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InfiniBand Cable Management Bracket

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1. QSFP connector 2. HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch - port 1 3. InfiniBand cable Figure 2-5 InfiniBand Cable Installed in Port 1 of the HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch 1 2 The following list describes the callouts shown in Figure 2-5: 1. InfiniBand cable installed in port 1 of the HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch 2. HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch You can install up to 16 InfiniBand cables in the HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch. It is not necessary to install the InfiniBand cables in any particular order. However, for the sake of consistency, begin installing the InfiniBand cables in port 1 and continue installing the cables up to port 16. 2.2.1 Removing an InfiniBand Cable from the HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch To remove an InfiniBand cable from the HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch, pull the QSFP connector release tab (see callout 2 in Figure 2-3) which releases the connector while using your other hand to remove the connector from the switch port. To completely remove the cable, it might be necessary to remove a releasable cable tie on the HP c-Class blade cable management bracket. If it is necessary to remove a releasable cable tie from the cable management bracket to fully release a QSFP InfiniBand connector from the switch, reverse the installation procedure documented in the HP Cluster Platform c-Class Blade Cable Management Bracket Installation Guide (see Section 2.3). 2.3 InfiniBand Cable Management Bracket Once the InfiniBand cables are installed in the HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch they will require additional support and strain relief. To provide support and strain relief for the InfiniBand cables, you must install a cable management bracket. For more information on the cable management bracket for the HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch, see the HP Cluster Platform c-Class Blade Cable Management Bracket Installation Guide on the High Performance Computing - Cluster Platform website: http://docs.hp.com/en/highperfcomp.html 14 Hardware Installation

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1.
QSFP connector
2.
HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch - port 1
3.
InfiniBand cable
Figure 2-5 InfiniBand Cable Installed in Port 1 of the HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch
1
2
The following list describes the callouts shown in
Figure 2-5
:
1.
InfiniBand cable installed in port 1 of the HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch
2.
HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch
You can install up to 16 InfiniBand cables in the HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch. It is
not necessary to install the InfiniBand cables in any particular order. However, for the sake of
consistency, begin installing the InfiniBand cables in port 1 and continue installing the cables up
to port 16.
2.2.1 Removing an InfiniBand Cable from the HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2
Switch
To remove an InfiniBand cable from the HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch, pull the QSFP
connector release tab (see callout 2 in
Figure 2-3
) which releases the connector while using your
other hand to remove the connector from the switch port.
To completely remove the cable, it might be necessary to remove a releasable cable tie on the HP
c-Class blade cable management bracket.
If it is necessary to remove a releasable cable tie from the cable management bracket to fully
release a QSFP InfiniBand connector from the switch, reverse the installation procedure
documented in the
HP Cluster Platform c-Class Blade Cable Management Bracket Installation Guide
(see
Section 2.3
).
2.3 InfiniBand Cable Management Bracket
Once the InfiniBand cables are installed in the HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch they
will require additional support and strain relief. To provide support and strain relief for the
InfiniBand cables, you must install a cable management bracket. For more information on the
cable management bracket for the HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch, see the
HP Cluster
Platform c–Class Blade Cable Management Bracket Installation Guide
on the
High Performance
Computing - Cluster Platform
website:
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Hardware Installation