HP Cluster Platform Introduction v2010 HP Cluster Platform Workgroup System To - Page 3

Table of Contents About This Document...9 Intended Audience...9 New and Changed Information in This Edition 9 Document Organization...9 Typographic Conventions...10 Related Information...10 HP Encourages Your Comments...10 Documentation Updates and Release Notes 11 1 Cluster Platform Workgroup System Tower Overview 13 1.1 Workgroup System Tower Views...14 1.2 High Performance Computing - HP Cluster Platform Architecture 15 1.2.1 HP GbE2c Ethernet Blade Switch and the Optional InfiniBand Network 16 1.2.1.1 HP GbE2c Ethernet Switch 16 1.2.1.2 HP 4X DDR InfiniBand Interconnect, and InfiniBand Mezzanine HCAs 18 1.2.2 HP Onboard Administrator and Workgroup System Tower Documentation 19 2 Workgroup System Tower Pre-installation Procedures 21 2.1 Pre-installation Procedures...21 2.2 Site Recommendations...21 2.3 Power Examples...22 3 Unpacking and Removing a Workgroup System Tower from a Pallet 23 4 Installation and Start-up 27 4.1 Postinstallation and Diagnostics...27 4.2 Setting Up Local Networks...27 4.2.1 Connecting to an External Network 27 4.2.2 Configuring a VLAN for the Administrative Network 28 4.3 Operating System Information...29 A Workgroup System Tower High-Line Power Examples 31 B Configuration Rules for Workgroup System Tower 39 B.1 Workgroup System Tower Device and Interconnect Bay Rules 39 B.2 Workgroup System Tower Fan Bays 39 Index...41 Table of Contents 3