online addition and replacement of
cells (CPU/memory) and PCI I/O cards
online replacement of fans and power
supplies
6 or 12 fans and 4, 6, or 12 power
supplies; N+1 included
error checking and correction on all
CPU and memory paths
parity-protected I/O data paths
dual power source
hardware and 100% software isolation
between partitions
software fault isolation
support for MC/ServiceGuard and MC/LockManager
in a Superdome cluster
Capacity
single node: 16, 32, or 64-way 550MHz,
4-way superscalar PA-8600 CPUs with 1.5MB on-chip cache
per CPU
partitioning capability (1-16 nPartitions)
for hardware and complete software isolation, multiple operating
environments, and optimized systems utilization.
up to 128GB memory per cabinet (512MB
DIMMs)
peak 16GB/s memory controller bandwidth;
64GB/s per 64-way cabinet
33MHz (2x) or 66MHz (4x) industry-standard
64-bit PCI
16 200MB/s (33MHz PCI) or 400MB/s (66MHz
PCI) I/O channels per cabinet
storage options including JBOD, Fibre
Channel, or HP SureStore e disk arrays; HP AutoRAID, HP
Fibre-Channel-to-SCSI Multiplexer, and tape drives and libraries
Connectivity
core I/O including 10/100Base-T LAN
partitions for USB and RS-232
support for Fibre Channel, Token Ring,
1000Base-SX, 1000Base-TX, and FDDI
Nokia Wireless Application Protocol
(WAP) server support
