The HP Integrity server family. Industry-leading systems based on Intel Itanium 2 processors: enabling the Adaptive Enterprise

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1 The HP Integrity server family Industry-leading systems based on Intel Itanium 2 processors: enabling the Adaptive Enterprise

2 The Integrity server family is a cornerstone of the HP portfolio of industry-leading servers for building the Adaptive Enterprise. HP Integrity rx server HP Integrity rx server HP Integrity rx server HP Integrity rx server HP Integrity rx server HP Integrity Superdome The HP Integrity server family

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4 HP Integrity servers: industry-leading performance, flexibility, and value HP Integrity servers are the ideal building blocks for creating the Adaptive Enterprise, which synchronizes business and information technology (IT) to capitalize on change. An Adaptive Enterprise provides the agility and flexibility that today s competitive environment demands. It can anticipate problems and move quickly to meet new challenges as they arise while managing costs and deriving the best possible return on assets. HP Integrity servers offer the flexibility, performance, and value to enable this level of adaptability. Flexibility begins with best-in-class IT solutions often requiring skills, resources, and hardware for heterogeneous environments. Integrity servers run the industry s leading operating environments, including HP-UX 11i, Linux, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, and OpenVMS. With this kind of flexibility and choice built into the Integrity server, you can deploy new solutions easily and quickly. In addition, Integrity servers achieve industry-leading performance across multiple workloads and operating environments by maximizing the Intel Itanium 2 processor. The Itanium processor is integrated with the HP Scalable Processor Chipset zx1 for entry-level servers, and with the HP Super-Scalable Processor Chipset sx1000 for midrange and high-end servers, thereby increasing memory and I/O subsystem scalability. With a server that integrates seamlessly into your existing business environment and increases efficiency, you can unlock the hidden value from your business assets and IT resources, including your people, processes, and technology. Taking the value of Integrity servers to the next level: the HP mx2 dual-processor module, consisting of two Intel Itanium 2 processors The HP Integrity server family, which already offers single Intel Itanium 2 processors, is now even stronger with the introduction of the HP mx2 dual-processor module. Developed by HP, the mx2 dual-processor module doubles the number of Itanium 2 processors that can be deployed in the same chassis for the Integrity Superdome, Integrity rx , Integrity rx , and Integrity rx server models. This means that the industryleading flexibility, performance, and investment protection you ve come to expect from the Integrity server family have been further enhanced. Now, mx2-based Integrity servers offer nearly twice the workload capacity and nearly twice the performance density compared to current, single Itanium 2 based Integrity servers. Whether you evolve your current HP 9000 or Integrity servers with in-chassis upgrades to the mx2 dual-processor modules or purchase new mx2-based Integrity servers, you can improve consolidation of demanding workloads across multiple operating environments on these high-performance, highly flexible platforms. 4

