Veritas Access 3340 Appliance Hardware Installation Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (8.2, 8.1, 8.0, 7.4.3, 7.4.2, 7.3.2)
Platform: Veritas 3340
  1. Overview
    1.  
      Supported software
    2.  
      Access 3340 compute node and 5U84 storage shelves
    3.  
      Access 3340 compute node disk drives
    4.  
      Access 3340 compute node control panel
    5.  
      Access 3340 compute node rear panel
    6.  
      5U84 storage shelf drawers and disk drives
    7.  
      5U84 storage shelf control panel
    8.  
      5U84 storage shelf rear panel
    9.  
      5U84 storage shelf RAID controller
    10.  
      5U84 storage shelf Expansion module
    11.  
      Cables and connectors
  2. Pre-installation 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 storage shelf
    4.  
      Installing the storage shelf bezels
    5.  
      Installing the compute node rack rails
    6.  
      Installing the compute node into a rack
    7.  
      Connecting the hardware
    8.  
      Connecting Access nodes to the network
    9.  
      Connecting the power cords to the hardware
    10.  
      Turning on the hardware and verifying operation
    11.  
      Configuring the IPMI port from the Access Appliance shell menu
    12.  
      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.  
      Turning off the existing hardware
    2.  
      Installing the hardware
    3.  
      Connecting one Expansion shelf to the Primary shelf
    4.  
      Connecting two Expansion shelves to the Primary shelf
    5.  
      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.  
      Turning off the existing hardware
    2.  
      Installing the hardware
    3.  
      Connecting one Expansion shelf to a system that has one existing Expansion shelf
    4.  
      Connecting two Expansion shelves to a system that has one existing Expansion shelf
    5.  
      Connecting one Expansion shelf to a system that has two existing Expansion shelves
  6. Appendix C. Configuring the disk space after adding one or more new Expansion Storage Shelves
    1.  
      Adding the disk space of an Expansion Storage Shelf from the Access Appliance shell menu

Accessing and using the Veritas Remote Management interface

The IPMI web interface is known as Veritas Remote Management interface. You can use Veritas Remote Management interface to log on to the Access Appliance shell menu or the Flex Appliance Shell.

Note:

The built-in alert configuration tools in the Veritas Remote Management interface are not supported. If you are on Access software version 8.0, use the set alerts command to configure hardware and software alerts; if you are on an earlier version, use the Settings > Alerts commands in the Access appliance shell menu. For details, see the Main > Settings > Alerts commands section in the Veritas Access Appliance Command Reference Guide.

Before you use the Remote Management interface, the following prerequisites must be met:

  • The Remote Management interface (IPMI port) must first be configured.

  • At least one power cable must be connected to a functioning power source.

  • At least one user must be enabled to use the LAN channel(s).

To access and use the IPMI web interface from a remote computer

  1. Log on to a remote computer in the network and open a supported Windows browser.
  2. Enter the remote management port IP address that is assigned to the remote management port. The following page appears:
  3. Enter your login information. The default user name is sysadmin. The default password is P@ssw0rd, where 0 is the number zero.

    Click Login.

  4. The Remote Control section lets you remotely monitor and control the server. Click Launch Console under the Console Redirection tab to launch the appliance Access Appliance shell menu.
  5. A JViewer application opens that enables you to remotely monitor and control the appliance. This application requires Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 6.0 or later. Install Java (as needed).

    Caution:

    Starting with Java 7 update 45, you may receive a security warning when you launch the KVM remote console from the appliance IPMI port. The warning states that 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

  6. You can now access and log on to the Access Appliance shell menu or the Flex Appliance Shell. Enter the user name and password for the appliance.

    By default, the user name admin has the password, P@ssw0rd where 0 is the number zero.