Veritas NetBackup™ 5240 Appliance Hardware Installation Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (Version Not Specified)
Platform: Veritas 5240
  1. Hardware overview
    1.  
      About the appliance and the storage shelves
    2.  
      Appliance disk drives
    3.  
      Appliance control panel
    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.  
      Storage shelf shipping container contents
    3.  
      Appliance shipping container contents
    4.  
      Enabling SAS tape-out functionality
    5.  
      Determining rack locations
    6.  
      Best practices for rack installation
    7.  
      Heat dissipation
    8.  
      Verifying SAS-3 cable length
    9.  
      Prerequisites for IPMI configuration on a 52xx and 5330
  3. 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.  
      Attaching the storage shelf bezel
    6.  
      Understanding appliance and storage shelf connections
    7.  
      Connecting an appliance to one storage shelf
    8.  
      Connecting an appliance to more than one storage shelf
    9.  
      Connecting the network cables
    10.  
      Connecting the power cords
    11.  
      Turning on the hardware and verifying operation
    12.  
      Configuring the IPMI port from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
    13.  
      Accessing and using the Veritas Remote Management interface
  4. 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.  
      Reinstalling the appliance into the rack
    6.  
      Storage shelf rack requirements
    7.  
      Determining rack locations
    8.  
      Installing the storage shelf rails
    9.  
      Installing the storage shelf or shelves into a rack
    10.  
      Understanding appliance and storage shelf connections
    11.  
      Connecting one storage shelf to an appliance
    12.  
      Connecting two storage shelves to an appliance
    13.  
      Connecting three storage shelves to an appliance
    14.  
      Connecting four storage shelves to an appliance
    15.  
      Connecting the network cables
    16.  
      Connecting the power cords
    17.  
      Turning on the hardware and verifying operation
  5. 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 storage shelves to an appliance that has at least one storage shelf
    5. Recabling to connect additional 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. Appendix C. Adding the disk space of additional 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
  7.  
    Index

Connecting an appliance to more than one storage shelf

The steps in this section assume that the appliance and the storage shelves are shipped together and installed at the same time. You can install up to six storage shelves with a 4TB, 14TB, or a 27TB appliance.

You can add storage shelves to an operational appliance. Refer to one of the following appendices for instructions.

To connect an appliance to storage shelves

Note:

This section provides detailed instructions to connect four storage shelves to an appliance. Instructions for connecting six shelves are provided where necessary.

  1. Connect the appliance external RAID controller left port to port A on the top canister of the storage shelf.

    Be sure that you orient the SAS-3 connector in the storage shelf port A so the blue tab faces down. Refer to the following section for details.

    See Understanding appliance and storage shelf connections.

  2. Connect each storage shelf top canister port B to next storage shelf top canister port A. Ensure that the blue tab is on the same side of the SAS-3 cable as the SAS-3 label when the cable is connected.

    Follow the diagrams until all storage shelf top canisters are connected.

  3. Connect the appliance external RAID card right port to the last storage shelf bottom canister port A. Ensure that the blue tab is on the same side of the SAS-3 cable as the SAS-3 label when the cable is connected.

    Note:

    In a six-shelf configuration you must connect the appliance RAID card right port to port A in the bottom canister of the sixth storage shelf.

  4. Starting with the last storage shelf, connect the storage shelf bottom canister port B to the next storage shelf bottom canister port A. Ensure that the blue tab is on the same side of the SAS-3 cable as the SAS-3 label when the cable is connected.
  5. Connect another cable to the shelf that is second from the bottom. Use port B on the lower canister of that shelf. Ensure that the blue tab is on the same side of the SAS-3 cable as the SAS-3 label when the cable is connected.
  6. Connect the other end of the cable to the shelf that is third from the bottom. Use port A on the lower canister of that shelf. Ensure that the blue tab is on the same side of the SAS-3 cable as the SAS-3 label when the cable is connected.
  7. Continue until the all storage shelf bottom canisters are connected. Ensure that the blue tab is on the same side of the SAS-3 cable as the SAS-3 label when the cable is connected.
  8. In a six-shelf configuration verify that all cables are installed as shown.

See Connecting the network cables.

See Connecting the power cords.