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Identify ports A and C in each I/O module in the Expansion Shelf. Port B is not
available for use.

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IMPORTANT: Note the correct orientation of the blue tab on the ends of the
SAS-3 cables. The blue tab must face down in the ports on both shelves.

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Connect the cables as follows:

Connect one cable to each of the SAS-3 ports on the left of each controller
module on the Primary Shelf.

Connect the other end of each cable to port A in each I/O module in the
Expansion Shelf.

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Adding Expansion Storage Shelves to an operating appliance that does not have any Expansion shelves

Connecting one Expansion Shelf to the Primary Shelf

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Page 4: ... contents 22 Storage shelf shipping container contents 23 Dimensions and determining rack locations 23 Best practices for rack installation 25 Storage shelf rack requirements 26 Heat dissipation 26 Cable length verification 27 Prerequisites for IPMI configuration 27 Chapter 3 Hardware installation procedures 29 Overview 30 Installing a storage shelf 30 Installing disk drives into a full capacity s...

Page 5: ...ary Shelf 94 Connecting three Expansion Shelves to the Primary Shelf 98 Appendix B Adding Expansion Storage Shelves to an operating appliance that has at least one operating Expansion shelf 102 Overview 102 Turning off the existing hardware 103 Installation instructions 104 Connecting one Expansion Shelf to a system that has one existing Expansion Shelf 105 Connecting two Expansion Shelves to a sy...

Page 6: ...Appendix D Configuring the disk space for new Flex Expansion Storage Shelves 119 Adding the disk space of an Expansion Storage Shelf from the Flex Appliance Console 119 6 Contents ...

Page 7: ...es 5U84 storage shelf control panel 5U84 storage shelf rear panel 5U84 storage shelf RAID controller 5U84 storage shelf Expansion module Cables and connectors About IPMI configuration About the appliance and the storage shelves The Veritas 5350 Appliance is a media server solution designed for large workloads It provides high performance with multiple service offerings and gets deployed in less th...

Page 8: ...l Expansion Storage Shelves The Veritas 5350 Appliance supports the following software 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 sof...

Page 9: ... storage shelf power requirements With the required 5U84 Primary Storage Shelf the compute node operates at 220 VAC at 3 1 A with C13 and C14 connectors Compute node disk drives The front panel of the compute node contains 8 disk drive slots The slots are numbered from zero in the left corner to 7 in the right corner Figure 1 1 Veritas 5350 Appliance front disk drive assignments Slots 0 and 1 RAID...

Page 10: ...2 VGA port 3 Serial port not used 4 USB 3 0 ports 5 IPMI port 6 OCP 1 Gbs Ports 7 PCIe Riser 1 8 PCIe Riser 2 9 PCIe Riser 3 Compute node control panel A control panel is located on the right front side of the compute node The following table describes the components of the control panel 10 Hardware overview Compute node control panel ...

Page 11: ...e activated and remain on The LEDs blink when network activity occurs The amount of network activity determines the rate of blinking NIC 1 Activity LED NIC 2 Activity LED 8 9 When the non maskable interrupt NMI button is depressed the appliance goes into a halt state This feature is useful when you perform diagnostics for a given issue where a memory dump is necessary to help determine the cause o...

Page 12: ...the top drawer and the bottom drawer The slot numbers start at the front left of the drawer Slot numbers end in the last row at the right rear of the drawer The following diagrams show all of the slots in each drawer The photographs show the number of the first slot in each drawer The top drawer contains slots 0 through 41 12 Hardware overview 5U84 storage shelf drawers and disk drives ...

Page 13: ...The bottom drawer contains slots 42 through 83 13 Hardware overview 5U84 storage shelf drawers and disk drives ...

Page 14: ...drives and another container of 3 drives and 39 blanks Install these disk drives into the storage shelf drawers Refer to the following link for the disk drive layout for a half capacity storage shelf See Installing disk drives and blanks into a half capacity storage shelf on page 43 Each disk drive is encased in a carrier A label on the top of the carrier identifies the storage capacity of the dis...

Page 15: ...aintaining multiple storage shelves The Primary shelf has a default value of 00 The first Expansion shelf has a value of 01 Subsequent Expansion shelves have a value of 02 and 03 Unit identification ID display 1 Used to set the unit identification display Input switch 2 Amber when the system is in standby mode Green when the system is on Power LED 3 15 Hardware overview 5U84 storage shelf control ...

Page 16: ...h an internal RAID controller or external RAID controller or with a host bus adapter Logical status LED 5 Indicates a drive cable or sideplane fault in Drawer 1 the top drawer Drawer 1 fault LED 6 Indicates a drive cable or sideplane fault in Drawer 2 the bottom drawer Drawer 2 fault LED 7 5U84 storage shelf rear panel The rear panel of a 5U84 storage shelf contains the following components Two I ...

