Veritas™ 5350 Appliance Hardware Installation Guide

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Platform: Veritas 5350
  1. Hardware overview
    1.  
      About the appliance and the storage shelves
    2.  
      Compute node disk drives
    3.  
      Compute node rear panel
    4.  
      Compute node control panel
    5.  
      5U84 storage shelf drawers and disk drives
    6.  
      5U84 storage shelf control panel
    7.  
      5U84 storage shelf rear panel
    8.  
      5U84 storage shelf RAID controller
    9.  
      5U84 storage shelf Expansion module
    10.  
      Cables and connectors
    11.  
      About IPMI configuration
  2. Preinstallation requirements
    1.  
      Customer-provided environment and supplies
    2.  
      Appliance shipping container contents
    3.  
      Storage shelf shipping container contents
    4.  
      Dimensions and determining rack locations
    5.  
      Best practices for rack installation
    6.  
      Storage shelf rack requirements
    7.  
      Heat dissipation
    8.  
      Cable length verification
    9.  
      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 disk drives into a half-capacity storage shelf
    6.  
      Installing the compute node rack rails
    7.  
      Installing the compute node into a rack
    8.  
      Connecting the hardware to one compute node
    9.  
      Connecting the hardware to two compute nodes
    10.  
      Connecting NetBackup nodes to the network
    11.  
      Connecting Flex nodes to the network
    12.  
      Connecting the power cords
    13.  
      Turning on the hardware and verifying operation
    14.  
      Configuring the IPMI port from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
    15.  
      Configuring the Veritas Remote Management Interface from a Flex Appliance
    16.  
      Configuring the Veritas Remote Management Interface using laptop
    17.  
      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

Turning on the hardware and verifying operation

You must turn on the hardware in the following order:

  • Expansion shelf

    Note:

    If there are multiple expansion shelves, you are required to power on the last shelf in the chain first and work back toward the head unit.

  • Primary shelf

  • Compute node or nodes

To turn on the hardware

  1. Verify that the following cables are connected properly and securely:

    • SAS cables between the Primary Shelf and the Expansion Shelf

    • SAS-3 cables between 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.
  4. Verify that the Power OK LEDs on both power supplies are green.

    Number

    Description

    1

    Power supply failure

    2

    AC failure

    3

    Power ok

  5. Verify that the Power on (standby) LED on the front, left, of the shelf is green.

  6. Turn on the Primary 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.

  7. Turn on the compute node or nodes with the power button on the control panel on the right front side of the unit or units.

    High availability (HA) appliance compute node and storage shelf service considerations

    Attention: When you turn on the storage shelves and compute nodes after completing the service, turn on the primary compute node first before you turn on the secondary compute node.

    Important: Check with the customer to determine which compute node is configured as the primary compute node, and which is configured as the secondary compute node. Do this before turning on the compute nodes and storage shelves.

  8. Verify that the LED under the button is green.