HP StorageWorks Scalable File Share for SFS20 Enclosure Hardware Installation Guide Version 2.2

SA-6404 PCI-X array controller. NIC2, an embedded Gigabit Ethernet controller, or a Dual

port Gigabit Ethernet controller, is used as the system interconnect.

• ProLiant DL380 G5 or G4 2U servers if the system interconnect is other than Ethernet. Each

DL380 Object Storage Server has 2 GB of memory or more, a single 72GB disk drive, and

one or two SA-6404 PCI-X array controllers. The other PCI slot contains a Dual port Gigabit

Ethernet controller, InfiniBand card, Myrinet XP or 2XP PCI card, or a Quadrics QsNetII

PCI-X NIC for connection to the system interconnect.

Each MDS server, administrative server, and Object Storage Server has a minimum of one Smart

Array 6404 Controller (SA-6404), and one embedded dual-controller PCI-X Ultra320 SCSI

controller. Each controller has two ports for a total of four ports on the module.

Each SA-6404 controller is connected to two or four HP SFS20 Enclosures. There can be a maximum

of two SA-6404 adapters when the server is a Proliant DL380 for maximum of eight HP SFS20s

per server. Each SFS20 enclosure has the capacity for up to 12 serial advanced technology

attachment (SATA) disks. The cables between the SA-6404 and the HP SFS20 Enclosure are

very-high-density cable interconnect (VHDCI) SCSI cables.

The ProCurve switches are mounted in the base rack with the MDS, administrative, and Object

Storage Servers. Each MDS and Object Storage Server has two connections to a ProCurve Switch:

one for Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) and one for the management network (embedded Gigabit

Ethernet controller, NIC1). Each server also has a connection to the interconnect switch in the

compute cluster.

1.3 System Interconnect Overview

When the HP SFS system provides the file system storage for a single compute cluster, the

administration server, MDS server, and each Object Storage Server is connected to the interconnect

switch in the compute cluster. The interconnect can be one of the following:

• Voltaire® InfiniBand®

• Myrinet® XP or 2XP

• Quadrics® QsNet

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• Dual port 1000Base-TX Ethernet

• Embedded 1000Base-TX Ethernet

Table 1-1 “G4 Server Slot Positions for Interconnect Cards Using One Interconnect” and

Table 1-2 “G5 Server Slot Positions for Interconnect Cards Using One Interconnect” describe the

interconnect card slot positions for Proliant G4 and G5 servers when there is only one interconnect.

Table 1-1 G4 Server Slot Positions for Interconnect Cards Using One Interconnect

ProLiant DL380 G4ProLiant DL360 G4Interconnect Type

PCI slot 1InfiniBand

PCI slot 1Myrinet XP or 2XP

PCI slot 1Quadrics QsNet

Embedded 1000Base-TX

Ethernet, NIC2 (left-hand NIC)

Embedded 1000Base-TX Ethernet, NIC2

(top NIC)

Gigabit Ethernet

PCI slot 1PC1 slot 1Dual port Gigabit Ethernet

1 The MDS/Admin nodes are always DL380s. The OSS nodes are always DL380s unless the interconnect is Gigabit

Ethernet and the number of SFS20 enclosures per server is two or one, in which case DL360s are used.

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