NonStop NS2200 Series Planning Guide
2 NonStop NS2200 System Overview
The characteristics of a NonStop NS2200 system are:
Intel ItaniumProcessor
NSE-ADProcessor model
AC-powered with single-phase and three-phase power
configurations
Input Power
Cabinet
• 36U, 19 inch rack
• 42U, 19 inch rack
8 GB, 16 GB, or 32 GBMain memory
2 or 4 (4 processor maximum)Supported processor configurations
4Maximum processors
Supported CLuster I/O Modules (CLIMs)
• Storage CLIMs
• IP CLIMs for Ethernet
• Telco CLIMs for Ethernet (M3UA protocol)
Up to 6 CLIMs using these possible combinations:Maximum CLIMs
1
• Up to 4 Storage CLIMs (two pairs)
• Up to 2 IP CLIMs if there are 0 Telco CLIMs
• Up to 2 Telco CLIMs if there are 0 IP CLIMs
Minimum CLIMs
• 0 IP CLIMs
• 0 Telco CLIMs
• 2 Storage CLIMs
A Storage CLIM pair supports a maximum of 4 SAS disk
enclosures. This maximum applies to G6 and Gen8 Storage
CLIM types.
Maximum SAS disk enclosures per Storage CLIM pair
100Maximum SAS disk drives per Storage CLIM pair
2 required (one each for X and Y fabrics)Maximum VIO enclosures
4 embedded Ethernet ports (one port is reserved for OSM)Maximum embedded Ethernet connectivity per VIO
enclosure
4 optional expanded Ethernet ports (copper/optical)Maximum expanded Ethernet connectivity per VIO
enclosure (optional)
SupportedEnterprise Storage System (ESS) support available
through Storage CLIM
Not supportedM8201R Fibre Channel to SCSI router support
Not supportedI/O Adapter Module (IOAM) enclosures
Not supportedFibre Channel disk modules (FCDMs)
Not supportedConnection to NonStop ServerNet Clusters
Not supportedConnection to NonStop S-series I/O
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