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Figure 2-6 Gigabit Ethernet Interconnect Connections
NIC 1
NIC 2
NIC 3
NIC 4
MEZZ 1
MEZZ 2
MEZZ 3
iLO2
NIC 1
NIC 2
MEZZ 1
MEZZ 2
iLO2
Interconnect bay 1
Interconnect bay 2
Interconnect bay 3
Interconnect bay 4
Interconnect bay 5
Interconnect bay 6
Interconnect bay 7
Interconnect bay 8
ONBOARD
ADMINISTRATOR
MGT
NIC
PCI
SLOT
PCI SLOT
NIC
Non-Blade Server
C-Class Blade Enclosure
Admin ProCurve 2800 Series Switch
Console ProCurve 2600 Series Switch
Gigabit Ethernet Interconnect Switch
MGT
NIC
PCI SLOT
PCI SLOT
NIC
Non-Blade Server
External Public Network
2.5.2 Configuring an InfiniBand Interconnect
An InfiniBand interconnect requires one or more external InfiniBand switches with at least one
managed switch to manage the fabric.
Systems using an InfiniBand interconnect require you to install an InfiniBand mezzanine card
into mezzanine bay 2 of each server blade to provide a connection to the InfiniBand interconnect
network. The InfiniBand card in mezzanine bay 2 connects to the double-wide InfiniBand switch
in interconnect bays 5 and 6 on the enclosure.
The entire interconnect network is formed by connecting the InfiniBand switches in interconnect
bays 5 and 6 of each enclosure to one of the InfiniBand interconnect switches.
Non-blade server nodes also require InfiniBand cards and must also be connected to the
interconnect network.
Figure 2-7 illustrates the connections for an InfiniBand interconnect.
Figure 2-7 InfiniBand Interconnect Connections
NIC 1
NIC 2
NIC 3
NIC 4
MEZZ 1
MEZZ 2
MEZZ 3
iLO2
NIC 1
NIC 2
MEZZ 1
MEZZ 2
iLO2
Interconnect bay 1
Interconnect bay 2
Interconnect bay 3
Interconnect bay 4
Interconnect bays
Interconnect bay 7
Interconnect bay 8
ONBOARD
ADMINISTRATOR
MGT
NIC
PCI
SLOT
PCI SLOT
NIC
Non-Blade Server
C-Class Blade Enclosure
Admin ProCurve 2800 Series Switch
Console ProCurve 2600 Series Switch
Infiniband Interconnect Switch
MGT
NIC
PCI SLOT
PCI SLOT
NIC
Non-Blade Server
External Public Network
5 & 6 (double wide)
Infini
Band
Mezzani
ne
Cards
Double wide
InfiniBand switch
modu
le
InfiniBand PCI Cards
40 Cabling Server Blades