NonStop Networking Overview

About This Guide
This manual provides an overview of networking on the J-series and H-series release version updates
(RVUs) on Integrity NonStop systems, including supported hardware configurations and migration
and planning information.
Supported Release Version Updates (RVUs)
This manual supports J06.04 and all subsequent J-series RVUs and H06.16 and all subsequent
H-series RVUs until otherwise indicated in a replacement publication.
Intended Audience
This manual is for network administrators new to the NonStop system environment and for those
migrating from the G-series RVUs to the H-series or J-series RVUs, information technology planners
(both customer and sales support), and Global NonStop Solution Center (GNSC) analysts looking
for information about the Integrity NonStop systems.
For information about other kinds of networking solutions, the Expand subsystem, and background
information about NonStop system concepts and components, see the Introduction to Networking
for HP NonStop S-Series Servers.
New and Changed Information in This Edition
This edition adds support for:
• Network partitioning through use of multiple PROVIDERs on CLIMs
• NonStop NS2100 systems
Changes in this edition are marked with change bars.
New and Changed Information in Previous Editions
The previous edition added support for the IB CLIM and the NonStop NS2200-series systems.
The previous edition added support for token ring on HP Integrity NonStop BladeSystem and
incorporated several corrections and enhancements.
Previous editions included updates for the HP NonStop BladeCluster Solution. See
• “Related Information” (page 6)
• “Networking Hardware Products Available on H-Series and J-Series RVUs” (page 7)
• “Platform Interoperability ” (page 11)
Information about using the NonStop S-series I/O enclosure for SS7 functionality on Integrity
NonStop BladeSystems was added to “Migrating From a Platform Other Than a NonStop Server”
(page 33).
Document Organization
ContentTitle
Describes fundamentals of networking on Integrity NonStop Systems. Provides network
interoperability topology diagrams.
“Networking on Integrity
NonStop Systems” (page 7)
Describes IP networking concepts.“Networking Concepts ” (page
24)
Describes migrating your networking implementations from a G-series RVUs to H-series
and J-series RVUs as well as from other environments.
“Planning for Migrating
Networking Solutions to H-Series
and J-Series RVUs” (page 29)
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