NonStop NS16000 Series Planning Guide (H06.11+)
5 Modular System Hardware
This section describes the hardware used in Integrity NonStop NS16000 series systems:
• “NonStop Blade Element”
• “Logical Synchronization Unit (LSU)”
• “Processor Switch”
• “CLuster I/O Modules (CLIMs)” (page 115)
• “Serially Attached SCSI (SAS) Disk Enclosure” (page 124)
• “I/O Adapter Module (IOAM) Enclosure and I/O Adapters” (page 125)
• “Fibre Channel Disk Module” (page 130)
• “Tape Drive and Interface Hardware” (page 130)
• “Maintenance Switch (Ethernet)” (page 130)
• “UPS and ERM (Optional)” (page 131)
• “ServerNet Cluster Configuration Form” (page 31)
• “Enterprise Storage System” (page 133)
NonStop Blade Element
The NonStop Blade Element enclosure, which is 5U high 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 (16 or 32 DDR SDRAM DIMM slots)
• 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)
• I/O interface board, NonStop Blade Element I/O interface board for parallel to serial
conversion and maintenance logic (requires removal of enclosure from modular cabinet)
• Front panel with indicator LEDs and power buttons
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