HP HyperFabric manual Configuration Parameters, Diagnostics Supported

Planning the Fabric

TCP/UDP/IP

Switch Management is not supported. Switch management will not operate properly if you enable it on a HyperFabric cluster.

•Diagnostics: Supported

Diagnostics can be run to obtain information on many of the HyperFabric components using the clic_diag, clic_probe and clic_stat commands, as well as the Support Tools Manager (STM).

For more information on HyperFabric diagnostics, see “Running Diagnostics” on page 133.

Configuration Parameters

This section describes the maximum limits for TCP/UDP/IP HyperFabric configurations. There are numerous variables that can impact the performance of any HyperFabric configuration. For guidance on specific HyperFabric configurations for TCP/UDP/IP applications, see the section, “TCP/UDP/IP Supported Configurations” on page 21.

•HyperFabric is supported only on the HP 9000 series servers and workstations.

•TCP/UDP/IP is supported for all HyperFabric hardware and software.

•Maximum Supported Nodes and Adapter Cards

In point-to-point configurations, the complexity and performance limitations of having a large number of nodes in a cluster make it necessary to include switching in the fabric. Typically, point-to-point configurations consist of only 2 or 3 nodes.

In switched configurations, HyperFabric supports a maximum of 64 interconnected adapter cards.

A maximum of 8 HyperFabric adapter cards are supported per instance of the HP-UX operating system. The actual number of adapter cards a particular node is able to accommodate also depends on slot availability and system resources. See node specific documentation for details.

HyperFabric subsystem supports a maximum of 8 configured IP addresses per instance of the HP-UX operating system.

•Maximum Number of Switches

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