NonStop NS16000 Series Planning Guide (H06.11+)

patch panel simplifies and organizes the cable connections to allow easy access to the CLIM's
customer-usable interfaces.
IP and Telco CLIMs each have five customer-usable interfaces. The patch panel connects these
interfaces and brings the usable interface ports to the patch panel. Each Ethernet patch panel has
24 slots, is 1U high, and should be the topmost unit to the rear of the rack. Each Ethernet patch
panel can handle cables for up to five CLIMs. It has no power connection.
Each patch panel has 6 panes labeled A, B, C, D, E, and F. Each pane has 4 RJ45 ports, and
each port is labeled 1, 2, 3, or 4. The RJ45 ports in Panel A have port names: A1, A2, A3, and
A4.
The factory default configuration depends on how many IP or Telco CLIMs and patch panels are
configured in the system. For a new system, the Technical Document shipped with the system
generates a cable table with the CLIM interface name. This table identifies how the connections
between the CLIM physical ports and patch panel ports were configured at the factory.
If you are adding a patch panel to an existing system, have your service provider refer to the
CLuster I/O (CLIM) Installation and Configuration Guide.
Storage CLuster I/O Module (CLIM)
The Storage CLuster I/O Module (CLIM) is part of some NonStop NS16000 series system
configurations. See Table 5 (page 116) for RVU and SPR requirements for DL385 G2 or G5 Storage
CLIMs and DL380 G6 Storage CLIMs. The Storage CLIM is supported as of the H06.20 RVU and
is a rack-mounted server and functions as a ServerNet I/O adapter with these characteristics:
• Dual ServerNet fabric connections
• A Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) interface for the storage subsystem via a SAS Host Bus Adapter
(HBA) supporting SAS disk drives and SAS tapes
• A Fibre Channel (FC) interface for ESS and FC tape devices via a customer-ordered FC HBA
Connections to FCDMs are not supported.
DL385 G5 Storage CLIMs and DL380 G6 Storage CLIMs can coexist in a system, but not as a
primary/backup CLIM pair for the supported SAS disk enclosures.
NOTE: DL385 G5 Storage CLIMs can coexist with DL380 G6 Storage CLIMs within the same
NonStop NS16000 series system only if they control different storage enclosures.
For an illustration of the Storage CLIM HBA slots, refer to “Storage CLIM Devices” (page 80).
Two storage CLIM configurations are available:
• “DL385 G2 or G5 Storage CLIM ” (page 124)
• “DL380 G6 Storage CLIM ” (page 124)
NOTE: A Storage CLIM pair supports a maximum of 4 SAS disk enclosures. This maximum applies
to all Storage CLIM types: G2, G5, G6.
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