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Table of Contents
Regulatory Model Number ..........................................................................................................................v
Federal Communications Commission Notice ............................................................................................v
Declaration of Conformity for Products marked with the FCC Logo, United States Only....................... vi
Modifications ............................................................................................................................................. vi
Cables......................................................................................................................................................... vi
Canadian Notice (Avis Canadien) ............................................................................................................. vi
European Union Regulatory Notice........................................................................................................... vi
Japanese Notice......................................................................................................................................... vii
Korean Notice ........................................................................................................................................... vii
BSMI Notice ............................................................................................................................................. vii
Electrostatic Discharge ............................................................................................................................ viii
Preventing Electrostatic Damage................................................................................................ viii
Grounding Methods To Prevent Electrostatic Damage .............................................................. viii
Contact Information................................................................................................................................. viii
1: About the Host Channel Adapter (HCA) .................... 1
HP Dual-port 4x Fabric Adapters ................................................................................................................1
Supported Protocols........................................................................................................................ 1
HCA Package Contents .................................................................................................................. 2
About the HCA Drivers ...............................................................................................................................2
IPoIB............................................................................................................................................... 2
Socket Direct Protocol (SDP) ......................................................................................................... 2
uDAPL ............................................................................................................................................ 2
SCSI RDMA (SRP) ........................................................................................................................ 2
MPI ................................................................................................................................................. 2
Linux Kernels ................................................................................................................................. 3
About Boot Over InfiniBand Functionality .................................................................................................3
How Boot Over IB Works .............................................................................................................. 3
Value of Boot over IB..................................................................................................................... 3
2: Installing the Host Channel Adapter (HCA) ............... 5
Requirements ...............................................................................................................................................5
Installation Overview...................................................................................................................................5
Selecting the Host Connector ......................................................................................................................6
Selecting PCI-X Connector(s) ........................................................................................................ 6
Selecting PCI-Express Connector(s) .............................................................................................. 7
Warnings......................................................................................................................................... 7
Selecting the Type of Installation ................................................................................................................8
Installing a High Profile HCA in a PCI-X Connector .................................................................... 8
Installing a Low Profile HCA in a PCI-X Connector..................................................................... 9