Nonstop Servers (Xp Only) - HP StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 - Enterprise Virtual Arrays Reference Manual

NonStop servers (XP only)

NonStop servers are supported in direct host attach and SAN configurations for specific storage
systems.
S-series servers:
S760, S76000
S78, S780, S7800, S78000
S86000, S88000
NS-series servers:
NS1000, NS1200
NS14000, NS14200
NS16000, NS16200
NonStop BladeSystem servers:
NB50000c
There are three types of I/O interfaces used to connect NonStop servers to XP disk arrays (see
94).
FCSAs—These are the NonStop version of Fibre Channel HBAs, used to connect to XP disk arrays.
The FCSA module slides into an 11U, rack-mounted Input/Output Adapter Module Enclosure
(IOAME), which can hold up to 10 ServerNet I/O Adapters, either FCSAs or Gigabit Ethernet 4-
port ServerNet Adapters (G4SAs), for Ethernet connectivity.
VIO—NS1000, NS1200, NS14000, and NS14200 servers use the VIO instead of the IOAME.
The VIO interface consists of two 4U VIO enclosures per system, one each for the X and Y ServerNet
fabrics. Each VIO enclosure has four embedded Fibre Channel ports in a Fibre Channel PIC, for
a total of eight embedded Fibre Channel ports in the NonStop system. (The Fibre Channel ports
provide the same functionality as the FCSAs in IOAME systems.) Each VIO enclosure can be
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expanded to eight Fibre Channel ports using optional PICs in the expansion slots, for a total of
16 Fibre Channel ports in the NonStop system. The expanded ports can be used for FCDM or HP
Enterprise Storage System (ESS) connections.
Storage CLIM—CLIMs are only available on the HP Integrity NonStop NB50000c BladeSystem.
CLIMs are rack mounted in the NonStop server cabinet and connect to one or two X- and Y-fabric
ports through fiber cables running from ServerNet PICs to ServerNet ports on the NonStop server.
CLIMs provide the physical interface to storage devices and support SAS and FC connections.
CLIMs also perform certain storage management tasks previously done on the NonStop server.
For information about differences between configuring the storage subsystem on IOAME-based
systems and on CLIM-based systems, see the NonStop CLuster I/O Module (CLIM) installation and
configuration guide.
198 Heterogeneous server rules
NonStop servers Storage systems
XP disk arrays:
XP128, XP1024 (RAID450)
XP10000, XP12000 (RAID500)
XP20000, XP24000 (RAID600)
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