HP 9000 rp4410 and rp4440
Quick Facts | |
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Introduced | 2004 |
Period | Decline (IV) |
CPU | 1-2 (rp4410) 1-4 (rp4440) PA-8800/ PA-8900 800-1100 MHz |
Caches | 3 MB L1 32-64 MB L2 |
RAM | 128 GB |
Design | zx1 |
Drives | 2 SCSI 1 IDE |
Expansion | 6 PCI |
Bandwidth | CPU 6.4 GB/s Mem 12.8 GB/s I/O 4 GB/s |
I/O | 2 SCSI 3 serial 2 GigE 2 USB 100E console |
The HP 9000 rp4410 and rp4440 were, like the HP 9000 rp3410 and rp3440, some of the last PA-RISC-based HP servers, based on up to four dual-core PA-8800 or PA-8900 processors and HP zx1 chipset, technically very similar to the rp3400s. The systems can be rack-mounted in 4U or be used stand-alone.
rp | Introduced | Price |
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rp4410 rp4410-4 |
2005 | |
rp4440 rp4440-8 |
2004 | $21,000 |
System architecture
Processors
The rp4410 (rp4410-4) supports 2-way multi-processing (SMP), the rp4440 (rp4440-8) up to 4-way multi-processing (SMP).
- Dual-core PA-8800 900 MHz-1.0 GHz with 3 MB on-chip L1 and 32 MB off-chip L2 cache
- Dual-core PA-8900 800 MHz-1.1 GHz with 3 MB on-chip L1 and 64 MB off-chip L2 cache
- There probably was an upgrade path to Itanium 2/IA64 processors.
Chipset
The systems are based on the HP zx1 chipset with three main components — the MIO memory and I/O controller, the IOAs I/O adapters and the SMEs scalable memory expanders.
- Pluto is the zx1 MIO memory and I/O controller
and connects the system buses:
- Processor bus of 6.4 GB/s for one or two dual-CPU modules
- Two independent memory buses with each 6.4 GB/s
- Eight I/O channels with aggregate 4.0 GB/s
- Six zx1 SMEs scalable memory expanders attach to two independent zx1 memory buses
- Six Mercury zx1 IOAs I/O adapters connect the PCI-X slots
- PCI-X 64/133 I/O slot on two channels — 1.0 GB/s
- PCI-X 64/133 I/O slot on two channels — 1.0 GB/s
- Two PCI-X 64/66 I/O slots on one channel — 0.5 GB/s
- Two PCI-X 64/66 I/O slots on one channel — 0.5 GB/s
- Core I/O adapters like SCSI, Ethernet etc. on two channels — 1.0 GB/s
- Dual-channel Ultra320 SCSI controller
- Dual-port Gigabit Ethernet
- USB2.0 controller
- IDE controller
» View a system-level illustration (ASCII) of the system/bus architecture.
System buses
An interesting aspect of the rp4400’s bus setup is that the same 6.4 GB/s processor bus is shared between up to two CPUs on the rp4410 and up to four CPUs on the rp4440.
- Itanium 2/zx1 processor bus 6.4 GB/s
- Two independent zx1 memory buses, 200 MHz, each 6.4 GB/s
- Eight zx1 I/O channels/buses, aggregate 4.0 GB/s
- Two PCI-X 64/133 I/O buses
- Two PCI-X 64/66 I/O buses
- SCSI-3 Ultra320 LVD storage I/O bus
- IDE secondary storage I/O bus
Memory
- PC2100 parity ECC DDR CL2 SDRAM DIMMs
- 16- or 32-DIMM carrier board
- 1 GB minimum memory
- 128 GB maximum memory
- 12.8 GB/s memory bandwidth
- 105ns memory latency
Expansion slots
- Two PCI-X 64-bit/133 MHz slots, each on an independent bus, hot-plug
- Four PCI-X 64-bit/66 MHz slots, on two shared buses, hot-plug
- All PCI slots are 3.3 V
Storage
- Two bays for 3.5″ Ultra320 LVD SCSI hard drives, hot-plug
- Slimline bay for optional IDE CD or DVD drive
External ports
- Three serial RS232C DB9 for local console, remote console, general purpose
- Two USB 2.0 ports
- Two Gigabit Ethernet, TP/RJ45
- Two Ultra320 SCSI ports
- HP Integrated Lights Out iLO system management card with Fast-Ethernet Web console
Operating systems
- HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, 11i v3
- Linux could be a possibility, as the similar rp3400s are supported, albeit unofficially
Benchmarks
Model | SPEC2000, int | SPEC2000, fp | SPEC2000 rate, int |
SPEC2000 rate, fp |
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rp4440 1.0 GHz dualcore |
2-core: 18.6 2-CPU/4-core: 37.0 4-CPU/8-core: 73.2 |
2-core: 19.3 2-CPU/4-core: 34.7 4-CPU/8-core: 55.4 |
Dimensions
Model | Height | Width | Depth | Weight |
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Rack-mounted | 4U | 440mm | 690mm | 53kg |
Stand-alone | 530mm | 261mm | 695mm | 53kg |
References
Manuals
- User Service Guide HP 9000 rp4410 and HP 9000 rp4440 (.pdf, 17 MB) Hewlett-Packard Development Company (2009, fifth edition)
- Overview of the HP 9000 rp3410-2, rp3440-4, rp4410-4, and rp4440-8 Servers (URL gone)