Installation guide

Chapter 1
HP Integrity rx7640 Server and HP 9000 rp7440 Server Overview
Detailed Server Description
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Each LBA acts as a bus bridge, supporting either one or two ropes and capable of driving 33 MHz or 66 MHz
for PCI cards. The LBAs can also drive at 66 MHz or 133 MHz for PCI-X cards, and at 266 MHz for PCI-X
mode 2 cards installed in mode 2 capable slots.
Figure 1-12 PCI-X Board to Cell Board Block Diagram
Table 1-3 and Table 1-4 list the mapping of PCI-X slots to boot paths. The cell column refers to the cell board
installed in the server in cell slot 0 and in cell slot 1.
Table 1-3 PCI-X paths for Cell 0
Cell PCI-X Slot IO Chassis Path
0 1 0 0/0/8/1
0 2 0 0/0/10/1
0 3 0 0/0/12/1
0 4 0 0/0/14/1
0 5 0 0/0/6/1
0 6 0 0/0/4/1
0 7 0 0/0/2/1
0 8 0 0/0/1/1
PCI Slot 8LBA 1
Cell
Controller
(CC)
Cell Board
PCI Slot 7LBA 2
PCI Slot 6LBA 4
PCI Slot 5LBA 6
PCI Slot 4LBA 14
PCI Slot 3LBA 12
PCI Slot 2LBA 10
PCI Slot 1LBA 8
System Bus
Adapter (SBA)
System
LBA
Backplane
Adapter (SBA)
System Bus
PCI Slot 8LBA 1
PCI Slot 2
PCI Slot 1
PCI Slot 3
LBA 8
LBA 10
LBA 12
PCI Slot 4
PCI Slot 5
PCI Slot 6
PCI Slot 7
LBA 4
LBA 6
LBA 14
LBA 2
LBA
Controller
Cell Board
Cell
(CC)