Veritas™ 5360 Appliance Hardware Installation Guide
- Hardware overview
- About the appliance and the storage shelves
- Compute node drives
- About the 5360 Appliance control panel
- Compute node rear panel
- 5U84 storage shelf drawers and disk drives
- 5U84 storage shelf control panel
- 5U84 storage shelf rear panel
- 5U84 storage shelf RAID controller
- 5U84 storage shelf Expansion module
- Cables and connectors
- About IPMI configuration
- Preinstallation requirements
- Customer-provided environment and supplies
- Appliance shipping container contents
- Storage shelf shipping container contents
- Dimensions and determining rack locations
- Best practices for rack installation
- Storage shelf rack requirements
- Heat dissipation
- Cable length verification
- Prerequisites for IPMI configuration
- Hardware installation procedures
- Overview
- Installing a storage shelf
- Installing disk drives into a full-capacity storage shelf
- Installing disk drives and blanks into a half-capacity storage shelf
- Installing disk drives into a half-capacity storage shelf
- Installing the compute node rack rails
- Installing the compute node into a rack
- Connecting the hardware to one compute node
- Connecting the hardware to two compute nodes
- Connecting Flex nodes to the network
- Connecting the power cords
- Turning on the hardware and verifying operation
- Configuring the Veritas Remote Management Interface from a Flex Appliance
- Configuring the Veritas Remote Management Interface using laptop
- Accessing and using the Veritas Remote Management interface
- Appendix A. Adding Expansion Storage Shelves to an operating appliance that does not have any Expansion shelves
- Appendix B. Adding Expansion Storage Shelves to an operating appliance that has at least one operating Expansion shelf
- Overview
- Turning off the existing hardware
- Installation instructions
- Connecting one Expansion Shelf to a system that has one existing Expansion Shelf
- Connecting two Expansion Shelves to a system that has one existing Expansion Shelf
- Connecting one Expansion Shelf to a system that has two existing Expansion Shelves
- Appendix C. Configuring the disk space for new Flex Expansion Storage Shelves
Best practices for rack installation
Prepare for the hardware installation by following these recommendations.
The appliance requires two RUs of space. Install the appliance in the space that is directly above the storage shelves.
Two people should install the rails; one person at the back of the rack and one at the front.
Two people should lift and place the appliance into the mounted rails.
The storage shelves are heavier than the appliance and should be installed as close to the bottom of the rack as possible.
Always install the heavier storage shelves at the bottom of the rack. Best practices recommend that you install hardware at the bottom of a rack first. Then work your way up the rack.
Determine device order and cabling limits.
Be aware of the depth of the guide rails and the devices. Ensure that the distance between cabinet posts accommodates the rails, devices, cables, and extending ears.
Physically hold a SAS-3 cable between the intended locations for the appliance and the last storage shelf. Visually confirm that the cable is long enough.