Page 17: ...e 18 5U84 storage shelf RAID controller The Primary Storage Shelf contains two RAID controllers in I O module slots The controllers are labeled A and B from left to right as you look at the rear panel of a shelf Each controller has two sets of SAS 3 ports From left to right the SAS 3 ports for each controller are labeled 3 2 1 and 0 The single SAS 3 port on the left side of each RAID controller co...

Page 18: ...al Support The SAS 3 ports connect to the SAS port on each RAID controller on the Primary shelf and to other Expansion shelves SAS3 ports Ethernet port A B C Cables and connectors Compute nodes connect to each other with 1G Ethernet cables The compute nodes connect to the Primary Storage Shelf with SAS 3 cables The Primary Storage Shelf connects to Expansion Storage Shelf I O modules with SAS 3 ca...

Page 19: ...em The following figure shows the remote management port or the IPMI port on the rear panel of a 5350 Appliance The IPMI is beneficial after an unexpected power outage shuts down the connected system In case the appliance is not accessible after the power is restored you can use a laptop or desktop computer to access the appliance remotely by using a network connection to the hardware rather than ...

Page 20: ...ovide 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 centers Access the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu remotely using IPMI if regular network interface is not possible Reimage the appliance from the IPMI interface by using ISO redirection Monitor hardware health of the appliance from a ...

Page 21: ...at dissipation Cable length verification Prerequisites for IPMI configuration Customer provided environment and supplies For best ventilation the rack cabinet Should be at least 100 cm 4 feet from walls Should have at least 100 cm 4 feet from other cabinets on the front and back of the appliance and the storage shelves Data centers with two foot spaces in the front and in the back of the appliance...

Page 22: ...awer A 19 inch rack with dual Power Distribution Units PDUs with 220VAC power input for the storage shelves See Best practices for rack installation on page 25 Appliance shipping container contents The appliance and each storage shelf are shipped in separate containers Each container includes other boxes and contents The disk drives are installed into the appliance and the storage shelf at the fac...

Page 23: ...ontainer containing Deployment plan that provides basic information and links to detailed information Quick Installation card Cable connections poster Rack rails Two SAS 3 cables Two power cords Bezel Dimensions and determining rack locations Physical specifications for the compute node include the following Each node is two rack units 2RU high Node measurements are listed below Height 21 97cm 8 6...

Page 24: ...power strips power cords and other cables When you plan the installation be sure to allocate enough space for all of the hardware A typical installation has the storage shelves on the bottom and the compute node s at the top To help you identify RU spacing many rack manufacturers use a system of lines and sequential numbers starting at the bottom of the rack The front and the rear of the rack are ...

Page 25: ...tallation by following these recommendations The appliance requires two RUs of space Install the appliance in the space that is directly above the storage shelves Two people should install the rails one person at the back of the rack and one at the front Two people should lift and place the appliance into the mounted rails The storage shelves are heavier than the appliance and should be installed ...

Page 26: ...he storage shelves Two people to install the rails one person at the back of the rack and one at the front Two people to lift and place the storage shelf into the mounted rails Cables to connect the appliance to your corporate network A USB keyboard and a monitor to connect to the appliance A 19 inch rack with dual Power Distribution Units PDUs with 220VAC power supplies Heat dissipation Air flows...

Page 27: ...for specifications about temperature and cooling NetBackup Appliance documentation Cable length verification Before you install and connect the hardware be sure to verify that you have the correct length of cables for your setup Each rack unit RU is 44 50 mm 1 752 inches in height The compute node is 2RU high The 5U84 Storage Shelves are 5RU high Four 1 meter 39 37 inches SAS 3 cables ship with ea...

Page 28: ...puter open the following ports SOL SSH 66 HTTP 80 SNMP 162 HTTPS 443 Floppy USB media 623 Secured Floppy USB media 627 CD 5120 Secured CD 5124 KVM 5900 Secured KVM 5902 Note If you have a private internal network remember to configure the settings accordingly in your network address translation NAT The remote management port must be configured as a DHCP or static address 28 Preinstallation require...

Page 29: ...ling the compute node into a rack Connecting the hardware to one compute node Connecting the hardware to two compute nodes Connecting NetBackup nodes to the network Connecting Flex nodes to the network Connecting the power cords Turning on the hardware and verifying operation Configuring the IPMI port from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu Configuring the Veritas Remote Management Interface from ...

Page 30: ...mmodate power strips power cords and other cables Warning A storage shelf without disk drives weighs up to 61 65kg 135 72lbs To avoid potential equipment damage and personal injury do not install disk drives into the storage shelves before mounting them into the rack The added weight of the disk drives hinders the ability to safely install the storage shelves Use the lifting straps that are provid...