5 Whichever server model your solution requires from entry-level to high-end the flexibility, performance, and investment protection of the Integrity server family will help you respond effectively to your most urgent business challenges. Maximum flexibility You can mix single Intel Itanium processors and mx2 dual-processor modules in the same chassis on the cellboard architectures of the Integrity Superdome, Integrity rx , and Integrity rx servers. And, as your future business requirements change, you can redeploy Integrity servers to run a different IT solution on a different operating system. This level of flexibility demonstrates HP s commitment to increasing your investment protection as well as the value of Integrity solutions. Standards-based technologies that simplify change and reduce costs To build an Adaptive Enterprise that can capitalize on change, an organization needs a standard, consistent approach to business and IT. An important part of such an approach is the use of industry-standard architectures, reusable components, and consistent implementation, which together help reduce costs and simplify change. By designing products based on industry-standard technologies like the Intel Itanium 2 processor, HP provides solutions that integrate easily into existing IT environments and consist of reusable components, offering longevity that protects technology investments. Overall, these standards-based technologies from HP further help reduce the complexity of an IT infrastructure. Simplify change The Integrity server family is an important part of HP s portfolio designed to help businesses simplify change. Integrity servers are the ideal platform for customers that want to get the best value from their IT investment by marshaling resources dynamically to meet new challenges as they arise. The superior compute power of Integrity servers makes resource management simple and effective through application and server consolidation. Consolidation simplifies system management, frees up resources for business processes rather than IT maintenance, and enables a more streamlined infrastructure that adapts to and handles change quickly and easily. What s more, consolidation reduces costs in terms of hardware, software licenses, and physical space. Flexible, scalable, and highperformance, Integrity servers are the platform of choice for consolidating resources and achieving superior utilization. This leads the way to a simplified infrastructure built on reusable components a foundation for the Adaptive Enterprise. Reduce costs Reduced acquisition and operating costs are keys to improving return on IT investment (RoIT). Integrity servers can help you get the best possible RoIT. And with roadmaps that include future in-chassis Itanium processor upgrades, your investment is protected and you are positioned to adapt quickly as the needs of your enterprise evolve. With the mx2 dual-processor module, the Integrity server family now offers even greater investment protection by allowing you to get nearly twice the workload capacity from the same chassis in high-end, midrange, and entry-level models, for an outstanding total cost of ownership (TCO). 5

6 Are you ready to take advantage of the benefits that Itanium-based platforms offer? HP has a full range of services available. With HP Systems Insight Manager and HP OpenView tools, you can further reduce costs, minimize complexity, and increase efficiency through intelligent management capabilities across the multiple operating systems offered in the broad HP server portfolio. And, by using the innovative server virtualization capabilities that are part of the HP Virtual Server Environment including partitioning, leadership workload management, and high-availability and on-demand offerings you can adapt your system resources dynamically, all while maintaining service levels and aligning resources with your business needs and budget. HP also offers high-availability storage through solutions like HP-UX 11i cluster certifications, Microsoft Cluster Service Certification, and multipath software connection. HP solutions improve problem-resolution time with unified servers, storage, management software, and services which include planning, installation, migration, and management services. HP OpenView software, including OpenView Storage Area Manager (SAM), allows you to manage your IT infrastructure and troubleshoot networks with a unified and integrated enterprise-wide management solution for reduced TCO. In addition to these cost advantages, HP Financial Services offers flexible and practical financing options to get you on the fast track to building your Adaptive Enterprise with HP Integrity servers. We can help you lease your new solution cost-effectively. We can also remove your existing equipment and pay you for technology that has remaining market value. Companies interested in further reducing their total costs may take advantage of an HP Pay per use arrangement. When you acquire your Integrity Superdome, Integrity rx , or Integrity rx server using Pay per use, you pay for your solution according to your level of use. You will never pay more than you would with a traditional lease, and you will likely pay less. Pay per use increases your agility, improves your level of service, and reduces your total cost of computing. Integrity servers are supported by HP rack infrastructure products and are designed and built to the highest HP quality standards, offering ease of use during integration and installation. The HP Rack System/E comes with enhanced ventilation and fully perforated top, front, and rear door, letting the equipment breathe and eliminating the need for additional fans. You can choose from a wide variety of products to power your rack and protect your data. Integrity servers are available with factory integration into HP Rack System/E. 6

