HP-UX11i 32bit Support

[Vinod_22]

Hi,
We have a plan to purchase a new HP9000 entry level server something like rp 3410. But our requirements are
1) Processor must be PA-RISC family
2) OS Kernel Width 32
3) Must install ANCI C complier 32 bit
4) Should be able to build 32 bit application

Which server (Hardware) satisfy these requirements?

Appriciates a quick response.

Vinod

[Peter Godron]

Vinod,
your profiles shows pretty bad feedback.
You have assigned points to only 2 of 43 responses !

Please read:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=210749
http://www.hp.com/products1/servers/entry_level/index.html
http://www.hp.com/products1/servers/HP9000_family_overview.html

Remember 11iv2 is not supported on 32bit PA-RISC !

End of Life for the OSs
http://www.hp.com/softwarereleases/releases-media2/history/slide2.html

11v2 info:
http://h20338.www2.hp.com/hpux11i/cache/324923-0-0-0-121.html

Please also read:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/helptips.do?#33 on how to reward any useful answers given to your questions.

[Patrick Wallek]

Any new machine will be a 64-bit machine with 64-bit kernel and applications.

However, even if it is all 64-bit you can still build applications that are 32-bit and you can still run applications that are 32-bit.

[V. Nyga]

Hi,

maybe this helps:
http://h20331.www2.hp.com/hpsub/cache/288789-0-0-225-121.html

But as already said, also with this PA-RISC with 64bit you can compile and run 32bit.

Volkmar

[Peter Godron]

Vinod,
I think you get the general idea of the answers!

Can you now please read:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/helptips.do?#33 on how to reward any useful answers given to your questions.

Then summarise your solution and close the thread.

[rick jones]

The newest server to satisfy _all_ of those requirements would be something using the now ancient PA-8200 CPU as that was the last PA-RISC CPU on which HP supported a 32-bit kernel.

On PA-8500 and later, only a 64-bit kernel is supported, and I suspect only 64-bit kernel will "work"

Apart from that, the rp3410 would meet requirements 1, 3 and 4. I'm not sure why you have requirement 3 - whether the HP compilers are 32 or 64 bit themselves, they can still generate 32-bit code.

Given that HP-UX first started shipping a 64-bit kernel in November of 1997, and that the PA-8500 has only supported a 64-bit kernel on 11i going back to "the beginning" of the PA-8500, it is certainly high time by now that anyone with kernel components have them 64-bit ready.