NonStop NS16000 Planning Guide (H06.08+)

HP Integrity NonStop NS16000 Planning Guide—529567-009

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System Configuration Guidelines

This section provides guidelines for Integrity NonStop NS16000 system configurations:

Integrity NonStop NS16000 systems use a flexible modular architecture. Therefore,

almost any configuration of the system’s modular components is possible within a few

configuration restrictions stated in Enclosure Locations in Cabinets on page 6-2 and in

IOAM Enclosure and Disk Storage Considerations on page 6-19.

This example shows one possible system configuration using a duplex processor, or

two NonStop Blade Elements:

Topic Page

Enclosure Locations in Cabinets

6-2

Internal ServerNet Interconnect Cabling 6-3

P-Switch to NonStop S-Series I/O Enclosure Cabling 6-16

IOAM Enclosure and Disk Storage Considerations 6-19

Fibre Channel Devices 6-19

G4SAs to Networks 6-34

Default Naming Conventions 6-35

PDU Strapping Configurations 6-36

VST423.vsd

IOAM

Enclosure

PDU

Maintenance

Switch

P-Switch

Y Fabric

P-Switch

X Fabric

LSU

Enclosure

NSBE B

NSBE A

To AC Power Source or Site UPS

Fibre Channel

Disk Modules