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Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance Administrator's Guide

Last Published: 2017-12-05

Product(s): Appliances (3.1)

Settings > Network > Fibre Transport

The Fibre Transport (FT) options let you set up the appliance for FT use with SAN Clients or for optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication. By default, the FT options are disabled and the configuration of one option does not affect the other one.

The following describes the FT options:

Table: FT option descriptions

FT option	Description
Enable SAN Client Fibre Transport on the Media Server (use FT for backups to this appliance) 2 target port Fibre Channel connection 4 target port Fibre Channel connection	This option lets you enable Fibre Transport media sever (FTMS) on the appliance for SAN Client FT use. You must also choose from the following appliance target port configuration for SAN clients when you enable the option. 2 target port Fibre Channel connection - Port 1 on both affected FC HBA cards is set to the target mode. 4 target port Fibre Channel connection - Port 1 and Port 2 on both affected FC HBA cards are set to the target mode. By default, the option is disabled and all ports are in the initiator mode. Before you enable this option, be aware of the following requirements and behavior: To use this option, a SAN Client license key must reside on the master server that is associated with this appliance. If FT is not currently used and you want to use the SAN Client feature, you must first obtain a SAN Client license key. To obtain the appropriate license key, contact Veritas Technical Support. Once you have the license key, you must add it to the master server. When this option is enabled or changed, a warning appears to alert you that the appliance requires a restart. Before you enable this option, it is recommended that you first suspend or cancel all jobs. See Configuring Fibre Transport media sever settings.
Enable Fibre Transport for replication to other NetBackup Appliances	This option lets you enable Fibre Transport for optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication to other NetBackup appliances that are used as target hosts. By default, this option is disabled and the appliance cannot communicate with a target appliance over FC. Note: To use this option, you must enable FC communication on the associated target NetBackup appliance. If you plan to use a NetBackup 5020 or 5030 appliance as the target, see the NetBackup Deduplication Appliance Software Administrator's Guide If you plan to use a NetBackup 52xx or 53xx appliance as the target, see the following for configuration.
Enable Fibre Transport Deduplication on this appliance as a replication target	This option lets you configure FT on a NetBackup 52xx or 53xx appliance to use it as a target for optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication. When the option is enabled, the Port mode configuration table is activated, and then you can configure the HBA ports to be target ports for optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication. See About the HBA port mode configuration table. Note: To use this option, you must also enable FT for optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication to other NetBackup Appliances on the associated source appliance. See Configuring Fibre Transport on a target appliance for optimized duplication and replication. By default, this option is disabled and the other appliances cannot use this appliance as a target through FC connection.

FT option

Description

Enable SAN Client Fibre Transport on the Media Server (use FT for backups to this appliance)

2 target port Fibre Channel connection
4 target port Fibre Channel connection

This option lets you enable Fibre Transport media sever (FTMS) on the appliance for SAN Client FT use.

You must also choose from the following appliance target port configuration for SAN clients when you enable the option.

2 target port Fibre Channel connection - Port 1 on both affected FC HBA cards is set to the target mode.
4 target port Fibre Channel connection - Port 1 and Port 2 on both affected FC HBA cards are set to the target mode.

By default, the option is disabled and all ports are in the initiator mode.

Before you enable this option, be aware of the following requirements and behavior:

To use this option, a SAN Client license key must reside on the master server that is associated with this appliance. If FT is not currently used and you want to use the SAN Client feature, you must first obtain a SAN Client license key. To obtain the appropriate license key, contact Veritas Technical Support. Once you have the license key, you must add it to the master server.
When this option is enabled or changed, a warning appears to alert you that the appliance requires a restart. Before you enable this option, it is recommended that you first suspend or cancel all jobs.

See Configuring Fibre Transport media sever settings.

Enable Fibre Transport for replication to other NetBackup Appliances

This option lets you enable Fibre Transport for optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication to other NetBackup appliances that are used as target hosts.

By default, this option is disabled and the appliance cannot communicate with a target appliance over FC.

Note:

To use this option, you must enable FC communication on the associated target NetBackup appliance.

If you plan to use a NetBackup 5020 or 5030 appliance as the target, see the NetBackup Deduplication Appliance Software Administrator's Guide

If you plan to use a NetBackup 52xx or 53xx appliance as the target, see the following for configuration.

Enable Fibre Transport Deduplication on this appliance as a replication target

This option lets you configure FT on a NetBackup 52xx or 53xx appliance to use it as a target for optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication.

When the option is enabled, the Port mode configuration table is activated, and then you can configure the HBA ports to be target ports for optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication.

See About the HBA port mode configuration table.

Note:

To use this option, you must also enable FT for optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication to other NetBackup Appliances on the associated source appliance.

See Configuring Fibre Transport on a target appliance for optimized duplication and replication.

By default, this option is disabled and the other appliances cannot use this appliance as a target through FC connection.

For more information about SAN Client and Fibre Transport support on NetBackup appliance, see the NetBackup Appliance Fibre Channel Guide.