Installation Guide, Second Edition - HP Integrity cx2620

Front Display Panel, DVD, and Diagnostic Panel
The LED status display is in the front of the unit directly above the DVD drive. The slimline DVD
drive is also in the front of the unit. It is center-mounted in the unit and below the LED status
display.
Mass Storage
The server has three hot-pluggable disk drives located in the front of the unit.
Firmware
Firmware consists of many individually linked binary images that are bound together by a single
framework at run time. Internally, the firmware employs a software database called a device
tree to represent the structure of the hardware platform and to provide a means of associating
software elements with hardware functionality.
The firmware incorporates the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI). EFI provides an interface
between the operating system and the platform firmware. EFI uses data tables that contain
platform-related information, and boot and runtime service calls that are available to the operating
system and its loader to provide a standard environment for booting.
The firmware supports the HP-UX 11i version 2 and Linux® operating systems through the
Itanium processor family standards and extensions, and has no operating system-specific
functionality included. All operating systems are presented with the same interface to system
firmware, and all features are available to the operating system.
User Interface
The Itanium processor family firmware employs a user interface called Pre-OS System Startup
Environment (POSSE). The POSSE shell is based on the EFI standard shell. Several commands
were added to the standard EFI Shell to support HP value-added functionality. For more
information see the EFI and EFI/POSSE commands at:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Home.jsp.
Event IDs for Errors and Events
The system firmware generates event IDs (similar to chassis codes) for errors, events, and forward
progress to the Integrated Lights-Out Management Processor (iLO MP) through common shared
memory. The iLO MP interprets and stores event IDs. Reviewing these events helps you diagnose
and troubleshoot problems with the server.
Dimensions and Weights
Table 1-1 lists the dimensions and weights for the server.
Table 1-1 Server Dimensions and Weights
ValueDimension
17.8 cm (7 in) (4U)Height
44.5 cm (17.5 in)Width
50.8 cm (20 in)Depth
28.1 kg (62 lb) Unloaded
31.75 kg (70 lb) Fully loaded
Weight
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