A.8 Connecting Two Exalogic Half Racks

Figure A-8 illustrates how two Exalogic half racks are connected on the same InfiniBand fabric.

Figure A-8 Two Exalogic Machine Half Racks

Description of Figure A-8 follows
Description of "Figure A-8 Two Exalogic Machine Half Racks"

In Figure A-8, NM2-GW represents a Sun Network QDR InfiniBand Gateway Switch (leaf switches). NM2-36P represents a Sun Datacenter InfiniBand Switch 36 (spine switch).

In this configuration, four up-links from the gateway switch (leaf switch) are cabled to the Sun Datacenter InfiniBand Switch 36 (spine switches). Each leaf switch is connected to each spine switch.