Population guidelines
High-speed fabric switches can be installed in bays 3 and 4. Populating the high-speed fabric switch bays
depends on the configuration of the installed servers in the chassis. This configuration includes:
• Mezzanine cards
◦ The number of mezzanine cards installed in the servers.
◦ The type of mezzanine card installed in the servers (EDR or OPA).
◦ How the mezzanine card is cabled.
• Processors
◦ The number of processors installed in the servers.
◦ The type of processor installed in the servers (standard socket or -F processor).
◦ How the -F processor is cabled.
Use the following table to determine bay population requirements.
Server configuration
Switch bay population
1 OPA mezzanine card installed in slot 1*,
connected by a single mezzanine cable
Bay 3 = HPE Apollo 100 Gb 48-port Intel Omni-Path
Architecture Unmanaged Switch
2 OPA mezzanine cards, connected by a
dual mezzanine cable
Bay 3 = HPE Apollo 100 Gb 48-port Intel Omni-Path
Architecture Unmanaged Switch
Bay 4 = HPE Apollo 100 Gb 48-port Intel Omni-Path
Architecture Unmanaged Switch
1 EDR mezzanine card, connected by a
single mezzanine cable
Bay 3 = HPE Apollo InfiniBand EDR 36-port Unmanaged
Switch
Bay 4 = HPE Apollo InfiniBand EDR 36-port Unmanaged
Switch (optional)
2 EDR mezzanine cards, connected by a
dual mezzanine cable
Bay 3 = HPE Apollo InfiniBand EDR 36-port Unmanaged
Switch
Bay 4 = HPE Apollo InfiniBand EDR 36-port Unmanaged
Switch
1 EDR mezzanine card installed in slot 1*
1 OPA mezzanine card installed in slot 2*
Connected individually by a dual mezzanine
cables
Bay 3 = HPE Apollo InfiniBand EDR 36-port Unmanaged
Switch
Bay 4 = HPE Apollo 100 Gb 48-port Intel Omni-Path
Architecture Unmanaged Switch
Table Continued
Installing the chassis
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