Modular cabinet, Module, Is a – HP NonStop G-Series User Manual

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suffix to show which drive is the primary (-P) and which is the mirror (-M).

See also

volume

.

modular ServerNet expansion board (MSEB)

A

ServerNet expansion board (SEB)

that uses plug-in cards (PICs) to provide a choice of

connection media for routing ServerNet packets.

modular cabinet

A cabinet with an integrated standard 19-inch rack equipped with a power distribution
unit (PDU), doors, slides, brackets, castors, leveling pads, and optional side panels.

module

Part of the group, module, slot naming convention for uniquely identifying the logical
location of a component within a system. A module is a subset of a

group

, and it is

usually contained in an enclosure. A module contains one or more slots. A module can
consist of components sharing common interconnect, such as a backplane, or it can be a
logical grouping of components performing a particular function.

MSEB port

A connector on modular ServerNet expansion boards (MSEBs) used for ServerNet links.
An MSEB has four fixed serial-copper ports and six

plug-in card

(PIC) slots that accept a

variety of connection media. See also

SEB port

.

multifunction I/O board (MFIOB)

A ServerNet adapter that contains

ServerNet addressable controllers (SACs)

for

SCSI

and Ethernet; a

service processor

; a router with ServerNet links to the

processor

, to the

two ServerNet adapter slots, and to one of the

ServerNet expansion board (SEB)

slots;

and connections to the

serial maintenance bus (SMB)

, which connects components within

the

enclosure

to the service processor. The MFIOB is integrated into the

I/O

multifunction (IOMF2) CRU

.

multilane link

A communication link between HP NonStop Cluster Switches that can consist of multiple
ServerNet cables. Two-lane links and four-lane links are examples of multilane links.

multimode fiber-optic (MMF) ServerNet cable

A fiber-optic cable that either allows more than one mode to propagate or supports
propagation of more than one mode of a given wavelength. MMF ServerNet cable
typically supports shorter transmission distances than

single-mode fiber-optic (SMF)

ServerNet cable

.

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