HP Rack Optimised Servers - HP9000

With its business-critical, proven data center performance, the HP 9000 server family has been the UNIX server of choice for more than a decade. The HP 9000 server product line running HP-UX addresses the major computing challenges that customers face today in online transaction processing (OLTP), enterprise resource planning (ERP), business intelligence, Internet, server consolidation, and scientific and technical applications.

The HP 9000 server product line features:

• Complete up-and-down-the-line compatibility, permitting users to select the appropriate platform at the appropriate price point without concern for application availability
• One of the highest uniprocessor performances in the industry, providing reduced time-to-solution through parallelism and increased throughput through multiprocessing in all environments
• Unmatched scalability, providing consistent price/performance over the entire range of products and protecting [Customer Name]'s investments in hardware and software
• Consistent programming model, presenting the same application programming environment regardless of the systems' performance levels, greatly increasing the number of available "off-the-shelf" third-party applications, and reducing porting and development costs
• Innovative utility pricing programs to help[Customer Name] align costs and capacity with specific business goals

The HP 9000 server product line includes the RPxx line of PA-RISC servers, the RXxx line of Itanium servers, and Superdome platforms.

Entry-Level Servers

HP 05 Series

Designed for departmental and data center environments, HP's 05 series servers deliver a combination of enterprise-class performance, availability, and manageability with reduced start-up costs that result in low total cost of ownership.

HP's 05 series servers offer a broad range of standardized configurations that are easy to order and quick to deploy. They are available in three models and powered by high-performance PA-8700 processors: the HP Server rp2405 with 1 and 2 processor configurations; the HP server rp5405 with 2 and 4 processor configurations; and the HP server rp7405 with 2, 4, and 8 processor configurations.

In addition to high availability and manageability, HP's 05 series servers offer unmatched investment protection. All are in-chassis upgradeable to new PA-RISC processors, and the HP servers rp7405 and rp5405 are in-chassis upgradeable to future Intel Itanium processors. This processor upgrade path helps support business growth and performance needs beyond the initial investment.

HP rp2400 Series

HP servers rp2430 and rp2470 are ideal for distributed sites and branch office locations of large enterprises, and for use in small- and medium-sized businesses. With the HP rp2430 and rp2470, [Customer Name] has all the functionality and robustness of a UNIX server at the price of a PC server platform.

The small 2U (3.5-inch) size saves data center space and packs 20 servers (and 40 processors) into a standard 2-meter rack. With the performance afforded by one or two PA-8700 RISC processors running at 650 or 750 MHz, and memory of up to 8 GB, the HP Server rp2400 series can run [Customer Name]'s business applications quickly. Each server has two internal disks and a maximum storage capacity of 146 GB. With up to four I/ O slots that accept 64-bit cards running at 66 MHz and support for the robust HP-UX operating system, the HP rp2400 series is an excellent choice for workloads requiring high availability and superior bandwidth performance.

HP rx2600/rx5670 Server

The Itanium 2 processor is the fundamental building block of HP's entry-level server: the HP server rx2600/rx5670. Ideal for use in mission-critical data centers or compute-intensive server farms, these servers are also perfect for running SAP, Siebel, PeopleSoft, and SAS business application suites.

• RX2600-The HP server rx2600 was the industry's first 2-way Itanium 2-based server; it has a sleek 2U footprint, but it can be equipped with up to two 1-GHz Intel Itanium 2 processors loaded with 3 MB of on-chip L3 cache and as much as 12 GB of RAM. This means that it has extraordinary compute density.
• RX5670-The HP server rx5670 4-way Itanium 2-based server provides exceptional expandability and superior performance; it can be equipped with as many as four processors and up to 48 gigabytes (GB) of memory. The HP Server rx5670 offers cutting-edge, 64-bit power along with excellent price/performance ratios-no matter how it's configured.

Whether for technical computing or for commercial IT use, the HP server rx2600/rx5670 offers superior power, scalability, and efficiency-with lower costs.

HP rp5400 Series

The HP server rp5430 and rp5470 offer leading entry-level server performance, dynamic scalability, and unmatched investment protection-all in a rack-optimized package-making the rp5400 series servers the ideal choice for compute intensive applications.

