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SGI Virtu VN200 Overview
Figure 1-5 shows an SGI Virtu VN200 graphics node configured with an SGI Altix XE
cluster.
Figure 1-5 Altix XE Cluster Configuration
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
Graphics Node
InfiniBand
PCI card
Mouse
Keyboard
Monitor