global hot spare, for a maximum of five disks in RAIDed arrays is supported. A second PCI X 8 Internal Port Serial Attached SCSI host bus adapter is supported. In this case each adapter is connected up to a maximum of 4 drives, and the maximum number of disks supported in a RAIDed array is four. The second PCI X 8. Internal Port SAS host bus adapter is not available for standard factory installation; it must be installed via Factory Express or in the field. Use AD348A #006 upgrade product/option to order the second PCI X 8 Internal Port SAS host bus adapter. When a second PCI X 8 Internal Port SAS host bus adapter is installed in an rx3600, it must be located in slot #2, and the LAN adapter moved to slot #10. Please see rx3600 Ordering Guide for factory configuration details.

Windows and Linux based systems with PCI X 2.0 backplane:
Must choose the HP PCI X 8 port Smart Array (P600) Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) controller for Core I/O controller (AB036B Option 100, or Option 500, or Option 510). Option 100 provides for factory configuration of RAID 1 (requires a minimum of 2 HDDs). Option 500 provides for factory configuration of RAID 5 (requires a minimum of 3 HDDs). Option 510 provides for factory configuration of RAID 6 (requires a minimum of 4 HDDs). All HDDs must be the same size and speed. Please see rx3600 Ordering Guide for details.

Remaining Eight (non-Core I/O) slots:
The two slots (#3 and #4) next to the Core I/O slots have their own dedicated 64 bit 266 MHz PCI X bus and their own independent 2.1 GB/s I/O channel. These slots should be used for high performance PCI X cards, such as clustering interconnects or multi port storage adapters. The next two slots (slots #5 and #6) each have their own dedicated 64 bit 133 MHz PCI X bus and their own independent 1.1 GB/s I/O channel. The independent buses and I/O channels provide improved performance and error containment. Independence protects each I/O card from bus hangs or extended latencies due to the failure or high bandwidth demands of other I/O cards. Independence also ensures that each I/O card can achieve maximum throughput.

The remaining four slots (#7 through #10) share two 64 bit 66 MHz PCI X buses, with two slots allocated to each bus. Each pair of slots shares a 0.5 GB/s I/O channel.

NOTE: Hot-plug operations are not supported with the Linux or OpenVMS operating systems nor in Core I/O slots.

All I/O slots are keyed for I/O cards with 3.3V signaling. Cards that use 5V signaling are not supported in the HP Integrity rx3600.

PCI-Express Backplane:
This backplane also provides ten I/O slots. There are two PCI-X Core I/O slots; one PCI-X Core I/O slot will always have a PCI-X dual port 10/100/1000Base TX LAN adapter (slot #2), and one PCI-X Core I/O slot is provided in the case that the HP PCI-X 8 Internal Port Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) host bus adapter is chosen (slot #1) when ordering an HP-UX or OpenVMS-based system, or if an HP PCI-X Smart Array (P600) 8 Internal Port Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) card is chosen when ordering a Windows or Linux-based system. If a PCI-Express 8-port Smart Array (P400, supports only internal connection to SAS disks) Serial Attached SCSI controller (for HP-UX, OpenVMS, Windows, or Linux) is chosen, or if a PCI-Express 16-port (8 internal ports/8 external ports) Smart Array (P800) Serial Attached SCSI controller (for Windows or Linux, also supports connection to external SAS disks) is chosen, the PCI-X Core I/O slot remains empty and the PCI-Express controller is installed in slot #3.

Each port of a Serial Attached SCSI card can be connected to a Serial Attached SCSI hard disk drive, therefore each HP PCI-X 8 port SAS card supports eight hard disks drives.

HP-UX and OpenVMS based systems with PCI-Express Backplane:
These systems have the two choices for Core I/O controller; the HP PCI-X 8 Internal Port Serial Attached SCSI host bus adapter or the HP PCI-Express 8 Internal Port Smart Array (P400) Serial Attached SCSI controller.

