HP InfiniBand Solution for Oracle RAC Environments white paper

Figure 3. HP InfiniBand Solution for Oracle RAC high level diagram

Public LAN

Redundant MSA SAN

Switches 2/8

Modular Smart

Array 1000

HP NC570C

HP NC570CHP NC570C

HP 24-port 4x

Switch

FCA2214DC

FCA2214DCFCA2214DC

FCA2214DC

ProLiant DL380ProLiant DL380

Sample 4-node configuration

Below is a sample Bill of Materials for a 4-node cluster based on the ProLiant DL380 G4 server using

the MSA1000 for the shared storage and InfiniBand for the cluster interconnect:

Quantity

Part

Number

Description

Server Nodes

4 361011-

001

DL380R04 X3.6-1MB/800, 2GB High Performance, 2 processors

8 343056-

B21

2GB of Advanced PC2 PC3200 DDR2 SDRAM DIMM Memory Kit (2 x

1024 MB)

8 286776-

B22

36.4GB 15,000 rpm, U320 Universal Hard Drive, 1" (internal server

storage)

Cluster Interconnect

4 376158-

B21

HP NC570C PCI-X Dual-port 4x Fabric Adapter

4 376232-

B21

HP 1m 4x Fabric Copper Cable

1 376227-

B21

HP 24-Port 4x Fabric Copper Switch