NonStop NS14000 Series Planning Guide (H06.13+)

Standard hardware for a NonStop NS14000 series server includes:
• “NonStop Blade Element” (page 17)
• “Logical Synchronization Unit (LSU)” (page 20)
• “Versatile I/O (VIO) Enclosure” (page 22)
• “Fibre Channel Disk Module (FCDM)” (page 24)
• “Maintenance Switch (Ethernet)” (page 24)
Optional hardware for a NonStop NS14000 series server includes:
• “UPS and ERM (Optional)” (page 25)
• “Enterprise Storage System (Optional)” (page 26)
• “Tape Drive and Interface Hardware (Optional)” (page 27)
All NonStop NS-series server components are field-replaceable units (FRUs) that can only be serviced
by service providers trained by HP.
Because of the large number of possible configurations, you calculate the total power consumption,
heat dissipation, and weight of each modular cabinet based on the hardware configuration that
you order from HP.
For site preparation specifications of the modular cabinet and the individual enclosures, see
Chapter 3 (page 41).
For examples of various combinations of enclosures installed in a modular cabinet, see Chapter 5
(page 84).
NonStop Blade Element
The NonStop Blade Element enclosure, which is 5U and weighs 112 pounds (46 kilograms), has
these physical attributes:
• Rackmountable
• Redundant AC power feeds
• Front-to-rear cooling
• Cable connections at rear (power, reintegration, LSU) with cable management equipment on
the rear of the cabinet
Each NonStop Blade Element includes these field replaceable units (FRUs):
• Processor board with up to four Itanium microprocessors, interface ASIC, clock generation
(accessed through front of enclosure)
• Memory board that can hold up to 32 DIMMs, each one 4 GB, for a total memory capacity
of 128 GB (accessed through front of enclosure)
• DIMMs
• Reintegration board for managing internal memory traffic (accessed from top of enclosure
when enclosure is pulled forward on its rails)
• Blade optics adapter plug-in cards (PICs) with two ports; two adapters minimum, eight maximum
(accessed from top of enclosure when enclosure is pulled forward on its rails)
• Redundant cooling fans (accessed from top of enclosure when enclosure is pulled forward on
its rails)
• Redundant 220-240 V AC power supplies and power cords (accessed from back of of
enclosure)
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