How does IPMI work?
When an appliance is powered
off or cannot be accessed
using the network interface
NetBackup Appliance
Remote
Management
Port
Out of band management using IPMI
Remote Management Console
Some of the main uses of IPMI are the following:
■
Manage an appliance that is powered off or unresponsive. Using the IPMI, you
can power on, power off, or restart the appliance from a remote location.
■
Provides out-of-band management and help manage situations where local
physical access to the appliance is not possible or preferred like branch offices
and remote data center.
■
In case the appliance is not accessible using regular network interfaces, you
can access the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu remotely using IPMI.
Note:
Only the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu can be accessed by using the
IPMI interface. The NetBackup Appliance Web Console cannot be accessed by
using the IPMI interface.
■
Reimage the appliance from the IPMI interface by using ISO redirection.
■
Monitor hardware health of the appliance from a remote location.
■
Avoid messy cabling and hardware like keyboard, monitor, and mouse (KVM)
solutions.
Product documentation
This document is available to customers and end-users.
The following tables describe the hardware and software documents that are
available.
Introduction
Product documentation
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Summary of Contents for NetBackup 5230
Page 1: ...Symantec NetBackup 5230 Appliance Hardware Installation Guide Release 2 6 1 2 21350324 ...
Page 16: ...Introduction Product documentation 16 ...
Page 22: ...Installation requirements Prerequisites for IPMI configuration 22 ...
Page 28: ...Preparing for hardware installation Checking the shipping packages 28 ...
Page 60: ...V validation appliance 44 NetBackup 5230 hardware checks 43 storage shelf 44 Index 60 ...
