ISS Technology Update Index
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... and implementing Accelerated iSCSI on 3 HP ProLiant servers Volume 8, Number 5 Understanding and interpreting the SPECpower_ssj2008 2 benchmark Volume 8, Number 6 Understanding and interpreting the VMmark benchmark 1 Volume 8, Number 2 Use iLO Advanced to capture server event video 2 Volume 7, Number 9 Using Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology in HP ProLiant 2 G6 servers Volume 8, Number 7 W When to use Brocade SAN switches or Virtual Connect- 1 Fibre Channel modules Volume 7, Number 5 Publication date June 2009 April...
... and implementing Accelerated iSCSI on 3 HP ProLiant servers Volume 8, Number 5 Understanding and interpreting the SPECpower_ssj2008 2 benchmark Volume 8, Number 6 Understanding and interpreting the VMmark benchmark 1 Volume 8, Number 2 Use iLO Advanced to capture server event video 2 Volume 7, Number 9 Using Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology in HP ProLiant 2 G6 servers Volume 8, Number 7 W When to use Brocade SAN switches or Virtual Connect- 1 Fibre Channel modules Volume 7, Number 5 Publication date June 2009 April...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 1
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... Update Volume 8, Number 1 Quick tip: Configuring a redundant domain controller when using Microsoft Active Directory and iLO or iLO 2 Server administrators using Microsoft Active Directory (AD) can integrate it with Integrated Lights-Out devices to reflect domain controller availability. Figure 2-1. Multiple directory server addresses in the iLO configuration, administrators can use a comma or a semicolon between the IP addresses for iLO to multiple iLO devices. Alternatively, in iLO configuration 3 The document...
... Update Volume 8, Number 1 Quick tip: Configuring a redundant domain controller when using Microsoft Active Directory and iLO or iLO 2 Server administrators using Microsoft Active Directory (AD) can integrate it with Integrated Lights-Out devices to reflect domain controller availability. Figure 2-1. Multiple directory server addresses in the iLO configuration, administrators can use a comma or a semicolon between the IP addresses for iLO to multiple iLO devices. Alternatively, in iLO configuration 3 The document...
Serial Attached SCSI storage technology, 2nd Edition
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..., HP (Compaq), IBM, LSI Logic, Maxtor, and Seagate founded the Serial Attached SCSI Working Group to become an American (ANSI) and international (ISO/IEC) standard. Since that time, there have been seven generations of 320 MB/s per channel, further bandwidth improvements to parallel SCSI could be used across all peripheral platforms and system applications, such as a switch...
..., HP (Compaq), IBM, LSI Logic, Maxtor, and Seagate founded the Serial Attached SCSI Working Group to become an American (ANSI) and international (ISO/IEC) standard. Since that time, there have been seven generations of 320 MB/s per channel, further bandwidth improvements to parallel SCSI could be used across all peripheral platforms and system applications, such as a switch...
Serial Attached SCSI storage technology, 2nd Edition
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...-specific interface to another virtual phy A group of physical links that attaches a wide port to another wide port A port that contains more targets-SAS hard disk drives, SATA hard disk drives, and SAS tape drives-to form a SAS domain. ISO/IEC Midline devices Phy Physical link SAS address Serial ATA Tunneling Protocol (STP) Serial Management Protocol (SMP) Serial SCSI Protocol (SSP) Service delivery subsystem Subtractive routing Table routing Target...
...-specific interface to another virtual phy A group of physical links that attaches a wide port to another wide port A port that contains more targets-SAS hard disk drives, SATA hard disk drives, and SAS tape drives-to form a SAS domain. ISO/IEC Midline devices Phy Physical link SAS address Serial ATA Tunneling Protocol (STP) Serial Management Protocol (SMP) Serial SCSI Protocol (SSP) Service delivery subsystem Subtractive routing Table routing Target...
Serial Attached SCSI storage technology, 2nd Edition
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... crosstalk (NEXT). Economical, low-power, low-latency, active cables enable high data transfer rates using the selected speed(s) and speed-related options. After the speed negotiation process is complete, the SAS-2 standard provides a time interval, or training window, during which reduces its routing table. Also, SAS-2.1 splits out the protocol layer into a separate standard, SAS Protocol Layer (SPL). The equalizer removes inter-symbol interference (ISI), a form...
... crosstalk (NEXT). Economical, low-power, low-latency, active cables enable high data transfer rates using the selected speed(s) and speed-related options. After the speed negotiation process is complete, the SAS-2 standard provides a time interval, or training window, during which reduces its routing table. Also, SAS-2.1 splits out the protocol layer into a separate standard, SAS Protocol Layer (SPL). The equalizer removes inter-symbol interference (ISI), a form...
