Veritas Access Appliance Initial Configuration and Administration Guide
- Getting to know the Access Appliance
- Preparing to configure the appliance
- Configuring the appliance for the first time
- Getting started with the Veritas Access GUI
- Storage management
- Network connection management
- Configuring network address settings on the appliance nodes
- About VLAN tagging on the appliance
- Configuring static routes on the appliance
- Configuring DNS and host name mapping on the appliance
- About the maximum transmission unit size on the appliance
- About the Veritas Remote Management Console
- Setting the date and time on the appliance
- Monitoring the appliance
- Resetting the appliance to factory settings
- Appliance security
- About Access Appliance security
- About Access appliance user account privileges
- Changing the Maintenance user account password
- About the Access Appliance intrusion detection system
- About Access appliance operating system security
- About data security on the Access appliance
- About data integrity on the Access appliance
- Recommended IPMI settings on the Access appliance
- Troubleshooting
About the Access Appliance administration interfaces
The Veritas Access Appliance is administered with multiple user interfaces.
Table: Access Appliance administration interfaces
Interface | Description |
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Access Appliance shell menu | The Access Appliance shell menu is the interface that you use to configure, manage, and monitor the appliance-specific software and hardware of each individual node, including the attached storage. The Access Appliance shell menu is accessed locally or remotely on each node using any of the following methods:
Note: The Access Appliance shell menu is available on eth1 (NIC2) once you configure the network settings during appliance initial configuration, and is also available on eth0 (NIC1) on the default IP 192.168.229.233. Common tasks to do with the Access Appliance shell menu include:
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Veritas Remote Management Console | The Veritas Remote Management Console provides management and monitoring capabilities independent of the appliance CPU, firmware, and operating system. This console is accessible through the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) network port on the back of each appliance node. For the best support and initial configuration experience, Veritas recommends that you configure the IPMI port and make it accessible on your network. You can use the Veritas Remote Management Console for the following:
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Veritas Access GUI | The Veritas Access GUI is the primary interface for Access and is used to administer the Access software on the appliance, such as creating disk pools and file systems. The Access GUI becomes available on the console IP address once the appliance cluster is configured. After the cluster configuration, the following URL is generated: http://consoleIP:14161/. |
Veritas Access shell menu | The Veritas Access shell menu is a command line interface that is used to administer the Access software on the appliance. The Access shell menu becomes available over SSH on the console IP address after the appliance cluster is configured. |
For more information about the Access interfaces, refer to the Veritas Access Administrator's Guide.