HP XC System Software 3.2.1 manual InfiniBand Interconnect With Mixed Height Server Blades

Figure B-2 InfiniBand Interconnect With Full-Height Server Blades

Non-Blade Server PCI SLOT Non-Blade Server PCI SLOT

	MGT	NIC	NIC	PCI SLOT	MGT	NIC	NIC	PCI SLOT
								InfiniBand PCI Cards
	C-Class Blade Enclosure						Admin ProCurve 2800 Series Switch
	NIC 1			Interconnect bay 1
				ADMIN NET VLAN
E	NIC 2			EXTERNAL NET VLAN
				Interconnect bay 2
AD	NIC 3
T BL	NIC 4	InfiniBand		Interconnect bay 3			Console ProCurve 2600 Series Switch
H		Mezzanine
EIG	MEZZ 1
			Cards	Interconnect bay 4
L H	MEZZ 2					Ethernet Switch using VLANs
FUL	MEZZ 3
				Interconnect bays
	iLO2			5 & 6 (double wide)			InfiniBand Interconnect Switch
E	NIC 1
AD				Interconnect bay 7
BL	NIC 2
HEIGHT	MEZZ 1			Interconnect bay 8
	MEZZ 2							External Public Network
F				ONBOARD
HAL	iLO2
				ADMINISTRATOR

KEY

Adminiistratiotion Netetworkork

Consolle Nettworkrk

Cluster IntterrconnectNetworketwork

External Network

B.3 InfiniBand Interconnect With Mixed Height Server Blades

The configuration shown in Figure B-3is similar to the configuration shown in Figure B-1 (page 143). The only exception is that in this configuration, the half-height server blades require external connections as well. Because half-height blades have two NICs, you must use NIC2 for the connection to the external network. This also means that an interconnect module is required in bay 2.

On the non-blade server nodes, the built-in NICs are used for the external network connection. Available ports vary based on hardware model. See Chapter 3 (page 45) for more information about port assignments.

144 Server Blade Configuration Examples