SUPERDOME SD16A

[Trng]

Dear Gurus,

i have Superdome SD 16A (Single cabinet) ..how many hard partition can be configured on SD16A ?...what is the maximum number of I/O chassis suports .is it 4?...that means we can configure only 4 Hard partiitons ?..


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[Torsten.]

The 16a model can have 4 cell boards and 4 i/O chassis, so max 4 nPars.

The bigger models can have another computing cabinet and even external I/O chassis.

[Trng]

Hi Torsten,

but in my SD16A having 8 cell slots (single cabinet)


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[Trng]

# model
ia64 hp superdome server SD16A


Hardware Actual Deconf/ OK/ Cell Next Par
Location Usage Max Deconf Connected To Capable Boot Num
========== ============ ======= ========= =================== ======= ==== ===
cab0,cell0 Active Core 4/0/4 20.0/0.0 cab0,bay1,chassis3 yes yes 0
cab0,cell1 Active Core 4/0/4 18.0/0.0 cab0,bay1,chassis1 yes yes 2
cab0,cell2 Active Core 4/0/4 12.0/0.0 cab0,bay0,chassis1 yes yes 1
cab0,cell3 Absent - - - - - -
cab0,cell4 Absent - - - - - -
cab0,cell5 Absent - - - - - -
cab0,cell6 Absent - - - - - -
cab0,cell7 Absent - - - - - -

Notes: * = Cell has no interleaved memory.

[Andrew Rutter]

hi,

it may have 8 slots in the server, but you can only use 4 of them and it can have 4 io chassis. So that means you can only create 4 Npars

http://docstore.mik.ua/manuals/hp-ux/en/5991-1247B/ch02s04.html

see this link for abit more info

Andy

[Torsten.]

In this generation there was a 4cell, 8 cell and 16 cell model, you have the 4 cell so you can create 4 nPars (but several vPars per nPar!).

[shanmuhanandam]

Hi,
if the model shows sd16A, then you can have 4 cells active. Even if you have 8 slots, 4 can be used.
If you wants to use the remaining 4 cells (total of 8) you need to contact HP for changing the model number sd16A.

Thanks,
Shan

[Torsten.]

In order to use more cells the server must be upgraded into a sd32a or sd64a.

[Bulent ILIMAN]

You need to replace the backplane of the SD16A to be able to use 8 Cells,

after backplane replacement HP support will change the system model to SD32A with a special lockword/password.