Upgrading HP 9000 Servers from the sx1000 to sx2000 Chipset

You can upgrade the following HP 9000 servers from the sx1000 to sx2000 chipsets:

rp7420 to rp7440
rp8420 to rp8440
HP 9000 Superdome

To perform the hardware upgrade, follow the process documented in the hardware upgrade manual for your server.




	CAUTION: Upgrade Notes vPars A.03.04 is required for vPars running on HP 9000 servers with the sx2000 chipset. The physical hardware upgrade from the rp7420 to rp7440 requires a cold-install of the OS and therefore of vPars as well. Only Hewlett-Packard qualified service personnel can perform hardware upgrades from rp8420 to rp8440 or from HP 9000/sx1000 Superdome to HP 9000/sx2000 Superdome. While performing the hardware upgrades, HP qualified service personnel will reference the following documents when making the necessary HP-UX and vPars configuration changes: HP I/O Hardware Upgrade Script Guide for HP 9000/sx2000 Superdome Servers and HP-UX Impacts on the Upgrade Process for the rp8420 to rp8440 Hardware Upgrade. Be aware that instead of performing the upgrades for vPars, LVM, etc., you also have the option of performing a cold-install on the post-upgrade hardware as if they were new systems with no previous installations.

Hardware Path Changes

The upgrade changes the hardware paths. For the new hardware paths as well as the hardware upgrade process, see the upgrade manual for your server. For reference, the changes are noted in the tables at the end of this section:

vPars Database Changes

As part of the upgrade process, HP qualified service personnel will need to make updates to each virtual partition’s vPars database (vpdb) in standalone mode to reflect the new server hardware. These and other necessary steps are described in the HP I/O Hardware Upgrade Script Guide for HP 9000/sx2000 Superdome Servers and HP-UX Impacts on the Upgrade Process for the rp8420 to rp8440 Hardware Upgrade service documents.

Hardware Path Tables

The following tables show the new hardware paths. For details on the new hardware paths and other hardware information, see the applicable hardware upgrade manuals for your server, available at http://docs.hp.com.

Table 4-4 rp7420 to rp7440 Hardware Path Changes

rp7420 Path	rp7440 Path	Description
1/0/1/1/0/1/1.6	1/0/1/1/0/4/1.6	Top right HDD using A6794A or AB290A
0/0/0/3/0.6	0/0/0/3/0.6	Bottom left HDD using MP/SCSI
0/0/0/3/0.5	0/0/1/1/0/4/1.5	Bottom right HDD using MP/SCSI or AB290A
1/0/0/3/1.x	1/0/0/3/1.x	Internal DVD/tape (x=2 for DVD, x=3 for DAT)
	0/0/0/3/1.2	Bottom slimline DVD, if present
1/0/1/1/0/4/0	1/0/1/1/0/6/0	Primary LAN
	1/0/1/1/0/6/1	Secondary LAN
0/0/8/1/0/4/0	0/0/1/1/0/6/0	Primary LAN
	0/0/1/1/0/6/1	Secondary LAN
1/0/1/1/0/1/0.x	1/0/1/1/0/4/0.x	external SCSI (A6794A/AB290A)
	1/0/1/1/0/4/1.x	external SCSI (AB290A), shared with internal HDD
0/0/8/1/0/1/0.x	0/0/1/1/0/4/0.x	external SCSI (A6794A/AB290A)
	0/0/1/1/0/4/1.x	external SCSI (AB290A), shared with internal HDD

Table 4-5 rp8420 to rp8440 Hardware Path Changes

rx8420 Path	rx8440 Path	Description
0/0/0/0/0	N/A	simplecom
0/0/0/0/1	[rootcell]/250/2	console UART
1/0/0/0/0	N/A	simplecom
1/0/0/0/1	[rootcell]/250/2	console UART

Table 4-6 HP 9000 Superdome Hardware Path Changes (x=cell)

Slot	sx1000 Path	sx2000 Path
0	x/0/0/1	x/0/0/1
1	x/0/1/1	x/0/1/1
2	x/0/2/1	x/0/2/1
3	x/0/3/1	x/0/4/1
4	x/0/4/1	x/0/5/1
5	x/0/6/1	x/0/6/1
6	x/0/14/1	x/0/14/1
7	x/0/12/1	x/0/13/1
8	x/0/11/1	x/0/12/1
9	x/0/10/1	x/0/10/1
10	x/0/9/1	x/0/9/1
11	x/0/8/1	x/0/8/1

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