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 NSBC with the
associated NSBEs and their BOAs, the LSUs, and the p-switch for Y ServerNet fabric:
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P-Switch - Group 100, Module 3
(Y 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 J2 J3
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 J2 J3
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 ABC
Slot 10 (PIC)
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
ABC
YX
LSU 12
Group 403
Module100
Slot 24
YX
LSU 13
Group 403
Module101
Slot 2
5
YX
LSU 14
Group 403
Module102
Slot 26
YX YX
ABC ABC ABC ABC
LSU 15
Group 403
Module103
Slot 27
Slot 13 (PIC)










