Am 07.09.2013 um 19:55 schrieb John McCulloch: > Can anyone relate experience with implementing the IBM LCM16 KVM switch in a > tiered configuration? We are spec’ing approximately 500 node x86 cluster. > > Since you can daisy chain up to 16 servers per port, I would expect the > supported maximum servers to be greater than 256 with two or three tiered > LCM16 units. Or does each port connect only one target system in a tiered > configuration. > > The specs state only up to 256 target systems are supported in a tiered > configuration.
I don't use these devices, just two thoughts: For their GCM they list different limits: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0772.html Do the machines you buy have onboard remote KVM which you could use instead of the LCM/GCM? -- Reuti > http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0788.html > > Regards, > John McCulloch > PCPC Direct, Ltd. | Desk (713) 344-0923 | Mobile (936) 641-0637 > > “…we do not understand a thing until > we see it growing from its beginning.” > --Aristotle > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
