Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance Fibre Channel Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (3.0)
Platform: NetBackup Appliance OS
  1. About NetBackup Fibre Transport and SAN Client
    1.  
      About NetBackup Fibre Transport
    2. About NetBackup SAN Client and Fibre Transport
      1.  
        About the SAN Client license key
  2. About optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication over FC
    1.  
      About Fibre Transport for optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication between appliances
  3. About backup to tape support
    1.  
      About backup to tape support for NetBackup appliances
  4. VMware support
    1. About NetBackup Appliance as a VMware backup host
      1.  
        NetBackup Appliance as backup host: component overview
      2.  
        Notes on NetBackup Appliance as a VMware backup host
    2.  
      About appliance dynamic multi-pathing for VMware backups with SAN transport
  5. Supported Fibre Channel features on NetBackup appliances
    1.  
      About supported Fibre Channel features on NetBackup appliances
    2.  
      Fibre Channel feature support with appliance HBA configurations
    3.  
      Supported data transfer methods for NetBackup appliances
    4.  
      About Fibre Transport paths for NetBackup appliances
  6. NetBackup Appliance rear panel configurations
    1.  
      About the NetBackup 5230 rear panel configurations
    2.  
      NetBackup 5240 Appliance I/O configuration options
    3.  
      NetBackup 5330 Appliance compute node PCIe slot I/O configuration options
    4.  
  7. About the HBA port mode configuration
    1.  
      Supported Fibre Channel port configurations for the NetBackup 5220 and 5230 appliances
    2.  
      Supported Fibre Channel port configuration for the NetBackup 5240 appliances
    3.  
      Supported Fibre Channel port configurations for the NetBackup 53xx appliances
    4.  
      About the factory default port mode configuration
    5.  
      Default port mode configuration for FTMS, optimized duplication, and Auto Image Replication
  8. Zoning the FC SAN
    1.  
      How to determine appliance HBA WWPNs
    2.  
      About zoning the SAN for NetBackup appliances
    3.  
      About HBA link status on the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
  9. About the Fibre Transport page on the NetBackup Appliance Web Console
    1. Settings > Network > Fibre Transport
      1.  
        About the HBA port mode configuration table
  10. Configuring Fibre Transport on the appliance
    1. How to configure Fibre Transport media server for SAN Client
      1.  
        Configuring Fibre Transport media server settings
      2.  
        About Fibre Transport media server verification
    2.  
      Guidelines for changing NetBackup appliance FT target ports to receive data streams from multiple SAN Client FC initiator ports
    3. How to configure Fibre Transport for optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication over FC
      1. Configuring Fibre Transport to other NetBackup appliances
        1.  
          About the Fibre Transport chunk size
      2.  
        Configuring Fibre Transport on a target appliance for optimized duplication and replication
      3.  
        About Fibre Transport Deduplication target mode port verification
      4.  
        How to configure two NetBackup 52xx or 53xx appliances in different domains for MSDP replication

Supported Fibre Channel port configurations for the NetBackup 53xx appliances

Note:

Before you start configuring a particular FC feature on the appliance, make sure that it is supported with your appliance HBA configuration.

See Fibre Channel feature support with appliance HBA configurations.

The NetBackup 53xx appliance contains six populated PCIe card slots. Each slot contains either a Fibre Channel (FC) HBA card or an Ethernet card.

Figure: NetBackup 5330 PCIe slot locations and FC HBA port order shows the PCIe slot locations and the port order for the installed FC HBA cards.

Figure: NetBackup 5330 PCIe slot locations and FC HBA port order

NetBackup 5330 PCIe slot locations and FC HBA port order

Note:

NetBackup 5340 appliance has the same FC HBA configuration and HBA port order as a NetBackup 5330 appliance.

Note:

Veritas does not support reconfiguring the FC HBA cards in the appliance rear panel. Do not switch cards in different slots or install a used card from another appliance without contacting Veritas Technical Support.

Table: Supported NetBackup 53xx PCIe card slot configurations and FC options describes the supported card type for each slot and the supported FC options.

Table: Supported NetBackup 53xx PCIe card slot configurations and FC options

Card slot and type

Supported FC options

Slot 1

Reserved exclusively for attachment to external storage (Primary Storage Shelf).

Slot 2

Note:

Port 1

  • Optimized duplication - initiator or target

  • Auto Image Replication - initiator or target

  • Tape out - initiator

  • NetBackup for VMware - initiator

Port 2

  • Optimized duplication - initiator or target

  • Auto Image Replication - initiator or target

  • Tape out - initiator

  • NetBackup for VMware - initiator

Use only one option on each port.

Slot 3

Note:

Port 1

  • Optimized duplication - initiator or target

  • Auto Image Replication - initiator or target

  • Tape out - initiator

  • NetBackup for VMware - initiator

Port 2

  • Optimized duplication - initiator or target

  • Auto Image Replication - initiator or target

  • Tape out - initiator

  • NetBackup for VMware - initiator

Use only one option on each port.

Slot 4

Reserved exclusively for attachment to external storage (Primary Storage Shelf).

Slot 5

Note:

This slot is reserved for Fibre Transport media server (FTMS). If you enable SAN Client FTMS with those three configurations, Port 1 is changed to target mode for SAN Client by default.

Port 1

  • SAN Client - FTMS target

  • Optimized duplication - initiator

  • Auto Image Replication - initiator

  • Tape out - initiator

  • NetBackup for VMware - initiator

Port 2

  • SAN Client - FTMS target

    Note:

    If Port 1 is in the initiator mode, Port 2 cannot be set to the target mode. Port 2 can only be configured for the target mode when the 4 target port Fibre Channel connection option is selected.

  • Optimized duplication - initiator

  • Auto Image Replication - initiator

  • Tape out - initiator

  • NetBackup for VMware - initiator

Use only one option on each port.

Slot 6

Note:

Port 1

  • SAN Client - FTMS target

  • Optimized duplication - initiator or target

  • Auto Image Replication - initiator or target

  • Tape out - initiator

  • NetBackup for VMware - initiator

Port 2

  • SAN Client - FTMS target

    Note:

    If Port 1 is in the initiator mode, Port 2 cannot be set to the target mode. Port 2 can only be configured for the target mode when the 4 target port Fibre Channel connection option is selected.

  • Optimized duplication - initiator or target

  • Auto Image Replication - initiator or target

  • Tape out - initiator

  • NetBackup for VMware - initiator

Use only one option on each port.

See About NetBackup SAN Client and Fibre Transport.

See About Fibre Transport for optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication between appliances.

See How to determine appliance HBA WWPNs.

See About Fibre Transport paths for NetBackup appliances.

See Supported Fibre Channel port configuration for the NetBackup 5240 appliances.

See Supported Fibre Channel port configurations for the NetBackup 5220 and 5230 appliances.