Administrator's Guide

Planning the Fabric

TCP/UDP/IP

Chapter 218

You can interconnect (mesh) up to 4 switches (16-port fiber, or Mixed

8 fiber ports) in a single HyperFabric cluster.

• Trunking Between Switches (multiple connections)

You can use trunking between switches to increase bandwidth and

cluster throughput. Trunking is also a way to eliminate a possible

single point of failure. The number of trunked cables between nodes

is limited only by port availability. To assess the effects of trunking

on the performance of any particular HyperFabric conﬁguration,

contact your HP representative.

• Maximum Cable Lengths

HF2 (fiber): The maximum distance is 200m (Four standard cable

lengths are sold and supported: 2m, 16m, 50m and 200m).

TCP/UDP/IP supports up to four HF2 switches connected in series

with a maximum cable length of 200m between the switches and

200m between switches and nodes.

TCP/UDP/IP supports up to four hybrid HF2 switches connected in

series with a maximum cable length of 200m between ﬁber ports.