Veritas NetBackup™ 5330 Appliance Hardware Installation Guide
- Hardware overview
- NetBackup 5330 compute node overview
- NetBackup 5330 compute node PCIe card configurations
- NetBackup 5330 compute node Ethernet port configurations
- NetBackup 5330 storage shelves and disk drives
- NetBackup 5330 cables and connectors
- Serial number locations
- Required reading
- Understanding hardware scenarios
- Understanding the NetBackup 5330 hardware installation sequence
- About IPMI configuration
- Other NetBackup 5330 product documentation
- Pre-installation requirements
- Hardware installation procedures
- Hardware installation scenarios
- Installing a primary shelf or an expansion shelf
- Installing disk drives into a primary shelf or an expansion shelf
- Installing the compute node
- Installing the SFPs into the Fibre Channel (FC) ports
- Connecting a NetBackup 5330 compute node to a primary shelf
- Connecting one expansion shelf to a primary shelf
- Performing a soft shutdown before adding a new expansion shelf
- Connecting new expansion shelves to existing expansion shelves and an existing primary shelf
- Connecting the power cords to the hardware
- Turning on the hardware and verifying operation
- Configuring the IPMI port from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
- Accessing and using the Veritas Remote Management interface
- Hardware installation procedures for a NetBackup 5330 high availability configuration
- Appendix A. Adding the disk space of a new Expansion Storage Shelf
Turning on the hardware and verifying operation
You must turn on the hardware components in a specific sequence to ensure correct communication between them.
The correct sequence is as follows:
Expansion Storage Shelf (if installed)
If more than one expansion shelf is installed, turn on the shelf furthest from the primary shelf first.
Turn on the expansion shelf that is connected to the shelf that you turned on.
Continue in this manner until you turn on the last expansion shelf.
Primary Storage Shelf
Turn on the Primary Storage Shelf after the expansion shelves are operational.
NetBackup 5330 compute node
For a high availability (HA) configuration, turn on the compute node that is closest to the primary shelf, and then turn on the other node.
To turn on the components and verify operation
- Verify that the following cables are connected properly and securely:
Data and network cables on the compute node
Fibre Channel (FC) cables between the compute node and the primary shelf
SAS cables between the primary shelf and the expansion shelf
Power cords from each component to the appropriate Power Distribution Unit (PDU) in the rack
- On the rear of the expansion shelf, turn on both power switches.
- Verify that the left-most LEDs on both power canisters are green.
- Verify that the Power LED on the front, left, of the shelf is green.
After approximately 5 minutes to 10 minutes, verify that the shelf has fully initialized as follows:
The 12 disk LEDs on the front of each drawer are green.
The blue Service Action Allowed LED is not lit.
The amber Service Action Required LED is not lit.
The two seven-segment numbers on the rear of the shelf show the shelf ID.
For the new Expansion Storage Shelf, this number should be 01.
For the original Expansion Storage Shelf, this number should be 00.
- On the rear of the primary shelf, turn on both power switches.
- Verify that the left-most LEDs on both power canisters are green.
- Verify that the Power LED on the front, left, of the shelf is green.
- After approximately 5 minutes to 10 minutes, verify that the shelf has fully initialized as follows:
- The two seven-segment numbers on the rear of the shelf show the shelf ID. For the Primary Storage Shelf, this number should be 99.
- On the front right panel of the compute node, press the power button to turn on the compute node.
After a few minutes, verify that the compute node has fully initialized as follows:
On the right front panel of the compute node, locate the triangular Status LED near the top of the LED panel. The LED should be green during normal operations.
Verify that the disk drive LEDs have initialized properly as follows:
The Status LED (1) should not be lit. The following indications are also 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 still on.
The LED is solid green when there is no disk activity, although power is still on.
The LED blinks green when the disk spins up.
The LED blinks green occasionally when commands are processed.
- Launch the NetBackup Appliance Web Console and verify that all devices appear on the Monitor > Hardware page. If the devices do not appear, inspect the cable connections and make sure that the power is on.
- Proceed to the initial configuration of the appliance. Refer to instructions at the following site.NetBackup Appliance documentation
