Planning the Fabric
Preliminary Considerations
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| Preliminary Considerations |
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| Before assembling a fabric physically, do the following to address all of |
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| the appropriate issues: |
Step | 1. | Read Chapter 1, “Overview of the HyperFabric Product,” on page 1, to |
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| get a basic understanding of HyperFabric and its components. |
Step | 2. | Read this chapter, Planning the Fabric, to gain an understanding of |
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| protocol specific configuration guidelines for TCP/UDP/IP and HMP |
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| applications. |
Step | 3. | Read “Configuration Overview” on page 69, “Information You Need” on |
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| page 71, and “Configuration Information Example” on page 74, to |
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| understand how to configure the fabric. |
Step | 4. | Decide the number of nodes that will be interconnected in the fabric. |
Step | 5. | Decide the type of HP 9000 system for each node (for a list of supported |
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| HP 9000 systems, see the HyperFabric Release Notes available at |
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| http://docs.hp.com/hpux/netcom/index.html#HyperFabric. |
Step | 6. | Determine the network bandwidth requirements for each node. |
Step | 7. | Determine the number of adapters needed for each node. |
Step | 8. | Determine if a High Availability (ServiceGuard) configuration will be |
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| needed. If ServiceGuard is used, each node should have at least two |
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| adapters. |
Step | 9. | Decide the topology of the fabric. |
Step 10. Determine how many switches will be used based on the number of nodes in the fabric. The only configuration that can be supported without a switch is the
•For HF2 switches: software versions B.11.00.11, B.11.11.01, and B.11.23.00.
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