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

Connecting a NetBackup 5330 compute node to a primary shelf

The compute node ships with 4, 1 meter, Fibre Channel (FC) cables. FC cables connect the compute node to the primary shelf canisters. To ensure communication redundancy, connect the units exactly as described in this topic.

Note:

If you have a 6TB primary shelf, you must upgrade to NetBackup Appliance Release 2.7.1, or later. Refer to the NetBackup Appliance Upgrade Guide for Release 2.7.x - RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Operating System, which is located at the following site. NetBackup Appliance documentation

The following diagrams and tables show the locations of the FC ports on both components.

Table: Compute node FC ports

Compute node FC ports

Slot 1; ports 1 and 2

Slot 4; ports 1 and 2

Table: Primary shelf FC ports

Primary Storage Shelf FC ports

Canister A; FC Ch1 and FC Ch2

Canister B; FC Ch1 and FC Ch2

To connect the compute node to the primary shelf

  1. Connect the slot 1 FC ports on the compute node to the appropriate primary shelf canister FC ports as follows:

    • Connect compute node slot 1, port 2 to primary shelf canister B, FC Ch1.

    • Connect compute node slot 1, port 1 to primary shelf canister A, FC Ch1.

  2. Connect the slot 4 FC ports on the compute node to the appropriate primary shelf canister FC ports as follows:

    • Connect compute node slot 4, port 2 to primary shelf canister B, FC Ch2.

    • Connect compute node slot 4, port 1 to primary shelf canister A, FC Ch2.

  3. Verify that the connections match the ports in the following diagram.

See Connecting one expansion shelf to a primary shelf.