NonStop NS16000 Planning Guide (H06.08+)

System Configuration Guidelines
HP Integrity NonStop NS16000 Planning Guide—529567-009
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Enclosure Locations in Cabinets
For other example configurations, see Section 7, Examples of Configurations.
Enclosure Locations in Cabinets
In this table, the enclosure location refers to the U in the cabinet where the lower edge
of the enclosure resides, such as the bottom of a NonStop Blade Element enclosure at
28U.
Enclosure or
Component
Height
(U)
Required Cabinet
Location Notes (page 1 of 2)
PDUs N/A AC power cord for the
PDU exiting out the top
rear corner
AC power cord for the
PDU exiting out the bottom
rear corner
For top feed AC (with and
without the optional UPS).
For bottom feed AC (with and
without the optional UPS).
HP R5500 XR UPS 3U Bottom U of modular
cabinet
If the maintenance switch is
installed in U1, install the UPS
in U2.
Extended runtime
module (ERM)
3U Immediately above UPS
(and first ERM if two ERMs
installed)
Up to two ERMs can be
installed.
Cabinet stabilizer N/A Bottom front exterior of
cabinet
Required when you have less
than four cabinets bayed
together. Cabinet stabilizer is
not required when cabinet is
bolted to its adjacent cabinet.
NonStop Blade
Element
5U Bottom of modular cabinet
beginning at 1U or at 3U
(maintenance switch at
bottom of modular cabinet)
Maximum of six NonStop
Blade Elements installed in
one cabinet with bottom edge
of upper NonStop Blade
Element at 28U.
Twelve NonStop Blade
Elements required for
16-processor, fault-tolerant,
TMR system.
LSU enclosures 4U Immediately above
NonStop Blade Elements if
installed in same cabinet
Requires one (8 processors)
or two (16 processors) LSU
enclosures.
Processor switch 3U Immediately above LSU
enclosures and NonStop
Blade Elements if installed
in same cabinet
Two p-switches required.