Veritas™ 5260 Appliance Hardware Installation Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (Version Not Specified)
Platform: Veritas 5260
  1. Hardware overview
    1.  
      About the appliance and the storage shelves
    2.  
      Appliance drives
    3. About the 5260 Appliance control panel
      1.  
        About the System Status LED states
      2.  
        About the Power button LED states
      3.  
        About the integrated BMC beep codes
    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.  
      Appliance shipping container contents
    3.  
      Storage shelf shipping container contents
    4.  
      Best practices for rack installation
    5.  
      Determining rack locations
    6.  
      Storage shelf rack requirements
    7.  
      Heat dissipation
    8.  
      Verifying SAS-3 cable length
    9.  
      Prerequisites for IPMI configuration
  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.  
      Understanding appliance and storage shelf connections
    6.  
      Connecting an appliance to one storage shelf
    7.  
      Connecting an appliance to more than one storage shelf
  4. Next steps after installation
    1.  
      Connecting the network cables
    2.  
      Connecting the power cords
    3.  
      Turning on the hardware and verifying operation
    4.  
      Configuring the Veritas Remote Management Interface from a Flex Appliance
    5.  
      Configuring the Veritas Remote Management Interface using laptop
    6.  
      Accessing and using the Veritas Remote Management interface
  5. 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.  
      Replacing the appliance cover
    6. Connecting the storage shelves to the appliance
      1.  
        Connecting one storage shelf to an appliance
      2.  
        Connecting two storage shelves to an appliance
      3.  
        Connecting three storage shelves to an appliance
      4.  
        Connecting four storage shelves to an appliance
      5.  
        Connecting the fifth storage shelf to an appliance
      6.  
        Connecting the sixth storage shelf to an appliance
  6. Appendix B. Adding storage shelves to an operating appliance that has at least one storage shelf attached
    1.  
      Overview
    2.  
      Additional storage shelf scenarios
    3. Recabling to connect additional storage 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 shelf
      3.  
        Connecting additional shelves to an appliance that already has three operating shelf
  7. Appendix C. 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
  8.  
    Index

Configuring the Veritas Remote Management Interface using laptop

You can configure the dedicated Veritas Remote Management Interface (IPMI) LAN settings using a laptop.

To configure the dedicated Veritas Remote Management Interface (IPMI) LAN settings using a laptop

  1. The IPMI interface of the appliance is pre-configured with the IP address 192.168.0.10 and netmask 255.255.255.0 in the factory.
  2. To gain access to the Veritas Remote Management Interface for initial configuration, directly connect a RJ45 ethernet cable between the IPMI port and the ethernet port of a laptop computer.
  3. Configure the network interface of the laptop computer with a static IP address in the default network segment used by IPMI.

    For example, use IP address 192.168.0.1 and netmask 255.255.255.0.

  4. Ensure that the power cords to the appliance are connected.
  5. Use the following steps to access the Veritas Remote Management Interface:

    • Open a supported web browser on a system that has a network connection to the appliance. The following browsers are supported:

      • Google Chrome version 94 or later recommended (minimum version 80 or later)

      • Mozilla Firefox version 93 or later recommended (minimum version 80 or later)

    • Enter the address https://192.168.0.10 and confirm the certificate warning displayed.

    • Log in to the Veritas Remote Management Interface with the following default credentials:

      • Username: sysadmin

      • Password: P@ssw0rd

    • Change the default IPv4 and/or IPv6 configuration as follows:

      • Navigate to Configuration > IPv4 Network or Configuration > IPv6 Network accordingly.

      • On LAN Channel, select Channel-3.

      • Choose Obtain an IP address automatically (use DHCP) or Use the following IP address.

      • Provide IP Address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, Primary and Secondary DNS Server if you have selected Use the following IP address.

      • Click Save to apply the new network configuration.

  6. Connect the IPMI port of the appliance to the network switch and re-establish access to the Veritas Remote Management Interface using the static IP configured or dynamic IP obtained from DHCP.