Installing The Hca; Hca-400 Pci Card - HP Cluster Platform Interconnects v2010 User Manual

Figure 8-1 HCA-400 PCI Card
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The following features of the HCA-400 PCI card are identified by the numbered callouts in
Figure 8-1.
1. An InfiniBand port, one of two.
2. The indicator LEDs for physical (green) and logical (amber) link status.
3. The card's metal bracket. Always handle the card by holding only the bracket. Do not touch
the printed circuit board, card components or the gold-plated connector.
4. Gold-plated connector fingers. Avoid touching the connector during installation.
5. Installation push points. Press on the bracket and the back corner with your thumbs if you
cannot insert the card by pressing only on its metal bracket. Do not push on card components
or touch the etched circuit tracks.
Caution:
Do not mix single data rate (SDR) components with double data rate (DDR) components as this
may damage the components, or the cluster, or both.

8.2 Installing the HCA

The installation steps described in this section are generic, because the actual procedure is specific
to server models that are used as nodes in the cluster. Clusters might contain only one server
model, however, two models is a more typical configuration, with one model used as the control
and utility nodes, and another used as the application node. See the HP Cluster Platform Server
and Workstation Overview for information on installing PCI cards.
The server documentation is shipped with the HP Cluster Platform configuration, or is available
online at the following URL: http://docs.hp.com/en/highperfcomp.html. You must obtain the
94 Installing and Maintaining HCA Cards and Mezzanines
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