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ICE System Quick Reference Guide
• "Service Nodes" on page 24
• "Rack Leader Controllers" on page 25
• "Chassis Management Control (CMC) Blade" on page 25
• "Compute Nodes" on page 25
Ethernet Networks
The Ethernet networks implemented are, as follows:
• Corporate network, sometimes called the house network
Your site’s existing corporate network to which the Altix ICE system is connected.
• Head network
Network for communication between admin node, service nodes, and rack leader
controllers (leader nodes). The is the inter-rack communication network.
• Head BMC network
Network for communication between admin node and the BMCs on service nodes
and leader nodes. This network is on the same VLAN as the head network.
• Rack networks
One per rack, and provides the intra-rack network for communication between the
leader node and all the blades in a rack.
• Rack BMC network
One per rack, and provides intra-rack network for communication between the
leader node and the BMCs on all the blades in the rack.
InfiniBand Networks
The InfiniBand networks implemented are, as follows:
• IB subnet1
Subnet for MPI communication. Default network.
• IB subnet2
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