Administrator's Guide

Planning the Fabric

Hyper Messaging Protocol (HMP)

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• HMP is supported on A400, A500, rp2400, rp2450, rp54xx (N-class),

rp74xx (L-class), rp8400, and Superdome servers running 64-bit

HP-UX.

• HMP is supported on HyperFabric starting HyperFabric versions

B.11.00.11, B.11.11.01, and B.11.23.00.

• HMP is not supported on the A180 or A180C server.

• HMP is not supported on 32-bit versions of HP-UX.

• Throughput and Latency

Table 2-3 HF2 Throughput and Latency with HMP Applications

Server Class Maximum Throughput Latency

rp 7400 2 + 2 Gbps full duplex per link < 22 microsec

Table 2-4 Supported HyperFabric Adapter Conﬁgurations

Adapter

Bus

Type

Supported

HP Systems

HP-UX

Version

OLAR

Support?

Maximum

Adapters

per System

A6386A PCI (4X) rx2600 servers 11i v2 No 1

A6386A PCI (4X) rx56XX

servers

11i v2 No 4

A6386A PCI (4X) zx6000

workstations

11i v2 No 1

A6386A PCI (4X) SD64A servers 11i v2 Yes 8 (maximum

4 per PCI

card cage)

A6386A PCI (4X) rx7620 servers 11i v2 No 8 (maximum

4 per PCI

card cage)

A6386A PCI (4X) rx8620 servers 11i v2 Yes 8 (maximum

4 per PCI

card cage)

A6386A PCI (4X) rx4640 servers 11i v2 Yes 6