Chapter 4 PA-RISC Computer Systems - OpenPA.net

HP A400 & A500 (rp2400/rp2430 & rp2450/rp2470) Benchmarks
4.16.4 ROM update
There is an firmware update available which contains the latest version (43.50).
� PF_CHAW4350.txt 48 has details about the contents and installation of the patch.
� PF_CHAW4350.tar.gz 49 contains the patch.
There is also an firmware update available for revision B GSP service processors on rp2430 and rp2470
systems which contains the latest version C.02.14.
� PF_CHARGSPC0214.txt 50 has details about the contents and installation of the patch.
� PF_CHARGSPC0214.tar.gz 51 contains the patch.
There is also an firmware update available for revision A GSP service processors on rp2430 and rp2470
systems which contains the latest version A.01.12.
� PF_CPREGSPA0112.txt 52 has details about the contents and installation of the patch.
� PF_CPREGSPA0112.tar.gz 53 contains the patch.
4.16.5 References
Manuals
� hp server rp2400 series whitepaper, Hewlett-Packard Company (February 2002, product number
5981-0175EN) [did not find an appropriate URL for this PDF document — Ed.]
� rp24xx Hardware Manual 54 (PDF) Hewlett-Packard Company (n. d.)
Website
� Doug’s HP 9000 - GSP Notes Page 55 with a detailed description of the available GSP commands.
4.16.6 Operating systems
� HP-UX: 64-bit 11.00, 11i v1 and 11i v2
� Linux
4.16.7 Benchmarks
Model SPEC2000, int SPEC2000, fp SPEC2000rate, int SPEC2000rate, fp
A500-5X(rp2450) 422 414 2-CPU: 9.3 2-CPU: 7.6
A500-7X(rp2470) 581 6.74 2-CPU: 12.9
48 ftp://ftp.itrc.hp.com/firmware_patches/hp/cpu/PF_CHAW4350.txt
49 ftp://ftp.itrc.hp.com/firmware_patches/hp/cpu/PF_CHAW4350.tar.gz
50 ftp://ftp.itrc.hp.com/firmware_patches/hp/cpu/PF_CHARGSPC0214.txt
51 ftp://ftp.itrc.hp.com/firmware_patches/hp/cpu/PF_CHARGSPC0214.tar.gz
52 ftp://ftp.itrc.hp.com/archived_patches/firmware_patches/hp/cpu/PF_CPREGSPA0112.txt
53 ftp://ftp.itrc.hp.com/archived_patches/firmware_patches/hp/cpu/PF_CPREGSPA0112.tar.gz
54 http://www.docs.hp.com/hpux/onlinedocs/2411/rp24xx_customer.pdf
55 http://home.roadrunner.com/~batcave/GSPinfo.htm
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