Communicator e3000 MPE/iX Release 7.0 (C.70.00) (30216-90312)

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New HP e3000 N-Class and A-Class Servers
New HP e3000 N-Class and A-Class Servers
By Dave Snow
With MPE/iX Release 7.0, HP is introducing new HP e3000 A- and N-Class Servers which
in new sales situations will replace the HP e3000 9x8, 9x9KS and 997 Servers. The HP
e3000 9x8, 9x9KS and 997 Servers will continue to be sold on a limited basis into the
2CH2001 with add-on processors being sold into C2002.
The HP e3000 N-Class Servers are the new mid-range and high-end HP e3000 Servers
replacing the 9x9KS and 997 servers with relative performance between 9 and 72. These
servers come in 1 to 4-way multi-processing configurations using 220, 330, 440 and 550
MHz PA-8500 and PA-8600 processors.
HP e3000 220 and 330 MHz N-Class Servers support only 1 processor, 440 MHz N-Class
Servers support 1 to 4 processors, and 550 MHz Servers support only 3 and 4 processors.
Multi-processor support will be in place with MPE/iX Release 7.0 Express 1 expecting to
ship in June/July 2001.
The HP e3000 N-Class Servers support ten Twin Turbo 4x PCI I/O slots with 480-530
Mbytes/sec of I/O bandwidth each. They also support two Turbo 2x PCI I/O slots with
240-266 Mbytes/sec of I/O bandwidth each. Each HP e3000 N-Class Server comes with a
core I/O card that has one Ultra2 SCSI LVD/SE connection for external peripherals; two
Ultra2 SCSI busses for integrated disks; three RS-232 ports for console, remote access and
Server Product
Number
Description Relative
Perf.
SW
Tier
N4000-100-220 A6449B N4000 1-way server using a 220 MHz
processor
94
(330)
N4000-100-330 A6450B N4000 1-way server using a 330 MHz
processor
13 4
(330)
N4000-100-440 A6451B N4000 1-way server using a 440 MHz
processor
18 4
(330)
N4000-200-440 A6451B plus
A6176A proc
N4000 2-way server using 440 MHz
processors
33* 4(330)
N4000-300-440 A6452B plus N4000 3-way server using 440 MHz
processors
46* 6
(340)
N4000-400-440 A6452B plus
A6176A proc.
N4000 4-way server using 440 MHz
processors
57* 6
(340)
N4000-100-220 A6449B N4000 1-way server using a 220 MHz
processor
94
(330)
N4000-400-550 A6453B plus
A6177A proc.
N4000 4-way server using 550 MHz
processors
72* 6
(340)
* estimated as of January 2001