HP HyperFabric manual Other Product Elements

Overview of the HyperFabric Product

HyperFabric Products

IMPORTANT	HF2 adapters and switches are not supported by software versions
	earlier than those listed in “HyperFabric Adapters” on page 4 and
	“Switches and Switch Modules” on page 5.
	To determine the version of HyperFabric, issue the following command:
	$ swlist grep -i hyperfabric

Other Product Elements

The following are the other elements of the HyperFabric product family:

• HF2 fiber cables

— C7524A (2m length)

— C7525A (16m length)

— C7526A (50m length)

— C7527A (200m length)

• The HyperFabric software: The software resides in ASICs and firmware on the adapter cards and includes user-space components and HP-UX drivers.

HyperFabric supports the IP network protocol stack, specifically

TCP/IP and UDP/IP.

HyperFabric software includes HyperMessaging Protocol (HMP). HMP provides higher bandwidth, lower CPU overhead, and lower latency (the time a message takes to get from one point to another). However, these HMP benefits are available only when applications that are developed on top of HMP are running. HMP can only be used on HP 9000 systems running HP-UX 11.0 or 11i v1, provided HyperFabric A6092A or A6386A (PCI 4X) adapter cards are installed on those systems.

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