Veritas™ 5340 Appliance Hardware Installation Guide

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Platform: Veritas 5340
  1. Hardware overview
    1.  
      Supported software
    2.  
      5340 compute node and 5U84 storage shelves
    3.  
      5340 compute node and storage shelf power requirements
    4.  
      5340 compute node disk drives
    5.  
      5340 compute node control panel
    6.  
      5340 compute node rear panel
    7.  
      5U84 storage shelf drawers and disk drives
    8.  
      5U84 storage shelf control panel
    9.  
      5U84 storage shelf rear panel
    10.  
      5U84 storage shelf RAID controller
    11.  
      5U84 storage shelf Expansion module
    12.  
      Cables and connectors
  2. Preinstallation requirements
    1.  
      Customer-provided environment and supplies
    2.  
      Storage shelf shipping container contents
    3.  
      Compute node shipping container contents
    4.  
      Dimensions and determining rack locations
    5.  
      Best practices for rack installation
    6.  
      Heat dissipation guidelines
    7.  
      Cable length verification
    8.  
      Prerequisites for IPMI configuration
  3. Hardware installation procedures
    1.  
      Overview
    2.  
      Installing a storage shelf
    3.  
      Installing disk drives into a full-capacity storage shelf
    4.  
      Installing disk drives and blanks into a half-capacity storage shelf
    5.  
      Installing SFPs into the RAID controller
    6.  
      Installing the compute node rack rails
    7.  
      Installing the compute node into a rack
    8.  
      Connecting the hardware to one node
    9.  
      Connecting the hardware to two nodes
    10.  
      Connecting NetBackup nodes to the network
    11.  
      Connecting Flex nodes to the network
    12.  
      Connecting the power cords to the hardware
    13.  
      Turning on the hardware and verifying operation
    14.  
      Configuring the IPMI port from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
    15.  
      Accessing and using the Veritas Remote Management interface
  4. Appendix A. Adding Expansion Storage Shelves to an operating appliance that does not have any Expansion shelves
    1.  
      Overview
    2.  
      Turning off the existing hardware
    3.  
      Installation instructions
    4.  
      Connecting one Expansion shelf to the Primary shelf
    5.  
      Connecting two Expansion shelves to the Primary shelf
    6.  
      Connecting three Expansion shelves to the Primary shelf
  5. Appendix B. Adding Expansion Storage Shelves to an operating appliance that has at least one operating Expansion shelf
    1.  
      Overview
    2.  
      Turning off the existing hardware
    3.  
      Installation instructions
    4.  
      Connecting one Expansion shelf to a system that has one existing Expansion shelf
    5.  
      Connecting two Expansion shelves to a system that has one existing Expansion shelf
    6.  
      Connecting one Expansion shelf to a system that has two existing Expansion shelves
  6. Appendix C. Configuring the disk space for new NetBackup Expansion Storage Shelves
    1.  
      Adding the disk space of an Expansion Storage Shelf from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console
    2.  
      Adding the disk space of an Expansion Storage Shelf from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
  7. 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

Connecting two Expansion shelves to the Primary shelf

Both Expansion shelves connect to the Primary shelf but not directly to the compute node.

To connect two Expansion shelves to the Primary shelf

  1. Verify that all compute nodes and the Primary shelf are off and that the power cords are unplugged.

    Do not remove the cables between the compute nodes and the Primary shelf.

  2. Obtain the two SAS3 cables that ship with each Expansion shelf.
  3. Identify the single SAS3 port on the left side of each controller module in the Primary shelf.
  4. Identify ports A and C in each I/O module in the Expansion shelf. Port B is not available for use.
  5. IMPORTANT: Note the correct orientation of the blue tab on the ends of the SAS3 cables. The blue tab must face down in the ports on all shelves.
  6. Connect one cable to each of the SAS3 ports on the left of each controller module on the Primary shelf.
  7. Connect the left cable to port A in the left I/O module on the closest Expansion shelf.
  8. Connect the right cable from the Primary shelf to port A in the right I/O module in the farthest Expansion shelf.
  9. Connect one end of a new cable to port C in the left module of the first Expansion shelf.

    Connect the other end of the cable to port A in the left module of the second Expansion shelf.

  10. Connect one end of the final cable to port A on the right I/O module of the first Expansion shelf.

    Connect the other end of that cable to port C in the right I/O module of the second Expansion shelf.

  11. Verify the final cable configuration.
  12. Connect the power cords of all devices as described in this section.

    See Connecting the power cords to the hardware.

  13. Turn on the devices in the proper sequence as described in this section.

    See Turning on the hardware and verifying operation.

  14. Add the new disk space with the instructions in one of these sections.

    See Adding the disk space of an Expansion Storage Shelf from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console.

    See Adding the disk space of an Expansion Storage Shelf from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu.