Veritas NetBackup™ 5230 Appliance Hardware Installation Guide
- Overview
- Preparing for hardware installation
- Installing an appliance and 3U16 storage shelves into racks
- Cables
- Verifying hardware operation and configuring IPMI
- Appendix A. Adding 3U16 storage shelves to an operational NetBackup 5230 Appliance
- Appendix B. Adding 2U12 storage shelves to an operational NetBackup 5230 Appliance
- Appendix C. Adding new disk space to the appliance configuration
About adding 2U12 storage shelves to an operational appliance
The NetBackup 5230 Appliance supports up to four storage shelves. The following scenarios define the supported and unsupported configurations.
The following scenarios define the supported and unsupported configurations.
You can add up to four 2U12 shelves to a standalone NetBackup 5230 Appliance that has no storage shelves attached.
You can add 2U12 shelves to an appliance that already has at least one 3U16 shelf for a total of four shelves. In doing so, you must connect the 2U12 storage shelf to the last daisy-chained 3U16 storage shelf that is connected to the appliance.
For example, NetBackup 5230 Appliance + 3U16 24TB Storage Shelf + 3U16 24TB Storage Shelf + 3U16 36TB Storage Shelf + 2U12 49TB Storage Shelf.
In addition, attaching a 2U12 storage shelf to a 3U16 storage shelf requires a SAS3-to-SAS2 cable to connect the shelves. The SAS2 connector attaches to the 3U16 shelf. The SAS3 connector attaches to the 2U12 shelf. Finally, the SAS3 data transfer rate of the 2U12 storage shelf drops to match the SAS2 data transfer rate of the 3U16 storage shelf.
You cannot add any storage shelves to an appliance that already has four 3U16 shelves.
Note:
You can add storage shelves to a functional system without turning off the power. A NetBackup 5230 Appliance that does not have any attached storage shelves requires the installation of additional hardware components to the inside of the appliance. All work that is performed inside the chassis must be performed with the power turned off.
NetBackup 5230 appliances with software version 3.0 and later support the use of the 2U12 49TB Storage Shelf.
A software patch allows the installation of 2U12 49TB storage shelves to a NetBackup 5230 Appliance running appliance version 2.7.3. The patch is available from the following article.
https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.000116670
A NetBackup 5230 Appliance that does not have storage shelves needs additional components to support the new storage shelves. The components in the NetBackup Expansion Storage Kit must be installed into the appliance. The appliance must be turned off during the installation.
Caution:
Veritas service technicians must perform all tasks that involve the inside of the appliance chassis. Veritas recommends that you schedule this activity during low system activity.
The Expansion Storage Kit contains the following components.
Eight, 8Gb, Dual in-line memory modules (DIMMs)
One Maintenance Free super-cap Backup Module (MFBU) Kit
One external RAID controller PCIe card
The procedures in this appendix explain the following tasks.
Turning off the appliance and removing it from the rack
Installing the Expansion Storage Kit components into the appliance
Installing one or more storage shelves into a rack
Connecting the appliance to a storage shelf
Connecting the storage shelves to additional storage shelf
Connecting the storage shelf power cords
Turning on the hardware and verifying operation
These tasks must be performed in the order that is provided in this appendix.
Refer to the following sections for correct cable usage.
The appliance, the 2U12 shelves, and the 3U16 shelves have various SAS ports.
The ports in the external RAID PCIe card in the NetBackup 5230 appliance requires SAS2 compliant connectors.
A 2U12 shelf requires SAS3 compliant connectors.
A 3U16 shelf requires SAS2 compliant connectors.
SAS2-to-SAS3 cables have a SAS2 connector on one end and a SAS3 connector on the other end. This arrangement enables a connection between the SAS2 ports and the SAS3 ports.
Note the difference between the SAS2 and the SAS3 connectors.
SAS2 connectors have a long connector and a small blue tab. One horizontal pin board resides inside the connector.
SAS3 connectors include a short connector and a long blue tab. Two horizontal pin boards reside inside the connector.
The rear panel of the 2U12 storage shelf includes one Power Cooling Modules (PCMs) on each side. In the middle of the rear panel are two canisters. The top and the bottom canisters connect to the appliance or to other storage shelves.
The ports in the top canister are labeled A, B, and C from left to right.
The ports in the bottom canister are labeled A, B, and C from right to left.
SAS3 cables attach to the ports in the top and the bottom canister.
The long blue tabs on the SAS3 connectors must point toward the center of the shelf.
In the top canister the tab faces down, toward the bottom canister.
In the bottom canister the tab faces up, toward the top canister.