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B Server Blade Configuration Examples
This appendix contains illustrations and descriptions of fully cabled HP XC systems based on
interconnect type and server blade height.
The connections are color-coded, so consider viewing the PDF file online or printing this appendix
on a color printer to take advantage of the color coding.
B.1 Gigabit Ethernet Interconnect With Half-Height Server Blades
In Figure B-1, only the half-height server blades and the non-blade server nodes have connections
to the external network. Because the two NICs of the half-height server blade are already in use,
an Ethernet card was added to mezzanine bay 1 to allow for the external network connection on
the server blade. An interconnect module was added to bay 3.
On the non-blade server nodes, PCI Ethernet NICs are used for the external network connection.
Available ports vary based on hardware model. See the HP XC Hardware Preparation Guide for
more information about port assignments.
Figure B-1 Gigabit Ethernet Interconnect With Half-Height Server Blades
Ethernet PCI Cards
Non-Blade Server
MGT
NIC
NIC
PCI SLOT
Non-Blade Server
PCI SLOT
MGT
C-Class Blade Enclosure
F U L L H E IG H T B L A D E
NIC 2
NIC 4
HALF HEIGHT BLADE
Interconnect bay 3
MEZZ 1
iLO2
NIC 1
NIC 2
MEZZ 1
MEZZ 2
iLO2
PCI SLOT
PCI SLOT
Admin ProCurve 2800 Series Switch
Interconnect bay 2
NIC 3
MEZZ 3
NIC
Interconnect bay 1
NIC 1
MEZZ 2
NIC
Ethernet
Mezzanine
Card
Console ProCurve 2600 Series Switch
Interconnect bay 4
Interconnect bay 5
Interconnect bay 6
Gigabit Ethernet Interconnect Switch
Interconnect bay 7
Interconnect bay 8
ONBOARD
ADMINISTRATOR
External Public Network
KEY
Administration Network
Console Network
Cluster Interconnect Network
External Network
B.2 InfiniBand Interconnect With Full-Height Server Blades
In the configuration shown in Figure B-2, connections to the external network were required
only on the non-blade server nodes and the full-height server blades. On those server blades,
NIC3 is used for the connection to the external network. A VLAN is used to separate the external
network traffic from the administration network traffic on the switch in bay 1 to save the expense
of an additional Ethernet interconnect module in bay 2.
On the non-blade server nodes, the built-in NICs were used for the external network connection.
Available ports vary based on hardware model. See Chapter 3 (page 45) for more information
about port assignments.
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