Page 31: ... length 3 Identify the left and the right rails which are labeled LH left hand or RH right hand on the front inside of the rail Note the ledge at the bottom of each rail The storage shelf sits on the ledges which must be positioned on the inside of the rack The ledges must not be located between the rail and the rack wall 4 Locate the pins on the front and the rear of the rails 31 Hardware install...

Page 32: ...ided with the hardware One side of the template shows the front of the rail The other side of the template shows the rear of the rail The template shows the five rack units RUs to scale 32 Hardware installation procedures Installing a storage shelf ...

Page 33: ...6 Start with the left rail Place the rail pins inside the front of the rack 33 Hardware installation procedures Installing a storage shelf ...

Page 34: ...ly seated in the holes in the rack posts 9 Secure the four adjuster screws as needed Do not over torque 10 Repeat the process for the right rail 11 Verify that the left rails and the right rails use the same rack holes and are parallel 34 Hardware installation procedures Installing a storage shelf ...

Page 35: ...stening screw with two washers for use after shelf is installed in rails Install the washer with the gap first 1 Front Center hole Rear Top and bottom holes Front Center hole of third rack unit RU Rear Center holes in first and fifth rack units RUs Medium sized clamping screw 2 Front N A Rear Connects from chassis lock tab to hole in triangular end of rail Front N A Rear N A Small rear fastening s...

Page 36: ...center hole of the center RU The rear of the rail requires two clamping screws Insert these screws in the middle hole in the first and the fifth RU 14 Remove any plastic film from the front and sides of the shelf 15 Remove the caps from both sides of the front of the storage shelf The caps snap off without any tools 36 Hardware installation procedures Installing a storage shelf ...

Page 37: ...front end From the front of the rack carefully lower the storage shelf onto the rail ledges in the rack You can use the three lifting straps that are shipped with the storage shelf to lift and place the shelf onto the rails 17 Push the shelf into the back of the rack 18 On the front of the rack use a long screw and two washers in the top and the bottom holes Place the washer with a gap onto the sc...

Page 38: ...19 Locate the lock tabs on the left and right rear corners of the storage shelf chassis 38 Hardware installation procedures Installing a storage shelf ...

Page 39: ... the rail Secure the screw 21 On the front of the storage shelf reattach the left and the right caps The left cap contains the control panel The right cap contains spaces for two latches which connect to the storage shelf 39 Hardware installation procedures Installing a storage shelf ...

Page 40: ...d blanks into a half capacity storage shelf on page 43 Note It is helpful to have two people install the disks Both people can move the latches to unlock the carriers One person can remove the disks from the shipping box and hand them to the other person The first person should orient the disk drives in the direction of installation The second person installs the disks Both people can press the ca...

Page 41: ...ks counterclockwise 3 Pull the bottom drawer forward as far as possible without damaging the hardware Press the drawer latches both sides of the drawer in towards the middle of the drawer in order to open the drawer 4 Locate and open the box or boxes that contain the storage shelf hard disk drives in their Disk Drive In Carrier DDIC units Note Each disk drive is preinstalled in a carrier 41 Hardwa...

Page 42: ...t of the latch when the carrier is unlocked 6 After unlocking all of the carriers install each carrier into the bottom drawer Do the following for each of the carriers that you want to install Insert the carrier into one slot and push it down until it stops Place one thumb on each of the two pads that are shown by the red arrows Push the carrier forward towards the rear of the slot towards the bac...

Page 43: ...rawer release buttons located one per side on the side of the drawer to close the drawer until the latches click 13 Engage the anti tamper locks as needed Installing disk drives and blanks into a half capacity storage shelf The Primary Storage Shelf and the Expansion Storage Shelf use 4 TB or 8 TB disk drives You cannot mix the two disk storage capacities in one shelf You can have different capaci...

Page 44: ...orage shelf 1 Examine the two anti tamper locks on the front of each drawer The red arrows in the locks point to the center of the drawer if the locks are not engaged 2 If the locks are engaged use a Torx T20 screwdriver to rotate the locks counterclockwise 44 Hardware installation procedures Installing disk drives and blanks into a half capacity storage shelf ...

Page 45: ...aution To provide sufficient airflow for storage shelf cooling install blank carriers in the empty drive slots of a half populated drawer 4 Note the numbered slots in each of the three rows Blank disk carriers are shown in blue Slots with the carriers that include disk drives are shown in gray 45 Hardware installation procedures Installing disk drives and blanks into a half capacity storage shelf ...

