•Processor: One to four Intel Pentium II Xeon 400
MHz processors with 512KB and 1MB cache and
Intel 440NX chip set
•Product Design: Compact rack-mount platform
(7U height – 12.25”) allowing fast installation and
easy access for under one-minute replacement of
components
•Upgradeability: Upgradeable to 8-way
multiprocessing and future processors in early
1999
•ECC Memory: 256MB to 8GB 100 MHz ECC
memory with memory scrubbing
•I/O Expansion Slots: 10 total, full length PCI;
four 64-bit hot-swap slots, five 32-bit slots, one
shared 32-bit PCI/ ISA slot
•Ultra2 SCSI Controller: Integrated dual-channel
Ultra2 SCSI controllers that connect up to 15
devices per channel and with 80MB/sec data
transfer rate, which is two times better
performance than the Wide-Ultra SCSI-3
controller
•Mass Storage: Two hot-swap, Ultra2 SCSI low-
profile bays
•External Storage: Highly dense 3U Rack
Storage/8 external mass storage enclosure.
Upgradeable into fibre channel environment in
early 1999.
•Disk Array Controller: Optional HP NetRAID
3Si, Ultra2 SCSI, high performance I2O capable
DAC
•Network Interface: HP 10/100TX PCI LAN
adapter; support for redundant NICs
•Storage Backup: Optional HP SureStore Tape
Rack enclosure which incorporates up to 4
removable DAT 24, DLT40r, or DLT70r drives
delivering 24-280 GB capacity
•Power Supplies: Three N+1 redundant, hot-
swappable power supplies
•Cooling System: 6 hot-swappable redundant fans,
individually removable
•Performance: Highest performance Intel-based
server:
•TPC-C: pending audit
•TPC-D: First IA server to report 300GB
results; breakthrough price/performance
results pending audit
•SAP R/3: 2,500 SD Users @1.97 secs
•SpecWeb96: 3,435 (NT/ IIS)
•SPECint95: Compute power rivals RISC
at 16.5
•System Management Software: HP TopTools
web browser based device management and HP
OpenView ManageX/SE for NOS and application
management, with new clustering support
•Remote Administration: Pre-installed HP
TopTools Remote Control Card for secure remote
access regardless of system state, over LAN or
modem
•Integrated System and Network Management:
Management tools integrated with HP OpenView
Network Node Manager and other enterprise
applications
•Support Options:
•99.9% Uptime Commitment
•Hardware call to repair commitment within 6
hours
•A wide range of proactive and reactive
software support services to meet customers’
varying business needs, now available as HP
Support Packs from resellers
•Solution Delivery: Racks Express offers pre-
configured, pre-tested delivery of rack and cluster
solutions to reseller or end-user
Fact Sheet
September 15, 1998
HP NetServer LXr 8000: Redefining high-availability
for the enterprise Intel-based server
