User's Guide
Overview
HyperFabric Products
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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, fibre based HyperFabric hardware is available. In addition, a hybrid switch
that has 8 fibre ports is available to support HF2 clusters.
The various HyperFabric products are described below. See the HP HyperFabric Release
Note for information about the HP 9000 systems these products are supported on.
NOTE This document uses the term HyperFabric (HF) is used in general to refer to the
hardware and software that form the HyperFabric cluster interconnect product.
The term HyperFabric2 (HF2) refers to the fibre 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 a 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 include the following:
• A6386A HF2 PCI (4X) adapter with a fibre interface.
Switches and Switch Modules
The HyperFabric2 switches are as follows:
• A6384A HF2 fibre switch chassis with one integrated Ethernet management LAN
adapter card, one integrated 8-port fibre card, and one expansion slot. For the
chassis to be a functional switch, one of these two switch modules must be installed
in the expansion slot:
— The A6388A HF2 8-port fibre switch module. This gives the switch 16 fibre ports
(8 from the integrated fibre card and 8 from the A6388A).
— The A6389A HF2 4-port copper switch module. This gives the switch 12 ports—a
mixture of 8 fibre ports (from the integrated fibre card) and 4 copper ports (from
the A6389A module).
The A6384A HF2 switch chassis with either module installed is supported beginning
with the following HyperFabric software versions:
• HP-UX 11i v3: HyperFabric software version B.11.31.01