Page 46: ...t row of the bottom drawer 8 Locate slot 42 at the front left corner of the drawer 9 Insert one disk drive into slot 42 and into each slot in the first row 10 Insert the carrier into the slot and push it down until it stops 11 Place one thumb on each of the two pads that are shown by the red arrows 46 Hardware installation procedures Installing disk drives and blanks into a half capacity storage s...

Page 47: ... slots 71 to 83 18 Press all carriers down into the slots and lock them forward 19 Verify that all carriers in the three rows are seated down in the slots A carrier that is not inserted correctly may hinder securing the drawer 20 If you need to remove a disk drive slide the release latch to the right The disk pops up 21 Slide the drawer carefully into the shelf by pressing the two drawer release b...

Page 48: ...k drive carriers into slots 0 to 13 3 Install disk drive carriers into slots 14 and 28 4 Push the release latch to the right A yellow line appears to the left of the latch when the disk is unlocked 5 Insert the carrier into one slot and push it down until it stops 48 Hardware installation procedures Installing disk drives and blanks into a half capacity storage shelf ...

Page 49: ...k slide the release latch to the right The blank pops up 12 Verify that all slots are filled 13 Push the drawer into the shelf by pressing the two drawer release buttons located one per side on the side of the drawer to close the drawer until the latches click 14 Engage the anti tamper locks as needed Installing the compute node rack rails Veritas recommends the following The compute node requires...

Page 50: ...he small metal extensions that are outlined in the illustration must point down towards the floor of the rack Note The information in this document supersedes any of the information in the printed installation materials 2 Use the printed rack templates to align the rails with the rack holes Fold the template along the yellow dotted lines to create an exact physical match to the rack Be sure to use...

Page 51: ... the bottom holes of the top RU Move the rail front and back to fit into the rack Slide the rail forward until the pins click into the rack holes 4 Secure the rear of the rail Push the blue lock toward the rack wall and toward the back of the rail The lock must be behind the rack post Ensure that the lock clicks into place 51 Hardware installation procedures Installing the compute node rack rails ...

Page 52: ...ear of the rack 6 Repeat steps 3 through 5 for the other rail 7 Identify the three different rails in each rail assembly Components in this illustration are as follows 1 Outer rail 2 Intermediate rail 52 Hardware installation procedures Installing the compute node rack rails ...

Page 53: ... 3 Inner rail 8 Pull the white tab forward to release the inner rail from the outer and the intermediate rail 53 Hardware installation procedures Installing the compute node rack rails ...

Page 54: ...te node into a rack After the appliance rails have been installed you can install the appliance into the rack To install the compute node into the rack 1 Verify that the rails are securely attached Verify that the outer rail is securely attached to the rack Verify that the inner rail is securely attached to the compute node 2 Place the hardware in the front of the rack 54 Hardware installation pro...

Page 55: ...y can possibly extend You only need sufficient space to place the hardware into the rails 5 Align the compute node inner rail to the intermediate rail in the rack Slide the inner rail that is attached to compute node forward into the intermediate rail until a hard stop is encountered The rail has a lock mechanism that prevents the hardware from being fully pushed into the rack 55 Hardware installa...

Page 56: ... This section provides cabling information for a Veritas 5350 Appliance that includes one compute node one Primary Storage Shelf and up to three Expansion Storage Shelves Each compute node is connected to the Primary Storage Shelf with four SAS 3 cables The compute nodes connect to each other with two Ethernet cables 56 Hardware installation procedures Connecting the hardware to one compute node ...

Page 57: ...is port connects to SAS 3 port A in the Expansion I O modules To connect a compute node to a Primary Shelf 1 Obtain four SAS 3 cables for each compute node 2 Identify the SAS 3 ports in slot 3 and slot 7 of the compute node that is closest to the Primary Shelf The ports in each slot are labeled 3 2 1 and 0 from left to right 57 Hardware installation procedures Connecting the hardware to one comput...

Page 58: ...lows Note The blue tabs on the SAS 3 cables that are attached to the SAS expander in slot 7should point up and the blue tabs on the SAS 3 cables attached to the SAS expander in slot 3 should point down Connect slot 3 Port 3 of the compute node to controller B Port 1 on the Primary Shelf Connect slot 3 Port 2 of the compute node to controller A Port 1 on the Primary Shelf Connect slot 7 Port 0 of t...

Page 59: ...g section to connect power cords to the hardware See Connecting the power cords on page 74 To connect Expansion Storage Shelves to a Primary Shelf 1 Do the following if you have one Expansion Shelf Connect one end of two SAS 3 cables to the SAS 3 port on the left hand side of each RAID controller in the Primary Shelf The blue tab on the cable must face down in this port 59 Hardware installation pr...

Page 60: ... the SAS 3 cables to port A in each of the I O modules in the Expansion Shelf Note The blue tab on the cable must face down in the Expansion Shelf 60 Hardware installation procedures Connecting the hardware to one compute node ...

