NonStop System Glossary

HP NonStop Blade Element (NSBE)
A portion of one or more logical processors and one part of a NonStop Blade Complex. A NonStop
Blade Element consists of a chassis, processor board containing one or more processor elements
and memory, I/O interface board, midplane, optics adapters, fans, and power supplies. Also
called a Blade Element.
HP NonStop Cluster Switch (model 6770)
An assembly that routes ServerNet messages across an external fabric of a ServerNet cluster. The
cluster switch consists of a ServerNet II Switch, an uninterruptible power supply (UPS), and AC
transfer switch, and it can be packaged in a switch enclosure or in a 19-inch rack. The cluster
switch is used with star, split-star, and tri-star topologies. See also HP NonStop ServerNet Switch
(model 6780).
HP NonStop Kernel operating system
The former name of the operating system for NonStop systems. See HP NonStop operating system.
HP NonStop K-series servers
The set of NonStop servers having product numbers beginning with the letter K. These servers run
the NonStop Kernel operating system, but they do not implement the ServerNet architecture.
HP NonStop Open System Management (OSM) Interface
Software used to manage or service NonStop servers.
HP NonStop Open System Services (OSS)
The product name for the OSS environment. See also Open System Services (OSS).
HP NonStop operating system
The operating system for NonStop servers.
HP NonStop operating system user ID
A user ID within an HP NonStop system. The Guardian environment normally uses the structured
view of this user ID, which consists of either the group-number, user-number pair of values
or the group-name.user-name pair of values. For example, the structured view of the super ID
is (255, 255). The Open System Services (OSS) environment normally uses the scalar view of this
user ID, also known as the UID, which is the value (group-number * 256) + user-number.
For example, the scalar view of the super ID is (255 * 256) + 255 = 65535.
HP NonStop S700 server
A special configuration of the NonStop S-series server that is limited to one processor enclosure
and a maximum of two I/O enclosures. A matched pair of any model of PMF CRU can be used
in a NonStop S700 server.
HP NonStop S7000 server
The first mid-range server in a product line of NonStop S-series servers that implements the ServerNet
architecture and runs the NonStop operating system.
HP NonStop S7400 server
A mid-range NonStop S-series server that provides an upgrade option for migrating from a NonStop
K-series server or a NonStop S7000 server. The NonStop S7400 server is based on the NonStop
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