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

NonStop BladeSystems NB50000c and NB50000c-cg......................................................34
NonStop BladeSystems NB54000c and NB55000c-cg......................................................34
NonStop BladeSystems NB56000c and NB56000c-cg......................................................34
NonStop NS-Series Systems.....................................................................................................34
NonStop NS-Series Modular Hardware Components..............................................................34
NonStop NS-Series System Options......................................................................................36
Differences Between NonStop NS-Series Systems...................................................................36
NonStop NS2400 Series Systems....................................................................................36
NonStop NS2300 Systems.............................................................................................36
NonStop NS2200 Series Systems....................................................................................36
NonStop NS2100 Systems.............................................................................................36
NonStop NS2000 Series Systems...................................................................................36
NonStop NS16000 Series Systems..................................................................................37
NonStop NS14000 Series Systems..................................................................................37
NonStop NS1000 and NS1200 Systems..........................................................................38
Terms Used to Describe System Hardware Components................................................................38
Device..............................................................................................................................38
System Resource or Object..................................................................................................38
Server and System.............................................................................................................38
Blade...............................................................................................................................39
Recording Your System Configuration........................................................................................39
Using SCF to Determine Your System Configuration.....................................................................39
SCF System Naming Conventions.........................................................................................40
SCF Configuration Files.......................................................................................................40
Using SCF to Display Subsystem Configuration Information......................................................41
SCF LISTDEV: Listing the Devices on Your System...............................................................41
Displaying SCF Configuration Information for Subsystems .......................................................43
CIP Subsystem..............................................................................................................43
TCP/IP Subsystem..........................................................................................................44
Kernel Subsystem..........................................................................................................44
Storage Subsystem........................................................................................................44
ServerNet LAN Systems Access (SLSA) Subsystem..............................................................46
WAN Subsystem...........................................................................................................46
Additional Subsystems Controlled by SCF..............................................................................47
Displaying Configuration Information—SCF Examples.............................................................48
CIP Subsystem Configuration....................................................................................................50
3 Overview of Monitoring and Recovery........................................................51
When to Use This Chapter.......................................................................................................51
HP Tools for Monitoring System Resources..................................................................................52
What the HP Tools Monitor.................................................................................................52
Monitored NonStop Hardware Resources..............................................................................52
Using HP SIM........................................................................................................................55
Using the HP SIM Plug-Ins........................................................................................................57
NonStop Software Essentials...............................................................................................57
NonStop I/O Essentials......................................................................................................57
NonStop Cluster Essentials..................................................................................................58
NonStop Cluster Performance Essentials................................................................................58
Insight Control Power Management......................................................................................58
HP Insight Remote Support Advanced...................................................................................59
Using the OSM Service Connection..........................................................................................59
Recovery Operations for Problems Detected by OSM..............................................................59
Monitoring Problem Incident Reports.....................................................................................59
Generating Diagnostic Data................................................................................................60
Using SCF.............................................................................................................................60
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