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Flexibility and Operability
Pursuit of flexibility and operability in a system
— Flexible resource virtualization using floating I/O for improved operability
Investment Protection
Smooth migration to future processors
The Express5800/1000 series servers now support the Dual-Core
Intel
®
Itanium
®
processors with two complete 64-bit cores on
each processor. From the beginning of development, state-of-the-
art technologies have been built into the Itanium
®
processors to
answer to the stringent levels of throughput, scalability, reliability,
and availability that are required by the server platforms, and
also provided top-level performance. With the deployment of the
present day Dual-Core system, a smooth migration to future multi-
core systems can be assured.
Resource virtualization through floating I/O
Flexible resource management allows for robust server virtualization
The Express5800/1000 series employ floating I/O to allow for
the flexible combination of Cell cards and PCI boxes (I/O). The
computational and I/O resources can be virtualized, allowing for
the flexibility to reallocate system resources into the most optimal
configuration according to operation or load.
Furthermore, with the existence of a spare Cell card, the system
can swap the failed Cell card with the spare in the event of a failure,
and reboot the system so that business operation can resume
without loosing valuable computational resources.
Multi OS support / Rich application lineup
Windows
®
operating system and Linux operating systems supported
Superior standard chassis configuration
Small footprint and a highly scalable I/O
Along with the industry’s prevalent Microsoft
®
Windows
®
operating
system,the Express5800/1000 series servers also support the
Linux operating system. By dividing the system into multiple
partitions, it is possible to support multiple operating systems
within a single server.
With the inception of the Itanium
®
Solutions Alliance (ISA),
whose main objective is to promote the advancement of
Itanium
®
-based solutions, applications streamlined to perform
on the Itanium
®
-based servers, such as the Express5800/1000
series servers, have increased considerably.
With the ability to load 32 Dual-Core Intel
®
Itanium
®
processors
(1320Xf) into an industry standard 19-inch rack footprint, the
Express5800/1000 series server has proved to have the industries
highest level of performance per unit area. Because additional
space is not required in the datacenter in order to accommodate
the Express5800/1000 series server, it is an ideal candidate for
replacement or consolidation of older systems.
The 1080Rf is a very compact 8U model which can support up to 8
internal 3.5 inch HDD and 16 PCI cards.
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Intel
®
Itanium
®
Processor Family Roadmap
Intel
®
Itanium
®
2
processor 1GHz,
3MB L3
Tukwila*
2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
Future
Intel
®
Itanium
®
2
processor 1.5GHz,
6MB L3
Intel
®
Itanium
®
2
processor 1.6GHz,
9MB L3
Dual-Core Intel
®
Itanium
®
2
processor 1.6GHz,
24MB L3
Dual-Core Intel
®
Itanium
®
processor 1.6GHz,
24MB L3
* Intel codenames
Insufficient computing
resources
Cell card
PCI box
Cell card
PCI box
Cell card
PCI box
Crossbar
Cell card
PCI box
Cell card
PCI box
Cell card
PCI box
Crossbar
Resource pool
Insufficient I/O
resources
Problem resolved by adding
additional I/O resources
Problem resolved by adding
additional computing resources
