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<title>Interconnect Network</title>
<h1>Interconnect Network</h1>

The   private  Interconnect  Networks   are   used for    cluster-wide
communication.
These networks are used to pass
    <a href="sc/cmp">cluster membership</a>
and 
    <a href="sc/dlm">DLM</a>
messages between the nodes.<p>

Currently the private Interconnect can be  either fast-Ethernet or the
<a href="sc/sci">SCI</a> network.  Both the private Interconnect Networks
should  be of the same  type.  The fast-Ethernet Interconnect supports
clusters of upto 2 nodes.  SCI Interconnect  supports clusters of upto
4 nodes (using SCI switches)<p>
