QuestionQ36

PowerScale Hardware Installation

A platform engineer is connecting a Dell PowerScale F600 node to the backend switch of an existing cluster that has an H400 node pool.

How should the backend cable be connected?

Explanation

PowerScale F600 back-end connectivity uses the NIC in PCIe slot 1 and requires an Ethernet backend. H400 nodes can support either Ethernet or InfiniBand internally, but the F600 constraint requires connection to the backend Ethernet switch.

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