Cell board and CPU compatibility

[Help 9]

Hi,
I have the following CPU:
AD110A - PA8900 1.068Ghz

I have two different cell boards:
A6913A
AB313A

Will this CPU work in both boards and what is the difference in board? Is it firmware only or is the architecture different?

[SoorajCleris]

Hi Ninek,

May I know which is your server model?

Regards,
Sooraj

[Help 9]

The server is as follows:
9000/800/rp8440
A9958A

I know the AB313A is compatible with the AD110A CPU and I know the A6913A & AB313A are compatible with the RP8440 Server.

It's the combination of RP8440, A6913A Cell and AD110A CPU I'm trying to find compatibility?

[Michal Kapalka (mikap)]

hi,

need to check the FRU parts AD110A - PA8900 1.068Ghz, if its possible to put it to the cell board in RP8420, i think it should be to the RP8440.


A6913A HP PROCESSOR MEMORY CELL BOARD FOR RP 8420

- will nowt work cell board for intel Itanium CPU, you have PA-RISC CPU.
HP AB313A INTEGRITY RX7640/RX8640 CELL BOARD

mikap

[Michal Kapalka (mikap)]

hi,

the CPU do you have is compatible with this :

HP A9958A HP 9000 rp8440 SMP Base System (does not include cell boards, I/O Backplane, memory, storage, or CPUs)

HP AD031A HP 9000 rp8440 4-core SMP Base System: includes 1 cell board, 1 core I/O, system board and 3 power supplies (does not include memory, storage or an I/O backplane) 2P/4C PA-8900: 1.068 GHz with 3.0 MB integrated cache and 64 MB L2 cache

HP AD032A HP 9000 rp8440 8-core SMP Base System: includes 1 cell board, 1 core I/O, system board and 3 power supplies (does not include memory, storage or an I/O backplane) 4P/8C PA-8900: 1.068 GHz with 3.0 MB integrated cache and 64 MB L2 cache

HP AD033A HP 9000 rp8440 16-core SMP Base System: includes 2 cell board, 1 core I/O, system board and 4 power supplies (does not include memory, storage or an I/O backplane) 8P/16C PA-8900: 1.068 GHz with 3.0 MB integrated cache and 64 MB L2 cache

HP AD034A HP 9000 rp8440 8-core SMP Base System: includes 3 cell board, 1 core I/O, system board and 5 power supplies (does not include memory, storage or an I/O backplane) 12P/24C PA-8900: 1.068 GHz with 3.0 MB integrated cache and 64 MB L2 cache

HP AD035A HP 9000 rp8440 32-core SMP Base System: includes 4 cell board, 1 core I/O, system board and 6 power supplies (does not include memory, storage or an I/O backplane) 16P/32C PA-8900: 1.068 GHz with 3.0 MB integrated cache and 64 MB L2 cach

mikap

[Duncan Edmonstone]

A6913A - sx1000 cell board - goes in a rp8420
AB313A - sx2000 cell board - goes in a rp8440

The sx2000 architrecture is different from the sx1000, they are certainly not just firmware differences.

The 1.1GHz PA8900 processor (AD110A) is the product # associated with the processor when it goes in a rp8440 (i.e. into a sx2000 cell board with part number AB313A)

The 1.1GHz processor on a sx1000 cell board has product # AB537A.

So AD110A and AB537A may actually be identical and have different product # just for tracking purposes, or there may be some subtle differences between the 2 part numbers. FOr me I would not want to risk it and I would put the processor into the sx2000 cell board with product # AB313A

Hope that makes sense

HTH

Duncan

[Duncan Edmonstone]

>> I know the AB313A is compatible with the AD110A CPU and I know the A6913A & AB313A are compatible with the RP8440 Server.

No! although AB313A cell board is compatible with AD110A CPU, the A6913A cell board is most definately *not* compatible with the rp8440. The A6913A cell board is a sx1000 cell board for a rp8420, not for a rp8440.

HTH

Duncan

[Help 9]

Hi Duncan,
Thats all I needed. Knowing one is sx1000 and the other is sx2000. Couldn't find any literature on the web to define the two.

Cheers

[Help 9]

HP partsurfer shows the A6913A as one of the cell boards for the RP8440. We could only see the 1Ghz CPU for the sx1000.

The Madison CPU's only show 1.5 & 1.6Ghz - where the AB313A is used.

Thats cleared a lot up though - thanks

[Duncan Edmonstone]

>> HP partsurfer shows the A6913A as one of the cell boards for the RP8440. We could only see the 1Ghz CPU for the sx1000.

hmmm yes it does doesn't it... I submitted some feedback on the partsurfer website - let's see if it gets fixed.

HTH

Duncan