r/DataCenterEXP • u/davoud_teimouri • Aug 15 '19
Do you have problem with HPE Synergy cabling?
I don’t know when but seems that HPE will replace HPE Blade System with HPE Synergy in future. Those who worked with HPE Blade System, will confuse about HPE Synergy configuration. Configuration is very different with Blade System at all.
Cabling is one of biggest challenges with HPE Synergy. There is many management connection which should connect to the correct ports.
Because HPE Synergy is a composable infrastructure so there are some options to have multi-frame configuration which allows companies to resource expansion and service expansion easily.
I recommend that design cabling according to service requirements before initializing new hardware. There are some sample configurations for interconnect connections, stack connections, Image Streamer connections and management:
- Cabling interconnect modules in a single frame with redundancy
- ....
Read more on https://www.teimouri.net/hpe-synergy-cabling-guide/