Starting and Stopping the System

Loading the System

You can choose these system load disks:

An FCDM-Load attempts to load the system from a system disk in the disk drive enclosure connected to IOAM enclosure group 110:

 

 

IOAM

 

FCSA

Disk Drive Enclosure

Path

Group

Module

Slot

SAC

Shelf

Bay

Primary

110

2

1

1

1

1

Backup

110

3

1

1

1

1

Mirror

110

3

1

2

1

1

Mirror Backup

110

2

1

2

1

1

Note. For Integrity NonStop NS14000 and NS1000 servers, Fibre Channel disks are connected to IOAMs or VIO enclosures located in group 100. For more information, see the NonStop NSxxxx Hardware Installation Manual for your Integrity NonStop NS14000 or NS1000 server, or the Versatile I/O (VIO) Manual.

A SCSI-Load attempts to load the system from a disk in group, module, slot 11.1.11 of a NonStop S-series I/O enclosure.

A load from $SYSTEM attempts to load the system from a disk in group, module, slot 11.1.11 of a NonStop S-series I/O enclosure, by default.

You can configure additional alternate system disks to load from. To create an alternate system disk, see the NonStop NSxxxx Hardware Installation Manual for your Integrity NonStop NS16000, NS14000, or NS1000 server. Then use OSM to make the disk available in the Configuration Drop-down menu in the System Load dialog box.

System Load Paths for a Normal System Load

16 paths are available for loading. Table 15-1 describes each load path in order of use. The system load task attempts to use each path until the system load is successful or all possible paths have been tried. If the system load fails along all paths, refer to Troubleshooting and Recovery Operations on page 15-18.

Table 15-1. System Load Paths in Order of Use

 

 

Data Travels

 

Load Path

Description

From

To Processor

Over ServerNet Fabric

1

Primary

$SYSTEM-P

0

X

2

Primary

$SYSTEM-P

0

Y

3

Backup

$SYSTEM-P

0

X

4

Backup

$SYSTEM-P

0

Y

5

Mirror

$SYSTEM-M

0

X

 

 

 

 

 

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HP NonStop NS manual System Load Paths for a Normal System Load, System Load Paths in Order of Use, Disk Drive Enclosure