For a rackless system, the following components are shipped to your site:
- The required numbers of nodes, with the HCP software already installed.Note: Do not add the same number of nodes, or more nodes, than you have in your cluster; otherwise, it causes a node outage due to metadata rebalancing.
- One or two Ethernet switches for the back-end network. The
type and quantity of Ethernet switches you receive depends on your system network
configuration. The possible switch types are:
- Brocade ICX 6430
- is a small, 1Gb Ethernet switch. You receive two Brocade ICX 6430 switches with your system.
- Brocade VDX 6740
- is a small, 10GB Ethernet switch. You receive two Brocade VDX 6740 switches with your system.
- Cisco Nexus 5548UP
- is a small, 10GB Ethernet switch. You receive two Cisco Nexus 5548 switches with your system.
- Cisco Nexus 5596UP
- is a large, 10GB Ethernet switch. You receive two Cisco Nexus 5596 switches with your system.
- Cisco 93180YC-FX3 NX-OS
- is a large, 25GB Ethernet switch. You receive four Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX switches with your system, one for front-end and one for back-end.
- Depending on your order, you might receive two Fibre Channel switches. The possible switch types are:
- If you use a 1G network configuration, you are supplied with the required number of Ethernet cables harnesses, half red and half blue. If you use a 10G network configuration, you are supplied the required amount of Ethernet cables to connect your nodes to the back-end network.
- The required amount of Fibre Channel cables to connect your nodes to the Fibre Channel switches or storage array.
- The required amount of power cords for the nodes and back-end switches.
- An Ethernet cable for connecting back-end switches to each other if you are using a network configuration that supports two back-end switches: one purple cable for a 1G network configuration or one black cable for a 10G network configuration.
- The required number of perforated blanking plates for covering the back-end switches.
- One serial number label per system. This label is on the lower left side of the lowest node.
- The license-key packet. If the HCP software was installed with encryption enabled, this packet also includes the Encryption Key form.CAUTION:Store the Encryption Key form in a secure location. The key recorded on this form is not retrievable through the HCP System Management Console or management API. Loss of this key will most likely result in unrecoverable data in the case of catastrophic system failure.