Veritas Access Appliance Initial Configuration Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (7.4.3)
Platform: Veritas 3340,Access Appliance OS
  1. Getting to know the Access Appliance
    1.  
      About the Veritas Access Appliance
    2. About the Access Appliance administration interfaces
      1.  
        Using the Access Appliance shell menu
    3.  
      About licensing the Access Appliance
    4.  
      Where to find the documentation
  2. Preparing to configure the appliance
    1.  
      Initial configuration requirements
    2.  
      About obtaining IP addresses for Veritas Access
    3.  
      Network and firewall requirements
  3. Configuring the appliance for the first time
    1. How to configure the Access Appliance for the first time
      1.  
        Configuring the Access cluster on the appliance
  4. Getting started with the Veritas Access GUI
    1.  
      Accessing the Veritas Access web interface
  5. Storage management
    1.  
      About the appliance storage
    2.  
      Viewing the storage on the appliance
    3.  
      Scanning the storage on the appliance
  6. Network connection management
    1. Configuring network address settings on the appliance nodes
      1.  
        About NIC1 (eth0) port usage on the appliance nodes
      2.  
        About IPv4-IPv6-based network support on the Access Appliance
    2.  
      Configuring static routes on the appliance
    3.  
      Configuring DNS settings on the appliance
    4.  
      Configuring host name on the appliance
    5.  
      About the maximum transmission unit size on the appliance
    6. About the Veritas Remote Management Console
      1.  
        Configuring the IPMI port on an appliance node
      2.  
        Managing IPMI users on an appliance node
      3.  
        Resetting the IPMI on an appliance node
    7.  
      Setting the date and time on the appliance
  7. Monitoring the appliance
    1.  
      About hardware monitoring in the Access GUI
    2. About Veritas AutoSupport on the Access Appliance
      1.  
        Setting up AutoSupport on the appliance
      2.  
        Using a proxy server with the appliance
    3.  
      Setting up email notifications on the appliance
    4.  
      Setting up SNMP notifications on the appliance
    5.  
      Testing the appliance hardware
  8. Resetting the appliance to factory settings
    1.  
      About appliance factory reset
    2.  
      Performing factory reset for cluster nodes
    3.  
      Performing factory reset for a node not in a cluster
  9. Appliance security
    1.  
      About Access Appliance security
    2. About Access appliance user account privileges
      1. Access appliance admin password specifications
        1.  
          Password encryption and handling on the Access appliance
    3.  
      About forced password changes
    4.  
      Changing the Maintenance user account password
    5. About the Access Appliance intrusion detection system
      1.  
        Reviewing SDCS events on the Access Appliance
      2.  
        Auditing the SDCS logs on an Access Appliance
      3.  
        About SDCS event type codes and severity codes on an Access appliance node
      4.  
        Changing the SDCS log retention settings on an Access Appliance node
    6.  
      About the Access Appliance intrusion prevention system
    7. About Access appliance operating system security
      1.  
        Vulnerability scanning of the Access Appliance
      2.  
        Disabled service accounts on the Access appliance
    8.  
      About data security on the Access appliance
    9.  
      About data integrity on the Access appliance
    10. Recommended IPMI settings on the Access appliance
      1.  
        Replacing the default IPMI SSL certificate on the Access appliance

Performing factory reset for a node not in a cluster

Use this procedure to factory reset a node that is not in a cluster. When you initiate a factory reset, the node is reset to its default factory settings and to the factory-installed image. The password is set to its original known default value. The storage configuration and the data is not deleted.

To factory reset a node that is not in the cluster:

  1. Using SSH, log on to the Access Appliance shell menu of the node.
  2. From the Main_Menu navigate to the Support menu and enter the following command:

    Main_Menu > Support > FactoryReset

    Information about the factory reset operation is displayed and a message that notifies you that the storage cannot be reset.

  3. Confirm that you want to continue with the factory reset operation and reset the node.
  4. Specify whether you want to reset the network configuration. If you enter no, the DNS and IP configuration information is deleted. The host name is reset to its default irrespective of whether you choose to delete or retain the network configuration. If you enter yes, the network configuration is deleted.
  5. Specify whether you want to restart the node after the factory reset is complete. Veritas recommends that you choose to restart the node automatically after the factory reset operation is complete.
  6. Review the selected options and the summary of changes.

    The following message is displayed. If you want to begin the factory reset operation, enter yes.

    >> Caution: The appliance is ready for factory reset. This process cannot 
be reversed! Do you want to proceed? [yes, no] (no) yes

    The following message is displayed:

  7. -[Info] Running factory reset. This process can take up to 20 minutes...
-[Info] The appliance is restarting...