Veritas™ 5350 Appliance Hardware Installation Guide

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Platform: Veritas 5350
  1. Hardware overview
    1.  
      About the appliance and the storage shelves
    2.  
      Compute node disk drives
    3.  
      Compute node rear panel
    4.  
      Compute node control panel
    5.  
      5U84 storage shelf drawers and disk drives
    6.  
      5U84 storage shelf control panel
    7.  
      5U84 storage shelf rear panel
    8.  
      5U84 storage shelf RAID controller
    9.  
      5U84 storage shelf Expansion module
    10.  
      Cables and connectors
    11.  
      About IPMI configuration
  2. Preinstallation requirements
    1.  
      Customer-provided environment and supplies
    2.  
      Appliance shipping container contents
    3.  
      Storage shelf shipping container contents
    4.  
      Dimensions and determining rack locations
    5.  
      Best practices for rack installation
    6.  
      Storage shelf rack requirements
    7.  
      Heat dissipation
    8.  
      Cable length verification
    9.  
      Prerequisites for IPMI configuration
  3. Hardware installation procedures
    1.  
      Overview
    2.  
      Installing a storage shelf
    3.  
      Installing disk drives into a full-capacity storage shelf
    4.  
      Installing disk drives and blanks into a half-capacity storage shelf
    5.  
      Installing disk drives into a half-capacity storage shelf
    6.  
      Installing the compute node rack rails
    7.  
      Installing the compute node into a rack
    8.  
      Connecting the hardware to one compute node
    9.  
      Connecting the hardware to two compute nodes
    10.  
      Connecting NetBackup nodes to the network
    11.  
      Connecting Flex nodes to the network
    12.  
      Connecting the power cords
    13.  
      Turning on the hardware and verifying operation
    14.  
      Configuring the IPMI port from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
    15.  
      Configuring the Veritas Remote Management Interface from a Flex Appliance
    16.  
      Configuring the Veritas Remote Management Interface using laptop
    17.  
      Accessing and using the Veritas Remote Management interface
  4. Appendix A. Adding Expansion Storage Shelves to an operating appliance that does not have any Expansion shelves
    1.  
      Overview
    2.  
      Turning off the existing hardware
    3.  
      Installation instructions
    4.  
      Connecting one Expansion Shelf to the Primary Shelf
    5.  
      Connecting two Expansion Shelves to the Primary Shelf
    6.  
      Connecting three Expansion Shelves to the Primary Shelf
  5. Appendix B. Adding Expansion Storage Shelves to an operating appliance that has at least one operating Expansion shelf
    1.  
      Overview
    2.  
      Turning off the existing hardware
    3.  
      Installation instructions
    4.  
      Connecting one Expansion Shelf to a system that has one existing Expansion Shelf
    5.  
      Connecting two Expansion Shelves to a system that has one existing Expansion Shelf
    6.  
      Connecting one Expansion Shelf to a system that has two existing Expansion Shelves
  6. Appendix C. Configuring the disk space for new NetBackup Expansion Storage Shelves
    1.  
      Adding the disk space of an Expansion Storage Shelf from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console
    2.  
      Adding the disk space of an Expansion Storage Shelf from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
  7. Appendix D. Configuring the disk space for new Flex Expansion Storage Shelves
    1.  
      Adding the disk space of an Expansion Storage Shelf from the Flex Appliance Console

Connecting one Expansion Shelf to a system that has two existing Expansion Shelves

Expansion Shelves connect to the Primary Shelf and to other Expansion Shelves but they do not connect directly to the compute node.

To connect a new Expansion Shelf to a Primary Shelf and to two existing Expansion Shelves

  1. Verify that all compute nodes and the Primary Shelf are off and that the power cords are unplugged. Do not remove the cables between the compute nodes and the Primary Shelf.

    Do not remove the cables between the compute nodes and the Primary Shelf.

  2. Obtain the two SAS-3 cables that ship with each Expansion Shelf.
  3. Identify the single SAS-3 port on the left side of each controller module in the Primary Shelf.
  4. Identify ports A and C in each I/O module in the Expansion Shelf. Port B is not available for use.
  5. IMPORTANT: Note the correct orientation of the blue tab on the ends of the SAS-3 cables. The blue tab must face down in the ports on all shelves.

  6. Connect the cables as follows:

    • On the second existing Expansion Shelf unplug the SAS-3 connector in port A of the right I/O module.

    • Connect the end of the cable to port A in the right I/O module of the third Expansion Shelf.

    • Connect one end of a new cable to port C in the left I/O module of the second shelf.

    • Connect the other end of the cable to port A in the left I/O module of the third shelf.

    • Connect one end of a new cable to port A on the right I/O module of the second shelf.

    • Connect the other end of the cable to port C on the right I/O module of the third shelf.

  7. Verify the cabling configuration.
  8. Connect the power cords of all devices as described in this section.

    See Connecting the power cords.

  9. Turn on the devices in the proper sequence as described in this section.

    See Turning on the hardware and verifying operation.

  10. Add the new disk space with the instructions in one of these sections.

    See Adding the disk space of an Expansion Storage Shelf from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console.

    See Adding the disk space of an Expansion Storage Shelf from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu.

    See Adding the disk space of an Expansion Storage Shelf from the Flex Appliance Console.