NonStop S-Series System Expansion and Reduction Guide
Table Of Contents
- NonStop S-Series System Expansion and Reduction Guide
- What’s New in This Guide
- About This Guide
- 1 The Resizing Process
- 2 Planning System Expansion
- 3 Planning System Reduction
- 4 Reducing a System Online
- 1.Prepare the Donor System for Reduction
- 2.Record Information About the Donor System
- 3.Prepare Both ServerNet Fabrics
- 4.Inventory Enclosures to Be Removed
- 5.Prepare and Stop Devices and Processes
- 6.Ensure Devices and Processes Are Stopped
- 7.Delete Devices and Processes If Necessary
- 8.Prepare Enclosures for Removal
- 9.Finish the Reduction
- 10.Remove Other Cables From Powered-Off Enclosures
- 11.Physically Remove Enclosures From the System
- Adding Enclosures to Another System
- 5 Reducing a System Offline
- 6 Expanding a System Online
- Preparation for Online Expansion
- 1.Prepare Target System for Expansion
- 2.Record Information About Target System
- 3.Prepare Target System for Addition of Block
- 4.Save Current Target System Configuration
- 5.Copy SP Firmware File From the Target System to the System Console
- 6.Finish Gathering Information
- 7.Connect a System Console to the Enclosure
- 8.Change Group Number of Enclosure to 01
- 9.Power On Enclosure
- 10.Verify Connection Between System Console and Enclosure
- 11.Configure System Console and Enclosure
- 12.Verify SP Firmware Is Compatible
- 13.Update SP Firmware in Enclosure If Necessary
- 14.Configure Topology of Enclosure If Necessary
- 15.Power Off Enclosure
- 16.Repeat Steps 6 Through 15 If Necessary
- 17.Assemble Enclosures Into a Block
- 18.Change Group Numbers of Block to Fit Target System
- 19.Disconnect System Console From Block
- 20.Power On Added Block
- 21.Cable Block to Target System
- 22.Verify Resized Target System
- 23a.Update Firmware and Code in Block (Using TSM)
- 23b.Update Firmware and Code in Block (Using OSM)
- 24.Reload Processors in Block If Necessary
- 25.Verify Operations in Added Block
- 26.Configure CRUs in Added Block
- 7 Troubleshooting
- A Common System Operations
- Determine the Processor Type
- Determine the ServerNet Fabric Status
- Determine the Product Versions of the OSM Client Software
- Determine the Product Version of the TSM Client Software
- Move the System Console
- Stop the OSM or TSM Low-Level Link
- Start a Startup TACL Session
- Start the OSM or TSM Low-Level Link
- Start the OSM Service Connection or TSM Service Application
- B ServerNet Cabling
- C Checklists and Worksheets
- D Stopping Devices and Processes
- Safety and Compliance
- Glossary
- Index
Expanding a System Online
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2. Record Information About Target System
2. Record Information About Target System
Before you physically add enclosures to your target system, you must record
information about the target system on worksheets in Appendix C. You determine this
information with a system console.
While you are recording information for the target system, someone else can be
recording the same information for the enclosures to be added to the target system.
This process is described in Step 6. Finish Gathering Information on page 6-14.
2.1 Prepare Worksheets
1. From Appendix C, make copies of Worksheet 1, Worksheets 2.1 through 2.8, and
Worksheet 7. If the target system contains any IOAM enclosures, also copy
Worksheet 2.1a.
2. Circle the words Target System at the top of each worksheet.
3. Staple these worksheets together into a target system packet.
Keep this packet separate from the worksheets for the donor system, if any. Do not mix
information from your target system with information from your donor system.
2.2 Record Information About the Master Service Processor
Record the following information for the master service processor in group 01:
For information about … See …
Starting the OSM or TSM
Low-Level Link
Start the OSM or TSM Low-Level Link
on page A-9
Locating OSM or TSM views OSM or TSM online help
Step Action Result
1. In the OSM or TSM Low-Level
Link window, click System
Discovery.
After several minutes, the Management window
appears. The Attributes tab displays the following:
•
System Name
•
System Serial Number
•
System Type
•
Topology
•
SP Firmware Version (on the status bar at the
bottom of the main window)
2. Record this information on Worksheets 1 and 7 of the target system packet.
Caution. If an enclosure in the target system has a different topology from that of group 01,
this information-gathering procedure will not find the incompatibility. However, this
incompatibility can prevent successful expansion. Recovery requires a system outage and
resynchronizing the topology of all enclosures in the target system.