[ale] HP Visualize J210XC Workstation

[Andrew Wade]

Red Hat's last release on Itanium is 5.x

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 for 64-bit Itanium)
<https://rhn.redhat.com/rhn/software/channel/downloads/Download.do?cid=6965>

So their newest OS, RHEL 6.0 is only offered in x86, x86_64, and IBM System
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Andrew

On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Greg Clifton <gccfof5 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, I din't have presence of mind to ask about OS. The purchasing agent
> just gave me a HP part number, and I had no idea what it even was until I
> did a bit of googling. So far I haven't been able to drill down to the
> actual system specs. All the documents I am finding on the HP site for this
> model are dated 2004, so I assume it is obsolete.
>
> To my recollection, nobody even develops OSes for Itanium any more. I know
> M$ quit a year or two back and seems I recently saw something about Ubuntu
> or maybe it was RedHat ceasing development. If it is in fact an "Itanic"
> system, then HP is the only game in town, and I probably wouldn't be
> authorized to buy it, even if they still make them. We're a white box system
> builder and don't have any big brand authorizations (HP, IBM, etc.).
> However, if it is discontinued, maybe they would accept a used one, which I
> could probably buy from one of the system recyclers?
>
> Thanks for the input, Jeff.
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Lightner, Jeff <JLightner at water.com>wrote:
>
>> **
>>
>>  I happen to have a Visualize B180L sitting here running Debian which has
>> a port to PA-RISC.   This one is a 32 bit machine.   I’m thinking the J was
>> probably a 64 bit machine.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> HP’s used PA-RISC processors built by HP until a few years ago when you
>> could get either PA-RISC or Itanium (at least in the HP 9000 servers).   As
>> you surmised this is actually workstation class machine and unfortunately I
>> don’t know if they offered similar in that class though I’m guessing they
>> did.   (In server class they were using rp for PA-RISC and rx for Itanium so
>> it may be the X here means Itanium.)****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> So the main question would be what OS and version do they want to run?
>> HP-UX up through 11.11 (a/k/a 11iV1) only ran on PA-RISC.   11.22 ran on
>> Itanium IIRC and 11.23 ran on PA-RISC (these were a/k/a 11iV2).   11.3x ran
>> on either IIRC.   However, HP discontinued manufacture of PA-RISC based
>> systems at the end of 2009 so the only servers they build now for HP-UX are
>> the Itanium ones.****
>>
>> ** **
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>> *From:* ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] *On Behalf Of *Greg
>> Clifton
>> *Sent:* Friday, July 15, 2011 2:31 PM
>> *To:* **Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts** - Yes! We run Linux!
>> *Subject:* [ale] HP Visualize J210XC Workstation****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Need some grey beard assistance. I just got a call from a government
>> purchasing agent asking for a quote for one of these/or equivalent. From
>> what I have found on HP web site it is a HP UX box, that I am assuming is
>> discontinued, but I haven't been able to drill down to the system specs to
>> see if I could build an eq system for them. Can anybody with HP experience
>> give me some pointers on where to look?****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Thanks,****
>>
>> Greg Clifton****
>>
>> CCSIservers.com****
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