Page 61: ... I O module on the left side of the shelf Connect the other end of the SAS 3 cable in RAID controller B to port A in the right hand I O module in the lower Expansion Shelf Connect port C in I O module A of the upper Expansion Shelf to port A in I O module A of the lower Expansion Shelf Connect port A in I O module B of the upper Expansion Shelf to port C in I O module B of the lower Expansion Shel...

Page 62: ...Primary Shelf Connect the other end of the SAS 3 cable in RAID controller A to port A in the nearest Expansion Shelf I O module on the left side of the shelf Connect the other end of the SAS 3 cable in RAID controller B to port A in the right hand I O module in the lowest Expansion Shelf 62 Hardware installation procedures Connecting the hardware to one compute node ...

Page 63: ...helf to port C in I O module B of the middle Expansion Shelf Connect port C in I O module A of the middle Expansion Shelf to port A in I O module A of the lowest Expansion Shelf Connect port A in I O module B of the middle Expansion Shelf to port C in I O module B of the lowest Expansion Shelf 63 Hardware installation procedures Connecting the hardware to one compute node ...

Page 64: ...64 Hardware installation procedures Connecting the hardware to one compute node ...

Page 65: ... two far right 1Gb Ethernet ports on the rear of the nodes Both nodes connect to the Primary Storage Shelf Note The colored cables are for demonstration purposes only There is only one type of SAS3 cable To connect a two node appliance 1 Identify the two ports on the lower right corner of both nodes 2 Connect Ethernet cables between the ports 65 Hardware installation procedures Connecting the hard...

Page 66: ...connect two SAS cables On the compute node that is located closest to the Primary Storage Shelf connect two more SAS cables On the compute node that is located farthest from the Primary Storage Shelf connect two SAS cables On the compute node that is located farthest from the Primary Storage Shelf connect two more SAS cables 66 Hardware installation procedures Connecting the hardware to two comput...

Page 67: ...u do not have Expansion shelves proceed to connect the power cords See Connecting the power cords on page 74 To connect Expansion Storage Shelves to a Primary shelf 1 Obtain two SAS3 cables 2 Locate the SAS3 ports in the left hand side of each controller in the Primary shelf 67 Hardware installation procedures Connecting the hardware to two compute nodes ...

Page 68: ...ansion shelves Port B is not used 4 IMPORTANT Be sure that the blue tab on each SAS3 connector faces down The RAID controller does not recognize an incorrectly inserted connector 68 Hardware installation procedures Connecting the hardware to two compute nodes ...

Page 69: ...5 If you have one Expansion shelf connect it to the Primary shelf 69 Hardware installation procedures Connecting the hardware to two compute nodes ...

Page 70: ...6 If you have two Expansion shelves connect them as shown 70 Hardware installation procedures Connecting the hardware to two compute nodes ...

Page 71: ...7 If you have three Expansion shelves connect them as shown 71 Hardware installation procedures Connecting the hardware to two compute nodes ...

Page 72: ...ptop connection The default IP address for this private network port is 192 168 229 233 The default login credentials are User name admin Password P ssw0rd Item 3 eth1 NIC2 port Each of these ports requires a Cat5 minimum Ethernet cable SSH Veritas Remote Management Console virtual KVM Physical keyboard and monitor The common tasks that you can perform in the appliance shell menu include Initial c...

Page 73: ... Connecting Flex nodes to the network Network ports on the rear panel of the compute node are shown in the following diagram IPMI NIC0 NIC1 NIC2 NIC3 NIC4 NIC5 NIC8 NIC9 NIC6 NIC7 Public Management Network 1Gb Private Low Latency Transport 1Gb Heartbeat Eth0 NIC1 Eth1 NIC2 Eth2 NIC3 Eth3 NIC4 10Gb public network ports NIC 0 9 host0 privnic1 privnic0 host1 The following table provides information a...

Page 74: ...rt that is used to connect to the Veritas Remote Management Interface IPMI port copper RJ45 connector Connect these ports on each node before initial configuration to support application instances NIC ports 0 to 9 10 GbE ports Refer to the Veritas Flex Appliance Getting Started and Administration Guide or the NetBackup 53xx Initial Configuration Guide for details about the initial configuration re...

Page 75: ...Note that the storage shelf cords have a right angled connector on the end that connects to the shelf 3 Connect the right angled ends to the Expansion shelf Connect the strain relief bale to each power cord 75 Hardware installation procedures Connecting the power cords ...

Page 76: ...ords between the Expansion shelf and the PDU 5 Rewrap the plastic ties to secure each power cord 6 Connect two power cords between the Primary shelf and the PDU 76 Hardware installation procedures Connecting the power cords ...

