HP StorageWorks Scalable File Share System Installation and Upgrade Guide Version 2.2

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1.6.2 HP ProLiant DL360 G4/G4p server
Figure 1-14 shows the rear view of an HP ProLiant DL360 G4/G4p server.
Figure 1-14 HP ProLiant DL360 G4/G4p server — rear view
The components and interfaces of the server that are used by the HP SFS system include the following:
• The Integrated Lights Out (iLO) management port
The iLO port is used to connect the iLO component in the server to the management network.
• NIC 1 port
The NIC 1 port is used to connect the server to the management network.
• NIC 2 port
The NIC 2 port may be used to connect the server to the site network, the interconnect, both, or
neither (see Section 2.4.1 for more information).
• Storage HBA
The right-hand PCI slot is used for a Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter (HBA).
• (Optional) Interconnect adapter
The left-hand slot on the server can be used for a Quadrics, Myrinet, Voltaire InfiniBand, dual Gigabit
Ethernet, or bonded Gigabit Ethernet adapter to connect the server to an interconnect.
Alternatively, in systems where a dedicated Gigabit Ethernet interconnect is used but is not attached
to the site network, an Ethernet adapter can be used in the left-hand slot on the administration server
and the MDS server to connect to the site network.
NOTE: Both the MDS server and the administration server are configured by default with 4GB of memory,
while Object Storage Servers are configured with 2GB of memory. MDS servers benefit from the extra
memory for highly meta-data-intensive workloads, and as the administration server is the failover server for
the MDS server, it must have the same configuration.
Extra memory on Object Storage Servers does not benefit write performance, because write operations on
these servers are performed using direct I/O and do not use the buffer cache on the server. Some levels of
extra read caching are possible with larger memory configurations on the Object Storage Servers in
predominantly read-oriented workloads, but this is not the default configuration.
Storage HBA
(Optional) Interconnect adapter
Power cord connector
NIC 1
iLO NIC 2
USB