VERITAS 5250, Hardware Installation Manual

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Preparing the appliance
Best practices recommend removing the appliance from the rack to access the
inside of the chassis. Alternatively you can either pull out the appliance on its rails.
Be sure that the appliance and rack are stable.
Turn off the appliance properly and disconnect it from AC power sources. A soft
shutdown informs the appliance operating system to stop and close all active
processes. After the operating system stops all of the processes, the appliance
turns itself off.
Warning: Never turn off the appliance by using the power button on the control
panel. Using the power button to turn off the appliance can cause data loss or
corruption.
To perform a soft shutdown of the appliance
1
Log on to the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu.
2 Enter
Support > Shutdown.
3
Verify that the appliance is completely turned off. All LEDs are off. Fans are
not running.
4 Remove the power cords that connect the appliance to the rack Power
Distribution Units (PDUs).
The following procedure explains the process of removing the appliance from the
rack.
To remove the appliance from the rack
1
Verify that the appliance is off and that the power cords have been disconnected
from the power sources.
2 Remove the front bezel of the appliance.
3
Locate and unscrew the two screws on the edges of the front panel that secure
the appliance to the rack.
4
Slide the chassis fully forward out of the rack until the rail guides lock.
75 Adding one or more storage shelves to an operating appliance that does not have any storage shelves
Preparing the appliance