Upgrade HP9000 9000/800/L1000-44

[Juan Manuel López]

I have got an L1000 machine with 1 proc and 1Gb Ram menory.
I would like to upgrade it installing another proc and another Gb of memory, so I do not know the proc product number and the Menory configuration.
Could anybody help me ?.

Thanks.

Juanma.

[Balaji N]

hi,
i guess L-Class servers are now called rp54xx servers and L1000 is rp5400.

here is some details.
http://www.hp.com/products1/servers/rackoptimized/rp5400series/specifications/index.html

hope it helps.
-balaji

[Juan Manuel López]

Thanks for your fast answer.
So I think there is a problem to get the slots used for memory....From GSP ?

[T G Manikandan]

Also here is the installation manual which can take you step by step

http://docs.hp.com/hpux/onlinedocs/A5191-96022/A5191-96022.html

Original Product Number: A5191A

[S.K. Chan]

To confirm your physical memory config you need to go into STM and check it ..
# cstm
cstm> map
===> from the "map" command output look for the line that has the memory and take note of the device number (1st column)
cstm> sel dev
cstm> info
cstm> infolog
From the memory map you would know what is your SIMM size (size of each memory stick) and which slot they occupy. For an L1000 you can only use 8 slots (0a/b,1a/b,2a/b,3a/b), the rest ie 4a/b->7a/b are not enable until your upgrade your L1000 to L2000. The doc that above will give you more details.

[Brian M Rawlings · Accepted solution]

Hi. Here is HP's "rename" chart, to be sure you don't get pointed to the wrong upgrade, when you get parts:

http://www.hp.com/products1/servers/rackoptimized/rp5400series/infolibrary/pdfs/new_names_for_l-class.pdf

Furthermore, you will need to know your CPU MHz (clock speed), to order the correct processor. Try this:

echo "itick_per_usec/D" | adb -k /stand/vmunix /dev/kmem

This should return either 360, 440, or 550, which is your MHz of your CPU. The "L1000" didn't support the 550MHz to my knowledge, but it was in the "RP5400" (same box, new name). It might show up as 540 or something, there were some interesting permutations of MHz with the "fast chips" to get them to work in old boxes.

Alternately, SAM has a "performance monitors" selection, under which is a "system properties" icon, which includes CPU MHz, along with memory info (alas, not which size DIMMS are in which slots...)

Anyway: the part numbers for your processors are below. With an L1000/RP5400, you can only add one more CPU, and it must match the one you already have:

A5521A (360MHz)
A5522A (440MHz)
A6146A (540/550MHz)

Memory products you will need (not dependant on what you already have, if you have available slots) are below:

NOTE: each of the following "products" is a pair of DIMMS (uses two slots)
A5554A (256MB) [L1000 has limited memory slots, avoid this real estate hog!]
A5797A (512MB) [ditto, if you can afford 1MB product, do it]
A5798A (1GB)
A6115A [these are VERY pricy, big premium per megabyte over 1GB]

If all your memory slots are full, you can always yank small DIMMs to add a 1GB module (512MB DIMM pair). Only half the memory slots you physically have can be used, without the upgrade to L2000/RP5450 (which enables all slots).

You can buy these from any HP authorized reseller, with a phone call, or HP will put you in touch with somebody. Or, you can buy on the used market, but no HP warranty, and hassles getting it added to your maintenance (if it even can be) make this unattractive, particularly for production.

Hope this helps.

--bmr

[Brian M Rawlings]

I hate typos... 8^(

> A5797A (512MB) [ditto, if you can afford 1MB product, do it]

Should read:

A5797A (512MB) [ditto, if you can afford 1GB product, do it]

8^) --bmr