HP Visualize J200, J210, J280 & J2240
Overview
Project names - uname:
- J200: Skyhawk - 9000/770
- J210: Skyhawk - 9000/770
- J210XC: Light Hawk - 9000/770
- J280: Firehawk - 9000/780
- J282: Firehawk - 9000/780
- J2240: SummitHawk - 9000/782
The J-Class are powerful, SMP-capable and well expandable PA-RISC workstations. They feature a deskside chassis with four interlocked modules, which you can take out easily for maintenance. The J280 is only a single-processor machine, which can be upgraded to a dual-capable J282. This requires at least changing the mainboard.
Internals
CPU
- J200: 1-2 PA-7200 100MHz with 256/256KB off-chip I/D L1 and 2KB on-chip
assist
L1 cache- 64-bit wide bus to cache
- 800MB/s I-fetch (8-Byte)
- 800MB/s D-load (16-Byte), 800MB/s single D-store (8-Byte)
- J210: 1-2 PA-7200 120MHz with 256/256KB off-chip I/D L1 and 2KB on-chip
assist
L1 cache- 64-bit wide bus to cache
- 960MB/s I-fetch (8-Byte)
- 960MB/s D-load (16-Byte), 960MB/s single D-store (8-Byte)
- J210XC: 1-2 PA-7200 120MHz with 1/1MB off-chip I/D L1 and 2KB on-chip
assist
L1 cache- 64-bit wide bus to cache
- 960MB/s I-fetch (8-Byte)
- 960MB/s D-load (16-Byte), 960MB/s single D-store (8-Byte)
- J280: 1 PA-8000 180MHz with 1/1MB off-chip I/D L1 cache
- 128-bit wide bus to cache
- 2.88GB/s I-fetch
- 2.88GB/s D-load (16-Byte), 1.44GB/s D-store (8-Byte)
- J282: 1-2 PA-8000 180MHz with 1/1MB off-chip I/D L1 cache
- 128-bit wide bus to cache
- 2.88GB/s I-fetch
- 2.88GB/s D-load (16-Byte), 1.44GB/s D-store (8-Byte)
- J2240: 1-2 PA-8200 236MHz with 2/2MB external I/D L1 cache
The 2KB on-chip assist
cache is not really a true cache.
Chipset
- LASI ASIC, which features:
- NCR 53C710 8-bit single-ended SCSI-2
- Intel 82596CA 10Mb Ethernet controller
- WD 16C522 compatible parallel
- Harmony CD/DAT quality 16-bit stereo audio
- NS 16550A compatible serial
- Two U2/Uturn-IOA BC Runway ports
- WAX ASIC, adds functionality missing in LASI, e.g. HIL, 2nd RS232 …
- WAX EISA bus-adaptor, connects EISA to GSC
- Intel 82C503 Ethernet transceiver, media auto-selection
- CS4215 or AD1849 programmable CODECs
- NCR 53C720 16-bit Fast-Wide high-voltage differential (HVD) SCSI-2
- J2240: Dino GSC-to-PCI bridge
- J2240: Cujo GSC-to-PCI bridge
- J2240: Symbios Logic 53C895 16-bit Ultra-Wide SCSI-2 controller
- J2240: DEC 21142/43 (Tulip) Fast-Ethernet controller
» View a system-level ASCII-illustration of the chipset (does not apply to J2240)
Buses
- Runway CPU/memory bus (100MHz with 800MB/s peak data rate on J200, 120MHz 960MB/s on all others)
- GSC system level I/O bus
- EISA additional expansion I/O bus
- SCSI-2 Fast-Wide high-voltage differential bus; main storage I/O
- SCSI-2 Fast-Narrow single-ended bus
- J2240: SCSI-3 Ultra-Wide single-ended bus; main storage I/O
- J2240: PCI bus;
Memory
- 72-pin ECC SIMMs, 60ns or faster
- Bus width: 128 data bits with 16 check bits
- Up to 8-way interleaving
- J200: 800MB/s peak bandwidth
- J210[XC]: 960MB/s peak bandwidth
- Take 16-128MB modules (needs latest firmware-rev)
- 16 slots
- 32MB (2×16) minimum, 2GB (16×128) maximum
- J2240: 4GB maximum (with 256MB modules)
Expansion
- One slot for a GSC (EISA formfactor) card
- Two slots for EISA cards
- Two slots for either GSC (EISA formfactor) or EISA cards
- Slot layout (from bottom to top):
- GSC (for primary graphics)
- EISA or GSC
- EISA or GSC
- EISA
- EISA
