Veritas™ 5250 Appliance Hardware Installation Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (Version Not Specified)
Platform: Veritas 5250
  1. Hardware overview
    1.  
      About the appliance and the storage shelves
    2.  
      Appliance disk drives
    3. About the 5250 Appliance control panel
      1.  
        About the System Status LED states
      2.  
        About the Power button LED states
    4.  
      Appliance rear panel
    5.  
      Storage shelf disk drives
    6.  
      Storage shelf control panel
    7.  
      Storage shelf rear panel
    8.  
      Cables
    9.  
      About IPMI configuration
    10.  
      Product documentation
  2. Preinstallation requirements
    1.  
      Customer-provided environment and supplies
    2.  
      Appliance shipping container contents
    3.  
      Storage shelf shipping container contents
    4.  
      Best practices for rack installation
    5.  
      Determining rack locations
    6.  
      Storage shelf rack requirements
    7.  
      Heat dissipation
    8.  
      Verifying SAS-3 cable length
    9.  
      Prerequisites for IPMI configuration
  3. S Series Appliance installation procedures
    1.  
      Installing the storage shelf rack rails
    2.  
      Installing the storage shelf into a rack
    3.  
      Attaching the storage shelf bezel
    4.  
      Installing the appliance rack rails
    5.  
      Installing the appliance into a rack
    6.  
      Understanding appliance and S Series Storage Shelf connections
    7.  
      Connecting an appliance to one storage shelf
    8.  
      Connecting an appliance to more than one storage shelf
  4. D Series Appliance installation procedures
    1.  
      Installing the storage shelf rack rails
    2.  
      Installing the storage shelf into a rack
    3.  
      Installing the appliance rack rails
    4.  
      Installing the appliance into a rack
    5.  
      Understanding appliance and D Series Storage Shelf connections
    6.  
      Connecting an appliance to one storage shelf
    7.  
      Connecting an appliance to more than one storage shelf
  5. Next steps after installation
    1.  
      Connecting the network cables
    2.  
      Connecting the power cords
    3.  
      Turning on the hardware and verifying operation
    4.  
      Configuring the IPMI port from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
    5.  
      Configuring the Veritas Remote Management Interface from a Flex Appliance
    6.  
      Configuring the Veritas Remote Management Interface using laptop
    7.  
      Accessing and using the Veritas Remote Management interface
  6. Appendix A. Adding one or more storage shelves to an operating appliance that does not have any storage shelves
    1.  
      Overview
    2.  
      Preparing the appliance
    3.  
      Removing the appliance cover
    4.  
      Installing the Expansion Storage Kit components
    5.  
      Replacing the appliance cover
    6. Connecting the S Series storage shelves to the appliance
      1.  
        Connecting one S Series storage shelf to an appliance
      2.  
        Connecting two S Series storage shelves to an appliance
      3.  
        Connecting three S Series storage shelves to an appliance
      4.  
        Connecting four S Series storage shelves to an appliance
      5.  
        Connecting the fifth S Series storage shelf to an appliance
      6.  
        Connecting the sixth S Series storage shelf to an appliance
    7. Connecting the D Series storage shelves to the appliance
      1.  
        Connecting one D Series storage shelf to an appliance
      2.  
        Connecting two D Series storage shelves to an appliance
      3.  
        Connecting three D Series storage shelves to an appliance
      4.  
        Connecting four D Series storage shelves to an appliance
      5.  
        Connecting the fifth D Series storage shelf to an appliance
      6.  
        Connecting the sixth D Series storage shelf to an appliance
  7. Appendix B. Adding storage shelves to an operating appliance that has at least one storage shelf attached
    1.  
      Overview
    2.  
      Moving the MSDP partition from a base disk to an expansion disk for optimum performance
    3.  
      Additional storage shelf scenarios
    4.  
      Installing S Series storage shelves to an appliance that has at least one storage shelf
    5. Recabling to connect additional S Series storage shelves
      1.  
        Connecting additional shelves to an appliance that already has one operating shelf
      2.  
        Connecting additional shelves to an appliance that already has two operating shelves
      3.  
        Connecting a storage shelf to an appliance that already has three operating shelves
    6.  
      Installing D Series storage shelves to an appliance that has at least one storage shelf
    7. Recabling to connect additional D Series storage shelves
      1.  
        Connecting additional shelves to an appliance that already has one operating shelf
      2.  
        Connecting additional shelves to an appliance that already has two operating shelf
      3.  
        Connecting additional shelves to an appliance that already has three operating shelf
  8. Appendix C. Configuring the disk space for new NetBackup Expansion Storage Shelves
    1.  
      Adding the disk space of additional storage shelves from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
    2.  
      Adding the disk space of additional storage shelves from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console
  9. Appendix D. Configuring the disk space for new Flex Expansion Storage Shelves
    1.  
      Adding the disk space of an Expansion Storage Shelf from the Flex Appliance Console
  10.  
    Index