  1. HP PCI X 8 Internal Port Serial Attached SCSI host bus adapter (AB036B Option 006 or Option 106). If factory configured RAID is not desired, select Option 006. If factory configured RAID 1 is desired, select Option 106. RAID 1 only is supported on the HP PCI X 8 Internal Port SAS host bus adapter. When selecting Option 106, a minimum of 2 HDDs of the same size and speed are required. A maximum of two internal RAID 1 volumes (2×2 HDDs) and a disk for global hot spare, for a maximum of five disks in RAIDed arrays is supported. Please note that MirrorDisk/UX is available for SW Mirroring on all HDDs in HP UX based systems and HP Volume Shadowing (software Raid 1) for HDDs in OpenVMS based systems.

    A second PCI X 8 Internal Port Serial Attached SCSI host bus adapter is supported. In this case each adapter is connected up to a maximum of 4 drives, and the maximum number of disks supported in a RAIDed array is four. The second PCI X 8 Internal Port SAS host bus adapter is not available for standard factory installation; it must be installed via Factory Express or in the field. Use AD348A #006 upgrade product/option to order the second PCI X 8 Internal Port SAS host bus adapter. When a second PCI X 8 Internal Port SAS host bus adapter is installed in an rx3600, it must be located in slot #2, and the LAN adapter moved to slot #10. Please see rx3600 Ordering Guide for factory configuration details.

    NOTES:
    A. PCI X 8 Internal Port Serial Attached SCSI host bus adapters located in Slot 1 and Slot 2 is the only multiple Serial Attached SCSI Core IO Controller configuration supported on rx3600 servers.
    B. The recommended cabling for this configuration is:
    - SAS 1B cable connected to SAS host bus adapter Slot 1 Port B.
    - SAS 1A cable connected to SAS host bus adapter Slot 2 Port A.
    C. Wake on LAN is not supported on Core IO LAN card when moved to Slot #10.

  2. PCI-Express 8-port Smart Array (P400) Serial Attached SCSI Controller (AB036B Option 130, or Option 530, or Option 540). Requires PCI-Express Backplane (AD295A Option Code 300). Option Code 130 provides for factory configuration of RAID-1 (requires a minimum of 2 HDD's). Option Code 530 provides for factory configuration of RAID-5 (requires a minimum of 3 HDD's). Option Code 540 provides for factory configuration of RAID-6 (requires a minimum of 4 HDD's). All HDD's must be the same size and speed. Please see rx3600 Ordering Guide for details. Note: MirrorDisk/UX is available for SW Mirroring on all HDDs in HP-UX based systems and HP Volume Shadowing (software Raid 1) for HDDs in OpenVMS-based systems. A maximum of one 8-port Smart Array (P400) Serial Attached SCSI Core IO Controller is supported on rx3600 servers.

Windows and Linux based systems with PCI-Express Backplane:
These system have three choices for Core I/O controller; the PCI-X 8 Internal Port Smart Array (P600) Serial Attached SCSI controller, or the PCI-Express 8 Internal Port Smart Array (P400) Serial Attached SCSI controller, or the PCI-Express 16-port (8 internal ports/8 external ports) Smart Array (P800) Serial Attached SCSI controller. A maximum of one of these Serial Attached SCSI Core IO Controllers is supported on rx3600 servers.

  1. HP PCI-X 8 port Smart Array (P600) Serial Attached SCSI controller (AB036B Option Code 100, or Option Code 500, or Option Code 510). Option Code 100 provides for factory configuration of RAID-1 (requires a minimum of 2 HDD's). Option Code 500 provides for factory configuration of RAID-5 (requires a minimum of 3 HDD's). Option Code 510 provides for factory configuration of RAID-6 (requires a minimum of 4 HDD's). All HDDs must be the same size and speed. Please see rx3600 Ordering Guide for details.
  2. PCI-Express 8-port Smart Array (P400) Serial Attached SCSI Controller (AB036B Option 130, or Option 530, or Option 540). Requires PCI-Express Backplane (AD295A Option 300). Option 130 provides for factory configuration of RAID-1 (requires a minimum of 2 HDDs). Option 530 provides for factory configuration of RAID-5 (requires a minimum of 3 HDDs). Option 540 provides for factory configuration of RAID-6 (requires a minimum of 4 HDDs). All HDDs must be the same size and speed. Please see rx3600 Ordering Guide for details.
    NOTE: The P400 controller supports a mixture of RAID-1 on two like drives and RAID-5 on five like drives, and combining RAID-1 and RAID-5 is supported, but not as factory integration.

