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

Adding the disk space of an Expansion Storage Shelf from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu

The following procedure describes how to add new storage shelf disk space to a 53xx appliance by using the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu.

To add the disk space of an expansion shelf from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu

  1. Use PuTTY to start an SSH session to access the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu.

    Note:

    You can also connect a laptop, keyboard and monitor, or KVM to the appliance to access the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu.

  2. Log in to the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu. The Main_Menu prompt appears.
  3. Navigate to the Monitor menu as follows:

    Enter Monitor and press Enter.

  4. Type Hardware ShowHealth and press Enter.

    Information about the system appears. Browse to the Primary Storage Shelf to Expansion Storage Shelf Connection information. The Status column should say Connected.

  5. At the prompt, type return to return to the Main menu.
  6. Perform a scan as follows:

    • At the Main_Menu prompt, type Manage and press Enter.

    • Type Storage and press Enter.

    • Type Scan and press Enter.

    The scan takes a couple of minutes to complete.

  7. View the available storage space as follows:

    • Navigate to the Storage menu.

    • At the prompt, type Show Disk and press Enter.

      Note that you can add the disks with status New Available.

  8. From the Storage menu, enter Add and press Enter. It displays the disks that are in a New Available state and can be added. Copy a disk ID that is displayed.
  9. At the prompt, enter add <disk ID> and press Enter. <disk ID> is the disk ID that you copied.

    Repeat step 8 and 9 to add each disk ID that is displayed.

  10. View the available storage space as follows:

    • Navigate to the Storage menu.

    • At the prompt, enter Show Disk and press Enter.

      The status of the newly added disks is displayed as In Use and space in the Unallocated column is the disk space available for the new disk.