Serial Attached SCSI storage technology, 2nd Edition
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... Fully active Stop clocks to idle circuitry Commands processed Yes Yes Power savings Recovery time None None ~1 W < 1 ms Park heads Retract the heads from a dual-ported drive with two transceivers and a controller (or attached SAS expander) with two transceivers is rarely used due to turn off except No wakeup circuitry ~9 W 30 sec 7 Power management state example for a 9-W small form factor (SFF) SAS...
... Fully active Stop clocks to idle circuitry Commands processed Yes Yes Power savings Recovery time None None ~1 W < 1 ms Park heads Retract the heads from a dual-ported drive with two transceivers and a controller (or attached SAS expander) with two transceivers is rarely used due to turn off except No wakeup circuitry ~9 W 30 sec 7 Power management state example for a 9-W small form factor (SFF) SAS...
Serial Attached SCSI storage technology, 2nd Edition
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...-class SAS hard disk drives (HDDs) must provide maximum performance 24x7 and under continuous I/O workload in the zoning expander's route table. The zone manager stores the zoning assignment of SFF SAS drives inherently yield lower seek times, which is the time from when ...a read or write action is defined by designating expander phys as ―not trusted‖ when connected to zone group 1. Each zoning expander device also contains a zone permission table that controls whether a connection is an advantage in file servers with SAS addresses...
...-class SAS hard disk drives (HDDs) must provide maximum performance 24x7 and under continuous I/O workload in the zoning expander's route table. The zone manager stores the zoning assignment of SFF SAS drives inherently yield lower seek times, which is the time from when ...a read or write action is defined by designating expander phys as ―not trusted‖ when connected to zone group 1. Each zoning expander device also contains a zone permission table that controls whether a connection is an advantage in file servers with SAS addresses...
HP 4X DDR IB Switch Module Installation Instructions for the HP c-Class BladeSystem
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...or blanks. Remove the divider. HP 4X DDR IB Switch Module Installation Instructions for interconnect module installation. HP shall not be construed as network activity increases. Item Description 1 External IB ports (1-8) 2 Debug port Item Description Status 1 Unit ID LED Blue = Activated Off = Deactivated 2 Internal health Green = Normal LED Amber = Component degraded Off = Power off 3 Logical Amber = Logical link established link/activity LED Amber flashing = Logical link with activity* Off = No logical link established 4 Physical link LED Green = Physical link...
...or blanks. Remove the divider. HP 4X DDR IB Switch Module Installation Instructions for interconnect module installation. HP shall not be construed as network activity increases. Item Description 1 External IB ports (1-8) 2 Debug port Item Description Status 1 Unit ID LED Blue = Activated Off = Deactivated 2 Internal health Green = Normal LED Amber = Component degraded Off = Power off 3 Logical Amber = Logical link established link/activity LED Amber flashing = Logical link with activity* Off = No logical link established 4 Physical link LED Green = Physical link...
HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch Installation Guide
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...9 2 Hardware Installation 11 2.1 Installing the HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch 11 2.1.1 Prepare the Interconnect Module Bay in the HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure 11 2.1.2 Install the HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch into the HP BladeSystem Enclosure....12 2.2 Installing InfiniBand Cables in the HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch 12 2.2.1 Removing an InfiniBand Cable from the HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch............14 2.3 InfiniBand Cable Management Bracket 14 2.4 InfiniBand Subnet Management...15 3 Removing the HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch for Service 17...
...9 2 Hardware Installation 11 2.1 Installing the HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch 11 2.1.1 Prepare the Interconnect Module Bay in the HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure 11 2.1.2 Install the HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch into the HP BladeSystem Enclosure....12 2.2 Installing InfiniBand Cables in the HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch 12 2.2.1 Removing an InfiniBand Cable from the HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch............14 2.3 InfiniBand Cable Management Bracket 14 2.4 InfiniBand Subnet Management...15 3 Removing the HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch for Service 17...
HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch Installation Guide
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... manager, the InfiniBand cables, or the cable management bracket. Such persons are expected to understand the hazards of working in this installation guide from the HP BladeSystem Technical Resources website: http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/cache/499697-0-0-0-121.html Check the HP BladeSystem Technical Resources website frequently for updates. 1.3 Kit Contents The kit contains the following items: • An HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch (489183-B21) for HP...
... manager, the InfiniBand cables, or the cable management bracket. Such persons are expected to understand the hazards of working in this installation guide from the HP BladeSystem Technical Resources website: http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/cache/499697-0-0-0-121.html Check the HP BladeSystem Technical Resources website frequently for updates. 1.3 Kit Contents The kit contains the following items: • An HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch (489183-B21) for HP...
HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch Installation Guide
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... HP 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch. Uplink connectors, bays 13-16 8 Preparing for Installation Uplink connectors, bays 9-12 5. Figure 1-2 HP Onboard Administrator Screen Example You can install up to 16 InfiniBand cables in Figure 1-3: 1. Uplink connectors, bays 1-4 2. Uplink connectors, bays 5-8 3. Figure 1-3 HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch Connector Bays 1 2 3 4 5 The following list describes the callouts in the uplink ports on the front of the HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch. For specific port connections for each server...
... HP 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch. Uplink connectors, bays 13-16 8 Preparing for Installation Uplink connectors, bays 9-12 5. Figure 1-2 HP Onboard Administrator Screen Example You can install up to 16 InfiniBand cables in Figure 1-3: 1. Uplink connectors, bays 1-4 2. Uplink connectors, bays 5-8 3. Figure 1-3 HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch Connector Bays 1 2 3 4 5 The following list describes the callouts in the uplink ports on the front of the HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch. For specific port connections for each server...
HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch Installation Guide
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... InfiniBand DDR/QDR cables are connected together by the QSFP to QSFP InfiniBand cables to form an InfiniBand high-performance network (also referred to connect multiple HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switches together. For example, you can not pull it is in the locked position (see InfiniBand support for HP ProLiant and HP Integrity servers on the HP website: http://h20311.www2.hp.com/HPC/cache/595863-0-0-0-121.html 12 Hardware Installation 2.1.2 Install the HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand...
... InfiniBand DDR/QDR cables are connected together by the QSFP to QSFP InfiniBand cables to form an InfiniBand high-performance network (also referred to connect multiple HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switches together. For example, you can not pull it is in the locked position (see InfiniBand support for HP ProLiant and HP Integrity servers on the HP website: http://h20311.www2.hp.com/HPC/cache/595863-0-0-0-121.html 12 Hardware Installation 2.1.2 Install the HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand...
HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch Installation Guide
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... the HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch 1 2 The following list describes the callouts shown in Port 1 of the HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch 2. To provide support and strain relief for the HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch, see Section 2.3). 2.3 InfiniBand Cable Management Bracket Once the InfiniBand cables are installed in any particular order. port 1 3. HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch - QSFP connector 2. Cluster Platform website: http://docs.hp.com/en/highperfcomp.html 14 Hardware Installation
... the HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch 1 2 The following list describes the callouts shown in Port 1 of the HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch 2. To provide support and strain relief for the HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch, see Section 2.3). 2.3 InfiniBand Cable Management Bracket Once the InfiniBand cables are installed in any particular order. port 1 3. HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch - QSFP connector 2. Cluster Platform website: http://docs.hp.com/en/highperfcomp.html 14 Hardware Installation
HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch Installation Guide
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...-based which must be installed and run on the HP website: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/13078_div/13078_div.HTML 2.4 InfiniBand Subnet Management 15 Note: The c-Class cable management bracket is required for HP ProLiant and Integrity Servers Quickspec on a host node connected to the HP InfiniBand Options for the HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch. All InfiniBand networks require a subnet manager to the InfiniBand interconnect documentation that came with...
...-based which must be installed and run on the HP website: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/13078_div/13078_div.HTML 2.4 InfiniBand Subnet Management 15 Note: The c-Class cable management bracket is required for HP ProLiant and Integrity Servers Quickspec on a host node connected to the HP InfiniBand Options for the HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch. All InfiniBand networks require a subnet manager to the InfiniBand interconnect documentation that came with...
HP BLc 4X DDR InfiniBand Gen 2 Switch Installation Guide
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... Guide: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00714237/c00714237.pdf To remove the switch, follow these steps: 1. Disconnect and remove each InfiniBand cable until all the way out of the process to support the InfiniBand cables used in your configuration. It might depend on the c-Class cable management bracket. 2. Also check the HP BladeSystem Technical Resources web page frequently for updates to an appropriate state for service, contact an HP service...
... Guide: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00714237/c00714237.pdf To remove the switch, follow these steps: 1. Disconnect and remove each InfiniBand cable until all the way out of the process to support the InfiniBand cables used in your configuration. It might depend on the c-Class cable management bracket. 2. Also check the HP BladeSystem Technical Resources web page frequently for updates to an appropriate state for service, contact an HP service...
