HP 9000/D-Class and R-Class
| Quick Facts | |
|---|---|
| Introduced | 1996-1998 |
| Period | Maturity (III) |
| Series | Lettered |
| 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 |
The HP 9000 D-Class servers were flexible, upgradable and scalable PA-RISC enterprise servers for Unix applications of the late-1990s.
They were designed 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 HP 9000 800 server series and used two different architectures: LASI for PA-7100LC and PA-7300LC models and U2/UTurn for PA-7200/PA-8000 models. They were built into a mid-tower case for use as a departmental server. Still rather big and loud machines for the late-1990s.
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.
The D-Class were technically close to the larger K-Class servers.
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.
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 | $30,000 |
| R380, R390 | HP 9000/800 | September 1998 |
System architecture
Processors
| Model | CPU | Speed | L1 Cache | L2 Cache |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D200/D300 | PA-7100LC | 75 MHz | 1 KB on-chip and 256 KB off-chip | |
| D210/D310 | PA-7100LC | 100 MHz | 1 KB on-chip and 256 KB off-chip | |
| D220/D320 | PA-7300LC | 132 MHz | 64/64 KB on-chip | 1 MB off-chip optional |
| D230/D330 | PA-7300LC | 160 MHz | 64/64 KB on-chip | 1 MB off-chip optional |
| D250/D350 | 1-2 PA-7200 | 100 MHz | 256/256 KB off-chip, 2 KB on-chip assist |
|
| D260/D360 | 1-2 PA-7200 | 120 MHz | 1/1 MB off-chip, 2 KB on-chip assist |
|
| D270/D370 | 1-2 PA-8000 | 160 MHz | 512/512 KB off-chip | |
| D280/D380/R380 | 1-2 PA-8000 | 180 MHz | 1/1 MB off-chip | |
| D390/R390 | 1-2 PA-8200 | 240 MHz | 2/2 MB off-chip |
Notes
- Systems with PA-7100LC/PA-7300LC processors are always single-processor
- Systems with PA-7300LC have optional 1 MB external L2 cache on two SRAM modules
Chipset
- PA-7200 models U2 I/O adapter Runway to GSC bridge
- PA-7300LC models Phantom PseudoBC GSC+ port
- PA-7200/PA-8000 models MMC/SMC memory controllers
- PA-8000 models UTurn I/O adapter Runway to GSC bridge
- 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)
System 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
- PA-7100LC models 512 MB maximum in four slots
- PA-7200/PA-8000 models 1.5 GB maximum in six slots
- Systems with a PA-8000/PA-8200 need 50ns RAM modules, PA-7200/PA-7300LC take up to 60ns, PA-7100LC even slower modules
Expansion slots
- D2x0:
- One slot for GSC/HSC cards (EISA formfactor)
- Two slots for EISA cards
- Three slots for GSC/HSC or EISA cards
- D3x0:
- One slot for GSC/HSC cards (EISA formfactor)
- Three slot for EISA cards
- Four slots for GSC/HSC or EISA cards
- R380/R390:
- One slot for GSC/HSC cards (EISA formfactor)
- Four slot for EISA cards
- Three slots for GSC/HSC or EISA cards
Storage
- 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 ports
- 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 | 114 | 143 | ||||
| Dx70 | 10.40 | 15.00 | 93.9 2P:184 |
135 2P:190 |
||
| Dx80 | 12.30 | 17.40 | 111 2P:219 |
157 2P:221 |
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| D390 | 15.50 | 25.50 |
Comparison to SPEC benchmark data from other contemporary Unix workstations:
| Model | CPU | SPEC95 int | SPEC95 fp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Alphastation 500 | DEC Alpha 21164 500MHz | 15.0 | 20.4 |
| SGI Origin 2000 | MIPS R10000 250MHz | 14.7 | 24.5 |
| Sun Ultra 5 333 | Sun UltraSPARC IIi 33MHz | 14.1 | 18.3 |
| Siemens SCENIC 1000 | Intel Pentium II 333MHz | 13.0 | 9.43 |
| IBM RS/6000 43P 150 | PowerPC 604e 250 MHz | 11.1 | 8.78 |
| SGI O2 | MIPS R10000 196MHz | 10.1 | 8.77 |
| Intel Alder | Intel Pentium Pro 200MHz | 8.09 | 6.75 |
| Sun Ultra 2 1170 | Sun UltraSPARC 167MHz | 6.34 | 9.33 |
| IBM RS/6000 43P | PowerPC 604 100 MHz | 6.19 | 3.20 |
| Digital Alphastation 255 | DEC Alpha 21064A 233MHz | 4.27 | 5.09 |
| Siemens PCE-5S | Intel Pentium 100MHz | 4.04 | 2.35 |
| SGI Indy | MIPS R5000 150MHz | 3.97 | 4.20 |
| Sun SPARCstation 20 | Sun SuperSPARC II 75MHz | 3.11 | 3.10 |
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)