NonStop NS-Series Planning Guide (H06.04+)
Table Of Contents
- What’s New in This Manual
- About This Manual
- 1 System Hardware Overview
- 2 Installation Facility Guidelines
- 3 System Installation Specifications
- 4 Integrity NonStop NSSeries System Description
- NonStop System Primer
- NonStop Advanced Architecture
- NonStop Blade Complex
- Processor Element
- Duplex Processor
- Triplex Processor
- Processor Synchronization and Rendezvous
- Memory Reintegration
- Failure Recovery for Duplex Processor
- Failure Recovery for Triplex Processor
- ServerNet Fabric I/O
- System Architecture
- Modular Hardware
- NonStop S-Series I/O Hardware
- System Models
- Default Startup Characteristics
- Migration Considerations
- System Installation Document Packet
- 5 Modular System Hardware
- Modular Hardware Components
- Cabinets
- AC Power PDUs
- Modular Cabinet PDU Keepout Panel
- NonStop Blade Element
- Logical Synchronization Unit (LSU)
- LSU Indicator LEDs
- Processor Switch
- P-Switch Indicator LEDs
- Processor Numbering
- I/O Adapter Module (IOAM) Enclosure and I/O Adapters
- Fibre Channel Disk Module
- Tape Drive and Interface Hardware
- Maintenance Switch (Ethernet)
- Optional UPS and ERM
- System Console
- Enterprise Storage System
- Component Location and Identification
- NonStop S-Series I/O Enclosures
- Modular Hardware Components
- 6 System Configuration Guidelines
- Enclosure Locations in Cabinets
- Internal ServerNet Interconnect Cabling
- Cable Labeling
- Cable Management System
- Internal Interconnect Cables
- Dedicated Service LAN Cables
- Cable Length Restrictions
- Internal Cable Part Numbers
- NonStop Blade Elements to LSUs
- NonStop Blade Element to NonStop Blade Element
- LSUs to Processor Switches and Processor IDs
- Processor Switch ServerNet Connections
- Processor Switches to IOAM Enclosures
- FCSA to Fibre Channel Disk Modules
- FCSA to Tape Devices
- P-Switch to NonStop S-Series I/O Enclosure Cabling
- IOAM Enclosure and Disk Storage Considerations
- Fibre Channel Devices
- G4SAs to Networks
- Default Naming Conventions
- PDU Strapping Configurations
- 7 Example Configurations
- A Cables
- B Control, Configuration, and Maintenance Tools
- Support and Service Library
- System Console
- Maintenance Architecture
- Dedicated Service LAN
- IP Addresses
- Ethernet Cables
- SWAN Concentrator Restriction
- System-Up Dedicated Service LAN
- Dedicated Service LAN Links With One IOAM Enclosure
- Dedicated Service LAN Links to Two IOAM Enclosures
- Dedicated Service LAN Links With IOAM Enclosure and NonStop SSeries I/O Enclosure
- Dedicated Service LAN Links With NonStop S-Series I/O Enclosure
- Initial Configuration for a Dedicated Service LAN
- Operating Configurations for Dedicated Service LANs
- OSM
- System-Down OSM Low-Level Link
- AC Power Monitoring
- AC Power-Fail States
- C Guide to Integrity NonStop NSSeries Server Manuals
- Safety and Compliance
- Index

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About This Manual
Who Should Use This Guide
This guide is written for those responsible for planning the installation, configuration,
and maintenance of the server and the software environment at a particular site.
Appropriate personnel must have completed HP training courses on system support for
Integrity NonStop NS-series servers.
What’s in This Guide
This guide is divided into these sections:
Note. Integrity NonStop NS-series and NonStop S-series refer to hardware systems. H-series
and G-series refer to release version updates (RVUs):
•
H-series RVUs run on Integrity NonStop NS-series servers.
•
G-series RVUs run on NonStop S-series servers.
Section Title Contents
1
System Hardware Overview This section gives an overview of the modular
Integrity NonStop NS-series system hardware.
2
Installation Facility
Guidelines
This section outlines topics to consider when
planning or upgrading the installation site.
3
System Installation
Specifications
This section gives the installation specifications
for fully populated Integrity NonStop NS-series
enclosures.
4
Integrity NonStop NS-Series
System Description
This section introduces the NonStop advanced
architecture (NSAA) and the Integrity NonStop
NS-series system.
5
Modular System Hardware This section includes topics to consider when
planning or upgrading the installation site.
6
System Configuration
Guidelines
This section describes the guidelines for
implementing the modular hardware.
7
Example Configurations This section shows example configurations of
the Integrity NonStop NS-series modular
hardware.
A
Cables This appendix identifies the cables used with the
Integrity NonStop NS-series hardware
B
Control, Configuration, and
Maintenance Tools
This section introduces the control,
configuration, and maintenance tools used in
Integrity NonStop NS-series systems,
C
Guide to Integrity NonStop
NS-Series Server Manuals
This appendix lists the manuals that support the
Integrity NonStop NS-series servers.










