HP manual HyperFabric Products, HyperFabric Adapters

Overview of the HyperFabric Product

HyperFabric Products

	HyperFabric Products
	HyperFabric hardware consists of host-based interface adapter cards,
	interconnect cables, and optional switches. HyperFabric software resides
	in Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) and firmware on the
	adapter cards and includes user-space components and HP-UX drivers.
	Currently, fiber-based HyperFabric hardware are available. In addition,
	a hybrid switch that has 8-fiber ports is available to support HF2
	clusters.
	This section describes the various HyperFabric products. For more
	information on HP 9000 systems that support HyperFabric products, see
	the HyperFabric Release Notes, available at
	http://docs.hp.com/hpux/netcom/index.html#HyperFabric.
	This document uses the term HyperFabric (HF) to refer to the
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	hardware and software that form the HyperFabric cluster interconnect
	product.
	The term HyperFabric2 (HF2) refers to the following fiber-based
	hardware components:
	• The A6386A adapter
	• The A6384A switch chassis
	• The A6388A and A6389A switch modules. (Although the A6389A
	switch module has 4-copper ports, it is still considered an HF2
	component because it can only be used with the A6384A HF2 switch
	chassis).
	• The C7524A, C7525A, C7526A, and C7527A cables
	HyperFabric Adapters
	The HyperFabric adapters are as follows:
	• A6386A HF2 PCI (4X) adapter with a fiber interface.
	The A6092A HyperFabric adapter is supported beginning with the
	following HyperFabric software versions:

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