HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide

Figure 4-2 Partition Rules — 8s
NOTE: The loading rules for the SD2-8S are very similar to those for the SD2-16s except that
no partitions larger than 4 blades are supported. This is a firmware limitation imposed on the
SD2-8s. However, as seen from the loading options, all 8 blade slots can be populated in a SD2-8s.
So you can have eight 1-blade partitions, four 2-blade partitions, two 4-blade partitions, or other
combinations as long as no single partition is larger than 4 blades.
P – Preferred slotting
For example, the best 4-blade partition uses slots 1, 3, 5, and 7.
A – Alternative slotting
For example, the alternative 4-blade partition uses slots 1, 2, 3, and 4.
S – nPartition size
Superdome 2 CPU / CPU module Support
HP Superdome 2 servers support the Itanium processor 9300 series. No PA-RISC processors will
be supported in HP Superdome 2. Table 4-1 “Superdome 2 supported CPU Matrix” shows the
list of processors supported along with their core and I/O frequencies.
Two different Itanium processor 9300 series CPU frequency/cache bins will be supported in all
HP Superdome 2 systems (SD2-8s, SD2-16s ). Support for the various speed bins is as follows:
Table 4-1 Superdome 2 supported CPU Matrix
Number of
threads/core
Number of
coresCacheI/O FrequencyCore Frequency
Itanium Processor
Family
1-2424MBQPI: 4.8 GT/s SMI: 4.8/s1.73GHz base/ 1.86GHz boost9350, 185W
1-2420MBQPI 4.8 GT/s SMI: 4.8
GT/s
1.60GHz base/ 1.73GHz boost9340, 185W
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