7 HP Services for Integrity servers: evolve your infrastructure confidently with a partner that stands accountable Are you ready to take advantage of the performance improvements that Itanium-based platforms offer? HP has a full range of services to help make the transition seamless. We can help you introduce Integrity systems into your existing IT environment and utilize their potential for your business. We offer Assessment services to precisely define porting requirements and chart a course to deployment Implementation services to install and configure equipment rapidly Education services to provide your staff with the expertise required to achieve optimal system performance Throughout the evolution process, HP accepts full accountability for delivering on the service commitments that we and our partners have made. Our commitment doesn t end with the transition process itself. Our multipleoperating-system support offerings from simple reactive to comprehensive mission-critical reduce the risks associated with downtime once your Integrity systems are installed. We can help with your long-term success by working with leading independent software vendors (ISVs) in both the technical and commercial markets to optimize their applications to the Intel Itanium 2 microarchitecture, thereby exploiting the full potential of Integrity servers. HP Services delivers end-to-end solutions that offer consistent quality and service levels across multiple platforms, including UNIX,Windows, and Linux,as well as systems from other well-known vendors. With the introduction of the Integrity servers, HP is the only vendor that offers the services to support the implementation of multiple operating systems on a single Itanium-based server. HP Services utilizes its wide range of offerings and its experienced services personnel to help customers fully exploit the capabilities of the Intel Itanium architecture while protecting existing infrastructures. Integrity servers with HP StorageWorks solutions: delivering more for the Adaptive Enterprise As the worldwide leader in storage, HP delivers one of the broadest total product portfolios in the industry. HP StorageWorks solutions and Integrity servers offer best-inclass standalone functionality in any operating environment. StorageWorks hardware and software, Integrity servers, and HP Services together provide a powerful solution that enables the Adaptive Enterprise, allowing you to gain more control of your data center and overall business with more stability and efficiency while reducing costs. The StorageWorks portfolio includes disk arrays, integrated management software, tape and optical devices, network attached storage (NAS), and storage area network (SAN) infrastructures. HP consistently demonstrates the caliber of its StorageWorks and Integrity products with numerous bestin-class industry awards and customer successes. The power of HP storage solutions and HP Services extends the investment protection, virtualization, consolidation, and unified management capabilities of the Integrity server family across your entire enterprise, providing a lower TCO and a better return on investment. 7

8 Integrity rx and rx servers: entry-level servers with enterprise-grade features Featuring up to two Intel Itanium 2 processors, the Integrity rx and rx servers help you improve business processes and manage IT more efficiently. Both servers are ideal for increasing performance and reducing cost and complexity in commercial application areas such as software development, Internet infrastructure, financial services, and Java applications. These servers empower technical computing users to perform more simulations and more in-depth analysis, to run complex models faster, and to render high-quality images with greater performance. The Integrity rx server is designed specifically to reduce power consumption and to fit in the smallest possible physical footprint by utilizing low-voltage Intel Itanium 2 processors. The Integrity rx server offers leading price/performance and scalability by utilizing the broadest range of Intel Itanium processors, both low-voltage and high-performance CPUs. For all of the supported operating systems HP-UX 11i, Linux, OpenVMS, and Windows Server 2003 (currently only on the Integrity rx server) HP has a powerful, flexible, highly available, and easily managed solution to meet your needs. The Integrity rx and rx servers offer tremendous growth potential by enabling in-chassis upgrades to future Intel Itanium processors. And the benefits of both servers can be enhanced further with a clustering solution. Up to 40 Integrity rx servers and up to 20 Integrity rx servers can be clustered in an industry-standard cabinet, providing a densely racked configuration that offers greater efficiency and high availability through consolidation of system resources. Integrity rx server: increased business agility with leading entry-class server performance With 1.5 GHz Intel Itanium 2 processors, the Integrity rx server extends the performance of entry-class servers. With the mx2 dual-processor module, this server takes performance and investment protection to the next level; a cost-effective in-box upgrade allows as many as eight Intel Itanium 2 processors in the same chassis twice as many as previously available. The Integrity rx server enables commercial computing users to run even more demanding business applications, such as enterprise resource planning (ERP), supply chain management, and business intelligence, at an entry-level price point. Technical computing users will also benefit from the ability to run more simulations and perform more in-depth analysis than previously possible. With in-chassis upgrades to the next generation of Intel Itanium processors, the Integrity rx server is truly a platform with a future. The rack-dense chassis helps you make the most of data center space, maximizing the return on IT investment. The Integrity rx server offers a variety of operating environment choices, including HP-UX 11i, Linux, Windows Server 2003, and OpenVMS. This aggressively priced server brings exceptional price/performance, reliability, and availability in a compact, rack-optimized design to meet demanding enterprise-level computing requirements. Existing HP 9000 rp2400 series customers can upgrade to the Integrity rx server and begin realizing the benefits of Itanium-based systems immediately. 8

