HP C8000
Quick Facts | |
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Introduced | 2004 |
Period | Decline (IV) |
CPU | 1-2 PA-8800/ 1-2 PA-8900 800 MHz-1.1 GHz |
Caches | 3 MB L1 32-64 MB L2 |
RAM | 32 GB |
Design | zx1 |
Drives | 4 SCSI 2 IDE 3 SCSI/IDE |
Expansion | 3 PCI-X 3 PCI 1 AGP 8x |
Bandwidth | CPU 6.4 GB/s Mem 8.5 GB/s I/O 3.5 GB/s |
I/O | GigE 10/100E VGA SCSI 4 USB 2 serial MGMT |
The HP C8000 is the last PA-RISC HP workstation, powered by one or two dual-core PA-8800 Mako processors, later offered with PA-8900 CPUs and features an impressive array of system and I/O options. The center of the system is the HP zx1 chipset, which also supports Itanium processors. The system is built in a sleek, silent tower casing and also available as a rack-mount option.
System architecture
Processors
Model | CPU | Speed | L1 Cache |
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C8000 | 1-2 PA-8800 (dual-core) | 900 MHz-1.0 GHz | 1.5/1.5 MB on-chip plus 32 MB off-chip L2 |
C8000 | 1-2 PA-8900 (dual-core) | 800 MHz-1.1 GHz | 1.5/1.5 MB on-chip plus 64 MB off-chip L2 |
Chipset
- HP zx1 chipset
- Pluto zx1 MIO (memory and I/O controller) connects to the processor bus (6.4 GB/s), two memory buses (each 4.25 GB/s) and seven I/O channels (aggregate 3.5 GB/s) and contains both memory and cache controllers
- Six Mercury zx1 IOAs (I/O adapters) connect the PCI-X slots
and I/O devices to the zx1 MIO with an aggregate
bandwidth of 3.5 GB/s on seven 0.5 GB/s channels
- AGP 4x graphics bus on two channels — 1.0 GB/s
- PCI-X 64/133 I/O slot on one channel — 0.5 GB/s
- PCI-X 64/133 I/O slot on one channel — 0.5 GB/s
- PCI-X 64/133 I/O slot on one channel — 0.5 GB/s
- Gigabit Ethernet and Ultra320 SCSI on PCI 64/66 on one channel — 0.5 GB/s
- IDE, USB, management LAN on PCI 32/33 on one channel — 0.5 GB/s
- Gigabit Ethernet controller
- Two-channel Ultra-320 SCSI controller
- UltraATA-133 IDE controller
- 8 MB Flash EEPROM
System buses
- Itanium 2/zx1 processor bus 6.4 GB/s
- Two independent zx1 memory buses, 266 MHz, each 4.25 GB/s — aggregate 8.5 GB/s memory bandwidth
- Seven zx1 I/O channels/buses, aggregate 3.5 GB/s
- AGP 8x graphics bus
- PCI-X 64/133 I/O bus
- PCI-X 64/66 I/O bus
- PCI 64/33 I/O bus
- PCI 32/33 I/O bus
- SCSI-3 Ultra320 (LVD) storage I/O bus
- UltraATA-133 IDE secondary storage I/O bus
Memory
- PC2100 registered ECC DDR266 SDRAM DIMMs
- Takes up to 4 GB modules
- Eight slots
- 32 GB maximum
- 8.5 GB/s memory bandwidth
- 80ns memory latency
Expansion slots
- One PCI-X 64-bit/133 MHz slot, full-length
- Two PCI-X 64-bit/66 MHz slots, full-length
- One PCI 64-bit/33 MHz slot, full-length
- Two PCI 32-bit/33 MHz slots, half-length
- All PCI slots are 3.3 V
- One AGP Pro 8x slot (150W max power with auxiliary power connector)
- I/O slot layout (from top to bottom):
- PCI-32/33, short PCI cards
- PCI-32/33, short PCI cards
- AGP-8X pro
- PCI-64/33, short and full-length cards
- PCI-64/66, short and full-length cards
- PCI-64/66, short and full-length cards
- PCI-64/133, short and full-length cards
Storage
- Up to four internal 3.5″ bays for Ultra320 LVD SCSI hard drives with 68-pin connector
- Up to two internal 3.5″ bays for UltraATA-133 IDE hard drives
- Three half-heigth 5.25″ bays for externally accessible SCSI (LVD or SE) or UltraATA-133 drives
External ports
- Two serial RS232C DB9
- Five USB 2.0 ports (two in front, three in rear)
- TP/RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet
- Four phone jacks (microphone, headphones, line-in and line-out) on optional 16-bit audio card
Operating systems
Benchmarks
Model | SPEC2000, int | SPEC2000, fp | SPEC2000 rate, int |
SPEC2000 rate, fp |
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C8000 | 1001 (est.) |
Dimensions
Model | Height | Width | Depth | Weight |
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490mm | 287mm | 572mm | 21kg | |
Rack-mounted | 5U | 424mm | 572mm | 21kg |
References
Manuals
- HP Workstation c8000 Technical Reference Guide (PDF, 2.7 MB, kernel.org mirror)
- QuickSpecs HP c8000 Workstation (PDF, 400 KB)