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
Modular System Hardware
HP Integrity NonStop NS-Series Planning Guide—529567-005
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NonStop Blade Element
Elements provide four processors with 12 NonStop Blade Elements providing a full
16-processor triplex system.
This illustration shows the rear of the NonStop Blade Element, equipped with two
power supplies and eight Blade optics adapters:
The numbers below the optics connectors refer to the processor numbers within the
NonStop Blade Element enclosure. Currently, only connectors J0, J1, J2, and J3 are
used. The remaining J connectors are for future use by the NonStop Blade Element
hardware.
Labels for the fiber optics cable connections can become complex in a large system.
Fiber-optic cables for the ServerNet fabric and also the optics cable connections use
the same type of optics connector.
Because the modular hardware provides considerable flexibility in how the hardware is
distributed among multiple racks, a single rack could contain four NonStop Blade
Elements, with each NonStop Blade Element a member of a different NonStop Blade
Complex.
To reduce ambiguity in identifying proper cable connections to the NonStop Blade
Complex, an identification convention uses combinations of a letter to refer to each
connection. A number such as 0, 1, 2, and 3 identifies NonStop Blade Complexes, and
a letter such as A, B, or C identifies the NonStop Blade Element. Therefore, a single
NonStop Blade Element is identified with an alphanumeric ID, such as A1, A2, A3, and
Note. Integrity NonStop NS-series systems do not support duplex and triplex processors
within the same system.
Caution. To maintain proper cooling air flow, blank panels must be installed in all slots that do
not contain Blade optics adapters.
AC Power
Connector
VST170.vsd
NonStop Blade Element
Enclosure (back)
Power Supply (2)
J Blade Optics
Adapters (cables
to LSU)
K Blade Optics
Adapters (cables
to LSU)
J1
J0
J3
J2
J5
J4
J7
J8
K1
K0
K3
K2
K5
K4
K7
K8
S T Q R
Reintegration
Connectors (cables
to peer NSBEs)