NonStop NS14000 Series Planning Guide (H06.13+)

DefinitionTerm
A physical portion of a logical processor containing up to
four processor elements, Each processor element supports
a different logical processor numbered 0-7.
NonStop Blade Element
A component of the system that synchronizes the processor
elements of a logical processor and validates all output
LSU
operations from each processor element before passing
the output to the ServerNet fabric.
On NonStop NS14000 series systems, locations of the physical and logical modular components
are identified by:
• Physical location:
Rack number◦
◦ Rack offset
• Logical location: group, module, and slot (GMS) notation as defined by their position on the
ServerNet rather than the physical location
OSM uses GMS notation in many places, including the Tree view and Attributes window, and it
uses rack and offset information to create displays of the server and its components. For example,
in the Tree view, OSM displays the location of a power supply in a VIO enclosure in group 100,
module 2, slot 15 in this form:
Power Supply (100.2.15)
Rack and Offset Physical Location
Rack name and rack offset identify the physical location of components in a NonStop NS14000
series system. The rack name is located on an external label affixed to the rack, which includes
the system name plus a 2-digit rack number.
Rack offset is labeled on the rails in each side of the rack. These rails are measured vertically in
units called U, with one U measuring 1.75 inches (44 millimeters). The rack is 42U, with 1U located
at the bottom and 42U at the top. The rack offset is the lowest number on the rack that the
component occupies.
This example shows the location of NonStop Blade Element A in rack 1 with an offset of 3U and
NonStop Blade Element B with an offset of 8U:
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