Administrator's Guide

Planning the Fabric
Hyper Messaging Protocol (HMP)
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Technical Computing (Work Stations) Configuration
This configuration is typically used to run technical computing
applications with HP-MPI. A large number of small nodes are
interconnected to achieve high throughput (see Figure 2-8). High
availability is not usually a requirement in technical computing
environments.
HMP provides the high performance, low latency path necessary for
these technical computing applications. You can interconnect up to 56
nodes using HP 16-port switches. You cannot link more than four 16-port
switches in a single cluster (see Figure 2-9).
The HP “J”, “B”, and “C” class workstations provide excellent
performance and return on investment in technical computing
configurations.