Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance Fibre Channel Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (4.0)
Platform: NetBackup Appliance OS
  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 5240 Appliance total I/O on-board and PCIe ports
    4.  
      NetBackup 5250 Appliance rear panel I/O configuration options
    5.  
      NetBackup 5330 Appliance compute node PCIe slot I/O configuration options
    6.  
      Available NetBackup 5340 Appliance PCIe-based I/O configurations
    7.  
      Available NetBackup 5350 Appliance PCIe-based I/O configurations
  7. About the HBA port mode configuration
    1.  
      Supported Fibre Channel port configurations for the NetBackup 5230 appliances
    2.  
      Supported Fibre Channel port configuration for the NetBackup 5240 appliances
    3.  
      Supported Fibre Channel configurations for the NetBackup 5250 appliance
    4.  
      Supported Fibre Channel port configurations for the NetBackup 53xx appliances
    5.  
      About the factory default port mode configuration
    6.  
      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.  
        Configuring Fibre Transport settings
      3.  
        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.  
        About Fibre Transport target mode verification (model 5350 only)
      5.  
        How to configure two NetBackup 52xx or 53xx appliances in different domains for MSDP replication
  11.  
    Index

NetBackup 5240 Appliance I/O configuration options

The rear panel of the NetBackup 5240 Appliance contains three PCIe riser card assemblies. PCIe riser card assemblies 1 and 2 each support three standard PCIe cards, while PCIe riser card assembly 3 supports two low profile PCIe cards. The slots are labeled 1 to 8. Slots 1, 2, and 3 are located in PCIe riser card assembly 2. Slots 4, 5, and 6 are located in PCIe riser card assembly 1, while slots 7 and 8 are located in PCIe riser card assembly 3.

Figure: Rear panel riser assembly locations and PCIe slot assignments (example: Configuration F)

Rear panel riser assembly locations and PCIe slot assignments (example: Configuration F)

The NetBackup 5240 Appliance supports multiple PCIe-based I/O configuration options. The following table shows the different I/O configuration options that are available.

Table: Available NetBackup 5240 Appliance PCIe-based I/O configuration options

I/O configuration option

Slot

1 *

Slot

2

Slot

3

Slot

4

Slot

5

Slot

6

Slot

7 **

Slot

8 ***

A

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

B

-

-

-

-

-

8Gb FC HBA 3

(FC-R)

-

-

C

-

-

10GbE NIC 1, 3,

-

-

8Gb FC HBA 3

(FC-R)

-

-

D ****

-

8Gb FC HBA 3

(FC-R)

10GbE NIC 1, 3

8Gb FC HBA 3

(FC-R)

8Gb FC HBA 3

(FTMS)

8Gb FC HBA 3

(FTMS)

-

-

E ****

-

8Gb FC HBA 3

(FC-R)

8Gb FC HBA 3

8Gb FC HBA 3

(FC-R)

8Gb FC HBA 3

(FTMS)

8Gb FC HBA 3

(FTMS)

-

-

F

-

-

1GbE NIC 2

(4 port - RJ45)

-

-

8Gb FC HBA 3

(FC-R)

-

-

G

-

10GbE NIC 1, 3,

10GbE NIC 1, 3,

-

10GbE NIC 1, 3

8Gb FC HBA 3

(FC-R)

-

-

H ****

-

10GbE NIC 1, 3,

(iSCSI capable)

10GbE NIC 1, 3

-

8Gb FC HBA 3

(FTMS)

8Gb FC HBA 3

(FTMS)

-

-

J

-

-

10GbE NIC 1, 3,

-

-

-

-

-

K ****

-

10GbE NIC 1, 3,

10GbE NIC 1, 3,

8Gb FC HBA 3

(FC-R)

8Gb FC HBA 3

(FTMS)

8Gb FC HBA 3

(FTMS)

-

-

L

-

10GbE NIC 1, 3,

1GbE NIC 2

(4 port - RJ45)

-

-

8Gb FC HBA 3

(FC-R)

-

-

M ****

-

-

-

-

-

16Gb FC HBA 3

(FC-R)

-

-

N ****

-

10GbE NIC 1, 3,

-

-

16Gb FC HBA 3

(FC-R)

-

-

P ****

-

16Gb FC HBA 3

(FC-R)

10GbE NIC 1, 3,

16Gb FC HBA 3

(FC-R)

16Gb FC HBA 3

(FTMS)

16Gb FC HBA 3

(FTMS)

-

-

R ****

-

16Gb FC HBA 3

(FC-R)

16Gb FC HBA 3

16Gb FC HBA 3

(FC-R)

16Gb FC HBA 3

(FTMS)

16Gb FC HBA 3

(FTMS)

-

-

S ****

-

-

1GbE NIC 2

(4 port - RJ45)

-

-

16Gb FC HBA 3

(FC-R)

-

-

T ****

-

10GbE NIC 1, 3,

10GbE NIC 1, 3,

-

10GbE NIC 1, 3

16Gb FC HBA 3

(FC-R)

-

-

V ****

-

10GbE NIC 1, 3,

(iSCSI capable)

10GbE NIC 1, 3,

-

16Gb FC HBA 3

(FTMS)

16Gb FC HBA 3

(FTMS)

-

-

W ****

-

10GbE NIC 1, 3,

10GbE NIC 1, 3,

16Gb FC HBA 3

(FC-R)

16Gb FC HBA 3

(FTMS)

16Gb FC HBA 3

(FTMS)

-

-

X ****

-

10GbE NIC 1, 3,

1GbE NIC 2

(4 port - RJ45)

-

-

16Gb FC HBA 3

(FC-R)

-

-

Includes the Veritas NetBackup™ 5240 CloudCatalyst Appliance

* Slot 1 contains a factory installed PCIe RAID 6 controller when at least one Veritas 2U12 49TB Storage Shelf is purchased with the &ProductName; 5240 Appliance. Otherwise, slot 1 is not populated and is reserved for future use.

** Slot 7 contains the NetBackup 5240 Appliance's internal PCIe raid controller. This RAID controller is used to create the RAID 1 Array for the disk drives on which the appliance operating system is installed. The operating system disk drives are located in slots 0 and 1 of the front panel.

*** Slot 8 is reserved for the optional SAS tape-out adapter, which is used to connect external SAS devices to the NetBackup 5240 Appliance.

PCIe card cable connection types:

1 Direct-Attach copper cable (also called a Twinaxial cable or Twinax)

2 Standard copper cable

3 Fiber optic cable

**** I/O configuration option notes:

  • A &ProductName; 5240 Appliance using configuration H does not support Fibre Channel Replication (FCR) as a Target.

  • A &ProductName; 5240 Appliance using configurations D, E, H, K, P, R, V, and W can be configured as a dual port or as a quad port Fibre Transport Media Server (FTMS) server.

    You can use the Initiator ports for tape-out operations and VMware Datastores in the following scenarios:

    • If you do not configure the appliance as an FTMS server.

    • If you configure the appliance as a dual port FTMS server.

    You can also use the ports as a Fibre Channel Replication Initiator, or in combination with the previously mentioned uses.

    • (FTMS) - Fibre Transport Media Server

    • (FC-R) - Fibre Channel replication