topic Re: Can an npar containing multiple blades be setup on a C7000? in BladeSystem - General

Can an npar containing multiple blades be setup on a C7000?

HpeNewbie2023 — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 03:31:19 GMT

Hi all,

Please accept my apologies if this question is too basic (newbie here). Wondering if the ability of creating nPars where multiple blades become a signle computing unit is something that only can be done on a Superdome, or if the same could be accomplished with say a C7000 enclosure with BL460s blades?

Thank you for helping me with this question,

Re: Can an npar containing multiple blades be setup on a C7000?

Kashyap02 — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 04:51:50 GMT

Hi,

What is the network adapter installed on the Blade server ?
What generation is your blades ?

Re: Can an npar containing multiple blades be setup on a C7000?

Kashyap02 — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 04:07:47 GMT

Hi
Please find the below document for npar.
https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docLocale=en_US&docId=sd00001068en_us

Re: Can an npar containing multiple blades be setup on a C7000?

HpeNewbie2023 — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 06:15:21 GMT

@Kashyap02 Hi, thank you for getting back to me, I am really desperate at this point.

This is a test / lab environment we are trying to set up to then make it production.

Let me tell you what hardware we have and if you see a way we could set it up with any combination of these, please point me in the right direction.

For blades: we have g9 with 44 cores each.. BL460c.

For storage we have two options in the adjacent rack:
- MSA-2040 SAN version
- MSA-2050 SAS version

I could use either one, they are provisioned for me to make this work.

On the C7000 side of things we have different components in the spares room I could use:
- 488454-001 aka 487541-B21 16 PORT Pass through module SWITCH BLc
- 651281-B21 HP 8Gbps FC PCI-E 2.0 X4 Network HBA 659822-001 655452-001
- 2 x HP 656452-001 FIBRE CHANNEL 8GB QMH2572 ADPTR - 651281-B21, 659822-001
- HP AJ864A 3Gb SAS 2.0 8-Port Switch Module BladeSystem 491684-001
- HP Brocade B-Series 8GB FC SFP+ 8/24c SAN Switch Module 489866-001 (AJ822A)
- transceivers both iscsi and FC if we wanted to go the SAN route with the MAs-2040

Kindly advise

Re: Can an npar containing multiple blades be setup on a C7000?

HpeNewbie2023 — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 11:12:51 GMT

Forgot to mention: Network on blade is HP 366M

Re: Can an npar containing multiple blades be setup on a C7000?

Kashyap02 — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 04:51:12 GMT

Hi

Enclosure and Servers:
C7000 Enclosure
BL460c Gen9 Servers.

Storage:
MSA 2040 SAN and MSA 2050 SAS

Interconnects Available:
487541-B21 - 16 Port SAS pass-through switch
AJ864A - SAS switch - Musket board, 3Gb per second transfer rate
AJ822A - Brocade 8/24c SAN Switch Power Pack for HP BladeSystem c-Class

Adapters and HBA:
651281-B21 - 8Gb QMH2572 Fiber Channel (FC) Host Bus Adapter (HBA) mezzanine
615729-B2 - HPE Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 366M Adapter

Using the above available components you can setup as below.

Setup 1:

Blade 460c Gen9
Mezz 1 - QMH2572

Interconnect bay:
ICM 1 and 2 - Require Ethernet Passthrough Switches for ethernet connectivity for onboard NIC on blade. Or Virtual connect Flex Modules.
ICM 3 and 4 - Brocade 8/24c SAN Switch Power Pack for HP BladeSystem c-Class for FC connectivity / Or Virtual Connect FC modules.

Storage:
MSA 2040 SAN

Setup 2:

Blade 460c Gen9
Mezz 1 - 366M
Mezz 2 - QMH2572

Interconnect bay:
ICM 1 and 2 - Require Ethernet Passthrough Switches for ethernet connectivity for onboard NIC on blade.
ICM 3 and 4 - Require Ethernet Passthrough switches / VC modules for ethernet connectivity.
ICM 5 and 6 - Brocade 8/24c SAN Switch Power Pack for HP BladeSystem c-Class for FC connectivity.

Storage:
MSA 2040 SAN

Re: Can an npar containing multiple blades be setup on a C7000?

HpeNewbie2023 — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 11:08:34 GMT

Hi Kashyap02, you are the man (or woman, can't tell from your username)!

A setup description like the one you sent is exactly what we were looking for, this will help us enormously!

Will test the setup and report back!

Thank you again,

Re: Can an npar containing multiple blades be setup on a C7000?

Sunitha_Mod — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 06:56:20 GMT

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