Veritas NetBackup™ 5230 Appliance and Storage Shelf Product Description

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Platform: Veritas 5230

About the NetBackup 5230 rear panel configurations

The NetBackup 5230 appliance ships in the following configurations. The external storage shelves can be ordered as separate devices.

Table: NetBackup 5230 rear panel configurations

Configuration

Slot 1

Slot 2

Slot 3

Slot 4

Slot 5

Slot 6

A

Not populated

Not populated

Not populated

Not populated

Not populated

Not populated

B

Not populated

Not populated

Not populated

Dual 8 Gb Fibre Channel

Not populated

Not populated

C

Not populated

Not populated

Dual 10 GbE Ethernet

Dual 8 Gb Fibre Channel

Not populated

Not populated

D

Not populated

Dual 8 Gb Fibre Channel

Dual 10 GbE Ethernet

Dual 8 Gb Fibre Channel

Dual 8 Gb Fibre Channel

Dual 8 Gb Fibre Channel

E

Not populated

Dual 8 Gb Fibre Channel

Dual 8 Gb Fibre Channel

Dual 8 Gb Fibre Channel

Dual 8 Gb Fibre Channel

Dual 8 Gb Fibre Channel

A

(with an external storage shelf)

SAS RAID controller

Not populated

Not populated

Not populated

Not populated

Not populated

B

(with an external storage shelf)

SAS RAID controller

Not populated

Not populated

Dual 8 Gb Fibre Channel

Not populated

Not populated

C

(with an external storage shelf)

SAS RAID controller

Not populated

Dual 10 GbE Ethernet

Dual 8 Gb Fibre Channel

Not populated

Not populated

D

(with an external storage shelf)

SAS RAID controller

Dual 8 Gb Fibre Channel

Dual 10 GbE Ethernet

Dual 8 Gb Fibre Channel

Dual 8 Gb Fibre Channel

Dual 8 Gb Fibre Channel

E

(with an external storage shelf)

SAS RAID controller

Dual 8 Gb Fibre Channel

Dual 8 Gb Fibre Channel

Dual 8 Gb Fibre Channel

Dual 8 Gb Fibre Channel

Dual 8 Gb Fibre Channel

Configuration D notes:

  • You can use the FC ports in slots 2 and 4 for VMware, Optimized Deduplication over FC, or tape library connectivity. Both ports on each card are configured in Initiator mode.

  • You can use the FC ports in slots 5 and 6 for Fibre Transport media server (FTMS) support.

  • Understand that port 1 on the FC HBA cards in slots 5 and 6 is configured in Target mode. The other port on these cards is configured in Initiator mode.

Configuration E notes:

  • You can use the FC ports in slots 2, 3, and 4 for VMware, Optimized Deduplication over FC, or tape library connectivity. Both ports on each card are configured in Initiator mode.

  • You can use the FC ports in slots 5 and 6 for Fibre Transport media server (FTMS) support.

  • Understand that port 1 on the FC HBA cards in slots 5 and 6 is configured in Target mode. The other port on these cards is configured in Initiator mode.

For complete information about FC HBA card usage, see the NetBackup Appliance Fibre Channel Guide.

See About the FC HBA port configurations.