HP Visualize J6000, J6700
| Quick Facts | |
|---|---|
| Introduced | 2000-2001 |
| Period | Maturity (III) |
| Series | Visualize |
| CPU | 1-2 PA-8600/PA8700(+) 552-875 MHz |
| Cache | 1.5-2.25 MB L1 |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Design | Astro |
| Drives | 2 SCSI 1 ATAPI |
| Expansion | 3 PCI |
| I/O | Fast Ethernet SCSI 2 serial parallel 2 USB audio |
HP Visualize J6000 and J6700 computers were small HP RISC workstations from the early 2000s aimed at the Unix graphics market, equipped with 64-bit PA-8600 and PA-8700 processors and usually shipped with HP Visualize FX graphics adapters.
The architecture was a major change from its J-Class predecessors. New I/O devices were integrated, the LASI I/O chip and old GSC bus were discarded. All devices now attach to PCI buses, I/O devices to USB.
The J6000 case can be used as desktop or fitted in a 19″ rack 2U. An upgrade path to HP Itanium (IPF) was envisaged for Visualize workstations but not offered in the end. These were some of the last PA-RISC workstations offered by HP.
- HP Visualize J6000, HP 9000/785, were introduced in 2000 for $13,118 (single) and $22,575 (dual processor)
- HP Visualize J6700, HP 9000/785, were introduced in 2001 for $26,454 (dual)
- HP Visualize J6750, HP 9000/785, were introduced in 2001
System architecture
Processors
| System | CPU | Speed | L1 cache |
|---|---|---|---|
| HP Visualize J6000 | 1-2 PA-8600 PA-RISC 64-bit | 552 MHz | 512/1024 KB on-chip |
| HP Visualize J6700 | 1-2 PA-8700 PA-RISC 64-bit | 750 MHz | 768/1536 KB on-chip |
| HP Visualize J6750 | 1-2 PA-8700+ PA-RISC 64-bit | 875 MHz | 768/1536 KB on-chip |
Chipset
The system is built around the HP Astro chipset:
- HP Astro connects to the two processors via
the Runway processor bus (2.0 GB/s), the memory bus (2.0 GB/s) and
eight I/O channels (
ropes
— aggregate 2.0 GB/s) and contains both memory, I/O and cache controllers - Four HP Elroy PCI bridges connect the PCI slots and I/O devices on the onboard PCI bus to the Astro with seven I/O channels
- National 87560 (
Super I/O
), integrates USB, RS232, parallel, floppy and IDE - National 87415 IDE controller
- National USB controller
- Analog Devices AD1889 sound chip
- DEC 21142/43 Fast Ethernet controller (Tulip)
- Symbios Logic 53C896 Ultra2-Wide SCSI-3 controller
- Graphics through PCI boards:
- Optional HP FireGL-UX 128 MB, PCI
- Optional HP Visualize FX10pro 128 MB, PCI
- Optional HP Visualize FXe 18 MB, PCI
System buses
- Runway CPU bus with 2.0 GB/s
- Memory bus, about 2.0 GB/s
- I/O bandwidth of around 1.75 GB/s with seven channels
- PCI 64/66 I/O slot on two channels — 0.5 GB/s
- PCI 64/66 I/O slot on two channels — 0.5 GB/s
- PCI 64/66 I/O slot on two channels — 0.5 GB/s
- Onboard I/O devices (Fast Ethernet, SCSI, audio, IDE/USB etc.) on one channel — 250 MB/s
- Three PCI-64/66 buses for expansion slots
- PCI-64/33 bus for onboard I/O devices
- SCSI-3 Ultra2-Wide LVD buses main storage I/O
- IDE bus for CD/DVD removable media
Memory
- 278-pin 120 MHz ECC SDRAM DIMMs
- 16 slots for 512 MB/1 GB DIMMs
- 1 GB to 16 GB supported
Expansion slots
- Three PCI 64-bit/66 MHz, 3.3 V slots
Storage
- Two SCSI 3.5″ Ultra2-Wide LVD hard drives with 80-pin SCA connector
- Slim-line ATAPI CD-ROM
External ports
- SCSI-3 68-pin Ultra2-Wide LVD connector (SE)
- Two serial RS232C DB9
- Parallel DB25
- Fast Ethernet RJ45
- Two USB ports for keyboard & mouse
- Four phone jacks (microphone, headphones, line-in and line-out)
Operating systems
- HP-UX, the original HP Unix shipped with it
- PA-RISC Linux, main Linux port to PA-RISC, supported by HP in the 2000s
- OpenBSD, open-source Unix-like, ported to PA-RISC, in 32-bit mode
- NetBSD open-source Unix-like, ported to PA-RISC, in 32-bit mode
Pictures
Benchmarks
| System | CPU | SPEC95 int |
SPEC95 fp |
SPEC2000 int |
SPEC2000 fp |
SPEC2000 rate int fp |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP Visualize J6000 | PA-8600 552 MHz | 42.60 | 62.70 | 441 | 433 | ||
| HP Visualize J6000 | 2 PA-8600 552 MHz | 9.7 | 8.0 | ||||
| HP Visualize J6700 | PA-8700 750 MHz | 57.60 | 85.90 | 603 | 581 | ||
| HP Visualize J6700 | 2 PA-8700 750 MHz | 13.4 | 10.5 | ||||
| HP Visualize J6750 | PA-8700+ 875 MHz | 676 | 651 | ||||
| HP Visualize J6750 | 2 PA-8700+ 875 MHz | 14.9 | 11.5 | ||||
Comparison to SPEC benchmark data from other contemporary Unix workstations:
| System | Processor | SPEC2000 int |
SPEC2000 fp |
|---|---|---|---|
| HP c8000 | PA-8800 1.0 GHz | 1001 (est.) | |
| HP zx6000 | McKinley 1.0 GHz | 807 | 1422 |
| HP AlphaServer ES80 | Alpha 21364 1GHz | 689 | 975 |
| IBM POWER 275 | IBM POWER4+ 1GHz | 617 | 862 |
| Sun Fire 280R | UltraSPARC III Cu 1GHz | 511 | 688 |
| SGI Origin 3200 | MIPS R14000 600MHz | 483 | 499 |
| DELL Power Edge 4400 | Pentium III Xeon 1 GHz | 437 | 302 |
| IBM RS/6000 M80 | IBM RS64 IV 750MHz | 409 | 359 |
| HP i2000 | Itanium Merced 800MHz 4MB | 365 | 610 |
| HP Visualize P750C | Pentium III 750MHz | 325 | 219 |
| Compaq AlphaServer ES40 | Alpha 21264 500MHz | 311 | 382 |
| HP Visualize P500 | Intel Pentium III 500MHz | 231 | 191 |
Documentation
Manuals
- J6000 Service Handbook (PDF, 4.5 MB) Hewlett Packard
- J6000 Service Handbook, (PDF), Hewlett Packard archive.org
- HP Workstation j6750, Product Brief, Hewlett Packard (2003) archive.org
- J6000 Technical Reference (URL gone)
- J6700 Service Handbook (URL gone)
- J6700 Technical Reference (URL gone)