NonStop NS-Series Planning Guide (H06.04+)

System Configuration Guidelines
HP Integrity NonStop NS-Series Planning Guide—529567-005
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Enclosure Locations in Cabinets
For other example configurations, see Section 7, Example Configurations.
Enclosure Locations in Cabinets
In this table, the enclosure location refers to the U in the rack where the lower edge of
the enclosure resides, such as the bottom of a NonStop Blade Element enclosure at
28U.
Enclosure or
Component
Height
(U)
Required Cabinet (Rack)
Location Notes (page 1 of 2)
PDUs N/A Upper rear
Lower rear
Upper left rear, lower right
rear
For top feed AC
For bottom feed AC
For top feed AC with optional
UPS installed
Keepout panel 1U or
2U
Bottom U of rack when
PDUs installed for bottom
feed AC
1U keepout when UPS
installed
2U keepout when a NonStop
Blade Element is installed
HP R5500 XR UPS 3U Bottom of enclosure
(PDUs at top) or at 2U
(PDUs at bottom and
keepout panel required)
1U keepout panel installed at
1U, below IPS.
Extended runtime
module (ERM)
3U Immediately above UPS
(and first ERM if two ERMs
installed)
Up to two ERMs can be
installed.
Tip kit N/A Bottom front exterior of
cabinet
Required for single cabinet
systems equipped with one or
more NonStop Blade
Elements or when the cabinet
is not bolted to its adjacent
cabinet. Tip kit is not required
when cabinet is bolted to its
adjacent cabinet.
NonStop Blade
Element
5U Bottom of rack beginning
at 1U (PDUs at top) or at
3U (PDUs at bottom and
keepout panel required)
Maximum of six NonStop
Blade Elements installed in
one cabinet with bottom edge
of upper NonStop Blade
Element at 28U.
Twelve NonStop Blade
Elements required for
16-processor, fault-tolerant,
TMR system.
LSU enclosures 4U Immediately above
NonStop Blade Elements if
installed in same cabinet
Requires one (8 processors)
or two (16 processors) LSU
enclosures.