NonStop Operations Guide for H-Series and J-Series RVUs

blade elements. For more information on NonStop NS2000 series systems, refer to the NonStop
NS2000 Series Planning Guide.
NonStop NS2000 series systems support connections to CLIMs and SAS disk drive enclosures.
NonStop NS2000 series systems do not support FCDMs, and they do not support connections to
NonStop S-series I/O enclosures.
The method for booting is different from the method for NonStop NS2200 series systems or NonStop
NS2100 systems. See “Starting a System” for more information.
NonStop NS16000 Series Systems
In NonStop NS16000 series systems, IOAM enclosures connect through ServerNet links to the
processors via the processor switches. One IOAM enclosure provides ServerNet connectivity for
up to 10 ServerNet I/O adapters on each of the two ServerNet fabrics. FCSAs and G4SAs can
be installed in an IOAM enclosure for communications to storage devices and subsystems as well
as to LANs. Additional IOAM enclosures can be added to increase connectivity and storage
resources.
NonStop NS16000 series systems connect to NonStop S-series I/O enclosures by using fiber-optic
ServerNet links to connect the p-switches of the NonStop system to IOMF2 CRUs in the I/O
enclosures.
NonStop NS16000 series servers running H06.20 or later RVUs support IP, Telco, and Storage
CLIMs.
NonStop NS16000 and NS16200 servers running H06.23 or later RVUs support IB CLIMs.
Volume level encryption is supported on NonStop NS16000 series servers that are licensed to
support it. If your system is licensed for volume level encryption, you can encrypt disk and tape
volumes that are connected to the system with a Storage CLIM. See the NonStop CLuster I/O
Module (CLIM) Installation and Configuration Guide for details.
NonStop NS14000 Series Systems
In NonStop NS14000 series systems, there are no p-switches. There are now two types of NS14000
series systems:
• A NonStop NS14000 system consisting of a single IOAM enclosure, with an I/O adapter
module on each ServerNet fabric — processor connections are made through ports on 4-Port
ServerNet Extenders (4PSEs), located in slot one and optionally slot 2 of each I/O adapter
module, to the processors via the LSUs. The IOAM enclosure provides ServerNet connectivity
for up to 8 ServerNet I/O adapters on each of the two ServerNet fabrics (FCSAs and G4SAs
can be installed in slots 3 through 5 of the two IOAMs in the IOAM enclosure for
communications to storage devices and subsystems as well as to LANs). NonStop NS14000
systems do not support connections to additional IOAM enclosures or NonStop S-series I/O
enclosures.
• A NonStop NS14000 series system consisting of two VIO enclosures, one on each ServerNet
fabric — processor connections for processors 0-3 are made through ports 1-4 of the VIO
Logic Board in slot 14 of each VIO enclosure, via the LSUs. An optional Optical Extender PIC
in slot 2 provides for additional processor connectivity (processors 4-7). VIO enclosures have
embedded ports and allow for optional expansion ports to supply the equivalent functionality
provided by FCSAs and G4SAs in NS14000 systems with IOAMs.
NonStop NS14000 series systems do not support connections to additional IOAM enclosures or
NonStop S-series I/O enclosures.
For more information on NonStop NS14000 series systems, see the Versatile I/O (VIO) Manual
or the NonStop NS14000 Series Planning Guide.
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