Nonstop Bladesystem With Xp High-Availability Configurations Using Clims; Supported I/O Modules For Xp Connectivity With Specific Nonstop Systems; Nonstop Server Configuration Rules - HP StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 - Enterprise Virtual Arrays Reference Manual

Table 93 NonStop BladeSystem with XP high-availability configurations using CLIMs (HP Integrity NonStop
NB50000c BladeSystem only)
NonStop server support
Number of Fibre Channel SAN
fabrics
Number of XP storage systems
Number of CLIMs per Integrity
NonStop BladeSystem
Number of dual-port Fibre
Channel HBAs per CLIM
Table 94 describes supported I/O modules for XP connectivity with specific NonStop systems.
Table 94 Supported I/O modules for XP connectivity with specific NonStop systems
NonStop servers
NonStop BladeSystems
NS16000, NS16200
NS14000, NS14200
NS1000, NS1200
Table 95 describes storage system configuration rules for NonStop servers.
Table 95 NonStop server configuration rules
Rule
nl
number
1 Requires a minimum of one XP storage system for storage connectivity.
2 Requires a minimum of one IOAME on the server. For the NS1000, NS1200, NS14000, and
NS14200 servers using VIO, two VIO enclosures are used instead of the IOAME. For BladeSystems
using CLIMs, two CLIMs are used instead of the IOAME.
3 Requires a minimum of two FCSAs in an IOAME, as shown in
and
4 Servers using VIO require one embedded 4-port Fibre Channel PIC per VIO enclosure (total of
two PICs per server) for basic connectivity, as shown in
physical redundancy of the storage system, as shown in
addition of one expansion 4-port Fibre Channel PIC per VIO enclosure (total of two expansion
PICs per server).
For optimal I/O performance, use a separate I/O path for each logical disk volumes.
200 Heterogeneous server rules
Direct host attach configura-
tion minimum/recommended
0/0
1/1
2/4
1/2
CLIM enclosure
Yes
No
No
No
Figure 64. Each FCSA has two Fibre Channel ports.
SAN configuration minim-
um/recommended
2/2
1/1
2/4
1/2
IOAME
nl
with FCSAs installed
Yes
Yes
Before December 2006
NS14000 only
Before December 2006
NS1000 only
Description
Figure 55,
Figure 56 and
Figure 62 and
Maximum availability config-
uration minimum/recommen-
ded
2/4
1/2
2/4
2/2
VIO enclosure
No
No
After December 2006
NS14000 and NS14200
After December 2006
NS1000 and NS1200
Figure 58, Figure 61,
Figure 59. Logical and
Figure 65, requires the