Infiniband High-Speed Interconnects; Hp Gbe2C Ethernet Blade Switch For C-Class Bladesystem User And Service Documentation - HP Cluster Platform Express v2010 Overview

For user and service information for the HP GbE2c blade switch, see
Table 1-2 HP GbE2c Ethernet Blade Switch for c-Class BladeSystem User and Service Documentation
Document Title
GbE2c Ethernet Blade Switch for HP
c-Class Quick Setup Instructions
HP GbE2c Ethernet Blade Switch for
c-Class BladeSystem Application Guide
HP GbE2c Ethernet Blade Switch for
c-Class BladeSystem Browser-based
Interface Reference Guide
HP GbE2c Ethernet Blade Switch for
c-Class BladeSystem Command Reference
Guide
HP GbE2c Ethernet Blade Switch for
c-Class BladeSystem User Guide
HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure
Maintenance and Service Guide

1.4.4.2 InfiniBand High-Speed Interconnects

The InfiniBand High-Speed Interconnect is used as a low-latency, high-speed network. The
InfiniBand fabric is documented in the HP Cluster Platform InfiniBand Interconnect Installation and
User's Guide. All cables are factory installed and secured with cable management brackets to
minimize movement during shipping. Check to make sure that all connections are properly
seated before powering on the cluster.
CPE BladeSystem with c7000 configurations will support an optional InfiniBand infrastructure
as the system interconnect. The InfiniBand network is added in addition to the Gigabit Ethernet
network. CPE c-Class BladeSystem configurations that use InfiniBand will have an InfiniBand
module or modules installed in each c-Class enclosure and they will have an InfiniBand mezzanine
HCA installed in a mezzanine slot of each server blade.
The completed InfiniBand cabling for CPE BladeSystems with c7000 enclosure will look similar
to that shown in
interconnect to the HP c-Class InfiniBand switch modules installed in the HP BladeSystem c7000
enclosures.
Cabling for a CPE BladeSystem with the new HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen2 Switch is not
shown. However, the InfiniBand cabling tables in
connections for CPE BladeSystems with the new c-Class InfiniBand Gen2 switch.
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http://bizsupport.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00700745/
c00700745.pdf
http://bizsupport.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00701973/
c00701973.pdf
http://bizsupport.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00701566/
c00701566.pdf
http://bizsupport.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00701969/
c00701969.pdf
http://bizsupport.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00701541/
c00701541.pdf
http://bizsupport.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00714237/
c00714237.pdf
Figure 1-6. Note the InfiniBand cables run from an external InfiniBand
Table
Appendix D include the point-to-point
1-2.