Veritas Access 3340 Appliance Hardware Installation Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (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

Access 3340 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.

Number

Component

Description

1

Power button with integrated LED

The System Status LED uses the colors green and amber to display the health of the compute node.

2

Hard Drive Activity LED

The drive activity LED on the front panel indicates drive activity from the on-board hard disk controllers.

3

System ID button with integrated LED

The System ID button toggles on the integrated ID LED and the blue server board LED and off. The system ID LED identifies the system for maintenance when it is racked with similar server systems.

4

System Cold Reset Button (recessed, tool required)

When depressed, the System Cold Reset button restarts and re-initializes the appliance. Veritas recommends that you do not use this button.

5

6

8

9

NIC-4 Activity LED

NIC-3 Activity LED

NIC-1 Activity LED

NIC-2 Activity LED

The NIC LEDs represent a network interface controller. When network links are detected on the controllers, the LEDs are activated and remain on. The LEDs blink when network activity occurs. The amount of network activity determines the rate of blinking.

7

NMI button (recessed, a tool is required for use)

When the NMI button is depressed, the appliance goes into a halt state, and issues a non-maskable interrupt (NMI). This feature is useful when you perform diagnostics for a given issue where a memory dump is necessary to help determine the cause of the problem. To prevent an inadvertent system halt, the NMI button is located behind the front control panel faceplate. It is only accessible with the use of a small-tipped tool.

10

System Status LED

The System Status LED is bi-color indicator that uses the colors green and amber to display the current health of the compute node.

Two locations are provided for you to monitor the health of the system. You can find the first location on the front control panel. The second location is located on the back edge of the server board. It is viewable from the rear of the appliance. Both LEDs show the same state of health.