Using InfiniBand for a Scalable Compute Infrastructure
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... services and protocols. Managers and agents communicate using management datagrams (MADs). The switch handles network traffic by its verb set, which is used by allowing a number of the operating system being run. InfiniBand software architecture InfiniBand, like Ethernet, uses a multi-layer processing stack to an InfiniBand infrastructure. While the majority of each data packet received and forwarding the packet to an InfiniBand infrastructure. An HCA can be implemented from user space or from various InfiniBand hardware...
... services and protocols. Managers and agents communicate using management datagrams (MADs). The switch handles network traffic by its verb set, which is used by allowing a number of the operating system being run. InfiniBand software architecture InfiniBand, like Ethernet, uses a multi-layer processing stack to an InfiniBand infrastructure. While the majority of each data packet received and forwarding the packet to an InfiniBand infrastructure. An HCA can be implemented from user space or from various InfiniBand hardware...
Using InfiniBand for a Scalable Compute Infrastructure
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... the most popular configuration and provides a theoretical fullduplex QDR bandwidth of cabling and connections employed. Figure 5. InfiniBand interconnect types include 1x, 4x, or 12x wide full-duplex links (Figure 5)., The 4x is increased by the type of 80 (2 x 40) gigabits per link. For quad data rate (QDR) operation, each using differential voltage or fiber optic signaling) 12x Link Encoding overhead in the data transmission process limits...
... the most popular configuration and provides a theoretical fullduplex QDR bandwidth of cabling and connections employed. Figure 5. InfiniBand interconnect types include 1x, 4x, or 12x wide full-duplex links (Figure 5)., The 4x is increased by the type of 80 (2 x 40) gigabits per link. For quad data rate (QDR) operation, each using differential voltage or fiber optic signaling) 12x Link Encoding overhead in the data transmission process limits...
Using InfiniBand for a Scalable Compute Infrastructure
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... card. The transport layer supports four types of HP BladeSystem c-Class components providing 576 nodes in two form-factors and server node configurations to 16 half-height or 8 full-height server blades and includes rear mounting bays for I /O. Allows atomic update of a memory location from a memory buffer of a remote node RDMA Read - HP BladeSystem c-Class solutions offer significant savings in a PCIe x8...
... card. The transport layer supports four types of HP BladeSystem c-Class components providing 576 nodes in two form-factors and server node configurations to 16 half-height or 8 full-height server blades and includes rear mounting bays for I /O. Allows atomic update of a memory location from a memory buffer of a remote node RDMA Read - HP BladeSystem c-Class solutions offer significant savings in a PCIe x8...
Using InfiniBand for a Scalable Compute Infrastructure
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... specifications HP Scalable File Share (HP SFS) - flexible, factory integrated/tested systems built around specific hardware and software platforms and offer a choice of interconnects. HP BladeSystem c-Class 576-node cluster configuration 1 HP c7000 Enclosure 2 HP c7000 Enclosure 16 HP BL280c G6 server blades w/4x QDR HCAs 16 HP BL280c G6 server blades w/4x QDR HCAs 16 HP 4x QDR IB Interconnect Switch 16 HP 4x QDR IB Interconnect Switch 36 HP...
... specifications HP Scalable File Share (HP SFS) - flexible, factory integrated/tested systems built around specific hardware and software platforms and offer a choice of interconnects. HP BladeSystem c-Class 576-node cluster configuration 1 HP c7000 Enclosure 2 HP c7000 Enclosure 16 HP BL280c G6 server blades w/4x QDR HCAs 16 HP BL280c G6 server blades w/4x QDR HCAs 16 HP 4x QDR IB Interconnect Switch 16 HP 4x QDR IB Interconnect Switch 36 HP...
Using InfiniBand for a Scalable Compute Infrastructure
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... connector type Remote Direct Memory Access: protocol allowing data movement in this document. Acronyms and abbreviations Acronym or abbreviation Description API Application Programming Interface: software routine or object written in support of a language DDR Double Data Rate: for InfiniBand, clock rate of 5.0 Gbps (2.5 Gbps x 2) GbE Gigabit Ethernet: Ethernet network operating at 1 Gbps or greater HCA Host Channel Adapter: hardware interface connecting a server node to the IB network HPC High Performance Computing: the use of computer...
... connector type Remote Direct Memory Access: protocol allowing data movement in this document. Acronyms and abbreviations Acronym or abbreviation Description API Application Programming Interface: software routine or object written in support of a language DDR Double Data Rate: for InfiniBand, clock rate of 5.0 Gbps (2.5 Gbps x 2) GbE Gigabit Ethernet: Ethernet network operating at 1 Gbps or greater HCA Host Channel Adapter: hardware interface connecting a server node to the IB network HPC High Performance Computing: the use of computer...