Veritas NetBackup™ 5330 Appliance Hardware Installation Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (Version Not Specified)
Platform: 5330
  1. Hardware overview
    1.  
      NetBackup 5330 compute node overview
    2.  
      NetBackup 5330 compute node PCIe card configurations
    3.  
      NetBackup 5330 compute node Ethernet port configurations
    4.  
      NetBackup 5330 storage shelves and disk drives
    5.  
      NetBackup 5330 cables and connectors
    6.  
      Serial number locations
    7.  
      Required reading
    8.  
      Understanding hardware scenarios
    9.  
      Understanding the NetBackup 5330 hardware installation sequence
    10.  
      About IPMI configuration
    11.  
      Other NetBackup 5330 product documentation
  2. Pre-installation requirements
    1.  
      Package contents for NetBackup 5330 hardware
    2.  
      Customer-provided items for a NetBackup 5330 hardware installation
    3.  
      Unpacking a primary shelf or an expansion shelf
    4.  
      Unpacking a compute node
    5.  
      Determining rack locations
    6.  
      Determining SAS2 cable length
    7.  
      Prerequisites for IPMI configuration on a 52xx and 5330
  3. Hardware installation procedures
    1.  
      Hardware installation scenarios
    2.  
      Installing a primary shelf or an expansion shelf
    3.  
      Installing disk drives into a primary shelf or an expansion shelf
    4.  
      Installing the compute node
    5.  
      Installing the SFPs into the Fibre Channel (FC) ports
    6.  
      Connecting a NetBackup 5330 compute node to a primary shelf
    7.  
      Connecting one expansion shelf to a primary shelf
    8.  
      Performing a soft shutdown before adding a new expansion shelf
    9.  
      Connecting new expansion shelves to existing expansion shelves and an existing primary shelf
    10.  
      Connecting the power cords to the hardware
    11.  
      Turning on the hardware and verifying operation
    12.  
      Configuring the IPMI port from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
    13.  
      Accessing and using the Veritas Remote Management interface
  4. Hardware installation procedures for a NetBackup 5330 high availability configuration
    1. Hardware installation scenarios for a NetBackup 5330 high availability configuration
      1.  
        Installation procedures for a new deployment of a high availability configuration
      2.  
        Installation procedures for converting existing systems to a high availability configuration
    2.  
      Connecting the partner node to the Primary Storage Shelf
    3.  
      Connecting two nodes for HA communication
    4.  
      Verifying the hardware installation of a high availability configuration
  5. Appendix A. Adding the disk space of a new Expansion Storage Shelf
    1.  
      Prerequisites for adding the disk space of new expansion shelves
    2.  
      Adding the disk space of an Expansion Storage Shelf from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console
    3.  
      Adding the disk space of an Expansion Storage Shelf from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu

Performing a soft shutdown before adding a new expansion shelf

Best practices recommend that the compute node is turned off before you install and connect a second expansion shelf. A soft shutdown preserves data and functionality of the compute node. The addition of a new expansion shelf to an operating compute node can cause the primary shelf to shutdown unless the soft shutdown procedure is performed. After the compute node is turned off, the primary shelf is also turned off.

Warning:

You should never perform a hard shutdown by using the power button to turn off the appliance. Using the power button to turn off the appliance can cause data corruption to occur.

A soft shutdown informs the appliance operating system to stop and close all active processes. A soft shutdown also stops all communications to the attached storage shelf. After the operating system stops all of the processes, the compute node turns itself off. All attached storage shelves should be turned off with the power switches on the rear panel of each shelf.

Note:

When you add one expansion shelf to the primary shelf, you do not have to turn off the power.

To perform a soft shutdown

  1. Ensure that all backup or all restore operations have been completed.
  2. Log in to the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu and issue the command, Support > Shutdown.