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HP Visualize J200, J210, J280 & J2240

• Overview
• Internals
• External connectors
• ROM update
• References
• Operating systems
• Benchmarks
• Physical dimensions/Power

Quick Facts
CPU	1 PA-7200/ 1 PA-8000/ 1 PA-8200 100-236 MHz
Cache	0.5-4 MB L1
RAM	2 GB 4 GB (J2240)
Drives	4 SCSI
Expansion	1 GSC 2 EISA 2 EISA/GSC/ J2240: 1 PCI 1 PCI/EISA 3 PCI/GSC
Bandwidth	CPU 8-960 MB/s
I/O	10E 100E (J2240) 2 SCSI 2 serial 2 PS/2 HIL audio

Overview

The J-Class are SMP-capable and expandable PA-RISC workstations. They feature a deskside chassis with four interlocked modules, which you can take out easily for maintenance. The J280 is only a single-processor machine, which can be upgraded to a dual-capable J282. This requires at least changing the mainboard.

Model numbers:

• J200, J210, J210XC: HP 9000/770
• J280, J282: HP 9000/780
• J2240: HP 9000/782

Internals

CPU

• J200: 1-2 PA-7200 100 MHz with 256/256 KB off-chip I/D L1 and 2 KB on-chip assist L1 cache
• J210: 1-2 PA-7200 120 MHz with 256/256 KB off-chip I/D L1 and 2 KB on-chip assist L1 cache
• J210XC: 1-2 PA-7200 120 MHz with 1/1 MB off-chip I/D L1 and 2 KB on-chip assist L1 cache
• J280: 1 PA-8000 180 MHz with 1/1 MB off-chip I/D L1 cache
• J282: 1-2 PA-8000 180 MHz with 1/1 MB off-chip I/D L1 cache
• J2240: 1-2 PA-8200 236 MHz with 2/2 MB external I/D L1 cache

The 2 KB on-chip assist cache is not really a true cache.

Chipset

• LASI ASIC, which features:
  • NCR 53C710 8-bit single-ended SCSI-2
  • Intel 82596CA 10 Mbit Ethernet controller
  • WD 16C522 compatible parallel
  • Harmony CD/DAT quality 16-bit stereo audio
  • NS 16550A compatible serial
• PA-7200-models: U2 I/O adapter Runway to GSC bridge
• PA-8000/PA-8200-models: UTurn I/O adapter Runway to GSC bridge
• MMC/SMC memory controllers
• Wax chip
  • EISA bus converter (GSC-to-EISA)
  • Second RS232 serial
  • HP HIL interface
• Intel 82C503 Ethernet transceiver, media auto-selection
• CS4215 or AD1849 programmable CODECs
• NCR 53C720 16-bit Fast-Wide high-voltage differential (HVD) SCSI-2
• J2240: Dino GSC-to-PCI bridge
• J2240: Cujo GSC-to-PCI bridge, 64-bit
• J2240: Symbios Logic 53C895 16-bit Ultra-Wide SCSI-2 controller
• J2240: DEC 21142/43 (Tulip) Fast-Ethernet controller

» View a system-level ASCII-illustration of the chipset (does not apply to J2240)

Buses

• Runway CPU/memory bus (100 MHz with 800 MB/s peak data rate on J200, 120 MHz 960 MB/s on all others)
• Cache:
  • J200: 64-bit wide, 800 MB/s I-fetch (8-Byte), 800 MB/s D-load (16-Byte), 800 MB/s single D-store (8-Byte)
  • J210/J210XC: 64-bit wide, 960 MB/s I-fetch (8-Byte), 960 MB/s D-load (16-Byte), 960 MB/s single D-store (8-Byte)
  • J280/J282: 128-bit wide, 2.88 GB/s I-fetch, 2.88 GB/s D-load (16-Byte), 1.44 GB/s D-store (8-Byte)
• GSC system level I/O bus
• EISA additional expansion I/O bus
• SCSI-2 Fast-Wide high-voltage differential bus; main storage I/O
• SCSI-2 Fast-Narrow single-ended bus
• J2240: SCSI-3 Ultra-Wide single-ended bus; main storage I/O
• J2240: PCI bus;

Memory

• 72-pin ECC SIMMs, 60ns or faster
• Bus width: 128 data bits with 16 check bits
• Up to 8-way interleaving
• J200: 800 MB/s peak bandwidth
• J210[XC]: 960 MB/s peak bandwidth
• Take 16-128 MB modules (needs latest firmware-rev)
• 16 slots
• 32 MB (2×16) minimum, 2 GB (16×128) maximum
• J2240: 4 GB maximum (with 256 MB modules)