Page 77: ... final power cord cabling is consistent with the following diagram Turning on the hardware and verifying operation You must turn on the hardware in the following order Expansion shelf Primary shelf 77 Hardware installation procedures Turning on the hardware and verifying operation ...

Page 78: ...ween the compute nodes and the Primary Shelf Power cords from each component to the appropriate Power Distribution Unit PDU sockets in the rack 2 On the rear panel of the Expansion shelf turn on both power supplies 3 Wait 2 or 3 minutes for the shelf to initialize The shelf is more quiet when it has initialized 78 Hardware installation procedures Turning on the hardware and verifying operation ...

Page 79: ...fy that the Power OK LEDs on both power supplies are green Description Number Power supply failure 1 AC failure 2 Power ok 3 79 Hardware installation procedures Turning on the hardware and verifying operation ...

Page 80: ...ary Storage Shelf Let the shelf initialize for 2 or 3 minutes Verify that the Power OK LEDs on the power supply modules are green Verify that the Power On LED on the control panel on the front of the shelf is green 80 Hardware installation procedures Turning on the hardware and verifying operation ...

Page 81: ...n Configuring the IPMI port from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu This section explains how to configure IPMI from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu If you have more than one node in your system you must configure each node s IPMI port individually Before starting the IPMI configuration obtain the following information for the appliance for which you want to configure the IPMI IP address for th...

Page 82: ...he appliance By default the user name is admin and the password is P ssw0rd where 0 is the number zero 4 At the Main_Menu prompt type Support to navigate to the Support menu 5 From the Main_Menu Support view enter the following command to configure the remote management port IPMI Network Configure IPAddress Netmask GatewayIPAddress where IP address is the new IP address of the remote management po...

Page 83: ...itial Configuration Guide for the appropriate platform for information about initial configuration requirements and procedures Note Once the initial configuration has been completed you can connect NIC1 eth0 to an administrative network that does not provide any backup data transfer Configuring the Veritas Remote Management Interface from a Flex Appliance Veritas Flex Appliance release does not su...

Page 84: ... are in the BIOS do not perform any other steps other than the ones mentioned in this section Note If you miss the initial setup dialog box prompt in step 4 the appliance shell appears Shut down and restart the appliance and try accessing the BIOS menu again The Setup Menu page appears and the Main menu option should be highlighted 84 Hardware installation procedures Configuring the Veritas Remote...

Page 85: ...enu option Press Enter 6 Press the up or down key on the keyboard to navigate to BMC LAN Configuration Press Enter 7 The BMC LAN Configuration options screen appears 85 Hardware installation procedures Configuring the Veritas Remote Management Interface from a Flex Appliance ...

Page 86: ...figuration option Use the information supplied by the customer to fill in the following fields IP Source IP address Subnet mask Gateway IP 86 Hardware installation procedures Configuring the Veritas Remote Management Interface from a Flex Appliance ...

Page 87: ...is supported from either the Settings Notification Alert Configuration menu in the NetBackup Appliance Web Console or the Settings Alerts command view in the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu For details see the Settings Notifications Alert Configuration section in the NetBackup Appliance Administrator s Guide or the Main Settings Alerts view commands section in the NetBackup Appliance Commands Refer...

Page 88: ...sysadmin The default password is where 0 is the number zero Click P ssw0rdLogin 4 Click the Remote Control section located at the top of the page The Remote Control section lets you remotely monitor and control the server Do one of the following to launch the Appliance Shell Navigate to Remote Control iKVM over HTML5 Click Launch iKVM over HTML5 to launch the Appliance shell A new window opens tha...

Page 89: ... you do not have proper permissions and prevents appliance access from the IPMI port For information about how to resolve this issue refer to the following document https www veritas com support en_US article 100011121 html 5 You can now access and log on to the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu or the Flex Appliance Shell Enter the user name and password for the appliance By default the user name ad...

Page 90: ...e Expansion Shelf to the Primary Shelf Connecting two Expansion Shelves to the Primary Shelf Connecting three Expansion Shelves to the Primary Shelf Overview This appendix applies to an operating appliance that has one or two compute nodes and a Primary Storage Shelf It is possible to already have one or more Expansion Storage Shelves up to three units The cable scheme for NetBackup and Flex appli...

Page 91: ...m the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu enter Support Shutdown From the Flex Appliance Shell enter system shutdown Verify that the compute node is completely turned off All LEDs are off Fans are not running Repeat these steps for the second compute node if applicable 2 After the compute nodes are turned off you must manually turn off the Primary Shelf Locate the on off switches on the two power suppl...

Page 92: ...ty storage shelf on page 40 Connecting one Expansion Shelf to the Primary Shelf The Expansion Shelf connects to the Primary Shelf but it does not connect directly to the compute node To connect one Expansion Shelf to the Primary Shelf 1 Verify that all compute nodes and the Primary Shelf are off and that the power cords are unplugged Do not remove the cables between the compute nodes and the Prima...

Page 93: ...down in the ports on both shelves 6 Connect the cables as follows Connect one cable to each of the SAS 3 ports on the left of each controller module on the Primary Shelf Connect the other end of each cable to port A in each I O module in the Expansion Shelf 93 Adding Expansion Storage Shelves to an operating appliance that does not have any Expansion shelves Connecting one Expansion Shelf to the P...

Page 94: ... one of these sections See Adding the disk space of an Expansion Storage Shelf from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console on page 115 See Adding the disk space of an Expansion Storage Shelf from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu on page 117 Connecting two Expansion Shelves to the Primary Shelf Both Expansion Shelves connect to the Primary Shelf but not directly to the compute node 94 Adding Expansi...

Page 95: ...module in the Primary Shelf 4 Identify ports A and C in each I O module in the Expansion Shelf Port B is not available for use 5 IMPORTANT Note the correct orientation of the blue tab on the ends of the SAS 3 cables The blue tab must face down in the ports on all shelves 6 Connect the cables as follows Connect one cable to each of the SAS 3 ports on the left of each controller module on the Primar...

Page 96: ...first Expansion Shelf Connect the other end of the cable to port A in the left module of the second Expansion Shelf Connect one end of the final cable to port A on the right I O module of the first Expansion Shelf Connect the other end of that cable to port C in the right I O module of the second Expansion Shelf 96 Adding Expansion Storage Shelves to an operating appliance that does not have any E...

Page 97: ...power cords of all devices as described in this section See Connecting the power cords on page 74 97 Adding Expansion Storage Shelves to an operating appliance that does not have any Expansion shelves Connecting two Expansion Shelves to the Primary Shelf ...

Page 98: ...ion Shelves connect to the Primary Shelf but not directly to the compute node To connect three Expansion Shelves 1 Verify that all compute nodes and the Primary Shelf are off and that the power cords are unplugged Do not remove the cables between the compute nodes and the Primary Shelf 2 Obtain the two SAS 3 cables that ship with each Expansion Shelf 3 Identify the single SAS 3 port on the left si...

Page 99: ...pansion Shelf Connect one end of another cable to port A on the right I O module of the first Expansion Shelf Connect the other end of that cable to port C in the right I O module of the second Expansion Shelf Connect one end of another cable to port C on the left I O module of the second Expansion Shelf Connect the other end of that cable to port A in the left I O module of the third Expansion Sh...

Page 100: ...7 Verify the final cable configuration 100 Adding Expansion Storage Shelves to an operating appliance that does not have any Expansion shelves Connecting three Expansion Shelves to the Primary Shelf ...

Page 101: ... 10 Add the new disk space with the instructions in one of these sections See Adding the disk space of an Expansion Storage Shelf from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console on page 115 See Adding the disk space of an Expansion Storage Shelf from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu on page 117 101 Adding Expansion Storage Shelves to an operating appliance that does not have any Expansion shelves Conne...

Page 102: ...tallation instructions Connecting one Expansion Shelf to a system that has one existing Expansion Shelf Connecting two Expansion Shelves to a system that has one existing Expansion Shelf Connecting one Expansion Shelf to a system that has two existing Expansion Shelves Overview This appendix applies to an operating appliance that has one or two compute nodes and a Primary Storage Shelf B Appendix ...

Page 103: ...If you have two compute nodes you must shut them down separately From the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu enter Support Shutdown From the Flex Appliance Shell enter system shutdown Verify that the compute node is completely turned off All LEDs are off Fans are not running Repeat these steps for a second compute node if applicable 2 After the compute nodes are turned off you must manually turn off t...

Page 104: ...nstallation instructions The procedures for installing an Expansion shelf and inserting the disk drive carriers are the same as for a Primary shelf Refer to the following sections for details See Dimensions and determining rack locations on page 23 See Installing a storage shelf on page 30 See Installing disk drives and blanks into a half capacity storage shelf on page 43 See Installing disk drive...

Page 105: ... that the power cords are unplugged Do not remove the cables between the compute nodes and the Primary Shelf 2 Obtain the two SAS 3 cables that ship with each Expansion Shelf 3 Identify the single SAS 3 port on the left side of each controller module in the Primary Shelf 4 Identify ports A and C in each I O module in the Expansion Shelf Port B is not available for use 105 Adding Expansion Storage ...