- See GSC expansion-cards
- See EISA expansion-cards
J2240 has different slots:
- One slot for a PCI 32-bit/33MHz, 5V card
- One slot for either a PCI 32-bit/33MHz, 5V or EISA card
- One slot for either a GSC or PCI 32-bit 32-bit/33MHz, 5V card
- Two slots for either GSC or PCI 64-bit/66MHz, 3.3V cards
- Slot layout (from bottom to top):
- PCI-64/66, 3.3V or GSC (for primary graphics)
- PCI-32/33, 5V or GSC
- PCI-64/66, 3.3V or GSC
- PCI-32/33, 5V
- PCI-32/33, 5V or EISA
Drives
- One tray for two 3.5″ Fast-Wide HVD 68-pin SCSI hard drives
- One tray for two half-heigth 5.25″ Fast-Narrow SE 50-pin SCSI drives, external accessible
External Connectors
- 50-pin HD SCSI-2 Fast-Narrow single-ended
- 68-pin HD SCSI-3 Fast-Wide high-voltage differential (HVD)
- J2240: 68-pin HD SCSI-3 Ultra-Wide single-ended
- Two DB9 male RS232C serial (up to 460.8Kb/s)
- DB25 female parallel
- TP/RJ45 10Mbit Ethernet /
- J2240: TP/RJ45 10/100Mbit Ethernet
- 15-pin AUI 10Mbit Ethernet
- Graphics port depends on installed framebuffer
- Two PS/2 connectors for keyboard & mouse
- HP-HIL for input device loop
- Four phone jacks (microphone, headphones, line-in and ?)
ROM update
There is a firmware update available for the J200 & J210, which contains the latest version (2.0).
- PF_CJ2X0020.txt has details about the contents and installation of the patch.
- PF_CJ2X0020 contains the patch.
There is also a firmware update available for the J280 & J282, which contains the latest version (2.5).
- PF_CJ28X025.txt has details about the contents and installation of the patch.
- PF_CJ28X025 contains the patch.
There is also a firmware update available for the J2240, which contains the latest version (2.1).
- PF_CJ224021.txt has details about the contents and installation of the patch.
- PF_CJ224021 contains the patch.
References
- Visualize J200, J210 technical reference manual (PDF, 2.6MB)
- Visualize J280 Owner’s Guide (PDF, 6.3MB)
- Visualize J280 workstation upgrade instructions (PDF, 1.9MB)
- Visualize J280, J282, J2240 Service Handbook (PDF, 6.8MB)
- Visualize J282, J2240 Owner’s Guide (PDF, 3.1MB)
- Visualize J282 workstation upgrade instructions (PDF, 2.3MB)
- Visualize J2240 workstation upgrade instructions (PDF, 1MB)
- Replacing the EEPROM on an HP Visualize J282
(HTML). In case your J-Class needs a new EEPROM chip (which is the case if it displays
FLT 3004 PDH
on its LCD display). - J/K-Class Memory System description (PDF, HP Journal 2/96)
Operating Systems
- HP-UX: every 32-bit release from 10.20-11.11 works.
- Linux: works fine.
- OpenBSD works (only 32-bit on the 64-bit PA-8x00 systems; the 53C720 Fast-Wide HVD SCSI controller is supported since release 4.2).
Benchmarks
| Model | SPEC95, int | SPEC95, fp | SPECrate95, int | SPECrate95, fp |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J200 | 4.98 | 4.50 | 44.8 | 61.3 |
| J200 2-CPU |
64.5 | 105 | ||
| J210 | 6.00 | 5.40 | 54.0 | 73.4 |
| J210 2-CPU |
77.5 | 126 | ||
| J210XC | 6.40 | 5.70 | 57.6 | 81.5 |
| J210XC 2-CPU |
82.8 | 142 | ||
| J280 | 11.80 | 19.30 | ||
| J282 | ? | ? | ||
| J2240 | 17.40 | 26.30 | 157 | 237 |
| J2240 2-CPU |
307 | 349 |
Compare these with other results on the Benchmarks page.
Physical dimensions/Power
- 470×330×541mm height/width/depth
- 36kg net weight, 49.9kg fully loaded
- 1150W max. power input
- 6A max. RMS at 240V
- 12A max. RMS at 120V