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 storage shelves

These steps should be followed in the given order when turning on the devices for the first time.

Caution:

You must turn on each storage shelf before you turn on the appliance. When the storage shelves have initialized, proceed to turn on the appliance.

Note:

In this release, when you turn on a new storage shelf, a "foreign configuration" AutoSupport alert with UMI code V-475-100-1004 is generated for each storage disk in the shelf. You can safely ignore these alerts.

If you connect the storage shelf during initial configuration, the alerts are cleared when initial configuration is complete.

If you connect the storage shelf after initial configuration, the alerts are cleared when you run the storage scan as part of installation. In this case, the NetBackup Appliance Web Console and the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu may show incorrect data for the storage shelf for approximately five minutes after installation is complete.

To turn on the 3U16 storage shelves

  1. Connect both AC power connectors of each storage shelf to two main AC power supply outlets or PDU connections.
  2. Identify the storage shelf that is farthest from the appliance.
  3. Turn on both power switches.
  4. On the front panel of the storage shelf locate the system LEDs.

    System LEDs

    State

    Description

    Power (1)

    Not lit

    Solid green

    Off

    On

    Global enclosure status (2)

    Not lit

    Solid green

    Amber

    Red

    Off

    On

    One power supply offline

    Both power supplies offline

    Reserved (3)

    N/A

    N/A

    I/O Module 1 activity (4)

    Not lit

    Flashes green

    No activity

    Activity

    I/O Module 2 activity (5)

    Not lit

    Flashes green

    No activity

    Activity

    Heartbeat (6)

    Not lit

    Flashes green

    System off

    Normal operation

  5. Observe the disk drive LEDs.

    Disk drive LEDs

    State

    Description

    Disk status (1)

    Green

    Amber

    Normal operation

    Abnormal or no operation

    Power/activity (2)

    Green

    Amber

    Normal operation

    Abnormal or no operation

  6. Make sure that the disk status and activity LEDs on each disk drive are green. If they are not green, contact Veritas Technical Support.
  7. Verify that the LEDs on the rear panel of the storage shelf show correct operation.

    Number

    Element

    Details

    1

    SAS_IN port LED

    Not lit - no link available

    Solid green - link available

    Flashes green - activity

    Red - power supply failure

    2

    SAS_IN port

    Connected to the appliance

    3

    SAS_OUT port

    Connected to a second storage shelf, if used

    4

    SAS_OUT port LED

    Not lit - no link available

    Solid green - link available

    Flashes green - activity

    Red - power supply failure

    5

    I/O module LED

    Not lit - off

    Solid green - ready (optimal)

    Flashes green - N/A

    Red - starting up

    6

    Power supply LED

    Not lit - power is not detected

    Solid green - power is ok

    Flashes green - power supply is not turned on

    Red - power cannot be turned on

    Note:

    When the 3U16 storage shelf starts, the primary I/O module (on the left side of the rear panel) starts first. Its LED turns green a few seconds after the start. The LED of the secondary I/O module (on the right of the rear panel) starts after the primary module is operational.

  8. Repeat this procedure for all storage shelves.

See Turning on the appliance .