The single-system cabinet and expansion breadth of rp5400 series provides an easy "in-box" upgrade path to optimize technology investment. With a choice of two processor speeds, one to four PA-8700 or PA8700+ processors, ten PCI I/O slots, and up to 16 GB of memory, the rp5400 series servers provide excellent scalability. The HP server rp5400 series can be configured with a full complement of CPUs, memory, and I/O cards without tradeoffs of one at the expense of the other, as is sometimes found in competing platforms.

The true benefit of the sophisticated PA-RISC design is the resulting simplicity of the rp5400 series system-level architecture, which is cost-effective, modular, easy to upgrade, and reliable, providing impressive performance and lasting value.

Midrange Servers

HP rp7410 Server

The rp7410 combines rock-solid dependability with comprehensive management and extremely low operational costs. This reliable, high-performance midrange server has the ability to get the job done on time and on budget while improving efficiency and delivering better return on investment.

With a choice of two processor speeds, a range of one to eight processors, 15 PCI hot-plug I/O slots and 2 core I/Os, best-in-class provisioning and partitioning, and ultra high-speed system throughput, the rp7410 server provides scalability, performance, and availability needed for [Customer Name]'s business-critical data center.

The rp7410 is ready to deliver long-lasting value, with easy in-box upgrade paths to future PA-RISC and Intel Itanium architecture technologies, as well as the 16-way HP Server rp8400.

HP rp8400 Server

Ideal for enterprises, service providers, and global e-marketplace leaders, the HP rp8400 delivers leading performance and high-end server technologies to handle today's mission-critical applications.

The rp8400 server features up to 64 GB of memory, two to sixteen PA-RISC processors, and ultra high-speed system throughput combined with best-in-class dynamic partitioning, all within a single-system cabinet. Optimized for rack mounting, two rp8400 servers can be mounted in a single 2-meter rack.

With its small footprint and high performance, the rp8400 server provides high compute performance per square foot of floor space, making optimum use of a consolidated data-center environment.

High-End Servers

HP Superdome

HP's high-end e-service center platform, Superdome, raises the bar in enterprise computing and greatly extends the performance, scalability, and availability of the HP 9000 server product line. Superdome addresses always-on infrastructure requirements with features such as processor partitions, scalability, and multiple operating environments that can address changing requirements.

Superdome offers unprecedented availability through strong single-system high availability, leading multisystem high availability with MC/Serviceguard, and world-class fault- and event-management capability. With 750-MHz PA-8700 and 875 MHz PA8700+ processors, Superdome offers outstanding investment protection and lasting value because its system infrastructure can accommodate several generations of processor upgrades. Superdome is designed to support Itanium processors as they become available.

HP 9000 Server Differentiators

Customers trust HP and the HP 9000 server family for small business to enterprise data center requirements. HP has installed over 1.5 M HP-UX systems worldwide and holds the number-one marketshare position for midrange and high-end UNIX servers according to IDC's November 2002 tracking data. The HP 9000 server family differentiates itself from the competition for the following reasons:

HP Technology-Top Performance and Scalability

HP enterprise business servers are based on HP's industry-leading PA-RISC technology. PA-RISC has consistently delivered top price/performance options to HP enterprise customers. The combination of PA-RISC architecture and the HP-UX operating system has averaged well over 60 percent performance improvement each year over the last several years. The introduction of the Superdome platform at the high end of the HP 9000 server family greatly extends the performance, scalability, and availability of the family, and enables HP to deliver on its commitment to double application performance every 12 months.

To provide businesses with the highest performance possible at very competitive prices, PA-RISC uses 18 micron, silicon on insulator (SOI) copper complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) chip technologies. PA-RISC technology reduces cost, maximizes performance, and increases reliability. Through the PA-8700 and PA-8700+ processors, HP delivers higher-powered processors than the competition, requiring fewer processors for equivalent performance. It has an unmatched record for investment protection, providing forward compatibility to each successive generation of systems, with unsurpassed price/performance.

