Installation Overview & Planning

Installing HP Fabric Clustering System

Attach to other Fabric devices:

1.Be sure you have attached a connector cable to the adapter. Push the connector in until you hear it click.

2.Attach the free end of the cable to a compatible fabric switch or adapter.

The following table lists the cables that you can use with HP Fabric.

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Cable Products

 

 

AB346A

5 meter 4X Fabric Copper Cable

 

 

AB353A

7 meter 4X Fabric Copper Cable

 

 

AB347A

10 meter 4X Fabric Copper Cable

 

 

Internet Protocol over InfiniBand(IPoIB)

In order to use the Internet Protocol over InfiniBand (IPoIB) the following patches need to be installed on each server used for IPoIB in the HP Fabric clustering system:

Patches can be downloaded from http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/mainPage.do

Install DLPI patch, PHNE_30242

Install TOUR product bundle (A.02.00 Transport Optional Upgrade Release for B.11.23) The TOUR product can be found on http://www.software.hp.com.

Install SAM patch, PHCO_29666

If you did not include the IPoIB product during the initial HP Fabric installation, it needs to be installed at this time, see “Install the HP Fabric Software” on page 7

Enabling the IPoIB Interface

ifconfig Command

Description: This command enables or disables an IPoIB interface, configuring the link to the HP Fabric clustering system.

Syntax: ifconfig lan9000

Example: # lan9000

Output Example:

lan9000: flags=843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>

inet 100.99.99.53 netmask fffff800 broadcast 100.99.103.255

hptem052 1010: ifconfig lan9000 inet6

lan9000: flags=4800841<UP,RUNNING,MULTICAST,PRIVATE,ONLINK> inet6 fe80::202:c902:0:77d prefix 10

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HP General IO Connectivity Internet Protocol over InfiniBand IPoIB, Attach to other Fabric devices, Ifconfig Command