HP XC System Software 3.2.1 B.3 InfiniBand Interconnect With Mixed Height Server Blades

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

HALF HEIGHT BLADE FULL HEIGHT BLADE

Non-Blade Server

Non-Blade Server

PCI SLOT

PCI SLOT

MGT

NIC

NIC

PCI SLOT

MGT

NIC

NIC

PCI SLOT

InfiniBand PCI Cards

C-Class Blade Enclosure

Admin ProCurve 2800 Series Switch

Interconnect bay 1

NIC 1

ADMIN NET VLAN

EXTERNAL NET VLAN

NIC 2

Interconnect bay 2

NIC 3

NIC 4

InfiniBand

Interconnect bay 3

Console ProCurve 2600 Series Switch

Mezzanine

MEZZ 1

Cards

Interconnect bay 4

MEZZ 2

Ethernet Switch using VLANs

MEZZ 3

Interconnect bays

iLO2

5 & 6 (double wide)

InfiniBand Interconnect Switch

NIC 1

Interconnect bay 7

NIC 2

MEZZ 1

Interconnect bay 8

MEZZ 2

External Public Network

ONBOARD

iLO2

ADMINISTRATOR

KEY

AdminiistratiotionNetetworkork

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