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

Installing the Expansion Storage Kit components

This section explains the process of installing the three components of the Expansion Storage Kit into the appliance. Note that there are three separate procedures, one for each type of component. Install the hardware in the order that the procedures are presented.

Caution:

Veritas service personnel must perform all tasks that involve the inside of the appliance chassis.

To install the DIMMs

  1. Put on a grounded ESD-compliant wrist strap or take other ESD-preventive measures.

    Note:

    The static discharged by human bodies can damage static-sensitive components on the boards. When installing and maintaining the equipment, you must observe appropriate electrostatic safety precautions to prevent personnel injuries or device damage.

  2. Locate the air duct.

    The following table defines the air duct and related components.

    Number

    Description

    1

    Air duct arms (qty 2)

    2

    Air duct (qty 1)

    3

    Fans (qty 6)

  3. Locate the air duct arms which have small clear tabs on the ends. The tabs fit under the blue lifting frames of the riser assemblies.
  4. Standing at the front of the appliance, press both arms slightly to the right. Do not break the arms or the tabs.

    The clear tabs disengage from under the blue frames.

  5. Locate the Maintenance Free Battery Unit (MFBU) that is attached to a metal plate on the air duct.
  6. Disconnect the MFBU battery cable from the cable on the SAS HBA card in Riser Assembly #3.
  7. Label the cable on the main board so that you can accurately reconnect it later.
  8. Lift the rear of the duct up and towards the rear of the appliance. The MFBU remains attached to the air duct.
  9. Lift the duct out completely and set it aside in a safe location.
  10. Locate the DIMMs.

    The DIMMs are located on either side and in the middle of the two CPU heat sinks. Some DIMM sockets are empty.

    Each DIMM socket has an identifier on the main board that consists of a two-digit alphanumeric character that indicates the channel and socket for each DIMM. Socket identifiers have the format A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2, etc. The letter defines the channel and the number indicates the socket.

  11. Look for the identifier on the main board near the socket for each DIMM. The following diagram shows the configuration of the DIMM sockets as viewed from the front of the appliance. The six fans are located between the DIMMs and the front of the appliance.
  12. Locate the empty DIMM slots that require the addition of a DIMM. DIMMs C2, D2, B2, A2, G2, H2, F2, and E2 are indicated with red arrows in the illustration.
  13. Start with socket C2, on the left side.
  14. Open the retaining clips at each end of the socket.

  15. Caution:

    Always hold the edges of the DIMM. Do not touch the front or the back of the DIMMs.

    Lift one DIMM from its ESD-compliant wrapper.
  16. Locate the gap in the connector edge of the DIMM as shown.
  17. Locate the key in the DIMM socket and hold the DIMM over the socket. Align the gap in the bottom edge of the card and the key in the socket.
  18. Align the edges of the DIMM with the grooves in the posts at both ends of the socket.
  19. Insert the DIMM card into the socket.
  20. Push down evenly and firmly until the retaining clips snap into place. Make sure that the clips are firmly in place.
  21. Repeat these steps for the remaining seven DIMMs. The remaining slots that require additional DIMMs are D2, B2, A2, G2, H2, F2, and E2.
  22. Do not replace the air duct or the cover at this time.
  23. Refer to the next procedure to install the external RAID PCIe card MFBU.

To install an external RAID PCIe card MFBU

  1. Put on an ESD-compliant wrist strap or take other ESD-protective measures.
  2. Obtain the Expansion Storage Kit.
  3. Remove the MFBU Kit.
  4. Remove the black plastic case from the kit.
  5. Install the MFBU into the case. Be sure that the cable wires are not twisted or damaged.
  6. Retrieve the plastic air duct that you removed earlier.
  7. Install the MFBU onto the metal bracket on the air duct. Make sure that the MFBU snaps in evenly.
  8. Be sure that the cable on the MFBU points toward the rear of the appliance and to the PCIe riser assemblies

To install an external RAID PCIe card

  1. Locate PCIe Riser Assemblies #2 and #3.
  2. Disconnect the cable that is connected to the SAS HBA card in slot 7. Label the port where the cable is connected.
  3. Locate the two rivets that hold Risers 2 and 3 together. These risers are removed from the chassis as one unit. The circled rivets in the picture show the connection site of the two risers. Do not separate the risers.
  4. Hold the blue frame (indicated by the arrow) and lift it up from the main board.
  5. Be careful not to damage any PCIe cards or HBA cards that are already installed in riser 2 and riser 3.
  6. Locate three components of riser 2.

    • The screw that secures the external RAID PCIe card in riser 2.

    • The socket in slot 1 on riser 2 into which the external RAID PCIe card is inserted.

    • The gold pins at the bottom of the riser which fit into the socket on the main board.

  7. Remove the screw in slot 1 of riser 2.
  8. Align the connector on the PCIe card with the bottom socket (Slot 1) on riser 2. The edge connector is designed to install one way only.
  9. Firmly and evenly insert the card into the socket.
  10. Screw the PCIe card into the PCIe riser assembly frame.
  11. Locate the cable from the MFBU that you installed onto the air duct.
  12. Connect the cable to the small white connector on the underside of the external RAID PCIe card.
  13. Reinstall the PCIe riser 2 and 3 unit.

    • Align the gold pin connectors of the riser unit with the socket in the main board.

    • Press the riser down straight and firmly into the socket.

    • The top of the risers should not be higher than the rear of the appliance chassis.

  14. Reconnect the cable from the SAS HBA in slot 7 to the first MFBU.
  15. Replace the air duct. Be sure that the small clear tabs on the air duct arms sit firmly under the blue lifting frames.
  16. Replace the chassis cover.

    • Align the cover with the edge along the top of the chassis.

    • Place the cover on the chassis so that there is about 1.5 inches of overhang.

    • Slide the cover forward until the edge slides under the lip of the enclosure.

    • Secure the cover by doing one of the following:

      If the cover looks like this

      Do the following:

      • Tighten the two thumb screws (circled) on the rear panel.

      If the cover looks like this

      Do the following:

      1. Insert the three screws on top and tighten.

      2. Tighten the two thumb screws (circled) on the rear panel.