NonStop NS16000 Planning Guide (H06.08+)

Modular System Hardware

HP Integrity NonStop NS16000 Planning Guide—529567-009

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NonStop Blade Element

This illustration shows the rear of the NonStop Blade Element, equipped with two

power supplies and eight Blade optics adapters:

The numbers below the optics connectors refer to the processor numbers within the

NonStop Blade Element enclosure. Currently, only connectors J0, J1, J2, and J3 are

used. The remaining J connectors are for future use by the NonStop Blade Element

hardware.

Labels for the fiber-optic cable connections can become complex in a large system.

Fiber-optic cables for the ServerNet fabric and also the optic cable connections use the

same type of optics connector.

Because the modular hardware provides considerable flexibility in how the hardware is

distributed among multiple cabinets, a single cabinet could contain four NonStop Blade

Elements, with each NonStop Blade Element a member of a different NonStop Blade

Complex.

To reduce ambiguity in identifying proper cable connections to the NonStop Blade

Complex, the identification convention uses combinations of a letter to refer to each

connection. A number such as 0, 1, 2, and 3 identifies NonStop Blade Complexes, and

a letter such as A, B, or C identifies the NonStop Blade Element. Therefore, a single

NonStop Blade Element is identified with an 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 p-switch PICs 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.

Caution. To maintain proper cooling air flow, blank panels must be installed in all slots that do

not contain Blade optics adapters.

AC Power

Connector

VST170.vsd

NonStop Blade Element

Enclosure (back)

Power Supply (2)

J Blade Optics

Adapters (cables

to LSU)

K Blade Optics

Adapters (cables

to LSU)

S T Q R

Reintegration

Connectors (cables

to peer NSBEs)