NonStop NS-Series Operations Guide (H06.03+)

HP Integrity NonStop NS-Series Operations Guide—529869-001
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I/O Adapters and Modules:
Monitoring and Recovery
When to Use This Section on page 8-1
I/O Adapters and Modules on page 8-1
Fibre Channel ServerNet Adapter (FCSA on page 8-2
Gigabit Ethernet 4-Port Adapter (G4SA) on page 8-2
Monitoring I/O Adapters and Modules on page 8-3
Monitoring the FCSAs on page 8-3
Monitoring the G4SAs on page 8-5
Recovery Operations for I/O Adapters and Modules on page 8-6
Related Reading on page 8-7
When to Use This Section
Use this section for monitoring and recovery information for the Fibre Channel
ServerNet adapters (FCSAs) and the Gigabit Ethernet 4-port adapter. Information on
ServerNet/DAs, the IOMF2 enclosure, and the I/O adapter module (IOAM) is available
in S-series documentation.
For information about the disk drives or tape drives supported on a ServerNet/DA for
your H-series RVU, refer to the H-Series Highlights and Migration Planning Guide.
I/O Adapters and Modules
Beginning with Integrity NonStop systems, interprocessor communications and I/O use
dual ServerNet fabrics as a common interconnect means. Input/output components
usually connect to the ServerNet fabrics through ServerNet adapters that are in an I/O
adapter module (IOAM) enclosure. These adapters provide the system I/O to Fibre-
Channel storage devices and gigabyte Ethernet communications networks.
Connections to the ServerNet fabric through a NonStop
S-series I/O enclosure equipped with IOMF2s provide additional ServerNet interfacing
for the Integrity NonStop I/O peripherals.
Even though the hardware architecture differs from one series of NonStop servers to
another, the Integrity NonStop system can be networked with other NonStop systems
using the same message system and the same network software.