A

about
appliance, About the appliance and the storage shelves
customer-provided environment, Customer-provided environment and supplies
network cables, Connecting the network cables
SAS-3 cables, Cables
add disk space of additional storage shelf
from NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu, Adding the disk space of additional storage shelves from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
from NetBackup Appliance Web Console, Adding the disk space of additional storage shelves from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console
adding storage shelves
overview, Overview , Overview
additional storage shelf
connecting, Connecting additional shelves to an appliance that already has one operating shelf, Connecting additional shelves to an appliance that already has two operating shelves, Connecting a storage shelf to an appliance that already has three operating shelves, Connecting additional shelves to an appliance that already has one operating shelf, Connecting additional shelves to an appliance that already has two operating shelf, Connecting additional shelves to an appliance that already has three operating shelf
airflow, Heat dissipation
appliance
about, About the appliance and the storage shelves
cables, Cables
cabling
more than one storage shelf, Connecting an appliance to more than one storage shelf
network ports, Connecting the network cables
one storage shelf, Connecting an appliance to one storage shelf, Connecting an appliance to one storage shelf
power cords, Connecting the power cords
six storage shelves, Connecting an appliance to more than one storage shelf
connecting
more than one storage shelf, Connecting an appliance to more than one storage shelf
one storage shelf, Connecting an appliance to one storage shelf, Connecting an appliance to one storage shelf
connecting four storage shelves, Connecting four S Series storage shelves to an appliance, Connecting four D Series storage shelves to an appliance
connecting one storage shelf, Connecting one S Series storage shelf to an appliance, Connecting one D Series storage shelf to an appliance
connecting storage shelf, Connecting the S Series storage shelves to the appliance
connecting the fifth storage shelf, Connecting the fifth S Series storage shelf to an appliance, Connecting the fifth D Series storage shelf to an appliance
connecting the sixth storage shelf, Connecting the sixth S Series storage shelf to an appliance, Connecting the sixth D Series storage shelf to an appliance
connecting three storage shelves, Connecting three S Series storage shelves to an appliance, Connecting three D Series storage shelves to an appliance
connecting two storage shelves, Connecting two S Series storage shelves to an appliance, Connecting two D Series storage shelves to an appliance
connections, Understanding appliance and S Series Storage Shelf connections
control panel
Power button LED states, About the Power button LED states
system status LED location, About the System Status LED states
disk drive slots, Appliance disk drives
disk drives, Appliance disk drives
eth0/NIC1 IP address, Connecting the network cables
ethernet ports, bonding, Connecting the network cables
installing into a rack, Installing the appliance into a rack
power button LED, About the Power button LED states
rack locations, Determining rack locations
rack rail installation, Installing the appliance rack rails
RAID ports, Understanding appliance and S Series Storage Shelf connections
rails
blue latch, Installing the appliance into a rack
extending intermediate section, Installing the appliance into a rack
rear panel, Appliance rear panel
remote management port IP address, Configuring the IPMI port from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
removing the cover, Removing the appliance cover, Replacing the appliance cover
replacing DIMMs, Installing the Expansion Storage Kit components
shipping container contents, Appliance shipping container contents
soft shutdown, Preparing the appliance
storage shelf addition scenarios, Additional storage shelf scenarios
storage shelf installation, Installing S Series storage shelves to an appliance that has at least one storage shelf, Installing D Series storage shelves to an appliance that has at least one storage shelf
turning on the hardware, Turning on the hardware and verifying operation
Appliance
control panel, About the 5250 Appliance control panel
system Status LED indicator, About the System Status LED states

