Veritas NetBackup™ 5230 Appliance Hardware Installation Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (Version Not Specified)
Platform: 5230
  1. Overview
    1.  
      Product overview
    2.  
      Appliance front panel
    3.  
      Appliance rear panel
    4.  
      PCIe riser assemblies and slots
    5.  
      3U16 storage shelf
    6.  
      2U12 storage shelf
    7.  
      Product documentation
  2. Preparing for hardware installation
    1.  
      Tools
    2.  
      Hardware installation flow
    3.  
      3U16 storage shelf weights and dimensions
    4.  
      Rack guidelines
    5.  
      Power supply overview
    6.  
      Electrical safety
    7.  
      Heat dissipation
    8.  
      Checking the shipping packages
    9.  
      Removing the protective film from the 3U16 storage shelf
    10.  
      Locating hardware serial numbers
    11.  
      Prerequisites for IPMI configuration on a 52xx and 5330
  3. Installing an appliance and 3U16 storage shelves into racks
    1.  
      Precautions - heavy equipment
    2.  
      Installing the 3U16 storage shelf guide rails
    3.  
      Installing the 3U16 storage shelf into a rack
    4.  
      Installing the appliance guide rails
    5.  
      Installing the appliance into a rack
  4. Cables
    1.  
      About the cables
    2.  
      Connecting the VGA cable
    3.  
      Connecting the network cables
    4.  
      Connecting the appliance to one or more 3U16 storage shelves
    5.  
      Connecting the small form-factor pluggable (SFP+) transceivers
    6.  
      Connecting the power cables
  5. Verifying hardware operation and configuring IPMI
    1.  
      Hardware verification
    2.  
      Turning on the storage shelves
    3.  
      Turning on the appliance
    4.  
      Configuring the IPMI port from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
    5.  
      Accessing and using the Veritas Remote Management interface
  6. Appendix A. Adding 3U16 storage shelves to an operational NetBackup 5230 Appliance
    1.  
      About adding 3U16 storage shelves to an operational appliance
    2.  
      Shutting down the appliance
    3.  
      Preparing the appliance to install the additional hardware
    4.  
      Installing the additional memory
    5.  
      Installing the additional Maintenance-Free Backup Unit (MFBU)
    6.  
      Installing the external RAID controller card
    7.  
      Removing the protective film from the storage shelf
    8.  
      Installing 3U16 storage shelves into the rack
    9.  
      Connecting the 3U16 shelves to an appliance or to other 3U16 shelves
    10.  
      Connecting the 3U16 storage shelf and appliance power cords
    11.  
      Turning on the hardware and verifying operation
  7. Appendix B. Adding 2U12 storage shelves to an operational NetBackup 5230 Appliance
    1.  
      About adding 2U12 storage shelves to an operational appliance
    2.  
      Shutting down the appliance
    3.  
      Preparing the appliance to install the additional hardware
    4.  
      Installing the additional memory
    5.  
      Installing the additional Maintenance Free Backup Unit (MFBU)
    6.  
      Installing the external RAID controller card
    7.  
      Installing 2U12 storage shelves into the rack
    8.  
      Connecting the 2U12 shelves to an appliance or other storage shelves
    9.  
      Connecting the 2U12 storage shelf and appliance power cords
    10.  
      Turning on the hardware and verifying operation
  8. Appendix C. Adding new disk space to the appliance configuration
    1.  
      Adding the disk space of additional storage shelves from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console
    2.  
      Adding the disk space of additional storage shelves from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu

Turning on the appliance

All devices must be correctly installed and all cables must be connected properly.

When turning on the hardware, do not remove or handle any disks, optical fibers, or network cables. Otherwise, data may be lost and equipment may be damaged.

To turn on the appliance

  1. Connect both AC power connectors on the rear panel of the appliance to two main AC power supply outlets.
  2. Attach a monitor to the VGA plug, and a keyboard to one of the USB ports. If a KVM switch is available, attach both the monitor and keyboard to the switch, and plug the switch into the VGA.
  3. Verify that each storage shelf has been turned on and is running properly.
  4. Turn on the appliance, using the power button which is located on the right side of the front panel.
  5. Determine if the appliance is running properly.

    • Observe the Status LED (1) and the Activity (2) LED on the disk drives on the front panel.

      The Status LED (1) should not be lit. The following indications are possible:

      • A solid, amber, LED indicates a disk fault.

      • A blinking, amber, LED indicates that a RAID rebuild is in progress.

      The Activity LED (2) indicates the following:

      • The LED is not lit when the disk has spun down, although power is on.

      • The LED is solid green when there is no disk activity, although power is on.

      • The LED blinks green when the disk spins up.

      • The LED blinks green occasionally when commands are processed.

    • Review all LEDs on the front control panel.

      Number

      LED description

      1

      AC power button with integrated LED

      2

      Hard drive activity

      3

      ID button with integrated LED

      4

      Cold reset button (instantly restarts the appliance)

      5

      NIC4/eth3 activity

      6

      NIC3/eth2 activity

      7

      NMI button (This button triggers a non-maskable interrupt. All server data is lost.)

      8

      NIC1/eth0 activity

      9

      NIC2/eth1 activity

      10

      Status

    • Observe the power supply module LEDs on the rear panel. Each module has one LED.