NonStop NS14000 Planning Guide (H06.10+)

Versatile I/O (VIO) Enclosure..........................................................................................................60
Fibre Channel Disk Module (FCDM)..............................................................................................62
Tape Drive and Interface Hardware................................................................................................62
Maintenance Switch (Ethernet).......................................................................................................62
UPS and ERM (Optional)................................................................................................................63
System Console................................................................................................................................64
Enterprise Storage System (Optional).............................................................................................64
Component Location and Identification...............................................................................................65
Terminology.....................................................................................................................................66
Rack and Offset Physical Location..................................................................................................67
NonStop Blade Element Group-Module-Slot Numbering..............................................................67
LSU Group-Module-Slot Numbering..............................................................................................68
VIO Enclosure Group-Module-Slot Numbering.............................................................................70
Fibre Channel Disk Module Group-Module-Slot Numbering........................................................72
6 System Configuration Guidelines...............................................................................75
Enclosure Locations in Cabinets...........................................................................................................76
Internal ServerNet Interconnect Cabling..............................................................................................77
Cable Labeling.................................................................................................................................77
Cable Management System.............................................................................................................78
Internal Interconnect Cables............................................................................................................78
Dedicated Service LAN Cables........................................................................................................79
Cable Length Restrictions................................................................................................................79
Internal Cable Product IDs..............................................................................................................80
NonStop Blade Elements to LSU.....................................................................................................80
NonStop Blade Element to NonStop Blade Element.......................................................................80
LSU to VIO Enclosure and Processor IDs........................................................................................80
VIO Enclosure ServerNet Connections...........................................................................................83
Fibre Channel Port to Fibre Channel Disk Modules.......................................................................84
Fibre Channel Port to Tape Devices................................................................................................84
VIO Enclosure and Disk Storage Considerations.................................................................................84
Fibre Channel Devices..........................................................................................................................85
Factory-Default Disk Volume Locations.........................................................................................86
Configurations for Fibre Channel Devices......................................................................................87
Configuration Restrictions for Fibre Channel Devices....................................................................87
Recommendations for Fibre Channel Device Configurations........................................................87
Example Configurations of the VIO Enclosures and Fibre Channel Disk Modules.......................88
Four Fibre Channel Ports, Two FCDMs, Two VIO Enclosures..................................................88
Eight Fibre Channel Ports, Four FCDMs, Two VIO Enclosures................................................89
Twelve Fibre Channel Ports, Six FCDMs, Two VIO Enclosures................................................91
Sixteen Fibre Channel Ports, Eight FCDMs, Two VIO Enclosures............................................92
Daisy-Chain Configurations......................................................................................................94
Ethernet to Networks............................................................................................................................96
Default Naming Conventions...............................................................................................................97
PDU Strapping Configurations............................................................................................................98
7 Examples of Configurations........................................................................................99
Minimum, Typical, and Maximum Hardware Configuration.............................................................99
Typical Configurations.........................................................................................................................99
Duplex 8-Processor System, Two Cabinets....................................................................................100
Triplex 8-Processor System, Two Cabinets....................................................................................100
Example System With UPS and ERM ...........................................................................................101
Example Internal Cabling...................................................................................................................102
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