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
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Rack and Offset Physical Location
On Integrity NonStop NS-series systems, locations of the physical and logical modular
components are identified by:
•
Physical location:
°
Rack number
°
Rack offset
•
Logical location: GMS notation determined by the position of the component on
ServerNet
In NonStop S-series systems, group, module, and slot (GMS) notation identifies the
physical location of a component. However, GMS notation in Integrity NonStop
NS-series systems is the logical location of particular components rather than the
physical location.
Rack and Offset Physical Location
Rack name and rack offset identify the physical location of components in an Integrity
NonStop NS-series system. The rack name is located on an external label affixed to
the rack, which includes the system name plus a 2-digit rack number.
Rack offset is labeled on the rails in each side of the rack. These rails are measured
vertically in units called U, with one U measuring 1.75 inches (44 millimeters). The rack
is 42U high with 1U located at the bottom and 42U at the top. The rack offset is the
lowest number on the rack that the component occupies.
Port A connector to which a cable can be attached and which
transmits and receives data.
Group-Module-Slot
(GMS)
A notation method used by hardware and software in NonStop
systems for organizing and identifying the location of certain
hardware components.
NonStop Blade Complex A set of two or three NonStop Blade Elements, identified as A,
B, or C, and their associated LSUs. Each NonStop Blade
Complex usually has four logical processors. A 16-processor
system employs four NonStop Blade Complexes. See NonStop
Blade Complex on page 4-2.
NonStop Blade Element A physical portion of a logical processor containing up to four
processor elements, Each processor element supports a
different logical processor numbered 0-15.
LSU An component of the system that synchronizes the processor
elements of a logical processor and validates all output
operations from each processor element before passing the
output to the ServerNet fabric.
Term Definition (page 2 of 2)