HP Cluster Platform Introduction v2010 HP Cluster Platform Workgroup System To - Page 13

1 Cluster Platform Workgroup System Tower Overview The HP Cluster Platform Workgroup System Tower is delivered to you factory assembled and ready for deployment. It is available with a choice of pre-installed software for cluster management. The extensive array of software tools featured in the Unified Cluster Portfolio are supported on the Workgroup System Tower. For more information, go to the Unified Cluster Portfolio overview: http://h20311.www2.hp.com/HPC/cache/275420-0-0-225-121.html?jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN Workgroup System Tower solutions offer a choice of compute nodes, with HP ProLiant BL460c server blades with Intel® Xeon™ processors or HP ProLiant BL465c server blades featuring AMD Opteron™ processors. One server blade in the configuration is designated as the control node, which you can configure separately from the remaining server blades in the enclosure. The control node can also be used for preprocessing, postprocessing, and computational workload. Note: All of the other server blades in the enclosure are configured identically. Within the Workgroup System Tower server blade (c3000) enclosure, all of the processor subsystems are identical; that is, all of the processors are of the same type and frequency and they have the same memory configuration. The Workgroup System Tower ships with all of the modules installed and may also have the optional 4X double-data rate (DDR) InfiniBand interconnect module installed for high-bandwidth, low-latency message passing. If this network is in your configuration, all of the server blades must be connected to the InfiniBand network. Software options include Red Hat and SUSE Linux distributions, as well as the HP message-passing library, HP-MPI. For Windows environments, clusters are available with the Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server (CCS). For information on the software available for the Workgroup System Tower, go to: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12790_div/12790_div.PDF The Workgroup System Tower is comprised of a single-cabinet cluster containing a variety of components installed to meet the following specifications: • A single onboard administrator (OA) module • Up to eight half-height server blades • A shared administration/gigabit Ethernet network • Configurations within one c3000 BladeSystem enclosure • An optional InfiniBand interconnect Cluster management in the Workgroup System Tower configuration is supported over an administration network with both console and operating system-level management branches sharing the gigabit Ethernet network established by the HP GbE2c switch module. The following components or features are not supported in Workgroup System Tower: • External storage • Multiple control nodes • Dual onboard administrators • High-performance interconnects (such as Myrinet and Quadrics) • Full-height server blades For configuration information on factory integrated models, features and specifications, go to the Workgroup System Tower QuickSpecs on the HP website: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12790_div/12790_div.PDF For an overview on HP Cluster Platform architecture, see Section 1.2. 13