Compaq NonStop Himalaya S74 Series Servers

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Compaq NonStop Himalaya S74 Series Servers

• Core PresentationTandem Business UnitApril 2000

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Presentation contents

• Key messages
• Strategic approach
• Key elements of announcement
• Technical overview
• Performance, architecture,and roadmap
• Availability and compatibility
• Processor overview
• Press and analyst key messages

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Key messages

• Compaq NonStop Himalaya servers are the worlds
  most reliable and serve as Compaqs core
  transaction engine
• Compaq continues to support and upgrade
  theNonStop Himalaya S-series servers while
  developing the migration to the Alpha processor
• Concerns of NonStop Himalaya K- to S-series
  server migration are addressed via the new
  midrange (S7400) platform
• Improved price and performance
• Software pricing at previous S7000 level

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Strategic approach

• Update Compaq NonStop Himalaya S74 series
  processors as new microprocessor technology
  becomes available from MIPS (long-term goal is
  to move to the Compaq Alpha processor)
• Plan two more spins of the MIPS processor board
• Maximize the investment in Compaq NonStop
  HimalayaS-series server packaging
• Migrated from custom memory modules to
  industry-standard memory, providing competitive
  memory pricing
• Transitioning from SCSI to Ultra SCSI (disk and
  tape devices already Ultra SCSI capable)

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Key elements of announcement

• High-end Compaq NonStop Himalaya S74000
  production system (configuration of up to 16
  processors and 44 cabinets)
• R12000 processor
• 2 GB of memory (expansion to 4 GB in future)
• Midrange NonStop Himalaya S7400 production
  system (configuration of up to 16 processors and
  24 cabinets)
• R10000 processor
• 512 MB of memory
• Development systems
• NonStop Himalaya S740 (same as S74000
  configuration limited to 2 processors and 3
  cabinets)
• NonStop Himalaya S74 (same as S7400
  configuration limited to 2 processors and 3
  cabinets)

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Compaq NonStop HimalayaS-series enclosures
Single-high stack37Hx22Wx32D
Double-high stack72Hx22Wx32D
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Single multipurpose cabinet
Cabinet personality isdetermined by board
installed
S74000/S740 PMF 1970High-end processor S7400/S74
PMF 1960Midrange processor
Processor multifunction CRU
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Technical overview

• Introduce new R12000 processor with cache
  management in hardware
• Faster R12000 yields a 30 percent processor
  performance increase
• Increased maximum memory size to 4 gigabytes
• Initial release 512 MB and 2 GB
• Improved performance for memory-resident data
• Improved I/O performance with Ultra SCSI bus
  technology
• Compaq ServerNet2 enabled
• Future planning
• consider upgrading ServerNet Expansion Boards
  (SEBs) to Modular SEBs in group 1 to be ready for
  ServerNet connected clusters

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Technical overview

• Software operating system enhancements (Release
  G06.08)
• Compaq ServerNet FOX Gateway 2
• provides FOX 2 connectivity to Compaq NonStop
  Himalaya K-series servers
• TCP/IP single IP
• faster TCP/IP, lower CPU usage, one IP address
  across multiple processors (simultaneous IP web
  sessions)

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Performance

• Performance impact will be application dependent
• Sequential I/Obound applications, in which
  several disks on a SCSI pair are all doing
  sequential I/O, will experience a significant
  performance boost
• OLTP applications will benefit even more with the
  10-K RPM disks because of improved I/O response
  times and increased SCSI throughput random I/Os

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Compaq NonStop Himalaya S74000 server
architecture
R12000processor 30 faster
New main memory 512 MB and 2 GB with4 GB post-FCS
Processorinterface X Y
Processorinterface X Y

2-processor enclosure
ServerNet2 2.5 times faster
ServerNet2 routers
X
ServerNet adapter
Y
ServerNet adapter
Serviceprocessor
ServerNet expansion
ServerNet expansion
Faster interface
SNet/bus interface
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SCSI
Disks
SCSI(PMC)
SCSI
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FasterUltra SCSI channels
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System roadmap flowchart
S7x0
S780
S78000
S760
S76000
S70000 migration path
High-end CPU
S74000
S740
S72000
S700C
S7x000
S70000
S700B
Software relicense required
Software relicense required
S7x
S78
S7800
S76
S7600
S7000 migration path
Midrange CPU
S7400
S74
S7000
S7x00
S700A
Scalable 2p to 16p
Entry level 2p
Future products
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Availabilityproduction systems

• Compaq NonStop Himalaya S74000/S740 servers
• Customer announcement at ITUG/DECUS Joint
  European Conference on April 12, 2000
• Press announcementtargeting May 1, 2000
• General availability in May 2000
• 1970-A (PMF CRU with 512 MB of main memory)
• 1970-B (not available with 1 MB of main memory)
• 1970-C (PMF CRU with 2 GB of main memory)
• General availability in September 2000
• 1970-D (4 GB of main memory)
• Memory is not field upgradeable

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Availabilityproduction systems (cont)

• Compaq NonStop Himalaya S7400/S74 servers
• Customer announcement at ITUG/DECUS Joint
  European Conference on April 12, 2000
• Press announcementtargeting May 1, 2000
• General availability in May 2000
• 1960-A (PMF CRU with 512 MB of main memory)
• 1960-B (not available with 1 MB of main memory)
• 1960-C (not available with 2 MB of main memory)
• 1960-D (not available with 4 MB of main memory)
• Memory is not field upgradeable

NEW!
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AvailabilityNEBS-compliant version

• For central office system (telco) customers, the
  NEBS-compliant version (Compaq NonStop Himalaya
  S74000SE server) will be released in the third
  quarter of 2000
• Will require software operating system
  enhancements (Release G06.08)
• same as other NonStop Himalaya S74 series
  servers

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Compaq NonStop Himalaya S74000 server
compatibility

• Infrastructure, power, cabinets, etc., unchanged
• Mix and match the NonStop Himalaya S74000 server
  with NonStop Himalaya S70000/S72000 servers in
  same system
• DO NOT mix processors within the same cabinet
• NonStop Himalaya S74000 memory (R12000) not
  compatible with NonStop Himalaya
  S7000/S70000/S72000 memory (R10000)

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Compaq NonStop Himalaya S74000processor
overview

• NonStop Himalaya S740 to be available for
  entry-level and application development systems
• Price for NonStop Himalaya S74000 will be the
  same as for the S72000
• Similar price with 30 percent performance
  improvement
• Attractive processor upgrade program available
• NonStop Himalaya S70000 to S74000
• NonStop Himalaya S72000 to S74000
• NonStop Himalaya S7000 to S7400

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Press and analyst key messages

• Another milestone in successful Compaq NonStop
  Himalaya product line
• Strengthens zero latency enterprise,
  Internet-enabling, and Java story
• Announcement fits into Compaqs long-term roadmap
  for NonStop Himalaya serversthe NonStop
  Himalaya S74 series server is Compaq Alpha
  microprocessorready

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