The Itanium Advantage

Today HP is poised at the forefront of the next wave in high-performance processor technology. HP and Intel, working in close partnership, have jointly developed the revolutionary new Intel Itanium processor family architecture. With breakthrough capabilities for workstations and enterprise server applications, Intel Itanium-based systems deliver significant benefits to [Customer Name]:

• Outstanding performance
• Lower total cost of ownership
• Flexibility in choice of operating systems
• Availability of more than 50,000 software applications

Because Hewlett-Packard codeveloped Intel Itanium architecture, HP offers the unique advantages of optimized compilers, smooth customer transition programs and services, and special ISV partnerships. HP-UX is the only operating system that provides complete binary compatibility with Intel Itanium systems, assuring customers of investment protection and a seamless transition via either in-box board swaps or simple chassis upgrades.

Hewlett-Packard is committed to implementing the Intel Itanium processor family architecture across its entire family of server platforms, with a multioperating system strategy that offers customers a choice of HP-UX, Tru64, Linux, NonStop Kernel, HP OpenVMS, or MicrosoftÔ WindowsÔ. In fact, multiple operating systems may reside concurrently on the same Intel Itanium-based platform, running applications for which they are best suited. HP's focused yet flexible strategy demonstrates the value [Customer Name] will realize by partnering with the company that pioneered these advances and is already delivering future-ready systems.

The scalability of the HP 9000 server family, along with HP's Itanium leadership, uniquely positions HP among information technology companies to cater to a wide range of server needs. With Hewlett-Packard's commitment to object-code compatibility and simple hardware board upgrades, [Customer Name] can grow through the HP 9000 server product family without switching architectures or rewriting applications. This industry-leading level of scalability provides outstanding investment protection by enabling seamless interoperability with legacy applications across the HP 9000 server family, rapid growth, and adoption of new technology infrastructures, and performance improvement of existing applications and operating systems running on advanced processor technology.

HP 9000 Server Family Operating Environments: HP-UX, Microsoft Windows, Linux

The HP-UX operating environment of the HP 9000 server is a key component within a scalable and secure computing environment for developing and deploying mission-critical applications. HP-UX has been fully 64-bit since November 1997, offers the best scalability in the industry, provides superior manageability, and has a solid Itanium-based migration path.

Gartner and D.H. Brown acknowledge HP-UX as the open systems operating environment with the highest standards compliance. By aggressively adopting critical standards, HP demonstrates its commitment to open systems and provides [Customer Name] with integration and application choice.

In the DH Brown 2002 Unix Function Review, HP-UX ranked number one across all categories: scalability; reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS); systems management; Internet and Web application services; and directory and security services. The review concluded with an unequivocal endorsement of HP-UX:

"Clearly reflecting HP's increased investment in its Unix product line, HP-UX moves to the head of the class for UX operating systems functions. HP-UX occupies the top spot in every studied category, with a particularly strong lead in internet and Web Application Services, and an impressive surge forward in the intensely competitive RAS category."

Choice of Operating Systems

HP-UX is HP's flagship operating system for mission-critical data center computing; however, HP believes in providing customers with choice. [Customer Name] may want the flexibility to use Linux or Microsoft Windows 2000 for select development, test, or deployment environments. [Customer Name] can be assured that HP is prepared to meet the demand for Linux or Windows 2000 systems software and services, and can support these strategic operating systems with the consistent global support for which HP is known.

High Availability

High availability is not an industry-focused solution. With the increasing reliance on technology to efficiently conduct global business, high availability is much broader and more important than any one market or business need. High availability describes the effective implementation of the underlying technology infrastructure that all industries are creating to do business in the Internet Age.

Companies that are investing to protect against business loss are positioning themselves as next-generation, e-commerce businesses. They realize that a high-availability solution is more than just a single server with hot-swap components running a mission-critical application that is connected to a network. Every part of the system solution must be "tuned" for high availability. This includes the server, as well as the network, peripherals, database, application, operating system, and service and support. With the increasing reliance on technology to efficiently conduct global business, high availability is much broader and more important than any one market or business need.

Offering the most comprehensive portfolio of mission-critical technologies and services, HP leads the industry in high-availability solutions with over 56,000 MC/Serviceguard licenses sold worldwide, award-winning Metrocluster disaster tolerance configurations, and world-class Critical Systems Support services. HP was the first company to offer a standard guaranteed solution, the first to focus attention on availability beyond the box, and the first to set its sights on 99.999 percent end-to-end availability-all driving toward the goal to deliver seamless and continuous application availability.

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