Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance Fibre Channel Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (3.1.1, 3.1)
  1. About NetBackup Fibre Transport and SAN Client
    1.  
      About NetBackup Fibre Transport
    2. About NetBackup SAN Client and Fibre Transport
      1.  
        About the SAN Client license key
  2. About optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication over FC
    1.  
      About Fibre Transport for optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication between appliances
  3. About backup to tape support
    1.  
      About backup to tape support for NetBackup appliances
  4. VMware support
    1. About NetBackup appliance as a VMware backup host
      1.  
        NetBackup appliance as backup host: component overview
      2.  
        Notes on NetBackup appliance as a VMware backup host
    2.  
      About appliance dynamic multi-pathing for VMware backups with SAN transport
  5. Supported Fibre Channel features on NetBackup appliances
    1.  
      About supported Fibre Channel features on NetBackup appliances
    2.  
      Fibre Channel feature support with appliance HBA configurations
    3.  
      Supported data transfer methods for NetBackup appliances
    4.  
      About Fibre Transport paths for NetBackup appliances
  6. NetBackup Appliance rear panel configurations
    1.  
      About the NetBackup 5230 rear panel configurations
    2.  
      NetBackup 5240 Appliance I/O configuration options
    3.  
      NetBackup 5330 Appliance compute node PCIe slot I/O configuration options
    4.  
      Available 5340 Appliance PCIe-based I/O configurations
  7. About the HBA port mode configuration
    1.  
      Supported Fibre Channel port configurations for the NetBackup 5220 and 5230 appliances
    2.  
      Supported Fibre Channel port configuration for the NetBackup 5240 appliances
    3.  
      Supported Fibre Channel port configurations for the NetBackup 53xx appliances
    4.  
      About the factory default port mode configuration
    5.  
      Default port mode configuration for FTMS, optimized duplication, and Auto Image Replication
  8. Zoning the FC SAN
    1.  
      How to determine appliance HBA WWPNs
    2.  
      About zoning the SAN for NetBackup appliances
    3.  
      About HBA link status on the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
  9. About the Fibre Transport page on the NetBackup Appliance Web Console
    1. Settings > Network > Fibre Transport
      1.  
        About the HBA port mode configuration table
  10. Configuring Fibre Transport on the appliance
    1. How to configure Fibre Transport media server for SAN Client
      1.  
        Configuring Fibre Transport media server settings
      2.  
        About Fibre Transport media server verification
    2.  
      Guidelines for changing NetBackup appliance FT target ports to receive data streams from multiple SAN Client FC initiator ports
    3. How to configure Fibre Transport for optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication over FC
      1. Configuring Fibre Transport to other NetBackup appliances
        1.  
          About the Fibre Transport chunk size
      2.  
        Configuring Fibre Transport on a target appliance for optimized duplication and replication
      3.  
        About Fibre Transport Deduplication target mode port verification
      4.  
        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

  1. Log on to the NetBackup Appliance Web Console.
  2. Click Settings > Network, then select Fibre Transport.
  3. 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.

  4. If you wan to disable the SAN Client Fibre Transport option, deselect the option to clear the check mark. Then, click Save.
  5. 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

  1. Log on to the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu.
  2. 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.

  3. 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

  4. If you want to disable the SAN Client FTMS feature, run the following command:

    Main > Settings > FibreTransport SANClient Disable

  5. 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.