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

Index
HP Integrity NonStop NS-Series Planning Guide—529567-005
Index-2
E
IOAM switch boards 5-16
p-switch 5-13
divergence recovery 4-8
documentation
factory-installed hardware 4-24
NonStop NS-Series C-1
packet 4-23
ServerNet adapter configuration 4-25
software migration 4-21
dual modular redundant (DMR, duplex)
processor 4-3, 4-5
dust and microscopic particles 2-5
dynamic IP addresses B-13
E
electrical disturbances 2-2
electrical power loading 3-4
elements, processor 4-2, 4-4
emergency power off (EPO) switches
HP 5500 XP UPS 2-2
Integrity NonStop NS-series
servers 2-1
NonStop S-series I/O enclosure 2-2
enclosure
combinations 1-2
dimensions 3-8
height in U 3-7
minimum, typical, maximum
number 7-1
power loading 3-4
types 1-1
weight 3-9
enclosure height in U 3-7
enclosure location 6-2
enterprise storage system (ESS) 5-23
environmental monitoring unit 5-20
European Union, harmonized cables 2-3
example
IOAM and disk drive enclosure 6-23
example hardware configurations 7-2
duplex 16-processor, three
cabinets 7-4
duplex 16-processor, two cabinets 7-5
duplex 8-processor 7-3
internal cabling 7-10
shipment cabling 7-17
triplex 16-processor 7-7
triplex 8-processor 7-6
UPS and ERM 7-8
with NonStop S-series I/O
enclosure 7-9
example system
configurations 3-11
duplex 1-2, 3-12
extended runtime module (ERM) 2-3, 5-22
F
fabric, ServerNet 4-4
factory-installed hardware,
documentation 4-23
failure recovery 4-8
fan
NonStop Blade Element 5-7
OAM enclosure 5-16
p-switch 5-13
FCSA
configuration recommendations 6-21
FCSA to FCDM cabling 6-23
FCSA to tape cabling 6-15
FC-AL configuration
recommendations 6-21
fiber-optic cable specifications 6-5
fiber-optic cables 6-3
Fibre Channel arbitrated loop (FC-
AL) 5-20, 6-20
Fibre Channel device considerations 6-20
Fibre Channel devices 6-18
Fibre Channel disk module 5-20, 6-18
Fibre Channel ServerNet adapter
(FCSA) 5-18
flooring 2-5










