1 Overview
The HP Integrity rx3600 server is a high performance, high availability server that provides the following features:
•Form factor - 4U rack- or pedestal-installed
•Internal peripherals - serial-attached SCSI (SAS) hard drives and a DVD or DVD+RW drive
•High availability components - N+1 hot-swappable fans, 1+1 hot-swappable power supplies, and hot-pluggable PCI-X or PCIe cards and SAS drives
•Processors - one or two dual-core Intel® Itanium® processors
•Memory - up to 96 GB of memory
This chapter addresses the following topics:
•“Server Subsystems” (page 25)
—“I/O” (page 25)
—“Processor” (page 29)
—“Memory” (page 29)
—“Cooling” (page 31)
—“Power” (page 32)
—“Front Display Panel, DVD, and Diagnostic Panel” (page 34)
—“Mass Storage” (page 34)
•“Firmware” (page 35)
•“Controls, Ports, and LEDs” (page 36)
—“Front Panel” (page 36)
—“Storage and Media Devices” (page 38)
—“Diagnostic Panel” (page 39)
—“Rear Panel” (page 40)
Server Subsystems
I/O
The server may contain either a 10-slot PCI/PCI-X IOBP or a 10-slot PCI/PCI-X/PCIe IOBP. The PCI/PCI-X/PCIe interfaces are classified under two major categories: public and private.
Public interfaces Public interfaces are PCI slot connectors that are left available to the customer for the I/O-card adapters which they wish to install, based on their application needs, provided the adapter is supported in the slot. All public slots support HP server traditional OL* hot-plug operations.
Private interfaces Private interfaces are interfaces dedicated to meeting the core I/O system requirements. There are two types of core-I/O: fast-core and slow-core, also known as the UCIO (Unified Core-I/O). The Private slots and UCIO are not hot-pluggable.
Hot-plugPCI/PCI-X/PCIe hot-pluggable operations enable you to add or remove a PCI/PCI-X/PCIe card while the server is powered on. Each slot is physically separated with a divider that contains a card extraction mechanism and a mechanical retention latch (MRL). Slots 3 - 10 on the 10 slot PCI/PCI-X IOBP and slots 5 - 10 on the 10 slot PCI/PCI-X/PCIe IOBP support HP-server traditional OL* "hot-plug" operations. PDHP slots rely on the facilities of DHPC (Dual Hot-plug Controller) FPGAs to enable OL* hot-plug functionality. See Table 1-1 (page 27) and Table 1-2 (page 28) for details.
LEDs Attention LEDs, doorbell buttons, and power LEDs for each hot-pluggable PCI/PCI-X/PCIe slot are located on the PCI bulkhead at the rear of the server chassis.
