HP NonStop G-Series - Manual (Page 24)

Nomadic Disk Hardware and Software
ServerNet Nomadic Disk User’s Guide— 425485-001
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Hardware and Software Restrictions
Hardware and Software Restrictions
The following are not supported by the ServerNet Nomadic Disk subsystem:
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NonStop Himalaya S7000 servers
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Disk drives other than 45xx disk drives. Only 45xx disk drives can be Nomadic
volumes. $SYSTEM or any other internal disk drive is not supported.
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The following on a Nomadic volume:
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NonStop Transaction Manager/MP (TM/MP) or any software that depends on it,
such as Compaq NonStop SQL/MP.
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SQL/MP and software that depends on it such as distributed systems
management (DSM)/Tape Catalog and distributed systems
management/software configuration manager (DSM/SCM)
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Any software that must be stored on an internal disk drive in an S-series system
enclosure cannot reside on a Nomadic volume
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Open System Services (OSS)
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Storage Management Foundation (SMF)
Nomadic Disk Software
Nomadic Disk Manager
The Nomadic Disk Manager is an independent product that provides a TACL
environment designed to reduce the complexity of managing a ServerNet Nomadic Disk
environment. Nomadic Disk Manager requires the following software:
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ServerNet Nomadic Disk switch command interface (SWCI), used to communicate
with the ServerNet Nomadic Disk switch modules.
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The DefineProcess product, a component of ViewPoint (ViewPoint itself is not
required). The DefineProcess directory, :UTILS:DP, must be in the #USELIST of
the TACL process.
Switch Command Interface (SWCI)
You can use the ServerNet Nomadic Disk switch command interface (SWCI) utility to
communicate with and control a switch module from a server.
SWCI requests information about the switch module or changes the state of individual
switches. SWCI sends each command to the switch controller card (SCC) of the switch
module and then reports the results of the command execution back to you. The SCC
controls all switch cards in the switch module. The SWCI software is located on the
$SYSTEM.SYSnn subvolume.