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Nomadic disk hardware, Required hardware for all configurations, Required hardware for remote mirroring – HP NonStop G-Series User Manual

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Nomadic Disk Hardware and Software

ServerNet Nomadic Disk User’s Guide425485-001

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Nomadic Disk Hardware

Nomadic Disk Hardware

The hardware needed in your Nomadic Disk configuration depends on whether you have
remote mirroring or fiber-optic switching, and the distances between the 6760 ServerNet
device adapter (ServerNet/DA) and the disk modules.

Required Hardware for All Configurations

Required Hardware for Remote Mirroring

Because all enclosures are normally required to be connected to the same power grid,
the maximum distance between an I/O enclosure and a Modular ServerNet expansion
board (MSEB) with either an single-mode fiber-optic (SMF) PIC or MMF PIC is
usually limited to 25 meters. To increase this distance, additional hardware is required.
For more information about managing an I/O enclosure connected on a different power
grid, refer to

Appendix B, Operational Considerations for Remote Mirroring

.

Remote mirroring up to 5 kilometers requires:

Hardware
Component

Function

For Troubleshooting
Information, refer to:

45xx disk
modules
(containing up to
8 disk drives
each)

Contain the database

SCF Reference Manual for
the Storage Subsystem

45xx Modular Disk
Subsystem Manual for
G-series Releases

ServerNet/DA

Fiber-optic ServerNet
addressable controllers (F-SACs)
provide one ServerNet/DA port
in a system enclosure for
connections to a 45xx disk
module.

6760 ServerNet/DA Manual

SCF Reference Manual for
the Storage Subsystem

Multimode
fiber-optic
(MMF) cables

Connect a ServerNet/DA F-SAC
to a 45xx disk module

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Hardware
Component

Function

For Troubleshooting
Information, refer to:

Single mode
fiber-optic (SMF)
cable

Connects an MSEB SMF PIC to
an I/O enclosure containing I/O
multifunction (IOMF) 2 CRUs

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