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

Control, Configuration, and Maintenance Tools
HP Integrity NonStop NS-Series Planning Guide—529567-004
5-4
Maintenance Entity
Your system console configuration can be any of:
•
One system console managing one system (not recommended)
•
One system console managing multiple systems (not recommended)
•
Multiple system consoles managing one system
•
Multiple system consoles managing multiple systems
Maintenance Entity
This subsections includes:
The maintenance entity (ME) subsystem is a collection of individual autonomous MEs
that perform:
•
Low-level initialization
•
Control and monitoring of hardware components within its host module
For a maintenance, the Integrity NonStop NS-series system has three major
systemwide functional elements:
•
Processor: slices and LSUs
•
ServerNet fabrics: p-switches
•
I/O: IOAMs, disk drive enclosures, and NonStop S-Series I/O enclosures
For Information About ... Refer to ...
Planning for system consoles Section 11, Planning for LAN Communications
OSM Migration Guide
System consoles NonStop S-Series Hardware Installation Manual
NonStop System Console Installer Guide
RPC and SNMP protocols and functions
you can perform with them
OSM Migration Guide
Topic Page
Maintenance Architecture Overview
5-5
Fabrics Functional Element 5-6
P-Switch ME Firmware 5-6
I/O Functional Element 5-7
IOAM ME Firmware 5-7
Processor Functional Element 5-7