  3. PCI-Express 16-port (8 internal ports/8 external ports) Smart Array (P800) Serial Attached SCSI Controller (AB036B Option 150, or Option 550, or Option 560). Requires PCI-Express Backplane (AD296A Option 200). Option 150 provides for factory configuration of RAID-1 (requires a minimum of 2 HDDs). Option 550 provides for factory configuration of RAID-5 (requires a minimum of 3 HDDs). Option 560 provides for factory configuration of RAID-6 (requires a minimum of 4 HDDs). All HDDs must be the same size and speed. Please see rx3600 Ordering Guide for details.

Remaining Eight (non-Core I/O) slots:
The two slots (#3 and #4) next to the Core I/O slots share a PCI-Express x8 1.3-GB/s I/O channel. The next two slots (slots #5 and #6) each have their own PCI-Express x8 2.6-GB/s I/O channel. The independent I/O channels provide improved performance and error containment. Independence protects each I/O card from bus hangs or extended latencies due to the failure or high bandwidth demands of other I/O cards. Independence also ensures that each I/O card can achieve maximum throughput. These slots should be used for high performance PCI X cards, such as clustering interconnects or multi port storage adapters.

The remaining four slots (#7 through #10) are PCI-X slots. Slots #7 and #8 each have their own dedicated 64 bit 133 MHz PCI X slot; slot #7 is 1.1 GB/s and #8 is .5 GB/s. Slots #9 and #10 share a 64-bit 66-MHz PCI-X 0.5 GB/s I/O channel.

NOTE: Hot plug operations are not supported with the Linux or OpenVMS operating systems or for the PCI X Core I/O slots for any operating system. Hot plug operations are not supported for any operating system in slots #3 or #4.

All I/O slots are keyed for I/O cards with 3.3V signaling. Cards that use 5V signaling are not supported in the HP Integrity rx3600.

 
Supported I/O Cards
 
Supported HP-UX I/O Cards
I/O Card
Product Number
PCIe/
PCI-X
Boot Support
Connector Type(s)
Maximum Cards
PCI-X Backplane
Maximum Cards
PCI-Express Backplane
Special Notes
Mass Storage Host Bus Adapters
PCI 2 channel Ultra320 SCSI
A7173A
PCI-X
Yes
VHDCI
8
4
 
PCI-X 2 channel Smart Array 6402 Ultra3201
A9890A
PCI-X
Yes
VHDCI
6
2
Requires minimum of 512 MB of memory and full length slot
PCI-X 4 channel Smart Array 6404 Ultra3201
A9891A
PCI-X
Yes
VHDCI
6
1
 Requires minimum of 512 MB of memory and full length slot
PCI-X 266 MHz 1 channel 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel
AB378B
PCI-X
Yes
LC
8
4
 
PCI-X 266 MHz 2 channel 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel
AB379B
PCI-X
Yes
LC
8
4
 
PCIe Smart Array P800
AD335A
PCIe
No
Mini SAS
0
4
PCIe-2-port 4-Gb/s Fibre Channel
AD300A
PCIe
Yes
LC
0
2
HP PCI2 1-port 4-Gb/s Fibre Channel HBA
AD299A
PCIe
No
LC
0
2
HP PCI2 2-port 4-Gb/s Fibre Channel HBA
AD355A
PCIe
No
LC
0
2
PCIe 4Gb Fibre Channel / GbE-T HBA combo AD221A PCIe Yes   0 4  
PCIe 2-port 4Gb Fibre Channel / 2-port GbE-T HBA combo AD222A PCIe Yes   0 4  
PCIe 2-port 4Gb Fibre Channel / 2-port GbE-SX HBA combo AD393A PCIe Yes   0 4  
Local Area Network (LAN) Adapters
PCI-X 1-port 1000Base-T (gigabit copper)
AD331A
PCI-X
Yes
RJ-45
8
4
 