9 Integrity rx and rx servers: industryleading midrange servers with high-end mission-critical performance and capabilities The Integrity rx and rx servers deliver leading performance, scalability, operating environment flexibility, and simplified management. Initially introduced with the 1.5 and 1.3 GHz Intel Itanium 2 processors, these servers now also offer mx2 dual-processor modules. Midrange models equipped with mx2 dual-processor The HP Integrity server family brings a winning combination of expertise in system design and the industry-leading Intel Itanium processor, resulting in unprecedented performance and flexibility for delivering business agility and better return on IT investment. modules provide the flexibility to deploy twice the number of processors as was previously possible in these systems, opening the door for unprecedented multi-os consolidation opportunities and outstanding TCO. Current HP 9000 system customers with rp7410, rp7420, rp8400, and rp8420 server models can easily upgrade to single Intel Itanium 2 processors and mx2 dual-processor modules to enjoy the numerous benefits of Integrity rx and rx servers. Both Integrity server models have the flexibility to combine Intel Itanium 2 processors and mx2 dual-processor modules on separate cell boards in the same system. And both models provide tremendous investment protection with in-chassis upgradability to future high-performance Itanium processors. They also offer the broadest choices of operating systems, including HP-UX 11i, Linux, Windows Server 2003, and OpenVMS (planned for 2005), as well as partitioning capabilities to increase utilization, return on IT investment, and uptime. The flexibility and scalability of the Integrity rx server enable the agility and investment protection needed to meet today s commercial and technical computing demands all while cutting costs. The Integrity rx server, with its outstanding performance, multiple-operating-system support, and partitioning capabilities, is an ideal entry into high-end computing. Overall, these two models provide a level of performance, agility, functionality, and value unmatched in their class. With flexible configurations, investment protection, competitive prices, and creative financing options, the Integrity rx and rx servers make highly available 64-bit computing an affordable reality for your enterprise. Integrity Superdome: unparalleled workload capacity, flexibility, and value Initially introduced with the 1.5 GHz Intel Itanium 2 processor, the Integrity Superdome has demonstrated its leading performance, operating system flexibility, and simplified management architecture, as well as best-in-class solution deployment. Now with 128-way configurations made possible with the mx2 dual-processor module, this server can bring significant increases in workload capacity and performance density a level of functionality and value well beyond what the industry has offered to date. The Integrity Superdome has already set world-record benchmark results. Now, the 128-way mx2-based Integrity Superdome raises the bar even further with incomparable server consolidation opportunities and investment protection. The Integrity Superdome is ideally suited to heterogeneous environments. It offers high-end multi-os capability, allowing you to run all of the leading operating systems HP-UX 11i, Linux, Windows Server 2003, and OpenVMS (in 2005) on the same system, even concurrently in a consolidated environment. The Integrity Superdome provides the best of both worlds world-class, record-setting performance and operating system flexibility as well. With in-chassis processor upgrades for existing PA-RISC processor based HP 9000 Superdome systems, HP offers investment protection and a better return on IT investment. The Integrity Superdome delivers a significant performance increase over the existing PA servers, plus it offers 1 terabyte of memory capacity for running larger enterprise applications. The cell board design and the accompanying sx1000 chipset enable this recordbreaking performance and also deliver enhanced high availability. With expanded investment protection from in-chassis upgrades to future Intel Itanium processors and enhanced flexibility to combine Intel Itanium 2 processors and mx2 dual-processor modules in separate partitions in the same system, the Integrity Superdome showcases its position as the premier high-end server. HP Services delivers an end-to-end Service Solution that offers consistent quality and service levels for the Integrity Superdome. The integrated solution is tailored to meet customers unique business needs and helps transition the new Superdome more timely and efficiently to operational readiness. Each Service Solution provides quick installation, customized configuration, rapid start-up, IT education services, as well as the recommended level of support all under one contract. 9

