Ethernet Connection; Infiniband Connection - Nvidia Quadro VCA Installation Manual

Hardware installation
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Ethernet connection

The following network connection ports are available:
Interface Description
IPMI interface
ipmi
10 Gbit Ethernet
eth0
10 Gbit Ethernet
eth1
1 Gbit Ethernet
eth2
1 Gbit Ethernet
eth3
Connect the network cables from the Quadro VCA to a data center network Ethernet switch,
using a Cat5, Cat5e, or Cat6 Ethernet cable.
. . InfiniBand connection
Connect the Quadro VCA to the InfiniBand switch. The recommended switch is a Mel-
lanox managed 56 Gbit / s FDR switch (tested configuration: Mellanox SX6036). The
number of ports may be different depending upon how many Quadro VCA nodes are
connected.
If only two Quadro VCAs have to be connected, no extra switch is needed. Connect
them directly with the InfiniBand cable.
Use 56GB/s Mellanox Passive Copper Cables for connections up to four meters long.
56Gb/s Active Optical Cables from Mellanox should be used for longer distances than
four meter between VCAs or the VCAs and the switch. Part numbers are available from
the Mellanox website (www.melanox.de).
NVIDIA Quadro Visual Computing Appliance — Installation Guide
Mapping of network ports in the VCA
. Connecting cables
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