AH352A HPE Integrity Superdome 2 SD2-8s Server

AH352A is the SD2-8s, the entry level offering of the HPE Integrity Superdome 2 server and a cut-down version of the SD2-16s (AH337A). From a hardware point of view the compute enclosure is exactly the same as the SD2-16s: up to eight blades and 2 to 16 processor modules in one 18U enclosure. No single nPartition can be larger than four blades, and the OS licensing differs from the larger systems.

The system has 16 sockets and 128 cores, with 8 sockets in each nPartition. Memory is 8 to 256 DIMMs with a minimum of 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) and a maximum of 4 TB with 16 GB DIMMs, and there are 4 to 32 Ethernet NIC ports at 4 per blade.

The IOX count is 1 to 4, and all of them must sit in the same rack as the compute enclosure. That is up to 48 external PCIe 8x Gen2 slots. Power supplies are 6 (N) with up to four blades or 12 (2N), and the Power Boost Option AH389A must be ordered when the system has more than four blades.

Racked from the factory, the SD2-8s comes with a standard rack door and not the Superdome 2 door with the active status display, though the rack is pre-cabled for adding the display later. Mixing SD2-8s and SD2-16s systems in one rack is not supported. The enclosure sits 2U up from the bottom of a 42U rack to leave room for PDUs and cables.

An SD2-8s moves up to the SD2-16s through an upgrade package of a firmware update, new labels and the door display kit. That upgrade is needed for partitions larger than four blades or for more than four IOX enclosures.