HP Cluster Platform Core Components Overview

Cross-Platform Documents

Cross-platform documents are as follows:

• Cluster Platform Customer Letter

• Cluster Platform Overview

• Cluster Platform Site Preparation Guide

• Core Components

• Server and Workstation Overview

Platform-Specific Documents

Platform-specific documents are as follows:

• One or more system interconnect guides

• A set of cabling tables

• One or more bracket installation guides

• Optional diagnostics manual

Related Documentation

The documents identified in the following sections provide detailed information for HP Cluster

Platform.

Cluster Component Documentation

A cluster is mostly assembled from existing HP components and each component has its own

documentation set. Two full sets of documentation for each type of component are included with

the cluster when it is delivered. The following components might be included, depending on

the configuration of the cluster and the operating system that is installed:

• HP Integrity (rx-series) or HP ProLiant (DL-series, BL-series) server documentation

• ProCurve 2610, 2626, and 2650 network switches

• ProCurve 2824 and 2848 Gigabit Ethernet switches

• HP 10000 Series racks including the following rack components:

— TFT7600 rack-mount keyboard and monitor

— TFT5600 rack-mount keyboard and monitor

— Console switch and expansion module

— High-Voltage power distribution units (PDUs)

• Optional storage, in the form of disk shelves (just a bunch of disks (JBOD), a storage area

network (SAN) unit or a separate modular storage cluster

If you need to know more about the features of particular cluster components, you can obtain

additional component documentation from the following URL:

http://docs.hp.com/

Web Resources

For more information about the third-party tools, compilers, and utilities used on the cluster,

see the following sources and websites. The location of each website or link to a particular topic

is subject to change without notice by the site provider.

HP Links and Search Keywords

There might be versions of the following websites that are specific to your locale. Using your

Web browser, navigate to the main HP site for your locale and search for the following terms,

using quotes where indicated: