HP Fabric Clustering System PCI-X 2-port 4X Fabric (HPC) Adapter Installation Guide, April 2006

HP PCI-X 2-port 4X Fabric (HPC) Adapter Installation
HP Fabric Clustering System Installation Prerequisites
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1 HP PCI-X 2-port 4X Fabric (HPC) Adapter
Installation
This document gives installation information for the HP Fabric Clustering System Host Channel Adapter
(HCA) for InfiniBand, AB286C PCI-X 133Mhz adapter with 2 (two) 4X copper interfaces.
NOTE The AB286C card is NOT supported on PA systems.
The AB286C product is for use in high-performance technical computing clusters.
This chapter contains HP-UX installation information and contains the following sections:
• “HP Fabric Clustering System Installation Prerequisites”
• “Install HP Fabric Clustering System Adapters”
• “Install HP Fabric Clustering System Software”
• “Internet Protocol over InfiniBand (IPoIB)”
• “On-Line Addition and Replacement Operations (OL*)”
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installation.
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HP Fabric Clustering System Installation Prerequisites
NOTE The latest copy of this document can be found at http://www.docs.hp.com within the
Networking and Communications area.
Before installing the HP Fabric Clustering System, ensure that the following hardware and software
prerequisites are met:
• HP requires all systems in the fabric to use both the same HP-UX OS software version, and the same
HP-UX Fabric Clustering System for InfiniBand software version, such as version B.11.23.05.