Veritas NetBackup™ 5330 Appliance Hardware Installation Guide
- Hardware overview
- NetBackup 5330 compute node overview
- NetBackup 5330 compute node PCIe card configurations
- NetBackup 5330 compute node Ethernet port configurations
- NetBackup 5330 storage shelves and disk drives
- NetBackup 5330 cables and connectors
- Serial number locations
- Required reading
- Understanding hardware scenarios
- Understanding the NetBackup 5330 hardware installation sequence
- About IPMI configuration
- Other NetBackup 5330 product documentation
- Pre-installation requirements
- Hardware installation procedures
- Hardware installation scenarios
- Installing a primary shelf or an expansion shelf
- Installing disk drives into a primary shelf or an expansion shelf
- Installing the compute node
- Installing the SFPs into the Fibre Channel (FC) ports
- Connecting a NetBackup 5330 compute node to a primary shelf
- Connecting one expansion shelf to a primary shelf
- Performing a soft shutdown before adding a new expansion shelf
- Connecting new expansion shelves to existing expansion shelves and an existing primary shelf
- Connecting the power cords to the hardware
- Turning on the hardware and verifying operation
- Configuring the IPMI port from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
- Accessing and using the Veritas Remote Management interface
- Hardware installation procedures for a NetBackup 5330 high availability configuration
- Appendix A. Adding the disk space of a new Expansion Storage Shelf
About IPMI configuration
The Intelligent Platform Management Interface (or IPMI) provides management and monitoring capabilities independently of the host system's CPU, firmware, and operating system. You can configure the IPMI sub-system for your appliances. You can use the remote management port, located on the rear panel of the appliance, to connect to the IPMI sub-system.
The following figure shows the remote management port (or the IPMI port) on the rear panel of a NetBackup 5330 appliance:
The IPMI is beneficial after an unexpected power outage shuts down the connected system. In case the appliance is not accessible after the power is restored, you can use a laptop or desktop computer to access the appliance remotely by using a network connection to the hardware rather than to an operating system or login shell. This enables you to control and monitor the appliance even if it is powered down, unresponsive, or without any operating system.
The following diagram illustrates how IPMI works:
The following are some of the main uses of IPMI:
Manage an appliance that is powered off or unresponsive. Using the IPMI, you can power on, power off, or restart the appliance from a remote location.
Provide out-of-band management and help manage situations where local physical access to the appliance is not possible or preferred like branch offices and remote data centers.
Access the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu remotely using IPMI if regular network interface is not possible.
Note:
Only the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu can be accessed by using the IPMI interface. The NetBackup Appliance Web Console cannot be accessed by using the IPMI interface.
Reimage the appliance from the IPMI interface by using ISO redirection.
Monitor hardware health of the appliance from a remote location.
Avoid messy cabling and hardware like keyboard, monitor, and mouse (KVM) solutions to access the appliance.