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
Control, Configuration, and Maintenance Tools
HP Integrity NonStop NS-Series Planning Guide—529567-005
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AC Power Monitoring
be used to let the system continue operation for a short period in case the power
outage was only a momentary transient. One or two ERMs installed in each cabinet
can extend the battery-supported system runtime.
The system user must configure the system ride-through time to execute an orderly
shut-down before the UPS batteries are depleted. The time available for battery
support depends on the charge in the batteries and the power that the system draws.
Additionally, if the site’s air conditioning shuts down in a power failure, the system
should be shut down before its internal air temperatures can rise to the point that
initiates a thermal shutdown. A timely and orderly shutdown prevents an uncontrolled
and asymmetric shutdown of the system resources from depleted UPS batteries or
thermal shutdown.
If a site UPS is employed, rather than the rack-integrated UPS, the system is not
notified of the power outage. The user is responsible for detecting power transients
and outages and developing the appropriate actions, which might include a ride-
through time according to the capacity of the site UPS and the power demands made
on that UPS.
The optional Model 5500 XR UPS and ERM installed in modular cabinets do not
support any devices that are external to the cabinets. External devices can include
tape drives, external disk drives, LAN routers, and SWAN concentrators. Any external
peripheral devices that do not have UPS support will fail immediately at the onset of a
power failure. Plan for UPS support of any external peripheral devices that must
remain operational as system resources. This support can come from a site UPS or
individual units as necessary.
This information relates to handling power failures:
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For ride-through time, see the SCF Reference Manual for the Kernel Subsystem.
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For TACL SETTIME command, see the TACL Reference Manual.
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For setting system time programmatically, see the Guardian Procedure Calls
Reference Manual.