User`s guide

Base Gigabit Ethernet
switch for Admin.
InfiniBand
switch (MPI)
1U slide out
console
Remote workstation
monitor
Standard
RJ-45
twisted-pair
cable
InfiniBand cables
Customer Ethernet
Head Node
Compute Node
Compute Node
Compute Node
InfiniBand
PCI card
10 007-5474-003
1: SGI Altix XE Cluster Quick-reference
Figure 1-6 Single Ethernet and Single InfiniBand Switch Configuration Example