HP C8000

[Roy White]

Can the HP C8000 workstation host the following operating systems:

HP-UX 11
HP-UX 11i v1
HP-UX 11i v2

[Torsten. · Accepted solution]

Hi,

the C8000 is only supported with HP-UX 11.11 (aka 11iv1).

See also:
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF06a/12454-12454-296719-307908-3329729-408101.html

[DCE]

HP-UX 11i v1 yes
HP-UX 11i v2 no

see the following link
http://h20331.www2.hp.com/hpsub/cache/288789-0-0-225-121.html

[Roy White]

Is there an HP workstation that can host HP-UX 11i v2

[Torsten.]

Yes and no - it depends.

There were some "older" workstations based on Itanium CPUs like the zx6000 - supported with 11iv2 (aka 11.23) until (I guess) march 2004. They are no longer supported with 11.23.

If you need a "small" system with 11.23 or 11.31 have a look at the rx2660 server - you can even get a "office friendly" (not so noisy) version.

http://h20341.www2.hp.com/integrity/cache/452196-0-0-0-121.html

[Wim Rombauts]

HP has stopped so far to produce workstations, but in fact, the difference between a workstation and a low-end server has disappeared.
Take a rx2660 "server" (this system is almost smaller then a c8000), put a graphics card in it, and you got a workstation that is multiple times more powerful then a c8000 will ever be.