HyperFabric Configuration Guidelines

Hyper Messaging Protocol (HMP)

Technical Computing (Work Stations)

This configuration is typically used to run technical computing

applications with HP-MPI. A large number of small nodes are

interconnected to achieve high throughput (see Figure 14). High

availability is not usually a requirement in technical computing

environments.

HMP provides the high performance, low latency path necessary for

these technical computing applications. As many as 56 nodes can be

interconnected using HP 16-port switches. Not more than four 16-port

switches can be linked in a single cluster (see Figure 15).

The HP “J”, “B” and “C” class workstations provide excellent

performance and return on investment in technical computing

configurations.