Administrator's Guide

Overview of the HyperFabric Product
HyperFabric Products
Chapter 14
HyperFabric Products
HyperFabric hardware consists of host-based interface adapter cards,
interconnect cables, and optional switches. HyperFabric software resides
in Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) and firmware on the
adapter cards and includes user-space components and HP-UX drivers.
Currently, fiber-based HyperFabric hardware are available. In addition,
a hybrid switch that has 8-fiber ports is available to support HF2
clusters.
This section describes the various HyperFabric products. For more
information on HP 9000 systems that support HyperFabric products, see
the HyperFabric Release Notes, available at
http://docs.hp.com/hpux/netcom/index.html#HyperFabric.
NOTE This document uses the term HyperFabric (HF) to refer to the
hardware and software that form the HyperFabric cluster interconnect
product.
The term HyperFabric2 (HF2) refers to the following fiber-based
hardware components:
• The A6386A adapter
• The A6384A switch chassis
• The A6388A and A6389A switch modules. (Although the A6389A
switch module has 4-copper ports, it is still considered an HF2
component because it can only be used with the A6384A HF2 switch
chassis).
• The C7524A, C7525A, C7526A, and C7527A cables
HyperFabric Adapters
The HyperFabric adapters are as follows:
• A6386A HF2 PCI (4X) adapter with a fiber interface.
The A6092A HyperFabric adapter is supported beginning with the
following HyperFabric software versions: