Veritas™ 5340 Appliance Hardware Installation Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (Version Not Specified)
Platform: Veritas 5340
  1. Hardware overview
    1.  
      Supported software
    2.  
      5340 compute node and 5U84 storage shelves
    3.  
      5340 compute node and storage shelf power requirements
    4.  
      5340 compute node disk drives
    5.  
      5340 compute node control panel
    6.  
      5340 compute node rear panel
    7.  
      5U84 storage shelf drawers and disk drives
    8.  
      5U84 storage shelf control panel
    9.  
      5U84 storage shelf rear panel
    10.  
      5U84 storage shelf RAID controller
    11.  
      5U84 storage shelf Expansion module
    12.  
      Cables and connectors
  2. Preinstallation requirements
    1.  
      Customer-provided environment and supplies
    2.  
      Storage shelf shipping container contents
    3.  
      Compute node shipping container contents
    4.  
      Dimensions and determining rack locations
    5.  
      Best practices for rack installation
    6.  
      Heat dissipation guidelines
    7.  
      Cable length verification
    8.  
      Prerequisites for IPMI configuration
  3. Hardware installation procedures
    1.  
      Overview
    2.  
      Installing a storage shelf
    3.  
      Installing disk drives into a full-capacity storage shelf
    4.  
      Installing disk drives and blanks into a half-capacity storage shelf
    5.  
      Installing SFPs into the RAID controller
    6.  
      Installing the compute node rack rails
    7.  
      Installing the compute node into a rack
    8.  
      Connecting the hardware to one node
    9.  
      Connecting the hardware to two nodes
    10.  
      Connecting NetBackup nodes to the network
    11.  
      Connecting Flex nodes to the network
    12.  
      Connecting the power cords to the hardware
    13.  
      Turning on the hardware and verifying operation
    14.  
      Configuring the IPMI port from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
    15.  
      Accessing and using the Veritas Remote Management interface
  4. Appendix A. Adding Expansion Storage Shelves to an operating appliance that does not have any Expansion shelves
    1.  
      Overview
    2.  
      Turning off the existing hardware
    3.  
      Installation instructions
    4.  
      Connecting one Expansion shelf to the Primary shelf
    5.  
      Connecting two Expansion shelves to the Primary shelf
    6.  
      Connecting three Expansion shelves to the Primary shelf
  5. Appendix B. Adding Expansion Storage Shelves to an operating appliance that has at least one operating Expansion shelf
    1.  
      Overview
    2.  
      Turning off the existing hardware
    3.  
      Installation instructions
    4.  
      Connecting one Expansion shelf to a system that has one existing Expansion shelf
    5.  
      Connecting two Expansion shelves to a system that has one existing Expansion shelf
    6.  
      Connecting one Expansion shelf to a system that has two existing Expansion shelves
  6. Appendix C. Configuring the disk space for new NetBackup Expansion Storage Shelves
    1.  
      Adding the disk space of an Expansion Storage Shelf from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console
    2.  
      Adding the disk space of an Expansion Storage Shelf from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
  7. Appendix D. Configuring the disk space for new Flex Expansion Storage Shelves
    1.  
      Adding the disk space of an Expansion Storage Shelf from the Flex Appliance Console

Adding the disk space of an Expansion Storage Shelf from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu

The following procedure describes how to add new storage shelf disk space to a 53xx appliance by using the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu.

This section does not apply to the Flex 5340 Appliance.

To add the disk space of an expansion shelf from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu

  1. Use PuTTY to start an SSH session to access the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu.

    Note:

    You can also connect a laptop, keyboard and monitor, or KVM to the appliance to access the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu.

  2. Log in to the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu. The Main_Menu prompt appears.
  3. Navigate to the Monitor menu as follows:

    Enter Monitor and press Enter.

  4. Type Hardware ShowHealth and press 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 complete.

  7. View the available storage space as follows:

    • Navigate to the Storage menu.

    • At the prompt, type Show Disk and press Enter.

      Note that you can add the disks with status New Available.

  8. From the Storage menu, enter Add and press Enter. It displays the disks that are in a New Available state and can be added. Copy a disk ID that is displayed.
  9. At the prompt, enter add <disk ID> and press Enter. <disk ID> is the disk ID that you copied.

    Repeat step 8 and 9 to add each disk ID that is displayed.

  10. View the available storage space as follows:

    • 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.