H06.03 Release Version Update Compendium

H06.03 Release Version Update Compendium—540008-002
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7 Hardware Products
The H06.03 RVU contains new features for these hardware products:
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Integrity NonStop NS16000 Server
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Disk Drives
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Tape Storage
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Storage I/O Products
Integrity NonStop NS16000 Server
The HP Integrity NonStop NS16000 server offers higher levels of scalability using the
NonStop advanced architecture (NSAA).
The basic building block of the NSAA computer engine is the NonStop Blade Complex,
which consists of two or three CPU modules called NonStop Blade Elements. Each
Blade Element houses two or four microprocessors called processor elements (PEs). A
logical processor consists of one processor element from each Blade Element.
All input and output to and from each Blade Element goes through a logical
synchronization unit (LSU). The LSU interfaces with the ServerNet fabrics and contains
logic that compares all output operations of a logical processor, ensuring that all Blade
Elements agree on the result before the data is passed to the ServerNet fabrics.
H06.03 supports duplex and triplex systems. Enclosures that house specific hardware
components include:
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NonStop Blade Element
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Processor switch
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Logical synchronization unit (LSU)
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I/O adapter module (IOAM)
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Disk drive enclosure
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Maintenance switch (Ethernet)
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Modular Fibre Channel (FC) to SCSI router tape
For details, see the NonStop NS-Series Planning Guide.
Disk Drives
The NonStop NS-series server supports three types of disk drives:
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Dual-Ported Fibre Channel disk drives
Fibre Channel disk drives are installed in modular disk drive enclosures.
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Internal SCSI disk drives
Internal SCSI disk drives are installed in NonStop S-series I/O enclosures.
Note. The modular FC to SCSI router tape connects the HP Ultrium Linear Tape open
(LTO) tape drive to the Integrity NonStop NS-series system.