PCI-X 1-port 1000Base-SX (gigabit fiber)
AD332A
PCI-X
Yes
LC
8
4
 
PCI-X 2-port 1000Base-T
A7012A
PCI-X
Yes
RJ-45
8
4
 
PCI-X 2-port 1000Base-SX
A7011A
PCI-X
Yes
Duplex SC
8
4
 
PCI-X 2-port 4x Fabric (HPC) Adapter1
AB286C
PCI-X
No
4x Infiniband Copper
8
4
For maximum performance, card should not be installed in a shared slot. Requires a minimum of 512 MB memory.
PCI-X 4-port 1000Base-T Gbit Adapter
AB545A
PCI-X
Yes
RJ-45
8
4
 
PCI-X 1-Port 10GbE
AB287A
PCI-X
Yes
DuplexLC
4
2
For best performance, recommend at least one processor core per card installed in the system. Each card requires 512MB of memory. Card cannot be installed in a shared slot.
PCI-X 266-MHz 1-port 10GbE
AD385A
PCI-X
Yes
DuplexLC
4
2
For best performance, recommend at least one processor core per card installed in the system. Each card requires 512 MB of memory. Card cannot be installed in a shared slot.
PCIe 2-port 4x Fabric (PHC) Adapter
AD313A
PCIe
 
 
0
4
PCIe 2-port 4X DDR Fast IB HCA
AH304A
PCIe
No
  
0
4
  
HP PCIe 2-port 1000Base-T card
AD337A
PCIe
Yes
RJ-45
0
4
HP PCIe 2-port 1000Base-SX card
AD338A
PCIe
Yes
Duplex SC
0
4
HP NC364T PCIe 4PT Gigabit Server Adapter AD339A PCIe Yes  
 0 4  
HP PCIe 2-port 1000Base-T T1 card
AD380A
PCIe
Yes
RJ-45
0
4
HP PCIe 2-port 1000Base-SX T1 card
AD381A
PCIe
Yes
Duplex SC
0
4
HP PCI-e 10GbE SR card
AD386A
PCIe
Yes
  
0
4
  
PCI 1000Base-T Gigabit Ethernet Adpt
A6825A
PCIe
No
RJ-45
8
4
  
PCI 1000Base-SX Gigabit Ethernet Adpt
A6847A
PCIe
No
Duplex SC
8
4
  
Multi-Function Cards (Mass Storage/LAN)
PCI-X 2Gb Fibre Channel / 1000BaseSX
A9782A
PCI-X
Yes
LC
8
4
For maximum performance, card should not be installed in a shared slot.
PCI-X 2Gb Fibre Channel / 1000BaseTX
A9784A
PCI-X
Yes
1 LC, 1 RJ-45
8
4
For maximum performance, card should not be installed in a shared slot.
HP PCI-X 1-port 4-Gb Fibre Channel/1-port 1000Base-T Adapter
AD193A
PCI-X
Yes
1 LC, 1 RJ-45
8
4
 
PCI-X 2-port 2-Gb Fibre Channel/2-port 1-Gb Ethernet Adapter
AB465A
PCI-X
Yes
2 LC, 2 RJ-45
8
4
 
HP PCI-X 2-port 4-GB Fibre Channel/2-port 1000Base-T Adapter
AD194A
PCI-X
Yes
2 LC, 2 RJ-45
8
4
 
PCI-X 2-port 1000BT/2-port U320 SCSI Multifunction Adapter
AB290A
PCI-X
Yes
SCSI - LVD/SE
LAN - RJ-45
6
2

Card cannot be in a shared slot with an AB551A graphics card. Requires full length slot.
Wide Area Network (WAN) Adapters
2 port Programmable Serial Interface
(PSI) X.25 / Frame Relay / SDLC

J3525A
PCI-X
No
RS-530, RS-232, V.35, RS-449 or X.21
8
4
 
Additional Interface Cards
HP 2D PCI-X graphics card
AH391A
PCI
No
VGA
2
2
Replacing AB551A
T/P/I: HP UX PCI-x and PCI-x/PCI-e 2/2/2
PCI 8-port Serial MUX Adapter
AD278A
PCI-X
No
 
8
4
 
PCI 64-port Serial MUX Adapter
AD279A
PCI-X
No
 
8
4
 
16-port RS-232 RJ45 Port Module
AD280A

  
No
4 per AD279A
N/A
N/A
AD280A #001 Port Module Power Supply, required on Port Module (3) and Port Module (4) connected to an AD279A 64-port MUX adapter.
16-port RS-232 DB-25 Port Module
AD281A
  
No
4 per AD279A
N/A
 
AD281A #001 Port Module Power Supply, required on Port Module (3) and Port Module (4) connected to an AD279A 64-port MUX adapter.
 
