HP Fabric Clustering System for InfiniBand™ Topologies

4
Fabric Clustering System Configurations and Results
12-node cluster
TS170 configuration
The following configuration is used to baseline the TS170 performance versus the AB291A
performance.
VGA CONSOLE / REMOTE / UPS
LAN 10/100
LAN Gb
SCSI LVD/SE
USB
CONSOLE
SERIAL A
SERIAL B
PWR
1
PWR
2
Management Card
LAN 10/100
GSP RESETS
SOFT HARD
TOC
PCI-X 133
PCI-X 133
PCI-X 133
PCI-X 133
VGA CONSOLE / REMOTE / UPS
LAN 10/100
LAN Gb
SCSI LVD/SE
USB
CONSOLE
SERIAL A
SERIAL B
PWR
1
PWR
2
Management Card
LAN 10/100
GSP RESETS
SOFT HARD
TOC
PCI-X 133
PCI-X 133
PCI-X 133
PCI-X 133
VGA CONSOLE / REMOTE / UPS
LAN 10/100
LAN Gb
SCSI LVD/SE
USB
CONSOLE
SERIAL A
SERIAL B
PWR
1
PWR
2
Management Card
LAN 10/100
GSP RESETS
SOFT HARD
TOC
PCI-X 133
PCI-X 133
PCI-X 133
PCI-X 133
VGA CONSOLE / REMOTE / UPS
LAN 10/100
LAN Gb
SCSI LVD/SE
USB
CONSOLE
SERIAL A
SERIAL B
PWR
1
PWR
2
Management Card
LAN 10/100
GSP RESETS
SOFT HARD
TOC
PCI-X 133
PCI-X 133
PCI-X 133
PCI-X 133
VGA CONSOLE / REMOTE / UPS
LAN 10/100
LAN Gb
SCSI LVD/SE
USB
CONSOLE
SERIAL A
SERIAL B
PWR
1
PWR
2
Management Card
LAN 10/100
GSP RESETS
SOFT HARD
TOC
PCI-X 1 33
PCI-X 1 33
PCI-X 1 33
PCI-X 1 33
VGA CONSOLE / REMOTE / UPS
LAN 10/100
LAN G b
SCSI LVD/SE
USB
CONSOLE
SERIAL A
SERIAL B
PWR
1
PWR
2
Management Card
LAN 10/100
GSP RESETS
SOFT HARD
TOC
PCI-X 133
PCI-X 133
PCI-X 133
PCI-X 133
VGA CONSOLE / REMOTE / UPS
LAN 10/100
LAN G b
SCSI LVD/SE
USB
CONSOLE
SERIAL A
SERIAL B
PWR
1
PWR
2
Management Card
LAN 10/100
GSP RESETS
SOFT HARD
TOC
PCI-X 133
PCI-X 133
PCI-X 133
PCI-X 133
VGA CONSOLE / REMOTE / UPS
LAN 10/100
LAN G b
SCSI LVD/SE
USB
CONSOLE
SERIAL A
SERIAL B
PWR
1
PWR
2
Management Card
LAN 10/100
GSP RESETS
SOFT HARD
TOC
PCI-X 133
PCI-X 133
PCI-X 133
PCI-X 133
VGA CONSOLE / REMOTE / UPS
LAN 10/100
LAN Gb
SCSI LVD/SE
USB
CONSOLE
SERIAL A
SERIAL B
PWR
1
PWR
2
Management Card
LAN 10/100
GSP RESETS
SOFT HARD
TOC
PCI-X 1 33
PCI-X 1 33
PCI-X 1 33
PCI-X 1 33
VGA CONSOLE / REMOTE / UPS
LAN 10/100
LAN Gb
SCSI LVD/SE
USB
CONSOLE
SERIAL A
SERIAL B
PWR
1
PWR
2
Management Card
LAN 10/100
GSP RESETS
SOFT HARD
TOC
PCI-X 1 33
PCI-X 1 33
PCI-X 1 33
PCI-X 1 33
VGA CONSOLE / REMOTE / UPS
LAN 10/100
LAN Gb
SCSI LVD/SE
USB
CONSOLE
SERIAL A
SERIAL B
PWR
1
PWR
2
Management Card
LAN 10/100
GSP RESETS
SOFT HARD
TOC
PCI-X 133
PCI-X 133
PCI-X 133
PCI-X 133
VGA CONSOLE / REMOTE / UPS
LAN 10/100
LAN Gb
SCSI LVD/SE
USB
CONSOLE
SERIAL A
SERIAL B
PWR
1
PWR
2
Management Card
LAN 10/100
GSP RESETS
SOFT HARD
TOC
PCI-X 133
PCI-X 133
PCI-X 133
PCI-X 133
Infiniband
Infiniband
Infiniband
Infiniband
Infiniband
Infiniband
Infiniband
Infiniband
Infiniband
Infiniband
Infiniband
Infiniband
A
B
2
9
1
A
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console
mgmt-eth
TS170
AB291A
rx2600
rx2600
rx2600
rx2600
rx2600
rx2600
rx2600
rx2600
rx2600
rx2600
rx2600
rx2600
The AB291A switch connected to the TS170 acts as an InfiniBand Subnet Manager (SM) for the
larger switch. No management firmware is loaded on the TS170 and HP does not support a full-
featured host-based SM.