HP 9000

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HP 9000 is the name for a line of computer systems produced by the Hewlett-Packard (HP) company. The first system in this line was the Series 520, introduced in 1982. Earlier models, such as the HP 9836, HP 9816, etc., was later merged into the HP 9000 lineup as the Series 200. All models in the HP 9000 line can run the HP-UX operating system, except many of the Series 200.

Initially, the HP 9000 Series 500 line of computers used HP's FOCUS architecture. After incorporating the HP 9836 into the family, HP adopted Motorola's 68k architecture for its HP 9000 Series 200, HP 9000 Series 300, and later HP 9000 Series 400 HP-UX workstations. Later, in the end of the 80s HP started to switch over to its own proprietary PA-RISC design, for the Series 700, 800, and later lines. Current models use either PA-RISC or the successor HP/Intel IA-64 (Itanium 2) architecture.

HP released the Series 400, also known as the Apollo 400, after acquiring Apollo Computer in 1989. These models had the ability to run either HP's HP-UX or Apollo's Domain/OS.

In 2001, HP changed the naming scheme for their HP 9000 servers. The A-class systems were renamed as the rp2400s, the L-class became the rp5400s, and the N-class the rp7400s. The 'p' in the prefix signified a PA-RISC architecture, while an 'x' is used for the Integrity servers with IA-64 processors.

1 Series and Models
2 Operating systems
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Series and Models

The following series and models have been produced by the HP company in the HP 9000 line.

[edit] Old Series Servers

800 Series — 807, 817, 822, 825, 827, 832, 835, 837, 842, 845, 847, 850,855, 857, 867, 877, 887, 897
1200 FT Series — 1210, 1245, 1245 PLUS
D-class — D200, D210, D220, D230, D250, D260, D270, D280, D300, D310, D320, D330, D350, D360, D370, D380, D390
E-class — E25, E35, E45, E55
F-class — F10, F20, F30
G-class — G30, G40, G50, G60, G70
H-class — H20, H30, H40, H50, H60, H70
I-class — I30, I40, I50, I60, I70
K-class — K100, K200, K210, K220, K250, K260, K370, K380, K400, K410, K420, K450, K460, K570, K580
R-class — R380, R390
T-class — T500, T520, T600
V-class — V2200, V2250, V2500, V2600

[edit] D-class

The D-class is a tower server with up to 2 CPUs. You sometimes find them masquerading as larger machines because HP shipped them mounted vertically inside of a huge cabinet with a power supply and disks and plenty of room for cooling air to circulate.

The D-class is architecturally similar to the K-class.

[edit] R-class

The R-class is simply a D-class machine packaged in a rack-mount chassis. Unlike the D-class systems, it does not support hot-plug disks.

[edit] N-class

The N-class is a 10U rackmount server with up to 8 CPUs and 17 PCI slots with 15 available for the customer. It uses two Merced busses, one for each set of four processor slots. It is not a NUMA machine, having equal access to all memory slots. The I/O is unequal though, having one Ike IOMMU per bus means that one set of CPUs are closer to one set of I/O slots than the other.

The N-class servers were marketed as being "Itanium-ready". Although they were ready for Itanium, when it shipped Itanium wasn't ready for them, and no Itanium upgrade was ever issued for the N class. The N class did profit from using the Merced bus, bridging the PA processors to it via a special adapter called DEW.

The N4000 was upgraded with newer processors throughout its lifespan, with models called N4000-36, N4000-44 and N4000-55 indicating the processor speeds. It was renamed to the rp7400 series in 2001.

[edit] L-class

The L-class servers are 7U rackmount machines with up to 4 CPUs (depending on model). They have 12 PCI slots, but not all slots are enabled in the entry-level L1000 system. They were renamed to the rp5400 series in 2001.

The L1000 and L2000 are similar to the A400 and A500, being based on an Astro/Elroy combination. They initially shipped with 360 MHz PA8500 and were upgraded with 440 MHz PA8500 and 550 MHz PA8600.

The L3000 is similar to the N4000, being based on a DEW/Ike/Elroy combination.

[edit] A-class

The A180 and A180C were 32-bit, single CPU, 2U servers based on the PA7300LC processor with the Lasi and Dino ASICs.

The A400 and A500 servers were 64-bit, dual CPU 2U servers based on the PA8500 and later processors, using the Astro IOMMU and Elroy PCI adapters. The A400-36 and A500-36 machines used the PA8500 processor running at 360 MHz; the A400-44 and A500-44 are clocked at 440 MHz. The A500-55 uses a PA8600 processor running at 550 MHz and the A500-75 uses a PA8700 processor running at 750 MHz.

The A-class was renamed to the rp2400 series in 2001.

[edit] V-class

The V-class systems are rebadged Convex Exemplar systems. The V2200 & V2250 support a maximum of 16 processors, and the V2200 & V2250 support a maximum of 32 processors. The V-class systems are physically massive systems that require extensive cooling and three-phase power to operate. They provided a transitional platform between the T-class and the introduction of the Superdome.

