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

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1.6.8 The Quadrics interconnect
Figure 1-21 shows how ProLiant DL360 servers are connected to the Quadrics interconnect. The switches in
the Quadrics interconnect and the connections to the client nodes are part of, and managed by, the client
system.
Figure 1-21 shows a system using ProLiant DL360 servers; the connections in a system using ProLiant DL380
servers would be similar (subject to the rules defined in Section 2.4.1).
Figure 1-21 Quadrics interconnect
Figure 1-21 shows a node-level Quadrics switch, and Quadrics adapters in the first PCI slot on each of the
ProLiant DL360 servers. It is of no consequence to the HP SFS system which ports are used to connect servers
to the Quadrics switch. However, once a file system is created that uses a server (either an MDS server or
an Object Storage Server), you must follow the procedures described in Chapter 8 of the HP StorageWorks
Scalable File Share System User Guide if you want to change Quadrics port numbers.
CAUTION: If you want to change Quadrics port numbers on servers that are used by a file system, you
must follow the procedures described in Chapter 8 of the HP StorageWorks Scalable File Share System
User Guide.
DL360
DL360