Hardware Installation Overview
Hardware Installation Task Overview
Hardware Installation Documents
Preparing the Site (Storage Rack and Expansion Racks)
Prepare the Site for the Racks
Heat Dissipation Specifications
Network Infrastructure Requirements
Compute Server Default Host Names and IP Addresses
Compute Server Network Components
Storage Rack Network Components
Cable the ZFS Storage Appliance
ZFS Appliance Power Cord Connection Reference
ZFS Storage Appliance Cabling Reference
Leaf Switch 1 Cabling Reference
Leaf Switch 2 Cabling Reference
IB Switch-to-Switch Cabling Reference
Cable the Ethernet Management Switch
Ethernet Management Switch Cabling Reference
Connect SuperCluster M6-32 to the Facility Networks
Expansion Rack Default IP Addresses
Understanding Internal Cabling (Expansion Rack)
Administrative Gigabit Ethernet Port Cabling
Expansion racks provide additional storage for SuperCluster M6-32. The additional storage can be used for backups, historical data, and unstructured data.
Expansion racks are available as a full rack, half rack, or quarter rack. See Expansion Rack Components.
When you add expansion racks to SuperCluster M6-32, you must disconnect some of the factory installed IB cables and then interconnect the IB switches from rack to rack. See Installing Expansion Racks.
Then you connect each leaf switch to the spine switches in all racks.
This figure shows how the IP switches are connected across two racks.
Each leaf switch in rack 1 connects to the following switches:
Four connections to its internal spine switch
Four connections to the spine switch in rack 2
The spine switch in rack 1 connects to the following switches:
Eight connections to both internal leaf switches
Eight connections to both leaf switches in rack 2