Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance Fibre Channel Guide
- About NetBackup Fibre Transport and SAN Client
- About optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication over FC
- About backup to tape support
- VMware support
- Supported Fibre Channel features on NetBackup appliances
- NetBackup Appliance rear panel configurations
- About the NetBackup 5230 rear panel configurations
- NetBackup 5240 Appliance I/O configuration options
- NetBackup 5240 Appliance total I/O on-board and PCIe ports
- NetBackup 5250 Appliance rear panel I/O configuration options
- NetBackup 5330 Appliance compute node PCIe slot I/O configuration options
- Available NetBackup 5340 Appliance PCIe-based I/O configurations
- Available NetBackup 5350 Appliance PCIe-based I/O configurations
- About the HBA port mode configuration
- Supported Fibre Channel port configurations for the NetBackup 5230 appliances
- Supported Fibre Channel port configuration for the NetBackup 5240 appliances
- Supported Fibre Channel configurations for the NetBackup 5250 appliance
- Supported Fibre Channel port configurations for the NetBackup 53xx appliances
- About the factory default port mode configuration
- Default port mode configuration for FTMS, optimized duplication, and Auto Image Replication
- Zoning the FC SAN
- About the Fibre Transport page on the NetBackup Appliance Web Console
- Configuring Fibre Transport on the appliance
- How to configure Fibre Transport media server for SAN Client
- Guidelines for changing NetBackup appliance FT target ports to receive data streams from multiple SAN Client FC initiator ports
- How to configure Fibre Transport for optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication over FC
- Configuring Fibre Transport to other NetBackup appliances
- Configuring Fibre Transport on a target appliance for optimized duplication and replication
- About Fibre Transport Deduplication target mode port verification
- About Fibre Transport target mode verification (model 5350 only)
- How to configure two NetBackup 52xx or 53xx appliances in different domains for MSDP replication
- Index
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.