Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance Fibre Channel Guide
- About NetBackup Fibre Transport and SAN Client
- About optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication over FC
- About backup to tape support
- VMware support
- Supported Fibre Channel features on NetBackup appliances
- NetBackup Appliance rear panel configurations
- About the HBA port mode configuration
- Supported Fibre Channel port configurations for the NetBackup 5220 and 5230 appliances
- Supported Fibre Channel port configuration for the NetBackup 5240 appliances
- Supported Fibre Channel port configurations for the NetBackup 53xx appliances
- About the factory default port mode configuration
- Default port mode configuration for FTMS, optimized duplication, and Auto Image Replication
- Zoning the FC SAN
- About the Fibre Transport page on the NetBackup Appliance Web Console
- Configuring Fibre Transport on the appliance
- How to configure Fibre Transport media server for SAN Client
- Guidelines for changing NetBackup appliance FT target ports to receive data streams from multiple SAN Client FC initiator ports
- How to configure Fibre Transport for optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication over FC
- Configuring Fibre Transport to other NetBackup appliances
- Configuring Fibre Transport on a target appliance for optimized duplication and replication
- About Fibre Transport Deduplication target mode port verification
- How to configure two NetBackup 52xx or 53xx appliances in different domains for MSDP replication
Configuring Fibre Transport media server settings
Note:
Enabling or changing the SAN Client FT settings requires a restart of the appliance. Before you enable or change these settings, it is recommended that you first suspend or cancel all jobs.
The following describes the FC HBA cards that are affected:
NetBackup 5220 - FC HBA cards in slots 2 and 4
NetBackup 5230 and NetBackup 53xx - FC HBA cards in slots 5 and 6
NetBackup 5240 - FC HBA cards in slots 5 and 6
To configure the SAN Client Fibre Transport option from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console
- Log on to the NetBackup Appliance Web Console.
- Click Settings > Network, then select Fibre Transport.
- To change the target port option for SAN Client FTMS, do one of the following:
Select 2 target port Fibre Channel connection. Then, click Save.
Select 4 target port Fibre Channel connection. Then, click Save.
When the message appears to alert you that the appliance requires a restart, click Reboot to continue or click Cancel to exit without making changes.
- If you wan to disable the SAN Client Fibre Transport option, deselect the option to clear the check mark. Then, click Save.
- After the appliance has been restarted, verify the SAN Client FTMS settings as follows:
Log on to the NetBackup Appliance Web Console.
Click Settings > Network, then select Fibre Transport.
Verify that the settings are correct.
To configure the SAN Client Fibre Transport option from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
- Log on to the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu.
- To enable the SAN Client FTMS feature, run the following command:
Main > Settings > FibreTransport SANClient Enable
When the message appears to alert you that the appliance requires a restart, type yes to continue or type no to exit without making changes.
- To change the SAN Client FTMS settings, do one of the following:
To configure two ports as target ports, run the following command:
Main > Manage > FibreChannel > Configure 2
To configure four ports as target ports, run the following command:
Main > Manage > FibreChannel > Configure 4
- If you want to disable the SAN Client FTMS feature, run the following command:
Main > Settings > FibreTransport SANClient Disable
- After the appliance has been restarted, verify the SAN Client FTMS settings as follows:
Log on to NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
Run the following two commands:
Main > Settings > FibreTransport SANClient Show
Verify that the settings are correct.
The following is the ouput when the feature is enabled:
- [Info] Fibre Transport Server enabled.
The following is the ouput when the feature is disabled:
- [Info] Fibre Transport Server disabled.