HP 9000/D-Class and R-Class
| Quick Facts | |
|---|---|
| Introduced | 1996-1998 |
| Period | Maturity (III) |
| CPU | 1 PA-7100LC/PA-7300LC or 1-2 PA-7200/PA-8000/PA-8200 75-240 MHz |
| Caches | 256 KB-4 MB L1 0-1 MB L2 |
| RAM | 512 MB to 3 GB |
| Design | LASI, U2 or UTurn |
| Drives | 5-8 SCSI |
| Expansion |
D2x0: 2-5 EISA, 1-4 GSC D3x0: 3-7 EISA, 1-5 GSC R3x0: 4-7 EISA, 1-4 GSC |
| Bandwidth | different |
| I/O | SCSI MUX parallel |
Overview
The HP 9000 D-Class servers were flexible, upgradable and scalable PA-RISC enterprise servers for Unix applications from the mid- to late-1990s.
They were designated to bring mid-range performance for an entry-level price,
with processors from 32-bit PA-7100LC to 64-bit PA-8200 and
some multi-processing SMP support.
All D-Class servers were members of the HP 9000 800 server series and used two main different architectures:
LASI for PA-7100LC/PA-7300LC models and
U2/UTurn for PA-7200/PA-8000 models.
In the 1990s, D-Class servers were part of the US Navy TAC-4 program, in which HP was a vendor supplying RISC Unix computers for uses throughout the Navy. The D-Class were part of a technology refreshment of TAC-4 in 1996.
R-Class Ultralight
servers R380 and R390 are rack-mountable versions of their D-Class counterparts D380/D390.
They are technically almost identical, except some differences in the I/O and storage configuration.
Different models were available which could be upgraded within the series to another model with various options for each system. The servers used the following naming convention and were part of the HP 9000 800 series:
- The first number after the
D
, 2 or 3, indicates the general D-Class type — the D2x0 were smaller servers, the D3x0 bigger with more expansion and options. - Ending numbers 00, 10, … 90 indicate the system and features like CPU and chipset.
- R380/R390 are R-Class rack-mountable servers for 19″ racks.
| System | Model number | Introduced | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| D200, D300 | HP 9000/801 | January 1996 | |
| D210, D310 | HP 9000/811 | January 1996 | $6,900 |
| D220, D320 | HP 9000/803, HP 9000/813 | January 1997 | $8,900 |
| D230, D330 | HP 9000/823, HP 9000/833 | January 1997 | $16,700 |
| D250, D350 | HP 9000/821, HP 9000/831 | January 1996 | |
| D260, D360 | HP 9000/841, HP 9000/851 | May 1996 | |
| D270, D370 | HP 9000/861, HP 9000/871 | November 1996 | |
| D280, D380 | HP 9000/810, HP 9000/820 | September 1997 | |
| D390 | HP 9000/800 | July 1998 | |
| R380, R390 | HP 9000/800 | September 1998 |
System
CPU
- D200/D300: PA-7100LC 75 MHz with 1 KB on-chip L1 and 256 KB off-chip L1 cache
- D210/D310: PA-7100LC 100 MHz with 1 KB on-chip L1 and 256 KB off-chip L1 cache
- D220/D320: PA-7300LC 132 MHz with 128 KB on-chip L1 (and 1 MB off-chip L2) cache
- D230/D330: PA-7300LC 160 MHz with 128 KB on-chip L1 (and 1 MB off-chip L2) cache
- D250/D350: 1-2 PA-7200 100 MHz with 512 KB off-chip L1 and 2 KB on-chip L1 cache each
- D260/D360: 1-2 PA-7200 120 MHz with 2 MB off-chip L1 and 2 KB on-chip L1 cache each
- D270/D370: 1-2 PA-8000 160 MHz with 1 MB off-chip L1 cache each
- D280/D380/R380: 1-2 PA-8000 180 MHz with 2 MB off-chip L1 cache each
- D390/R390: 1-2 PA-8200 240 MHz with 4 MB off-chip L1 cache each
Notes
- Systems with PA-7100LC/PA-7300LC processors are only single-CPU
- Systems with PA-7300LC processors have optional 1 MB external L2 cache on two SRAM modules
Chipset
- PA-7200 models U2 I/O adapter Runway to GSC bridge
- PA-8000 models UTurn I/O adapter Runway to GSC bridge
- PA-7200/PA-8000 models MMC/SMC memory controllers
- PA-7300LC models Phantom PseudoBC GSC+ port
- LASI I/O chipset
- NCR 53C710 8-bit single-ended SCSI-2
- Intel 82596CA 10 Mbit Ethernet controller
- Harmony CD/DAT quality 16-bit audio
- Wax EISA bridge
- D3x0 NCR 53C720 16-bit Fast-Wide high-voltage differential (HVD) SCSI-2
- D390/R380/R390 DEC 21140 Fast Ethernet controller
- Other I/O (serial, parallel)
Buses
- On SMP-capable systems: Runway CPU/memory bus
- GSC+ bus for the general system level I/O
- EISA expansion bus
- D3x0 SCSI-2 Fast-Wide high-voltage differential (HVD) bus for main storage I/O
- SCSI-2 Fast-Narrow single-ended bus for main storage I/O
Note: the Fast-Wide differential bus is optional on the D2x0 models.
