topic Re: rx2600 installation in Integrity Servers

rx2600 installation

Vidya B — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:12:40 GMT

I would like to know which version of hp-ux can be installed on rx2600 itanium workstation.

To be more specific on what I am looking for, can I be able to install HP-UX 11i IPF OE (MPN: B9430AC) on a rx2600 itanium server?

I have tried installing Microsoft Windows 2003 x64 Enterprise Edition and found that I need Windows 2003 IA64 Enterprise Edition for hp rx2600.

Now I want to install hp-ux but couldn't find right version.

Re: rx2600 installation

marsh_1 — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:52:45 GMT

vidya,

the ipf oe is a license for hp-ux on itanium, any media for hp-ux will be clearly marked ia64 or pa-risc.

good luck

Re: rx2600 installation

rick jones — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:21:37 GMT

I thought that 11iv2 and 11iv3 media were "merged" for PA-RISC and Itanium. Anyhow, while some of the early 11iv2 (11.23) revs were Itanium (ia64/ipf) only, the later ones support both Itanium and PA-RISC.

I didn't check that it was supported, I just ass-u-me-d it was, but I recently put an 11iv3 (11.31) onto an rx2600 for some of my own nefarious porpoises.

However, you might want to make sure that all the firmware is up-to-date... system, BMC, MP etc etc...

Re: rx2600 installation

cnb — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:25:27 GMT

Vidya,

Which product number of rx2600?

AFAIK this was the first version supported for the rx2600:

http://docs.hp.com/en/5187-0701/ch02s04.html

And the support matrix is here:
http://h20338.www2.hp.com/hpux11i/downloads/public_hp-ux_systems_support.pdf

HTH

Re: rx2600 installation

Vidya B — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 01:46:04 GMT

Here is some more information to identify the system configuration:

Product Name: server rx2600
Product Number: A6873A
System Bus Frequency: 200 MHz

BMC: 01.53
MP: E.03.30
ROM: 02.31
ROM Date: 03/11/2004
EFI: 1.10 [14.61]

Output of "info all" EFI Shell command is in attached text file.

Recently, I have upgraded all the firmwares to the latest versions.

So, it means HP-UX 11i IPF OE (MPN: B9430AC) cannot be installed on hp rx2600 itanium server.

Re: rx2600 installation

Vidya B — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:08:54 GMT

hp-ux Itanium Processor Family (IPF) version can be installed on rx2600 server.