Hp Superdome 2 Boot Support - HP Integrity Superdome 2 16-socket Administrator's Manual

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HP Superdome 2 Boot Support

This section provides details of the accessories supported by HP Superdome 2 for booting purposes.
The only supported local disk is fibre channel – P2000 FC G3 array.
Up to 12 LFF or 24 SFF SAS HDDs per array (SATA is available but not supported)
Expandable up to 149 HDDs
Suggest dedicated (per partition) 15K drives in Raid 1 configuration for performance or
availability
Up to 512 LUNs supported per P2000 FC G3 array
P2000 FC G3 product options, HDD and RAID details in P2000 Fc G3 QuickSpec are
available at:
http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/13551_div/13551_div.HTML
Each partition (nPartition or vPar) requires dedicated boot paths and dedicated HBAs.
One dedicated FC HBA per partition – two dedicated FC HBA for Serviceguard
AD221A; AD222A; AD393A (Emulex 4Gb combo) at initial release
AH400A; AH401A (QLogic 8GB 1- 2-port HBA) at initial release
AH402A; AH403A (Emulex 8GB 1- 2-port HBA) post initial release
Up to 32 partitions per HP Superdome 2 – 16s. Each IOX supports up to 12 HBAs. Each HP
Superdome 2 – 16s supports up to 4 IOX at initial release.
HP Superdome 2 partition limits:
nPartitions: per blade =1; per SD2-8s = 4; per SD2- 1 6s = 8
vPars: per blade = 4; per SD2-8s = 16; per SD2- 1 6s = 32; per nPartition = 16
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