NonStop NS-Series Planning Guide (H06.05+)

System Configuration Guidelines
HP Integrity NonStop NS-Series Planning Guide—529567-008
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Enclosure Locations in Cabinets
Extended runtime
module (ERM)
3U Immediately above UPS
(and first ERM if two ERMs
installed)
Up to two ERMs can be
installed.
Cabinet Stabilizer N/A Bottom front exterior of
cabinet
Required when you have less
than four cabinets bayed
together. Cabinet stabilizer is
not required when cabinet is
bolted to its adjacent cabinet.
NonStop Blade
Element
5U Bottom of modular cabinet
beginning at 1U or at 3U
(maintenance switch at
bottom of modular cabinet)
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.
Processor switch 3U Immediately above LSU
enclosures and NonStop
Blade Elements if installed
in same cabinet
Two p-switches required.
IOAM enclosure 11U Any available 11U high
space with the middle or
upper Us of the modular
cabinet preferred
Location is optional depending
on required mounting of other
enclosures installed in the
modular cabinet (such as
UPS, NonStop Blade
Elements, etc.)
Fibre Channel disk
module
3U Any available 3U high
space
Restricted service clearances
might exist with a Fibre
Channel disk module installed
adjacent to the maintenance
switch.
Maintenance
switch
1U Any available 1U high
space
Location is optional and can
be installed at top or bottom of
cabinet.
Enclosure or
Component
Height
(U)
Required Cabinet
Location Notes (page 2 of 2)