10 HP Integrity server family at a glance (entry-level servers) HP Integrity rx server HP Integrity rx server HP Integrity rx server CPUs supported (frequency/cache) Intel Itanium 2 processor: Intel Itanium 2 processor: Intel Itanium 2 processor: 1.0 GHz/1.5 MB 1.5 GHz/6 MB 1.5 GHz/6 MB 1.4 GHz/1.5 MB 1.3 GHz/3 MB 1.3 GHz/3 MB HP mx2 dual-processor module 1.0 GHz/1.5 MB Number of processors Scalable processor chipset zx1 zx1 zx1 Operating systems supported HP-UX 11i v2 HP-UX 11i v2 HP-UX 11i v2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1 Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, and 3 Enterprise Edition, for Enterprise Edition, for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 Itanium-based systems Itanium-based systems (and 9 in 2H04) Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1 OpenVMS (2H04) and 3 and 3* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8* (and 9 in 2H04) (and 9 in 2H04) OpenVMS v8.1 evaluation release OpenVMS v8.1 evaluation release Maximum memory 16 GB 24 GB 64 GB I/O slots Internal hard disk drives Manageability HP Systems Insight Manager HP Systems Insight Manager HP Systems Insight Manager EIA unit height Physical dimensions Height 1.7 in. (4.3 cm) 3.4 in. (8.6 cm) 6.8 in. (17.3 cm) Width 19 in. (48.3 cm) 19 in. (48.3 cm) 19 in. (48.3 cm) Depth 26.8 in. (68.1 cm) 26.8 in. (68.1 cm) 27.2 in. (69.1 cm) Weight 55 lb. (25 kg) 55 lb. (25 kg) 100 lb. (45 kg) HP Integrity server family at a glance (midrange and high-end servers) HP Integrity rx server HP Integrity rx server HP Integrity Superdome CPUs supported Intel Itanium 2 processor: Intel Itanium 2 processor: Intel Itanium 2 processor: (frequency/cache) 1.5 GHz/6 MB 1.5 GHz/6 MB 1.5 GHz/6 MB 1.3 GHz/3 MB 1.3 GHz/3 MB HP mx2 dual-processor module HP mx2 dual-processor module HP mx2 dual-processor module Number of processors Scalable processor chipset sx1000 sx1000 sx1000 Operating systems supported HP-UX 11i v2 HP-UX 11i v2 HP-UX 11i v2 Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition, for Enterprise Edition, for Datacenter Edition, for Itanium-based systems Itanium-based systems Itanium-based systems Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3* Datacenter Edition, for Datacenter Edition, for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Itanium-based systems Itanium-based systems (2H04)* Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3* Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3* OpenVMS (2005) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (2H04)* (2H04)* OpenVMS (2005) OpenVMS (2005) Maximum memory 128 GB 256 GB 1 TB I/O slots (32 with SEU**) 192 (with I/O expansion) Internal hard disk drives 4 4 (8 with SEU**) N/A npartitions (1 4 with SEU**) 1 16 Manageability HP Systems Insight Manager HP Systems Insight Manager HP Systems Insight Manager EIA unit height (26 with SEU**) N/A Physical dimensions Height 17.5 in. (44.5 cm) in. (75.6 cm) 77.2 in. (196.1 cm) Width 19 in. (48.3 cm) 19 in. (48.3 cm) 60 in. (152.4 cm) Depth 30 in. (76.2 cm) 30 in. (76.2 cm) 48 in. (121.9 cm) Weight 220 lb. (99 kg) 354 lb. (159 kg) 2,637 lb. (1,187 kg) * Linux is supported on single Intel Itanium 2 processors. No current plans to support Linux on the HP mx2 dual-processor module. ** SEU = Server Expansion Unit 10

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