Supported OpenVMS I/O Cards
I/O Card
Product Number
PCIe/
PCI-X
Boot Support
Connector Type(s)
Maximum Cards
PCI-X Backplane
Maximum Cards
PCI-Express Backplane
Special Notes
Mass Storage Host Bus Adapters
PCI 2 channel Ultra320 SCSI
A7173A
PCI-X
Yes
VHDCI
4
4
No On Line Add and Replace support.
PCI-X 2 channel Smart Array 6402 Ultra3201
A9890A
PCI-X
Yes
VHDCI
2
2
Requires minimum of 512 MB of memory and full length slot
PCI-X 4 channel Smart Array 6404 Ultra3201
A9891A
PCI-X
Yes
VHDCI
1
1
Requires minimum of 512 MB of memory and full length slot
PCI-X 266 MHz 1 channel 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel
AB378B
PCI-X
Yes
LC
8
4
 
PCI-X 266 MHz 2 channel 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel
AB379B
PCI-X
Yes
LC
8
4
 
PCIe Smart Array P800
AD335A
PCIe
No
Mini SAS
0
4
PCIe 2-port 4-Gb/s Fibre Channel
AD300A
PCIe
Yes
LC
0
4
 
Local Area Network (LAN) Adapters
PCI-X 1 port 1000Base-T (gigabit copper)
AD331A
PCI-X
No
RJ-45
8
4
 
PCI-X 1 port 1000Base-SX (gigabit fiber)
AD332A
PCI-X
No
LC
8
4
 
PCI X 1 Port 10 GbE
AB287A
PCI-X
No
Duplex LC
2
2
 
PCI-X 2-port 1000Base-T
A7012A
PCI-X
No
RJ-45
8
4
 
PCI-X 2-port 1000Base-SX
A7011A
PCI-X
No
Duplex SC
8
4
 
PCI-X 4-port 1000Base-T Gbit Adapter
AB545A
PCI-X
No
RJ-45
3
3
 
HP NC364T PCIe 4PT Gigabit Server Adapter AD339A PCIe No   0 4  
Multi-Function Cards (Mass Storage/LAN)
PCI-X 2Gb Fibre Channel / 1000BaseSX
A9782A
PCI-X
Yes
LC
4
4
For maximum performance, card should not be installed in a shared slot. 
PCI-X 2Gb Fibre Channel / 1000BaseTX
A9784A
PCI-X
Yes
 1 LC, 1 RJ-45
4
4
For maximum performance, card should not be installed in a shared slot.
HP PCI-X 1-port 4-GB Fibre Channel/1-port 1000Base-T Adapter
AD193A
PCI-X
Yes
1 LC, 1 RJ 45
2
2
  
PCI-X 2-port 2-Gb Fibre Channel/2-port 1-Gb Ethernet Adapter
AB465A
PCI-X
Yes
2 RJ-45
2
2
  
HP PCI-X 2-port 4-GB Fibre Channel/2-port 1000Base-T Adapter
AD194A
PCI-X
Yes
2LC, 2 RJ 45
2
2
  
PCI-X 2-port 1000BT/2-port U320 SCSI Multifunction Adapter
AB290A
PCI-X
Yes
SCSI - LVD/SE
LAN - RJ-45
2
2

Requires full length slot.
Additional Interface Cards
HP OpenVMS, HP UX PCI Graphics Card
AB551A

PCI
No
VGA
4
3
Field installation only. Can be installed in slots 5, 6, 7, 9 on PCI-X backplane. Can be installed in slots 7, 8, 9 on PCI-e backplane. Slot 9 can be shared with core LAN in slot 10.
HP 2D PCI-X graphics card AH391A PCI No VGA 4 3 Replacing AB551A
No OpenVMS factory integration
AH391A offers 2D graphics support. Support available for OpenVMS 8.3-1h1 and 8.3.
OpenVMS PCI-x 4/4/4, PCI-e 3/3/3
 
