Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008 Installation Guide

Figure 2-1 shows a head node on a public and private network with compute nodes on the private
network only. This topology is referred to as Two-Network Topology and is supported by HP
Cluster Platform and HP Cluster Platform Express. See Figure 2-6 (page 15).
Figure 2-1 Topology 1
Figure 2-2 shows all nodes on a public and private network.
Figure 2-2 Topology 2
Figure 2-3 shows the head node on a public and private network with the compute nodes on the
private network only with a second private network for MPI. This topology is referred to as
Three-Network Topology and is supported by HP Cluster Platform and HP Cluster Platform
Express. See Figure 2-7 (page 16).
Figure 2-3 Topology 3
Figure 2-4 shows all nodes on a public and private network with a second private network for
MPI.
14 Supported Configurations