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
Installing disk drives into a primary shelf or an expansion shelf
The disk drive installation procedure is the same for both types of storage shelves. Power should not be applied to the storage shelves when you initially install all of the drives, such as when installing a new shelf.
Each storage shelf has 5 disk drawers, and each drawer holds 12 disks. All 60 disk drives must be installed.
To help reduce the installation time, Veritas recommends that two people perform the disk installation. One person should unwrap the disk drive and lift the handle, then hand it to the other person to install it into the drawer. Both people should wear ESD protection.
Note:
If disks are not installed correctly when power is turned on later, errors are shown in the hardware monitoring systems. The first place to look for information is the NetBackup Appliance Web Console. Go to the Monitor > Hardware page.
To install the disk drives into a storage shelf
- Move all disk drive boxes to the storage shelf location and open each box. Do not remove any disks or their protective sleeves at this time.
- Attach an ESD protective (anti-static) wrist strap to one wrist and connect the other end to the rack.
- Starting with the bottom drawer (5), use your thumbs to pull out the two orange latches towards the sides of the rack. Then, grasp the latches and pull out the drawer until you can see all of the disk slots. Do not pull the drawer out further.
The front of each drawer identifies the disk drive slot numbering inside the drawer. The numbering is the same in all drawers, as follows:
- Take a disk drive from a box and remove its protective sleeve.
- Pull up the disk latch and use it as a handle to install the disk into disk space number 1 as follows:
Insert the disk straight down into the slot.
Align the two raised buttons on each side of the disk with matching gaps in the slot.
Make sure that the bottom of the disk is seated completely.
Push down slightly and start to pull the disk latch towards you. This action moves the disk backwards. The connector on the right, rear, of the disk fits into the pins in the rear of the slot.
Continue pulling the latch all the way down until it snaps in place under the orange tab in the front.
Repeat this step for the remaining disk slots in the drawer.
- After all 12 disks are installed, push the drawer back into the shelf and push the orange latches inward to secure the drawer.
- Repeat steps 4 - 6 for the remaining drawers in the following order:
Drawer 4, 3, 2, and then 1.
