| | PRIMEQUEST 440 | PRIMEQUEST 480 |
| Housing | Cabinet | Cabinet |
| Operating Systems | Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v.4 for Itanium) 1)Novell® SuSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 9Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 Enterprise Edition for Itanium-Based SystemsMicrosoft® Windows Server 2003™ Datacenter Edition for Itanium-Based Systems | Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v.4 for Itanium) 1)Novell® SuSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 9Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 Enterprise Edition for Itanium-Based SystemsMicrosoft® Windows Server 2003™ Datacenter Edition for Itanium-Based Systems |
| Number of system-boards (4-socket) | Up to 4 | Up to 8 |
| Number of processors | Up to 16 (1-4 CPUs / system board) | Up to 32 (1-4 CPUs / system board) |
| Processor type | Intel® Itanium® 2 (Madison) | Intel® Itanium® 2 (Madison) |
| Clock speed (GHz) | 1.5 GHz / 1.6 GHz | 1.5 GHz / 1.6 GHz |
| On - CPU 1st level cache | 16 KB / 16 KB, 4-way | 16 KB / 16 KB, 4-way |
| On - CPU 2nd level cache | 256 KB, 8-way | 256 KB, 8-way |
| On - CPU 3rd level cache | 4 MB / 9 MB | 4 MB / 9 MB |
| Main Memory | Up to 512 GB DDR2-SDRAM | Up to 1,024 GB DDR2-SDRAM |
| Main Memory Upgrade | 4 / 8 / 16 GB (4 x 1 / 2 / 4 GB) | 4 / 8 / 16 GB (4 x 1 / 2 4 GB) |
| Number of I/O-units (IOU) per system | Up to 4 | Up to 8 |
| LAN-ports per IOU | 4 x Gigabit Ethernet | 4 x Gigabit Ethernet |
| Serial ports per IOU | Console (COM-port)
USB 1.1 (Kbd + Mouse + DVD-ROM)
2 x USB 2.0 | Console (COM-port)
USB 1.1 (Kbd + Mouse + DVD-ROM)
2 x USB 2.0 |
| SCSI-ports per IOU | 2 x for internal HDDs
2 x free (U320) | 2 x for internal HDDs
2 x free (U320) |
| Hard disk bays per IOU | 4 | 4 |
| PCI-X slots per IOU | 4 x 100/133 MHz (short) | 4 x 100/133 MHz (short) |
| PCI-box connections per IOU | 4 x4 lane (PCI-Express) for up to 4 PCI-X units | 4 x4 lane (PCI-Express) for up to 4 PCI-X units |
| Number of PCI-boxes per system | Up to 4 | Up to 8 |
| PCI-X units per PCI-box | Up to 4 | Up to 4 |
| PCI-X slots per PCI-X unit | 2 x 100 MHz +1 x 133 MHz (long) | 2 x 100 MHz +1 x 133 MHz (long) |
| Number of DVD-ROM drives | 1 x per system | 1 x per system |
| Reliability, Availability, Serviceability (RAS) | see below | see below |
| Standard Mirror Mode (SMM) | Included (address crossbar mirrored and redundant) | Included (address crossbar mirrored and redundant) |
| Extended Mirror Mode (EMM) | Optional: Crossbar, chipset and memory modules mirrored | Optional: Crossbar, chipset and memory modules mirrored |
| Crossbar | Address and data crossbar mirrored with EMM; address crossbar also mirrored with SMM | Address and data crossbar mirrored with EMM; address crossbar also mirrored with SMM |
| Memory modules | Mirrored with EMM | Mirrored with EMM |
| Hard disks | Software supported mirroring optional | Software supported mirroring optional |
| Power supply units | OLR capable | OLR capable |
| Dual power feed | Yes, optional | Yes, optional |
| Fans | OLR capable | OLR capable |
| Management board (MMB) | Redundant (2 x) | Redundant (2 x) |
| Gigabit-Ethernet Switch (GSWB) | Optional redundant (2 x) | Optional redundant (2 x) |
| Flexibility | Flexible, SB independent I/O-assignment | Flexible, SB independent I/O assignment |
| Physical partitions | Up to 4 | Up to 8 |
| Multi OS support | Windows and Linux running in different partitions | Windows and Linux running in different partitions |
| Notes | 1) PRIMEQUEST 400 series are certified(supported) with a configuration consisting of CPU (Intel Itanium2 Processor 1.60GHz 9MB L3 cache)x32, Memory 64GB, DVD-ROM, Video, PCI cards: SCSIx4, FCx3, LANx4. Certifications with configurations larger than above will be made ready in a timely manner. | 1) PRIMEQUEST 400 series are certified(supported) with a configuration consisting of CPU (Intel Itanium2 Processor 1.60GHz 9MB L3 cache)x32, Memory 64GB, DVD-ROM, Video, PCI cards: SCSIx4, FCx3, LANx4. Certifications with configurations larger than above will be made ready in a timely manner. |
