Communicator e3000 MPE/iX Release 7.5 (Software Release C.75.00) (30216-90336)

Chapter 5
Technical Articles
Updated HP e3000 A-Class and N-Class Servers
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Updated HP e3000 A-Class and N-Class Servers
By Kriss Rant, Commercial Systems Division
With MPE/iX Release 7.5, HP is introducing updated HP e3000 A-Class and N-Class Servers which are based
on the PA-8700 processor technology.
The updated HP e3000 entry level A-Class servers replace the current A-Class configurations, which are
based on the 110 and 140 MHz PA-8500 processors. These updated servers come in 1 to 2-way
multi-processing configurations using 150 and 200 MHz PA-8700 processors and have a relative performance
between 4.8 and 11.
The HP e3000 A400 Server supports only one 150 MHz processor, and the HP e3000 A500 Server supports
one or two 200 MHz processors.
The HP e3000 A400 Servers support two Twin Turbo 4x PCI I/O slots with 500 Mbytes/sec of I/ O bandwidth
each. The HP e3000 A500 Servers support two Twin Turbo 4x PCI I/O slots with 500 Mbytes/sec of I/O
bandwidth each and two Turbo 2x PCI I/O slots that share 500 Mbytes/sec of I/O bandwidth. Each HP e3000
A-Class Server comes with a core I/O card that has one Ultra2 SCSI LVD/SE connection for external
peripherals; one SE SCSI connection for external peripherals, two Ultra2 SCSI busses for integrated disks;
three RS-232 ports for console, remote access and uninterruptible power supply (UPS) control; and one
10/100BaseT LAN connection. HP e3000 A-Class Servers can also support one or two internal disk drives of
18, 36 or 73 Gbytes in size.
HP e3000 A400 Servers support up to 2 Gbytes of main memory and A500 Servers support up to 8 Gbytes of
main memory. In addition, all HP e3000 A-Class Servers come standard with the HP Secure Web Console
functionality integrated onto the Core I/O card.
PA-8500 based A500 Servers are fully upgradable to the new PA-8700 processor technology; however,
PA-8500 based A400 Servers are not upgradable to this new technology. I requires a box-swap.
The updated HP e3000 mid-range and high-end N-Class servers replace the current N-Class configurations,
which are based on the 220, 330, 440 and 550 MHz PA-8500 and PA-8600 processors. These updated servers
come in 1 to 4-way multi-processing configurations using 380, 500 and 750 MHz PA-8700 processors and have
a relative performance between 15 and 100.
Server
Product
Number
Description
Relative
Perf.
SW Tier
A400-100-150 A7018C A400 1-way server using a 150
MHz processor
4.8 1
(310)
A500-100-200 A7019C A500 1-way server using a 200
MHz processor
6.4 1
(310)
A500-200-200 A7019C plus
A7020A proc.
A500 2-way server using a 200
MHz processor
11 1
(310)