HP HyperFabric manual Technical Computing Work Stations Configuration

Planning the Fabric

Hyper Messaging Protocol (HMP)

Technical Computing (Work Stations) Configuration

This configuration is typically used to run technical computing applications with HP-MPI. A large number of small nodes are interconnected to achieve high throughput (see Figure 2-8). High availability is not usually a requirement in technical computing environments.

HMP provides the high performance, low latency path necessary for these technical computing applications. You can interconnect up to 56 nodes using HP 16-port switches. You cannot link more than four 16-port switches in a single cluster (see Figure 2-9).

The HP “J”, “B”, and “C” class workstations provide excellent performance and return on investment in technical computing configurations.

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