Managing Superdome Complexes: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators

Planning Superdome Configurations
Building Blocks and Definitions
Appendix A304
A cell, or cell board, is the basic building block of a Superdome system.
When configuring or reconfiguring a complex, you assign cells to
partitions. A cell provides processing power comparable to that of a
mid-range server, but a Superdome system supports this processing
power with much greater memory capacity and I/O bandwidth. For more
information, see:
• “Cell Components” on page 304.
• “Cell Compatibility” on page 308.
• “Cell Connectivity” on page 308.
• “Cell Types” on page 309.
• “What Happens when a Cell Boots” on page 311.
Cell Components
A cell is a single logic board containing:
• power converters;
• data busses;
• processors; see “Processors” on page 307;
• memory; see “Memory” on page 308;
• one cell controller (CC); see “Cell Controller (CC)” on page 306.
This diagram shows how these components are connected.