NonStop NS1000 Planning Guide (H06.05+)

System Configuration Guidelines
HP Integrity NonStop NS1000 Planning Guide—542527-004
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Enclosure Locations in Cabinets
Enclosure Locations in Cabinets
This table provides details about the location of Integrity NonStop NS1000 server
enclosures and components within a cabinet. The enclosure location refers to the U
location on the rack where the lower edge of the enclosure resides, such as the bottom
of an HP Integrity rx2620 server at 28U.
Internal ServerNet Interconnect Cabling
This subsection includes:
Enclosure or
Component
Height
(U)
Required Cabinet (Rack)
Location Notes
PDUs
* N/A For current information about PDUs and AC power
distribution, contact your HP product representative.
Tip kit N/A Bottom front exterior of
cabinet
Required for single cabinet
systems equipped with one or
more 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.
Blade element 2U Any available 2U high
space
Maximum of eight blade
elements installed in one
cabinet.
IOAM enclosure 11U Any available 11U high
space. The middle or
upper Us of the rack are
preferred
Location is optional depending
on required mounting of other
enclosures installed in the
rack (such as blade elements,
and so on).
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
Fits behind PDUs if installed at
top or bottom of cabinet.
Topic Page
Cable Labeling
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Internal Interconnect Cables 6-5
Dedicated Service LAN Cables 6-6
Cable Length Restrictions 6-6
Internal Cable Product IDs 6-6