HP Cluster Platform Overview

Contents
1 Concepts...................................................................................................4
Architecture.............................................................................................................................4
Nodes................................................................................................................................4
Console and Administrative Networks....................................................................................5
Console Network............................................................................................................5
Administrative Network....................................................................................................6
Connecting Console and Administrative Networks...............................................................7
Regions.........................................................................................................................7
System Interconnect..............................................................................................................8
InfiniBand......................................................................................................................8
Ethernet.........................................................................................................................9
Physical design......................................................................................................................10
2 Configuration guidelines...........................................................................12
Hardware..............................................................................................................................12
Control Nodes...................................................................................................................12
Application Nodes.............................................................................................................12
Additional information.............................................................................................................12
Operating environments......................................................................................................12
Cluster management..........................................................................................................12
Applications and tools........................................................................................................13
Cluster interconnects...........................................................................................................13
3 Supported HP Cluster Platform components..................................................14
System Interconnects...............................................................................................................14
Servers..................................................................................................................................14
Administrative and Console Networks.......................................................................................15
Racks....................................................................................................................................15
4 Installation considerations..........................................................................16
Planning for the installation......................................................................................................16
Customer responsibilities.....................................................................................................16
HP service provider responsibilities.......................................................................................16
Installation time ................................................................................................................16
Personnel..........................................................................................................................16
Disposing packing materials................................................................................................17
Site requirements....................................................................................................................17
Unpacking space...............................................................................................................17
Data center requirements....................................................................................................17
Rack information................................................................................................................17
Rack stability.....................................................................................................................18
5 Support and other resources......................................................................19
Contacting HP........................................................................................................................19
New and changed information in this edition.............................................................................19
Typographic conventions.........................................................................................................19
6 Documentation feedback...........................................................................20
Glossary....................................................................................................21
Index.........................................................................................................23
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