NonStop S-Series Planning and Configuration Guide (G06.29+)

Initial Configurations

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Internal Disk Drives

Each NonStop S-series system enclosure can contain up to 16 internal disk drives.

Supported Internal Disk Drives

The internal disk drives supported in all NonStop S-series system enclosures for the

current RVU are listed in the Interactive Upgrade Guide 2.

Disk Drives for 16-GB Processors

To perform an online memory dump of a 16-GB processor to a disk volume using

RECEIVEDUMP or RCVDUMP, you must have one 36-GB or larger disk drive in which

20 GB is reserved for memory dump. The remaining storage space can be used for

anything. This disk does not have to be $SYSTEM.

Disk Drive Enclosure

A disk drive enclosure (DDE) contains up to fourteen Fibre Channel disk drives. The

DDE connects to the system by way of an FCSA in the IOAME. The system and mirror

disks cannot be located on these disk drives.