The Veritas 5350 appliance is available as a single-node or a two-node appliance.
The Veritas 5350 appliance and storage shelves provide storage capacity in several
configurations. The 5350 compute node does not provide any storage. The 5U84
storage shelves provide storage capacity for the appliance system. You must have
a Primary Storage Shelf that connects to the compute node. You can add up to
three optional Expansion Storage Shelves for additional storage.
The Veritas 5350 high availability (HA) configuration includes two compute nodes,
one required Primary Storage Shelf, and up to three optional Expansion Storage
Shelves.
The Veritas 5350 Appliance supports the following software:
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NetBackup Appliance software release 4.0 (revised) and above
Note:
This model uses a revised version of software release 4.0. This revised
software version contains specific support for the 5350 hardware and the related
software functionality that is not included in the previous 4.0 release. The
minimum supported software version for the 5350 appliance is the revised 4.0
version that is shipped with each unit. If a re-image is ever necessary, you must
use the revised 4.0 software version
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Flex Appliance release 2.0.1 and above
Before you install the hardware, refer to the following section for important details
about the dimensions of the hardware.
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Hardware overview
About the appliance and the storage shelves
