topic Re: Query on BL860c in BladeSystem - General

Query on BL860c

Syed Madar J S — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:51:41 GMT

Hi,

I would like to know : Will, the Blade "BL860c" works with infiniband ?

If not why? - Please eloborate.

Re: Query on BL860c

S_Logan — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:29:45 GMT

Hi Syed,

Yes.It uses IB mezzanine card to connect IB Switches.

Please check the following QUICK SPECS link:

http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/13078_div/13078_div.html

Product Link:

http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/blades/components/infiniband/index.html

Regards,
Surendar

Re: Query on BL860c

S_Logan — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:32:36 GMT

Please see this also:

FAQ:

Q1. What server blades are supported?
A1. All HP BladeSystem c-Class server blades are supported. It is recommended to use the dual-port mezzanine HCA when the quad-core processors are configured on the server blades.

Q2. What server operating systems are supported by the mezzanine HCA?
A2. RedHat and SuSE Linux distributions are supported. Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server is supported on Voltaire GridStack for the single-port mezzanine HCA.

Re: Query on BL860c

Syed Madar J S — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:40:54 GMT

Thanks Surendar.

Since they are HP Blades i hope HP-UX 11iV2 and 11iV3 are supported as well.

Re: Query on BL860c

S_Logan — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:50:07 GMT

Yes.

you can very well check the configuration :

http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12671_div/12671_div.pdf

Re: Query on BL860c

Syed Madar J S — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:38:08 GMT

Thanks all