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

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
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
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 four storage shelves, Connecting four storage shelves to an appliance
connecting one storage shelf, Connecting one storage shelf to an appliance
connecting three storage shelves, Connecting three storage shelves to an appliance
connecting two storage shelves, Connecting two storage shelves to an appliance
connections, Understanding appliance and storage shelf connections
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
height, Determining rack locations
installing expansion storage kit, Installing the Expansion Storage Kit components
installing into a rack, Installing the appliance into a rack
LEDs
control panel, Appliance control panel
disk drives, Turning on the hardware and verifying operation
power supplies, Turning on the hardware and verifying operation
network cables, Connecting the network cables
power cords, Connecting the power cords
rack locations, Determining rack locations
rack rail installation, Installing the appliance rack rails
RAID ports, Understanding appliance and storage shelf connections
rails
attaching inner rails, Installing the appliance rack rails
blue latch, Installing the appliance into a rack
extending intermediate section, Installing the appliance into a rack
front, Installing the appliance rack rails
rear, Installing the appliance rack rails
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
shipping container contents, Appliance shipping container contents
soft shutdown, Preparing the appliance
storage shelf addition scenarios, Additional storage shelf scenarios
storage shelf installation, Installing storage shelves to an appliance that has at least one storage shelf
turning on the hardware, Turning on the hardware and verifying operation

B

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

C

cabling
scheme, Cables
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, Appliance 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
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
prerequisites, Prerequisites for IPMI configuration on a 52xx and 5330
with laptop, Configuring the IPMI port from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu

M

MSDP
migrating data from an appliance to a storage shelf, Overview
spanning, Overview

O

Open Me First container
appliance, Appliance shipping container contents
storage shelf, Storage shelf shipping container contents

R

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

S

SAS tape-out, Enabling SAS tape-out functionality
SAS-3 cables
blue tab orientation, Understanding appliance and storage shelf connections
description, Understanding appliance and storage shelf connections
using, Verifying SAS-3 cable length
storage shelf
bezel installation, Attaching the storage shelf bezel
connections, Understanding appliance and storage shelf connections
control panel, Storage shelf control panel
default ID number, Turning on the hardware and verifying operation, Turning on the hardware and verifying operation
disk drive
lock, Storage shelf disk drives
slots, Storage shelf disk drives
height, Determining rack locations
installing into a rack, Installing the storage shelf into a rack
LEDs
disk drive carriers, Turning on the hardware and verifying operation
I/O modules, Turning on the hardware and verifying operation
power, Turning on the hardware and verifying operation
power module, Turning on the hardware and verifying operation
SAS-3 ports, Turning on the hardware and verifying operation
rails, Installing the storage shelf rack rails
rear panel, Storage shelf rear panel
recabling, Recabling to connect additional shelves
SAS-3 ports
blue tab orientation, Understanding appliance and storage shelf connections
location, Understanding appliance and 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

T

tape-out, SAS, Enabling SAS tape-out functionality
turning on hardware
appliance power button, Turning on the hardware and verifying operation
sequence, Turning on the hardware and verifying operation
storage shelf switches, Turning on the hardware and verifying operation