NonStop NS-Series Operations Guide (H06.04+)

ServerNet Resources: Monitoring and Recovery
HP Integrity NonStop NS-Series Operations Guide—529869-002
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ServerNet Communications Network
simultaneously to improve performance, and to ensure that no single failure disrupts
communications among the remaining system components.
A ServerNet adapter provides the interface between a ServerNet fabric and the Fibre
Channel and Ethernet links. A ServerNet adapter contains a ServerNet bus interface
(SBI) and one or more ServerNet addressable controllers (SACs).
The Integrity NonStop system uses the ServerNet fabric for interconnections between
the LSUs, P-switches, and IOAMs, enabling an Integrity NonStop system to be
connected to legacy NonStop S-series enclosures. Figure 7-1 shows a logical
representation of a complete system with the X and Y ServerNet fabrics.
Figure 7-1. Integrity NonStop System with X and Y ServerNet Fabrics