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

Integrity NonStop NS-Series System Description
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Example System ServerNet Pathways
This illustration shows a logical representation of a triplex 16-processor NonStop Blade
Complex (NSBC) with the associated NonStop Blade Elements (NSBEs) and their
Blade optics adapters (BOAs), the LSUs, and the p-switch for X ServerNet fabric:
P-Switch - Group 100, Module 2
(X ServerNet Fabric)
BOA
Slot 1
BOA
Slot 2
J1J0 J2 J3
NSBE
Group 401
Module A
T
SQ
R
BOA
Slot 1
BOA
Slot 2
J1J0 J2J3
NSBE
Group 401
Module B
T
SQ
R
BOA
Slot 1
BOA
Slot 2
J1J0 J2 J3
NSBE
Group 401
Module C
T
SQ
R
BOA
Slot 1
BOA
Slot 2
J1J0 J2 J3
NSBE
Group 402
Module A
T
SQ
R
BOA
Slot 1
BOA
Slot 2
J1J0 J2J3
NSBE
Group 402
Module B
T
SQ
R
BOA
Slot 1
BOA
Slot 2
J1J0 J2 J3
NSBE
Group 402
Module C
T
SQ
R
LSU 8
Group 402
Module100
Slot 20
YX
LSU 9
Group 402
Module101
Slot 21
YX
LSU 10
Group 402
Module102
Slot 22
YX
LSU 11
Group 402
Module103
Slot 23
YX
ABC ABC ABC ABC
LSU 4
Group 401
Module100
Slot 24
YX
LSU 5
Group 401
Module101
Slot 25
YX
LSU 6
Group 401
Module102
Slot 26
YX
LSU 7
Group 401
Module103
Slot 27
YX
ABC ABC ABC ABC
12
3
4
1
2
3
4
Slot 11 (PIC)
Slot 12 (PIC)
BOA
Slot 1
BOA
Slot 2
J1J0 J2 J3
NSBE
Group 400
Module1A
T
SQ
R
BOA
Slot 1
BOA
Slot 2
J1J0 J2 J3
NSBE
Group 400
Module 1B
T
SQ
R
BOA
Slot 1
BOA
Slot 2
J1J0 J2 J3
NSBE
Group 400
Module 1C
T
SQ
R
BOA
Slot 1
BOA
Slot 2
J1J0 J2 J3
NSBE
Group 403
Module 4A
T
SQ
R
BOA
Slot 1
BOA
Slot 2
J1J0 J2 J3
NSBE
Group 403
Module 4B
T
SQ
R
BOA
Slot 1
BOA
Slot 2
J1J0 J2 J3
NSBE
Group 403
Module 4C
T
SQ
R
LSU 0
Group 400
Module100
Slot 20
LSU 1
Group 400
Module101
Slot 21
YX
LSU 2
Group 400
Module102
Slot 22
YX
LSU 3
Group 400
Module103
Slot 23
YX
ABC ABC ABCABC
YX
LSU 12
Group 403
Module100
Slot 24
YX
LSU 13
Group 403
Module101
Slot 25
YX
LSU 14
Group 403
Module102
Slot 26
YX YX
ABC ABC ABC ABC
LSU 15
Group 403
Module103
Slot 27
Slot 10 (PIC)
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
Slot 13 (PIC)
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