[edit] New Series Servers

rp2400's — rp2400, rp2405, rp2430, rp2470
rp3400's — rp3410-2, rp3440-4
rp4400's — rp4410-4, rp4440-8
rp5400's — rp5400, rp5405, rp5430, rp5450, rp5470
rp7400's — rp7400, rp7405, rp7410, rp7420-16
rp8400's — rp8400, rp8410, rp8420-32
Superdomes — SD-32, SD-64, SD-128

See also: HP Integrity servers.

[edit] Workstations

Series 100
Series 200 — 216 (HP9816), 217 (HP9817), 226 (HP9826), 236 (HP9836)
Series 300 — 310, 318, 319, 320, 322, 330, 332, 340, 345, 350, 360, 362, 370, 375, 380, 382, 385
Series 400 (HP Apollo 9000 Series 400) — 400dl, 400s, 400t, 425dl, 425e, 425s, 425t, 433dl,433s, 433t
Series 500 — 520
Series 600 — 635SV, 645SV
Series 700 — 705, 710, 712, 715, 720, 725, 730, 735, 742, 743, 744, 745, 747, 748, 750, 755
B-class — B132L, B160L, B180L, B1000, B2000, B2600
C-class — C100, C110, C132L, C160, C160L, C180, C180L, C180XP, C200, C240, C360, C3000, C3600, C3650, C3700, C3750, C8000
J-class — J200, J210, J210XC, J280, J282, J2240, J5000, J5600, J6000, J6700, J6750, J7000

[edit] Series 300/400

The Series 300 workstations were based around Motorola 68000-series processors, ranging from the 68010 (Model 310) to the 68040 (Model 38x). The Series 400 were intended to supersede the Apollo/Domain workstations and were also based on the 68030/040. They were branded "HP Apollo" and added Apollo Domain/OS compatibility.

[edit] Series 700

The Series 700 started with the "Snakes" workstations, the 705, 710, 720, 730 and 750. They were based on the PA7000 processor and had an NCR 53c700 SCSI controller for their onboard SCSI.

They were superseded by the 715/33, 715/50, 715/75, 725/50, 725/75, 735/99, 735/125, 755/99 and 755/125 with a PA7100 processor. The number after the / provides an indication of processor clock speed.

Increasing integration led to the introduction of the 712/60, 712/80, 712/100, 715/64, 715/80, 715/100, 715/100 XC and 725/100 workstations. These use the PA7100LC CPU and the Lasi ASIC, connected by the GSC bus. The Lasi ASIC contains an NCR 53c710 SCSI interface, the Intel Apricot 10 Mbit Ethernet interface, CD-quality sound, PS/2 keyboard and mouse, a serial and a parallel port. All except the 712 series machines also use the Wax ASIC to provide an EISA adapter, a second serial port and support for the HIL bus.

[edit] VME Industrial Workstations

Models 742i, 743i, 744, 745/745i, 747i, 748i.

[edit] B, C, J class

The C100, C110, J200, J210 and J210XC use the PA7200 processor, connected to the UTurn IOMMU via the Runway bus. The C100 and C110 are single processor, and the J200 and J210 are dual processor. The Uturn IOMMU has two GSC buses. These machines continue to use the Lasi and Wax ASICs.

The B132L, B160L, B180L, C132L, C160L and C180L workstations are based on the PA7300LC processor (a development of the PA7100LC processor). These machines use the Dino GSC to PCI adapter which also provides the second serial port in place of Wax. These machines optionally have the Wax EISA adapter.

The C160, C180, C180-XP, J280 and J282 use the PA8000 processor and are the first 64-bit capable workstations. They are normally used in 32-bit mode, however. They are based on the same Runway/GSC architecture as the earlier C and J class workstations.

The C200, C240 and J2240 offer increased speed with the PA8200 processor and the C360 uses the PA8500 processor.

The B1000, B2000, C3000, J5000, J7000 were also based on the PA8500 processor, but had a very different architecture. The U2/Uturn IOMMU and the GSC bus is gone, replaced with the Astro IOMMU, connected via Ropes to several Elroy PCI host adapters.

The B2600, C3600 and J5600 upgrade these machines with the PA8600 processor. The J6000 is a rackable workstation which can also be stood on its side in a tower configuration.

The C3650, C3700, C3750, J6700 and J6750 are PA8700 processor based.

The C8000 uses the dual-core Mako processor. It has the same bus as the McKinley and Madison IA-64 processors and uses the same zx1 chipset as them. The Elroy PCI adapters have been replaced with Mercury PCI-X adapters and one Quicksilver AGP 8x adapter.

[edit] Operating systems

Apart from HP-UX and Domain/OS (on the 400), many HP 9000s can also run the Linux operating system. Several models are able to run NEXTSTEP.

BSD Unix was ported to the HP 9000 as HPBSD; the resulting 9000 support code was later added to 4.4BSD. Its modern variants NetBSD and OpenBSD also support various HP 9000 models, both Motorola 68k and PA-RISC based.