NonStop NS14000 Series Planning Guide (H06.13+)

alphanumeric ID, such as A1, A2, A3, and so forth. These IDs refer to the appropriate NonStop
Blade Element for proper connection of the fiber-optic cables.
The optic cables provide communications between each NonStop Blade Element and the LSU as
well as between the LSU and the VIO enclosures on the X fabric and Y fabric. No requirement
exists to connect cables from a particular Blade optics adapter on a NonStop Blade Element to a
physically corresponding adapter on an LSU. However, to help reduce the complexity of cable
connections, HP recommends that you use a physically sequential order of slots for fiber-optic cable
connections on the LSU and do not randomly mix the LSU slots.
Cable connections to the LSU have no bearing on NonStop Blade Complex number, but HP also
recommends you connect NonStop Blade Elements A to the NonStop Blade Element A connection
on the LSU. Optic cable connections to the VIO enclosure determine the identification numbers of
each NonStop Blade Complex.
This simplified example shows connections from a NonStop Blade Element to the LSU and to the
VIO enclosure:
Front Panel Buttons
OperationConditionFunctionButton
Cycle power and reset or
reconfigure logic.
Power is on.Hard resetPower
Remain in standby.Power is in standby.
Send initialize interrupt to
processors, but without reset
or reconfiguration of logic.
Power is on.Soft resetTOC/NMI
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