HP XC System Software 3.2.1 manual Table of Contents

Table of Contents
About This Document		11
Intended Audience		11
New and Changed Information in This Edition		11
Typographic Conventions		11
HP XC and Related HP Products Information		12
Related Information		14
Manpages		17
HP Encourages Your Comments		17
1 Hardware and Network Overview		19
1.1	Supported Cluster Platforms	19
	1.1.1 Supported Processor Architectures and Hardware Models	19
	1.1.2 Supported Server Blade Combinations	21
1.2	Server Blade Enclosure Components	22
	1.2.1 HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure	22
	1.2.2 HP BladeSystem c3000 Enclosure	25
	1.2.3 HP BladeSystem c-Class Onboard Administrator	27
	1.2.4 Insight Display	28
1.3	Server Blade Mezzanine Cards	28
1.4	Server Blade Interconnect Modules	28
1.5	Supported Console Management Devices	29
1.6	Administration Network Overview	30
1.7	Administration Network: Console Branch	31
1.8	Interconnect Network	31
1.9	Large-Scale Systems	32
2 Cabling Server Blades		33
2.1 Blade Enclosure Overview		33
2.2	Network Overview	33
2.3	Cabling for the Administration Network	37
2.4 Cabling for the Console Network		38
2.5	Cabling for the Interconnect Network	39
	2.5.1 Configuring a Gigabit Ethernet Interconnect	39
	2.5.2 Configuring an InfiniBand Interconnect	40
	2.5.3 Configuring the Interconnect Network Over the Administration Network	41
2.6 Cabling for the External Network		41
	2.6.1 Configuring the External Network: Option 1	41
	2.6.2 Configuring the External Network: Option 2	42
	2.6.3 Configuring the External Network: Option 3 - Non Gigabit Ethernet Interconnect
	Clusters	43
	2.6.4 Creating VLANs	44
3 Making Node and Switch Connections		45
3.1	Cabinets	45
3.2 Trunking and Switch Choices		45
3.3	Switches	46
	3.3.1 Specialized Switch Use	46
	3.3.2 Administrator Passwords on ProCurve Switches	47

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