HPE Integrity Servers is a series of server computers produced by Hewlett Packard Enterprise (formerly Hewlett-Packard) since 2003, based on the Itanium processor. The Integrity brand name was inherited by HP from Tandem Computers via Compaq.
In 2015 HP released the Superdome X line of Integrity Servers based on the x86 Architecture. It is a 'small' Box holding up to 8 dual Socket Blades and supporting up to 16 processors/240 cores (when populated with Intel Xeon E7-2890 or E7-2880 Processors).
General
Over the years, Integrity systems have supported Windows Server, HP-UX 11i, OpenVMS, NonStop, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating systems on Integrity servers. As of 2020 the operating systems that are supported are HP-UX 11i, OpenVMS and NonStop.
Early Integrity servers were based on two closely related chipsets. The zx1 chipset supported up to 4 CPUs and up to 8 PCI-X busses. They consisted of three distinct application-specific integrated circuits; a memory and I/O controller, a scalable memory adapter and an I/O adapter. The PA-8800 and PA-8900 microprocessors use the same bus as the Itanium 2 processors, allowing HP to also use this chipset for the HP 9000 servers and C8000 workstations.
The memory and I/O controller can be attached directly to up to 12 DDR SDRAM slots. If more slots than this are needed, two scalable memory adapters can be attached instead, allowing up to 48 memory slots. The chipset supports DIMM sizes up to 4 GB, theoretically allowing a machine to support up to 192 GB of RAM, although the largest supported configuration was 128 GB.
The sx1000 chipset supported up to 64 CPUs and up to 192 PCI-X buses. The successor chipsets were the zx2 and sx2000 respectively.
Entry-level servers
rx1600 series
The 1U rx1600 server is based on the zx1 chipset and has support for one or two 1 GHz Deerfield Itanium 2 CPUs. The 1U rx1620 server is based on the zx1 chipset and has support for one or two 1.3/1.6 GHz Fanwood Itanium 2 CPUs.
Common for the series is:
Memory: Up to 8 DIMMs
Storage: Dual-channel Ultra-320 SCSI controller with support for two hot-swappable Ultra 320 drives One external Ultra 320 SCSI port Network:10/100/1000BaseTX LAN port An additional 10/100BaseTX LAN port General-purpose RS-232 serial port Possibility for redundant power supplies Two USB ports Two PCI-X slots
Optional features are:
SCSI RAID controller
Management processor card (required for support of Windows Server 2003) CD/DVD-ROM (required for installation of Windows Server 2003 and OpenVMS)
The series support five operating systems:
HP-UX 11i v2 or later
OpenVMS for Itanium
Windows Server 2003 for Itanium
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium
Linux with kernel that supports Itanium
rx2600 series
The 2U rx2600 server is based on the zx1 chipset and has support for one or two 1.0/1.4 GHz Deerfield/Madison, 1.3 GHz Madison or 1.5 GHz Madison CPUs. The 2U rx2620 server is based on the zx1 chipset and has support for one or two 1.6 GHz Fanwood/Madison or 1.4/1.6 GHz Montecito CPUs. The 2U rx2660 server is based on the zx2 chipset and has support for one or two 1.6 GHz Montvale or 1.42/1.66 GHz Montvale CPUs.
Common for the series is:
Memory: Up to 12 DIMMs (8 DIMMs for the rx2660) Storage: Dual channel Ultra 320 SCSI controller with support for two internal hard drives Support for three hot-swappable Ultra 320 drives One external Ultra 320 SCSI port Network: 10/100/1000BaseTX LAN port Two general-purpose RS-232 serial ports Possibility for redundant power supplies Two USB ports Four PCI-X slots
Optional features are:
SCSI RAID controller
Management processor card (required for support of Windows Server 2003) CD/DVD-ROM (Required for installation of Windows Server 2003 and OpenVMS)
The series support four operating systems:
HP-UX 11i v2 or later
OpenVMS for Itanium
Windows Server 2003 for Itanium
Linux with kernel that supports Itanium
rx2800 series
The 2U rx2800 i2 server used the Intel Itanium 9300 series chipset with 8, 4 or 2 processor cores available. Among features common for the series:
Memory: Up to 24 DIMMs
Storage: HP p410i 3 Gb SAS Controller
Support for 8 hot-plug Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) small form factor (SFF) 2.5 inch drives Network: Quad port 10/100/1000 Base TX LAN Six expansion slots
The series supports three operating systems: HP-UX 11i v3, OpenVMS v 8.4 for Itanium, and Windows Server for Itanium.
