
About NetBackup 5030 drive slots
The NetBackup 5030 Appliance front panel contains 12 drive bays and a hardware
control panel. Only two of the drive bays are used: Slot 0 and Slot 1 which are
shown in
. The operating system that the appliance uses is installed on
these drives. The drives are mirrored to provide high availability. Slots 2 through
11 are not used. Blank carriers are installed in the unused slots to maintain proper
airflow within the chassis. The NetBackup 5030 uses the Symantec Storage Shelf
to provide storage.
Figure 3-3
NetBackup 5030 Appliance front panel with system disk drives
Both drives in the NetBackup 5030 Appliance are hot-swappable. However, at
least one of the system drives (slots 0 and 1) must be in operation at all times. The
appliance cannot function without an operating system. See
replacing hot-swappable hard disk drives in Appliances”
on page 58. This section
provides more information about hot-swapping disk drives in the appliance.
About drive slot LEDs
Each drive slot has two LEDs. The LEDs are located on the edge of the drive facade
to the left of the handle.
shows the LEDs. The LEDs provide the following
information:
■
The top LED is solid green when power is supplied to the drive. This LED flashes
green when the disk drive is active.
■
The bottom LED is solid amber when a drive fault occurs. This LED is not lit
when there are no disk drive faults.
■
The bottom LED flashes amber during the following conditions:
■
The drive is involved in a copyback operation.
■
When an identify command is issued that allows the drive to be located.
Warning:
Removing the drive from the bay when it is not in a safe state can cause
equipment damage, loss of data, and data corruption. The drive is in a safe state
when the bottom LED is solid amber or the drive power and activity LED is off.
Understanding the NetBackup Appliance
About the appliance front panel
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