HP NonStop NS manual About This Guide, Who Should Use This Guide

About This Guide

This guide describes how to perform routine system hardware operations for HP Integrity NonStop NS-series servers on H-series release version updates.

This guide is primarily geared toward commercial type NonStop NS-series servers (see Differences Between Integrity NonStop NS-Series Systems on page 2-2 for high- level architectural and hardware differences between the various commercial models). While basic monitoring principles, such as Using OSM to Monitor the System on page 3-7,apply to Telco as well as commercial systems, refer to the NonStop NS-Series Carrier Grade Server Manual for hardware details and service procedures specific to Telco systems.

Note. NS-seriesrefers to the hardware that makes up the server. H-seriesrefers to the software that runs on the server.

The term, NonStop server, refers to both NonStop S-series servers and Integrity NonStop NS-series servers.

Use this guide along with the Guardian User’s Guide and the written policies and procedures of your company regarding:

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General operations Security

System backups

Starting and stopping applications

Who Should Use This Guide

This guide is written for operators who perform system hardware operations. It provides an overview of the routine tasks of monitoring the system and guides the operator through the infrequent tasks of starting and stopping the system and performing online recovery on the system.

HP Integrity NonStop NS-Series Operations Guide—529869-005

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