Page 106: ...3 cable to port C on the left I O module of the existing shelf Connect one end of a new SAS 3 cable to port C on the left I O module of the existing shelf Connect the other end of the cable to port A on the left I O module on the new shelf Connect one end of a new SAS 3 cable to port A in the right I O module of the existing shelf Connect the other end of the cable to port C in the right I O modul...

Page 107: ... Expansion Storage Shelf from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console on page 115 See Adding the disk space of an Expansion Storage Shelf from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu on page 117 Connecting two Expansion Shelves to a system that has one existing Expansion Shelf Expansion Shelves connect to the Primary Shelf and to other Expansion Shelves but they do not connect directly to the compute node ...

Page 108: ...ler module in the Primary Shelf 4 Identify ports A and C in each I O module in the Expansion Shelf Port B is not available for use 5 IMPORTANT Note the correct orientation of the blue tab on the ends of the SAS 3 cables The blue tab must face down in the ports on both shelves 6 Connect the cables as follows On the existing Expansion Shelf unplug the SAS 3 connector in port A of the right I O modul...

Page 109: ...to port C on the right I O module on the second shelf Connect one end of a new SAS 3 cable to port C on the left I O module of the second shelf Connect the other end of the cable to port A on the left I O module on the third shelf Connect one end of a new SAS 3 cable to port A on the right I O module of the second shelf Connect the other end of the cable to port C on the right I O module on the th...

Page 110: ...evices as described in this section See Connecting the power cords on page 74 110 Adding Expansion Storage Shelves to an operating appliance that has at least one operating Expansion shelf Connecting two Expansion Shelves to a system that has one existing Expansion Shelf ...

Page 111: ...ctly to the compute node To connect a new Expansion Shelf to a Primary Shelf and to two existing Expansion Shelves 1 Verify that all compute nodes and the Primary Shelf are off and that the power cords are unplugged Do not remove the cables between the compute nodes and the Primary Shelf Do not remove the cables between the compute nodes and the Primary Shelf 2 Obtain the two SAS 3 cables that shi...

Page 112: ... Expansion Shelf Connect one end of a new cable to port C in the left I O module of the second shelf Connect the other end of the cable to port A in the left I O module of the third shelf Connect one end of a new cable to port A on the right I O module of the second shelf Connect the other end of the cable to port C on the right I O module of the third shelf 112 Adding Expansion Storage Shelves to...

Page 113: ...cabling configuration 113 Adding Expansion Storage Shelves to an operating appliance that has at least one operating Expansion shelf Connecting one Expansion Shelf to a system that has two existing Expansion Shelves ...

Page 114: ...isk space with the instructions in one of these sections See Adding the disk space of an Expansion Storage Shelf from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console on page 115 See Adding the disk space of an Expansion Storage Shelf from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu on page 117 114 Adding Expansion Storage Shelves to an operating appliance that has at least one operating Expansion shelf Connecting one ...

Page 115: ... Adding the disk space of an Expansion Storage Shelf from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu Adding the disk space of an Expansion Storage Shelf from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console The following procedure describes how to add new storage shelf disk space to an operational NetBackup 53xx appliance by using the NetBackup Appliance Web Console This section does not apply to the Flex Appliance C ...

Page 116: ... is displayed The data disks have the following attributes Type Data Status New Available The Meta disk has the following attributes Type Meta Status New Available 7 Click Add for each newly available disk to activate the storage 8 In the Confirmation dialog box click Yes to continue When the process completes the following message should appear Adding disk disk ID Succeeded 9 Click OK to refresh ...

Page 117: ... Enter Information about the system appears Browse to the Primary Storage Shelf to Expansion Storage Shelf Connection information The Status column should say Connected 5 At the prompt type return to return to the Main menu 6 Perform a scan as follows At the Main_Menu prompt type Manage and press Enter Type Storage and press Enter Type Scan and press Enter The scan takes a couple of minutes to com...

Page 118: ...ollows Navigate to the Storage menu At the prompt enter Show Disk and press Enter The status of the newly added disks is displayed as In Use and space in the Unallocated column is the disk space available for the new disk 118 Configuring the disk space for new NetBackup Expansion Storage Shelves Adding the disk space of an Expansion Storage Shelf from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu ...

Page 119: ...the steps in this section to add storage disk space to an appliance after physically adding one or more Expansion Shelves Note When you configure additional disk space any current backup operations are stopped until the process is complete Veritas recommends that you do not start any backup operations before starting this procedure To configure additional disk space 1 Turn on the new shelf or shel...

Page 120: ...wn in the Activity Monitor A task to add new storage displays for the first node and a task to scan new storage displays for the second node The task for the second node runs after the first node s tasks are complete 120 Configuring the disk space for new Flex Expansion Storage Shelves Adding the disk space of an Expansion Storage Shelf from the Flex Appliance Console ...

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