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

Terms and Concepts
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Enclosures
Enclosures
An enclosure is an assembly that contains the system hardware, such as processors,
disk drives, extenders, adapters, power supplies, and fans.
An enclosure consists of a chassis containing most of the system hardware, a frame,
cable management hardware, and doors, and, on certain models, a power shelf
containing power supplies.
Enclosure
An enclosure is the server chassis mounted in a frame.
System Enclosure
A system enclosure is either a processor enclosure or an I/O enclosure. All system
enclosures use identical chassis and can contain the following components:
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Disk drives
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Components related to the ServerNet fabrics
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Components related to electrical power
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Cable-management hardware
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Cooling fans
Enclosure 1-2
System Enclosure 1-2
Base Enclosure 1-3
Stackable Enclosure 1-3
Processor Enclosure 1-3
I/O Enclosure 1-3
Modified I/O Enclosure 1-3
IOAM Enclosure 1-3
Peripheral Enclosure 1-4
Cluster Switch Enclosure 1-4
Visual Image Package 1-4
Power Shelf 1-4
Appearance Side and Service Side 1-5
Enclosure Arrangements 1-5
Enclosures and Power Shelf 1-6
Note. Sxx000 is a collective term for the NonStop S70000, S72000, S74000, S76000,
S78000, S86000 and S88000 servers. All Sxx000 servers contain a power shelf for power
supplies.