HP 2G PCI-X 2 Gigabit Fibre Channel and Gigabit EthernetPerformanceUsing the H - Page 16

Test Details Table 1 Products Used in the Performance Measurement Tests (Continued) Benchmark software for Gigabit Ethernet tests Benchmark software for Fibre Channel tests Netperf is the benchmark software suite that generated LAN traffic for the Gigabit Ethernet performance tests. For more information about netperf or to get a free copy of netperf, go to http://www.netperf.org Diskbench (db) is the benchmark suite that generated disk read and write traffic for the FC tests. Test Details: Test Configuration The test configuration consists of a 16-way (750 MHz) rp8400 with Server Expansion Unit (SEU) cabinet with 16 Gigabytes of system memory and one A9782A PCI-X 2 Gigabit Fibre Channel and Gigabit Ethernet adapter. The single adapter performance was then measured in a system configured with 1 cell per partition, 2 cells per partition, and 4 cells per partition. The A9782A /A9784A are 3.3 volt adapters "keyed" so that they only fit in the correct system slots. The PCI-X slots in the system under test and in all rp8400s are the slots located in the rp8400 Server Expansion Unit (SEU) not the base rp8400 system. The slots labelled 1 through 6 in each of the two card cages of the base system are PCI 3.3 volt slots. Slots 7 and 8 in the base system are PCI 5 volt slots, and these adapters cannot be used in 5 volt slots. All 16 of the slots in the SEU cabinet are PCI-X slots. The Gigabit Ethernet test load was generated by connecting the Gigabit Ethernet port on the adapter in the rp8400 SEU to one HP 9304M Procurve Routing Switch. Four 2-way j6000 each containing a single PCI 1000Base-SX adapter were connected to the switch. The Fibre Channel test load was generated by connecting the Fibre Channel port on the adapter in the rp8400 SEU to a BrocadeTM Fibre Channel switch. Four HP DS2405 Disk Systems capable of handling 2Gbyte/s Fibre Channel were evenly connected to the switch. The switch ports were configured as QuickLoop (QL) to emulate a private loop. NOTES: • The networking and I/O performance of the A9782A is identical to the A9784A. • The observed performance results are consistent across all of the same type of I/O slots of the system. 16