NonStop NS16000 Series Planning Guide (H06.11+)

About This Document
This guide describes HP Integrity NonStop™ NS16000 series servers and provides examples of
system configurations to assist you in planning for installation of a new system. The NonStop
NS16000 series of servers consists of the NonStop NS16000 server and the NonStop NS16200
server.
Supported Release Version Updates (RVUs)
This manual supports H06.11 and all subsequent H-series RVUs until otherwise indicated in a
replacement publication.
NOTE: Integrity NonStop NS-series, Integrity NonStop NS16000 series, and NonStop S-series
refer to hardware systems. H-series and G-series refer to release version updates (RVUs).
Intended Audience
This guide is intended for those responsible for planning the installation, configuration, and
maintenance of the server and the software environment at a particular site. Appropriate personnel
must have completed HP training courses on system support for Integrity NonStop NS-series servers.
New and Changed Information
New and Changed Information for 529567–023
• Changed “R5500 XR UPS” to “UPS” to also include R5000 UPS in “Modular Cabinet Power
and I/O Cable Entry” (page 32).
• Changed “R5500 XR UPS” to “ R5000 UPS” in “EPO Requirement for Integrity NonStop
NS16000 Series Servers” (page 32).
• Added “EPO Requirement for HP 5000 UPS” (page 32).
• Removed URL in “EPO Requirement for HP 5500 XR UPS” (page 32).
• Changed “R5500 XR UPS” to “R5000 UPS” and added R5000 UPS and R5000 ERM in
“Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS)” (page 33)and “UPS and ERM (Optional)” (page 131).
• Changed “R5500 XR UPS” to “R5000 UPS” in “Modular Cabinets” (page 37), “Top AC
Power Feed When Optional UPS and ERM are Installed” (page 39), “Bottom AC Power Feed
When Optional UPS and ERM are Installed” (page 40), “Branch Circuits and Circuit Breakers,
Monitored Single-Phase PDUs” (page 42), “Branch Circuits and Circuit Breakers, Modular
Three-Phase PDUs” (page 53), “Enclosure Power Loads” (page 55), “Unit Sizes” (page 57),
“Calculating Specifications for Enclosure Combinations” (page 62), “AC Power Monitoring”
(page 156), and “AC Power-Fail States” (page 158).
• Removed R5500 XR UPS designation from illustrations to cover both R5500 XR UPS and
R5000 UPS in Figure 4 (page 40), Figure 5 (page 41), Figure 8 (page 45), and Figure 9
(page 46). Also added refernces to “UPS and ERM (Optional)” in text above those figures
and above Figure 12 (page 51) and Figure 13 (page 52).
• Added R5000 UPS in “Circuit Breaker Ratings for UPS” (page 54), “Enclosure Dimensions”
(page 58), and “Modular Cabinet and Enclosure Weights With Worksheet” (page 59).
• Added R5000 ERM in “Unit Sizes” (page 57), “Enclosure Dimensions” (page 58), and
“Modular Cabinet and Enclosure Weights With Worksheet” (page 59).
• Added cable lengths between p-switch and CLIM and made corrections in “Cable Length
Restrictions” (page 69) and “Cables” (page 150).
Supported Release Version Updates (RVUs) 7