HP Integrity Superdome and 9000 Superdome sx2000 PA-RISC Firmware for HP 9000/sx2000 Servers

The following seven firmware packages installed in the sx2000 to support the IPMI manageability environment:

•Management Processor (h_mp.xxx.xxx.xxx.frm)

•Power Monitor (h_pm.xxx.xxx.xxx.frm)

•Cabinet-Level Utilities (h_clu.xxx.xxx.xxx.frm)

•Cell (h_cell_pdh.xxx.xxx.xxx.frm)

•Processor-Dependent Hardware Code (h_pdhc.xxx.xxx.xxx.frm)

•Event Dictionary (h_ed.xxx.xxx.xxx.frm)

•Intel® Itanium® Processor Family Firmware (ipf.x.xx.frm)

For the latest Superdome sx2000 firmware levels, check your Engineering Advisories.

To update firmware on the Superdome sx2000, use the fw command from the MP Main Menu.

MP MAIN MENU:

CO: Consoles

VFP: Virtual Front Panel

CM: Command Menu

CL: Console Logs

SL: Show Event Logs

FW: Firmware Update

HE: Help

X: Exit Connection

Itanium System Firmware Functions

Support for HP-UX, Windows (Enterprise Server and Data Center), Linux, and OpenVMS

•Support for EFI 1.10.14.61 and EFI 1.1 I/O drivers

•Support for ACPI 1.0b up through 2.0c (OS-dependent)

•Parallel main memory initialization. Support for double chip-spare in memory ECC code

•OLAD of new cells with noninterleaved memory, OLAD I/O cards

•Support for link level retry with self-healing for crossbar and I/O links

•Support for both native and EBC EFI I/O card drivers

•Maximum 128 CPU cores per partition (8 CPU cores per cell)

•Supports mixing Itanium cells of different frequencies or major steps (generations) in separate partitions within a complex

•Supports mixing of Itanium and PA-RISC processors in the same complex but in different partitions.

•Support for 1, 2, and 4 GB DDR-II DIMMs

•Support for mixed DIMMs on a cell

•Support for common DIMMs across sx2000 platforms

•Supports nonuniform memory configurations within a partition

•Address parity checking on DIMMs (no address ECC)

•Support for cell local memory

•Support for adding DIMMs in increments of eight

•Support for new LBA and PCI-X 2.0 (266 MHz) (PCI compatible)

•Support for all PCI-X and PCI cards supported by respective sx1000 systems

•Elimination of Superdome core I/O card for Superdome/sx2000 console

•Infiniband supported using PCI-X cards only

•Support for shadowed system firmware flash

PA-RISC Firmware for HP 9000/sx2000 Servers

The PA-RISC firmware incorporates firmware interfaces shown in Figure 1–18.

46 Overview