Memory
- 72-pin ECC SIMMs
Systems with a PA-8x00 need 50ns access time modules, PA-7200 and PA-7300LC models can take up to 60ns, PA-7100LC even slower modules.
Expansion
- D2x0:
- One slot for a GSC/HSC card in EISA formfactor
- Two slots for EISA cards
- Three slots for either GSC/HSC in EISA formfactor or EISA cards
- D3x0:
- One slot for a GSC/HSC card in EISA formfactor
- Three slot for EISA cards
- Four slots for either GSC/HSC in EISA formfactor or EISA cards
- R380/R390:
- One slot for a GSC/HSC card in EISA formfactor
- Four slot for EISA cards
- Three slots for either GSC/HSC in EISA formfactor or EISA cards
Drives
- D-Class Up to three 5.25″ 50-pin Fast-Narrow SE SCSI half-height drives, external accessible
- D2x0/R3x0 Up to two Fast-Narrow 50-pin SCSI-2 single-ended hard drives
- D3x0 Five hot-swap trays for a Fast-Wide 68-pin SCSI-2 high-voltage differential hard drive
- R3x0 One 5.25″ 50-pin Fast-Narrow SE SCSI half-height drive, external accessible
- With the Fast-Wide differential SCSI option on D2x0 two optional trays for FWD drives are available.
External
- SCSI-2 50-pin single-ended
- TP/RJ45 10BaseT 10 Mbit Ethernet
- Two Serial RS232C DB9, one for console, one for USV
- Parallel DB25
- Two PS/2 connectors for keyboard und mouse
Operating systems
- HP-UX 10.20 for 800s servers, HP-UX 11.00 and 11i v1
- Linux
- OpenBSD: D220, D230, D320, D330
- NetBSD: D200, D210, D220, D230, D300, D310, D320, D330
Benchmarks
| Model | SPEC92, int | SPEC92, fp | SPEC95, int | SPEC95, fp | SPEC95 rate, int |
SPEC95 rate, fp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dx00 | 115 | 146 | 2.18 | 2.90 | 19.2 | 25.8 |
| Dx10 | 152 | 194 | 3.74 | 4.08 | 33.6 | 36.7 |
| Dx20 | 6.57 | 6.72 | 59.2 | 60.5 | ||
| Dx30 | 7.87 | 7.58 | 70.8 | 68.3 | ||
| Dx50 | 144 | 218 | 5.01 | 6.77 | 45.1 | 61.0 |
| Dx60 | ||||||
| Dx60 | 114 | 143 | ||||
| Dx70 | 10.40 | 15.00 | 93.9 | 135 | ||
| Dx70 2-CPU |
184 | 190 | ||||
| Dx80 | 12.30 | 17.40 | 111 | 157 | ||
| Dx80 2-CPU |
219 | 221 | ||||
| D390 | 15.50 | 25.50 |
References:
Manuals
- D-Class and R-Class Installation Guide (URL gone)
- D-Class and R-Class Operator’s Guide (URL gone)
- D-Class and R-Class System Upgrade Guide (URL gone)
Articles
- An Entry-Level Server with Multiple Performance Points (.pdf) Lin A. Nease et al (June 1997: Hewlett-Packard Journal)