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

Default port mode configuration for FTMS, optimized duplication, and Auto Image Replication

This topic summarizes the predefined FC HBA port configuration for FTMS, optimized duplication, and Auto Image Replication on NetBackup appliances. Note that the defined target port only works in target mode when the feature is running.

Table: 5230 factory default port configuration describes the factory default target port configuration for a 5230 appliance.

Table: 5230 factory default port configuration

HBA configuration

FTMS

Optimized duplication and replication

5230 A

Not applicable

Not applicable

5230 B

Not applicable

Slot 4, Port 1 - initiator

Slot 4, Port 2 - target

5230 C

Not applicable

Slot 4, Port 1 - initiator

Slot 4, Port 2 - target

5230 D

Slots 5 and 6, Port 1 - target

Slots 2 and 4, Port 1 - initiator

Slots 2 and 4, Port 2 - target

5230 E

Slots 5 and 6, Port 1 - target

Slots 2 and 4, Port 1 - initiator

Slots 2 and 4, Port 2 - target

Table: 5240 factory default port configuration describes the factory default target port configuration for a 5240 appliance.

Table: 5240 factory default port configuration

HBA configuration

FTMS

Optimized duplication and replication

5240 A

Not applicable

Not applicable

5240 B

Not applicable

Slot 6, Port 1 - initiator

Slot 6, Port 2 - target

5240 C

Not applicable

Slot 6, Port 1 - initiator

Slot 6, Port 2 - target

5240 D

Slots 5 and 6, Port 1 - target

Slots 2 and 4, Port 1 - initiator

Slots 2 and 4, Port 2 - target

5240 E

Slots 5 and 6, Port 1 - target

Slots 2 and 4, Port 1 - initiator

Slots 2 and 4, Port 2 - target

5240 F

Not applicable

Slot 6, Port 1 - initiator

Slot 6, Port 2 - target

5240 G

Not applicable

Slot 6, Port 1 - initiator

Slot 6, Port 2 - target

5240 H

Slots 5 and 6, Port 1 - target

Not applicable

5240 J

Not applicable

Not applicable

5240 K

Slots 5 and 6, Port 1 - target

Slot 4, Port 1 - initiator

Slot 4, Port 2 - target

5240 L

Not applicable

Slot 6, Port 1 - initiator

Slot 6, Port 2 - target

5240 M

Not applicable

Slot 6, Port 1 - initiator

Slot 6, Port 2 - target

5240 N

Not applicable

Slot 6, Port 1 - initiator

Slot 6, Port 2 - target

5240 P

Slots 5 and 6, Port 1 - target

Slots 2 and 4, Port 1 - initiator

Slots 2 and 4, Port 2 - target

5240 R

Slots 5 and 6, Port 1 - target

Slots 2 and 4, Port 1 - initiator

Slots 2 and 4, Port 2 - target

5240 S

Not applicable

Slot 6, Port 1 - initiator

Slot 6, Port 2 - target

5240 T

Not applicable

Slot 6, Port 1 - initiator

Slot 6, Port 2 - target

5240 V

Slots 5 and 6, Port 1 - target

Not applicable

5240 W

Slots 5 and 6, Port 1 - target

Slot 4, Port 1 - initiator

Slot 4, Port 2 - target

5240 X

Not applicable

Slot 6, Port 1 - initiator

Slot 6, Port 2 - target

Table: 5250 factory default port configuration describes the factory default target port configuration for a 5250 appliance.

Table: 5250 factory default port configuration

HBA configuration

FTMS

Optimized duplication and replication

5250 A

Not applicable

Not applicable

5250 B

Not applicable

Slot 6, Port 2 - target

5250 C

Slots 5 and 6, Port 1 - target

Not applicable

5250 D

Slots 5 and 6, Port 1 - target

Slots 2 and 4, Port 2 - target

5250 E

Slots 5 and 6, Port 1 - target

Slot 4, Port 2 - target

Table: 5330 factory default port configuration describes the factory default target port configuration for a 5330 appliance.

Table: 5330 factory default port configuration

HBA configuration

FTMS

Optimized duplication and replication

5330 A

Not applicable

Not applicable

5330 B

Not applicable

Slot 6, Port 1 - initiator

Slot 6, Port 2 - target

5330 C

Slots 5 and 6, Port 1 - target

Not applicable

5330 D

Slots 5 and 6, Port 1 - target

Slot 2, Port 1 - initiator

Slot 2, Port 2 - target

5330 E

Slots 5 and 6, Port 1 - target

Slots 2 and 3, Port 1 - initiator

Slots 2 and 3, Port 2 - target

Table: 5340 factory default port configuration describes the factory default target port configuration for a 5340 appliance.

Table: 5340 factory default port configuration

HBA configuration

FTMS

Optimized duplication and replication

5340 A

Not applicable

Not applicable

5340 B

Not applicable

Slot 6, Port 1 - initiator

Slot 6, Port 2 - target

5340 C

Slots 5 and 6, Port 1 - target

Not applicable

5340 D

Slots 5 and 6, Port 1 - target

Slot 2, Port 1 - initiator

Slot 2, Port 2 - target

5340 E

Slots 5 and 6, Port 1 - target

Slots 2 and 3, Port 1 - initiator

Slots 2 and 3, Port 2 - target

5340 F

Not applicable

Slot 6, Port 1 - initiator

Slot 6, Port 2 - target

5340 G

Slots 5 and 6, Port 1 - target

Not applicable

5340 H

Slots 5 and 6, Port 1 - target

Slot 2, Port 1 - initiator

Slot 2, Port 2 - target

5340 J

Slots 5 and 6, Port 1 - target

Slot 2 and 3, Port 1 - initiator

Slot 2 and 3, Port 2 - target

Table: 5350 factory default port configuration describes the factory default target port configuration for a 5350 appliance.

Table: 5350 factory default port configuration

HBA configuration

FTMS Target or MSDP Target

Optimized duplication and replication

5350 A

Not applicable

Not applicable

5350 B

Not applicable

Not applicable

5350 C

Not applicable

Not applicable

Note:

All 5350 HBA ports default to the Initiator mode.

More Information

About the NetBackup 5230 rear panel configurations

NetBackup 5240 Appliance I/O configuration options

NetBackup 5330 Appliance compute node PCIe slot I/O configuration options

Supported Fibre Channel port configurations for the NetBackup 5230 appliances

Supported Fibre Channel port configuration for the NetBackup 5240 appliances

Supported Fibre Channel port configurations for the NetBackup 53xx appliances