NonStop NS1000 Planning Guide (H06.08+)

System Console.....................................................................................................................................64
Enterprise Storage System (Optional)..................................................................................................64
Component Location and Identification...............................................................................................65
Terminology.....................................................................................................................................66
Rack and Offset Physical Location..................................................................................................66
Blade Element Group-Module-Slot Numbering.............................................................................67
VIO Enclosure Group-Module-Slot Numbering.............................................................................71
Fibre Channel Disk Module Group-Module-Slot Numbering........................................................73
6 System Configuration Guidelines...............................................................................75
Enclosure Locations in Cabinets...........................................................................................................76
Internal ServerNet Interconnect Cabling..............................................................................................76
Cable Labeling.................................................................................................................................77
Internal Interconnect Cables............................................................................................................78
Dedicated Service LAN Cables........................................................................................................79
Cable Length Restrictions................................................................................................................79
Internal Cable Product IDs..............................................................................................................79
Blade Element to VIO Enclosure.....................................................................................................79
Processor ID Assignment for the Blade Element............................................................................79
Fibre Channel Ports to Fibre Channel Disk Modules......................................................................81
Fibre Channel Ports to Tape Devices...............................................................................................82
VIO Enclosure and Disk Storage Considerations.................................................................................82
Fibre Channel Devices..........................................................................................................................82
Factory-Default Locations for Disk Volumes..................................................................................84
Configurations for Fibre Channel Devices......................................................................................84
Configuration Restrictions for Fibre Channel Devices....................................................................84
Recommendations for Fibre Channel Device Configuration..........................................................85
Example Configurations of the VIO Enclosures and FCDMs.........................................................85
Ethernet to Networks............................................................................................................................89
Default Naming Conventions...............................................................................................................90
PDU Strapping Configurations............................................................................................................91
7 Examples of Configurations........................................................................................93
Maximum Number of Modular Components......................................................................................93
Typical Configurations.........................................................................................................................93
2-Processor System..........................................................................................................................94
4-Processor System..........................................................................................................................95
6-Processor System..........................................................................................................................96
8-Processor System..........................................................................................................................97
2-Processor System With UPS and ERM.........................................................................................98
4-Processor System With UPS and ERM.......................................................................................100
6-Processor System With UPS and ERM.......................................................................................101
8-Processor System With UPS and ERM.......................................................................................102
Example U Locations for Modular Enclosures...................................................................................103
Example Cabling for a 2-Processor System........................................................................................104
A Cables........................................................................................................................107
Internal Cables....................................................................................................................................107
Cable Length Restrictions...................................................................................................................108
B Control, Configuration, and Maintenance Tools....................................................109
Support and Service Library...............................................................................................................109
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