Expansion

• One slot for a GSC (EISA formfactor) card
• Two slots for EISA cards
• Two slots for either GSC (EISA formfactor) or EISA cards
• Slot layout (from bottom to top):
  1. GSC (for primary graphics)
  2. EISA or GSC
  3. EISA or GSC
  4. EISA
  5. EISA

J2240 has different slots:

• One slot for a PCI 32-bit/33 MHz, 5 V card
• One slot for either a PCI 32-bit/33 MHz, 5 V or EISA card
• One slot for either a GSC or PCI 32-bit 32-bit/33 MHz, 5 V card
• Two slots for either GSC or PCI 64-bit/66 MHz, 3.3 V cards
• Slot layout (from bottom to top):
  1. PCI-64/66, 3.3 V or GSC (for primary graphics)
  2. PCI-32/33, 5 V or GSC
  3. PCI-64/66, 3.3 V or GSC
  4. PCI-32/33, 5 V
  5. PCI-32/33, 5 V or EISA

Drives

• One tray for two 3.5″ Fast-Wide HVD 68-pin SCSI hard drives
• One tray for two half-heigth 5.25″ Fast-Narrow SE 50-pin SCSI drives, external accessible

External connectors

• 50-pin HD SCSI-2 Fast-Narrow single-ended
• 68-pin HD SCSI-3 Fast-Wide high-voltage differential (HVD)
• J2240: 68-pin HD SCSI-3 Ultra-Wide single-ended
• Two DB9 male RS232C serial (up to 460.8Kb/s)
• DB25 female parallel
• TP/RJ45 10 Mbit Ethernet /
• J2240: TP/RJ45 10/100 Mbit Ethernet
• 15-pin AUI 10 Mbit Ethernet
• Graphics port depends on installed framebuffer
• Two PS/2 connectors for keyboard & mouse
• HP-HIL for input device loop
• Four phone jacks (microphone, headphones, line-in and ?)

ROM update

There is a firmware update available for the J200 & J210, which contains the latest version (2.0).

• PF_CJ2X0020.txt has details about the contents and installation of the patch.
• PF_CJ2X0020 contains the patch.

There is also a firmware update available for the J280 & J282, which contains the latest version (2.5).

• PF_CJ28X025.txt has details about the contents and installation of the patch.
• PF_CJ28X025 contains the patch.

There is also a firmware update available for the J2240, which contains the latest version (2.1).

• PF_CJ224021.txt has details about the contents and installation of the patch.
• PF_CJ224021 contains the patch.

References

Manuals

• Visualize J200, J210 technical reference manual (PDF, 2.6 MB)
• Visualize J280 Owner’s Guide (PDF, 6.3 MB)
• Visualize J280 workstation upgrade instructions (PDF, 1.9 MB)
• Visualize J280, J282, J2240 Service Handbook (PDF, 6.8 MB)
• Visualize J282, J2240 Owner’s Guide (PDF, 3.1 MB)
• Visualize J282 workstation upgrade instructions (PDF, 2.3 MB)
• Visualize J2240 workstation upgrade instructions (PDF, 1 MB)

Articles

• Symmetric Multiprocessing Workstations and Servers System-Designed for High Performance and Low Cost (.pdf) William R. Bryg, Kenneth K. Chan, and Nicholas S. Fiduccia (February 1996: Hewlett-Packard Journal)
• A New Memory System Design for Commercial and Technical Computing Products (.pdf) Thomas R. Hotchkiss, Norman D. Marschke, and Richard M. McClosky (Februar 1996: Hewlett-Packard Journal)

Other

• Replacing the EEPROM on an HP Visualize J282 (HTML). In case your J-Class needs a new EEPROM chip (which is the case if it displays

  	FLT  3004
  	PDH

  on its LCD display)

Operating systems

• HP-UX:
  • 10.20
  • 11.00 (minimum EP9808 for 64-bit environment on systems with 64-bit processors) and
  • 11.00 and 11i
• Linux: works fine
• OpenBSD works (only 32-bit on the 64-bit PA-8x00 systems; the 53C720 Fast-Wide HVD SCSI controller is supported since release 4.2)

Benchmarks

Model	SPEC95, int	SPEC95, fp	SPECrate95, int	SPECrate95, fp
J200	4.98	4.50	44.8	61.3
J200 2-CPU			64.5	105
J210	6.00	5.40	54.0	73.4
J210 2-CPU			77.5	126
J210XC	6.40	5.70	57.6	81.5
J210XC 2-CPU			82.8	142
J280	11.80	19.30
J282	?	?
J2240	17.40	26.30	157	237
J2240 2-CPU			307	349

Compare these with other results on the Benchmarks page.

Physical dimensions/Power

• 470×330×541mm height/width/depth
• 36kg net weight, 49.9kg fully loaded
• 1150W max. power input
• 6A max. RMS at 240V
• 12A max. RMS at 120V

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