B

best practices
heat dissipation, Heat dissipation
internal chassis access, Preparing the appliance
rack installation, Best practices for rack installation

C

cabling
six storage shelves, Connecting an appliance to more than one storage shelf
verifying SAS-3 length, Verifying SAS-3 cable length
configure
IPMI, Configuring the IPMI port from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
Control panel
Appliance
system LED descriptions, About the 5250 Appliance control panel
appliance
power button LED states, About the Power button LED states
control panel
storage shelf, Storage shelf control panel

D

disk drives
about, Appliance disk drives
documentation, Product documentation

H

heat dissipation, Heat dissipation

I

installing
appliance into a rack, Installing the appliance into a rack
appliance rack rails, Installing the appliance rack rails
expansion storage kit, Installing the Expansion Storage Kit components
storage shelf into a rack, Installing the storage shelf into a rack
storage shelf rack rails, Installing the storage shelf rack rails
IP address
eth0/NIC1 port, Connecting the network cables
remote management port, Configuring the IPMI port from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
IPMI configuration, Configuring the IPMI port from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
about, About IPMI configuration
with laptop, Configuring the IPMI port from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu

L

LED descriptions
appliance
system status, About the System Status LED states

M

MSDP
spanning, Overview

P

power button LED
appliance, About the Power button LED states
descriptions, About the Power button LED states
Power button LED states
appliance
control panel, About the Power button LED states

R

rack cabinet requirements, Customer-provided environment and supplies
rear panel
appliance, Appliance rear panel
storage shelf, Storage shelf rear panel
recabling
storage shelf connections, Recabling to connect additional S Series storage shelves, Recabling to connect additional D Series storage shelves

S

SAS-3 cables
blue tab orientation, Understanding appliance and S Series Storage Shelf connections
description, Understanding appliance and S Series Storage Shelf connections
using, Verifying SAS-3 cable length
Status LED indicator
appliance control panel, About the System Status LED states
storage shelf
bezel installation, Attaching the storage shelf bezel
connecting, Connecting the S Series storage shelves to the appliance
connections, Understanding appliance and S Series Storage Shelf connections
control panel, Storage shelf control panel
disk drive
lock, Storage shelf disk drives
slots, Storage shelf disk drives
installing into a rack, Installing the storage shelf into a rack
rails, Installing the storage shelf rack rails
rear panel, Storage shelf rear panel
recabling, Recabling to connect additional S Series storage shelves, Recabling to connect additional D Series storage shelves
SAS-3 ports
blue tab orientation, Understanding appliance and S Series Storage Shelf connections
location, Understanding appliance and S Series Storage Shelf connections
shipping container contents, Storage shelf shipping container contents
six shelf cabling, Connecting an appliance to more than one storage shelf
storage shelf bezel
storage shelf rack rail
installation, Installing the storage shelf rack rails
system status
appliance
LED descriptions, About the System Status LED states
system status LED location
appliance
control panel, About the System Status LED states

V

Veritas Remote Management Interface
configuration, Configuring the Veritas Remote Management Interface from a Flex Appliance
Veritas Remote Management interface
accessing, Accessing and using the Veritas Remote Management interface