HP Cluster Platform Introduction v2010 Introduction Manual page 26

Table 5-1 HP Cluster Platform Terminology (continued)
HP Cluster Platform
Term
node-level
interconnect (NLI)
PCI card
PCI-X
pool
port
ProCurve switches
ProCurve
interconnect
ProLiant DL series
server
top-level interconnect
(TLI)
topology
Utility Building Block
(UBB)
Utility Expansion
Rack (UXR)
utility node
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Windows Compute Cluster
Term
Windows clusters
support only pools 1
through 4
Windows clusters
supports a subset of
servers supported by HP
Cluster Platform
Windows clusters
supports a subset of
servers supported by HP
Cluster Platform
Windows clusters do not
support utility nodes
Windows clusters do not
support utility nodes
Windows clusters do not
support utility nodes
Definition
In federated clusters, an interconnect that has connections to
nodes. See also top-level interconnect (TLI).
See host channel adapter (HCA).
Peripheral Component Interconnect Extended.
A related group of nodes in one or more CBB that share identical
attributes. A cluster can have several pools of nodes, providing
that all nodes in a pool (or the CBBs comprising a pool) are
configured identically.
A physical outlet or connector. There are multiple ports on the
switch cards installed in the interconnect and one or two ports
on the HCA installed in the nodes.
The HP ProCurve networking switches are used in the internal
Ethernet networks.
The HP ProCurve networking switches are used as Gigabit
Ethernetinterconnects in some HP Cluster Platform models.
A server type used as a node in the CP3000 and CP4000 platforms.
These servers employ both the Intel Xeon 32-bit CPU and AMD
Opteron 32/64-bit CPU.
See node.
In federated clusters, an interconnect that provides links to other
interconnects, multiplying the number of possible pathways
between nodes to create a full-bandwith fat tree topology. See
node-level interconnect (NLI).
The organization of a network. HP Cluster Platforms contain
networks based on flat tree and fat tree topologies.
A module containing one or more SAN controllers, optional JBOD
arrays, a terminal, a keyboard, and other supporting components.
For dense clusters, this building block might also contain an
interconnect.
A module containing only utility nodes.
A server that provides administrative and I/O functions.