Supported Windows I/O Cards
I/O Card
Product Number
PCIe/
PCI-X
Boot Support
Connector Type(s)
Maximum Cards
PCI-X Backplane
Maximum Cards
PCI-Express Backplane
Special Notes
Mass Storage Host Bus Adapters
PCI 2 channel Ultra320 SCSI
A7173A
PCI-X
Yes
VHDCI
2
2
 
PCI-X Smart Array P600 Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Controller (for external storage only)
337972-B21
PCI-X
Yes
SFF8470
6
4
A maximum of (4) may be ordered with #0D1, the remaining (2) must be ordered without #0D1
512 MB cache memory upgrade for SA640x and SA P600 controller
372538-B21
PCI-X
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
 
PCI-X 266-MHz 2-channel 4-Gb/s Fibre Channel
AB379B
PCI-X
Yes
LC
6
4
Replaces AB379A
PCI-X 266 MHz 1 channel 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel
AD167A
PCI-X
Yes
LC
6
4
  
PCI-X 266 MHz 2 channel 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel
AD168A
PCI-X
Yes
LC
6
4
  
PCI-X 266 MHz 1 channel 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel
AB429A
PCI-X
Yes
LC
6
4
 
PCIe Smart Array P800
AD335A
PCIe
Yes
Mini SAS
0
4
 
PCIe Smart Array 500
AH226A
PCIe
Yes
Mini SAS
0
4
PCIe 2 port 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel
AD300A
PCIe
Yes
LC
0
4
 
PCIe 1 port 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel
AE311A
PCIe
Yes
LC
0
4
 
PCIe 1 port 4 Gb/s Emulex Fibre Channel
A8002A
PCIe
Yes
LC
0
4
 
PCIe 2 port 4 Gb/s Emulex Fibre Channel
A8003A
PCIe
Yes
LC
0
4
 
Local Area Network (LAN) Adapters
PCI 2 port Windows/Linux 1000Base-TX
A9900A
PCI-X
No
RJ-45
6
4
 No On Line Add and Replace support.
HP PCIe 2-port 1000Base-T card
AD337A
PCIe
Yes
RJ-45
0
4
HP PCIe 2-port 1000Base-SX card
AD338A
PCIe
Yes
Duplex SC
0
4
HP PCIe 2-port 1000Base-T T1 card
AD380A
PCIe
Yes
RJ-45
0
4
HP PCIe 2-port 1000Base-SX T1 card
AD381A
PCIe
Yes
Duplex SC
0
4
PCI X 1 port 10 GbE
AD144A
PCI X
Yes
Duplex LC
4
4
Each card requires 512 MB of memory. Card cannot be installed in a shared slot.
 
Supported Linux (RHEL 4 U4 and SLES 10) I/O Cards
I/O Card
Product Number
PCIe/
PCI-X
Boot Support
Connector Type(s)
Maximum Cards
PCI-X Backplane
Maximum Cards
PCI-Express Backplane
Special Notes
Mass Storage Host Bus Adapters
PCI 2 channel Ultra320 SCSI
A7173A
PCI-X
Yes
VHDCI
4
4
No On Line Add and Replace support.
PCI-X Smart Array P600 Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Controller (for external storage only)
337972-B21
PCI-X
Yes
SFF8470
4
4
 
512 MB cache memory upgrade for SA640x and SA P600 controller
372538-B21
PCI-X
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
 
PCI-X 266 MHz 2 channel 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel
AB379B
PCI-X
Yes
LC
4
2
Qlogic and Emulex HBAs are not supported in the same server
PCI-X 266 MHz 1 channel 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel
AD167A
PCI-X
Yes
LC
6
0
Qlogic and Emulex HBAs are not supported in the same server.
No On Line Add and Replace support.
PCI-X 266 MHz 2 channel 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel
AD168A
PCI-X
Yes
LC
6
0
Qlogic and Emulex HBAs are not supported in the same server.
No On Line Add and Replace support.
PCIe 1 port 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel
AE311A
PCIe
Yes
LC
0
4
PCI-X 266 MHz 1 channel 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel
AB429A
PCI-X
Yes
LC
4
2
Qlogic and Emulex HBAs are not supported in the same server
PCIe 2-port 4-Gb/s Fibre Channel
AD300A
PCIe
Yes
LC
0