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

Overview of the Superdome System Environment
HP Superdome System Hardware Components
Chapter 118
HP Superdome System Hardware
Components
This section provides a brief review of the components that comprise an
HP Superdome server.
As discussed in “HP Superdome Server Models” on page 16, three
models of Superdome servers are available. Each model provides a
different physical resource capacity (processors, memory, I/O), but
provides the same powerful base functionality.
See also Appendix A for details on HP Superdome hardware
configurations.
Each Superdome server is composed of the following elements:
• Cells
Each cell provides processors and memory, and optionally is
connected to an I/O chassis residing in the same cabinet.
Up to 4 processors and 32 DIMMs can be installed in each cell.
Figure 1-2 HP Superdome Cell Overview
CPU
Memory
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