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documentation.Includethedocumenttitle,documentversion,chaptertitle,andsectiontitle ofthetextonwhichyouarereporting.Sendfeedbackto: [email protected] YoucanalsoseedocumentationinformationoraskaquestionontheVeritascommunitysite: http://www.veritas.com/community/ Veritas Services and Operations Readiness Tools (SORT) VeritasServicesandOperationsReadinessTools(SORT)isawebsitethatprovidesinformation andtoolstoautomateandsimplifycertaintime-consumingadministrativetasks.Depending ontheproduct,SORThelpsyouprepareforinstallationsandupgrades,identifyrisksinyour datacenters,andimproveoperationalefficiency.ToseewhatservicesandtoolsSORTprovides foryourproduct,seethedatasheet: https://sort.veritas.com/data/support/SORT_Data_Sheet.pdf Contents Chapter 1 Hardware overview ............................................................. 7 Abouttheapplianceandthestorageshelves....................................... 7 Appliancediskdrives...................................................................... 8 Appliancecontrolpanel................................................................... 8 Appliancerearpanel....................................................................... 9 Storageshelfdiskdrives................................................................ 10 Storageshelfcontrolpanel............................................................. 11 Storageshelfrearpanel.................................................................12 Cables ....................................................................................... 12 AboutIPMIconfiguration................................................................ 13 Productdocumentation.................................................................. 14 Chapter 2 Preinstallation requirements .......................................... 15 Customer-providedenvironmentandsupplies.................................... 15 Storageshelfshippingcontainercontents..........................................16 Applianceshippingcontainercontents.............................................. 16 Determiningracklocations............................................................. 17 Bestpracticesforrackinstallation.................................................... 18 Heat dissipation ........................................................................... 19 DeterminingSAS-3cablelength...................................................... 19 PrerequisitesforIPMIconfiguration.................................................. 20 Chapter 3 Installation procedures ..................................................... 23 Installingthestorageshelfrackrails................................................. 23 Installingthestorageshelfintoarack............................................... 25 Installingtheappliancerackrails..................................................... 26 Installingtheapplianceintoarack................................................... 31 Understandingapplianceandstorageshelfconnections....................... 34 Connectinga4TBappliancetoonestorageshelf................................ 37 Connectinga4TBappliancetomorethanonestorageshelf................. 39 Connectingthenetworkcables........................................................47 Connectingthepowercords........................................................... 48 Turningonthehardwareandverifyingoperation................................. 49 ConfiguringtheIPMIfromtheNetBackupApplianceShellMenu............ 57 6 Contents AccessingandusingtheVeritasRemoteManagementinterface............ 62 Appendix A Adding one or more storage shelves to an operating 4TB appliance that does not have any storage shelves .................................................... 67 Overview .................................................................................... 68 Preparingthe4TBappliance...........................................................69 Removingtheappliancecover........................................................ 70 InstallingtheExternalStorageKitcomponents................................... 71 Reinstallingtheapplianceintotherack............................................. 85 Storageshelfrackrequirements...................................................... 86 Determiningracklocations............................................................. 86 Installingthestorageshelfrails....................................................... 88 Installingthestorageshelforshelvesintoarack.................................90 Understandingapplianceandstorageshelfconnections....................... 91 Connectingonestorageshelftoanappliance.................................... 95 Connectingtwostorageshelvestoanappliance................................. 98 Connectingthreestorageshelvestoanappliance............................. 101 Connectingfourstorageshelvestoanappliance............................... 107 Connectingthenetworkcables...................................................... 113 Connecting the power cords ......................................................... 114 Turningonthehardwareandverifyingoperation............................... 115 Appendix B Adding storage shelves to an operating 4TB appliance that has at least one storage shelf attached ........................................................................ 125 Overview .................................................................................. 125 Additionalstorageshelfscenariosfora4TBappliance....................... 126 Installingstorageshelves............................................................. 126 Recabling ................................................................................. 126 Appendix C Adding the disk space of additional storage shelves .......................................................................... 141 AddingthediskspaceofadditionalstorageshelvesfromtheNetBackup ApplianceWebConsole......................................................... 141 AddingthediskspaceofadditionalstorageshelvesfromtheNetBackup ApplianceShellMenu............................................................ 142 Index .................................................................................................................. 145 1 Chapter Hardware overview Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics: ■ Abouttheapplianceandthestorageshelves ■ Appliancediskdrives ■ Appliancecontrolpanel ■ Appliancerearpanel ■ Storageshelfdiskdrives ■ Storageshelfcontrolpanel ■ Storageshelfrearpanel ■ Cables ■ AboutIPMIconfiguration ■ Productdocumentation About the appliance and the storage shelves TheNetBackup5240applianceandstorageshelvesprovidestoragecapacityin severalconfigurations.Youcanusetheappliancebyitselftoachieve4TB,14TB, or27TBofuseablecapacity.Youcanaddstorageshelvestoa4TBapplianceto furtherincreasethestoragecapacity. RefertotheNetBackup5240ProductDescriptionatthefollowingsitefordetails. NetBackupApplianceDocumentation 8 Hardwareoverview Appliancediskdrives Appliance disk drives Thefrontpaneloftheappliancecontains12diskdrives. Slotdesignationsareasfollows.Donotrearrangethediskdrivesfromthefactory configuration. Table1-1 NetBackup5240Appliancediskdriveslots Slot RAID Diskdrive Appliancestorage Diskdriverole configuration size capacity 0,1 RAID1 1TB N/A Boot/swap 2,3 RAID1 1TB N/A Logfiles 4-10 RAID6 1TB,3TB,6TB 4TB,14TB,27TB Userstoragedata 11 RAID6 1TB,3TB,6TB N/A Hotspare Appliance control panel ThefrontpaneloftheNetBackup5240Applianceincludesasmallpanelthatis attachedtotherightsideofthedevice. Hardwareoverview 9 Appliancerearpanel Table1-2 Appliancecontrolpanel Number Component Description 1 SystemIDwithintegrated ThesystemIDLEDidentifiesthesystemfor LED maintenance. 2 NMIbutton(recessed,a WhentheNMIbuttonisdepressed,theappliance toolisrequiredforuse) goesintoahaltstate,andissuesanon-maskable interrupt(NMI).Thisfeatureisusefulwhenyou performdiagnosticsforagivenissuewhereamemory dumpisnecessarytohelpdeterminethecauseof theproblem.Topreventaninadvertentsystemhalt, theNMIbuttonislocatedbehindthefrontcontrol panelfaceplate.Itisonlyaccessiblewiththeuseof asmalltippedtool,such 3 NIC-1ActivityLED NIC-1representsthenetworkinterfacecontroller1. Whennetworklinksaredetectedonthecontrollers, theLEDsareactivatedandremainon.TheLEDs blinkwhennetworkactivityoccurs.Theamountof networkactivitydeterminestherateofblinking. 4 SystemColdReset TheSystemColdResetbuttonrestartsand Button(recessed,atool re-initializestheappliance. isrequiredforuseon non-storagemodels) 5 SystemStatusLED TheSystemStatusLEDusesthecolorsgreenand ambertodisplaythehealthoftheappliance. 6 Power/Sleepbuttonwith ThePower/Sleepbuttonturnsofftheapplianceor integratedLED turnsontheappliance. 7 HarddriveActivityLED ThedriveactivityLEDindicatesdriveactivityfrom theon-boardharddiskcontrollers. 8 NIC-2ActivityLED NIC-2representsthenetworkinterfacecontroller2. Whennetworklinksaredetectedonthecontrollers, theLEDsareactivatedandremainon.TheLEDs blinkwhennetworkactivityoccurs.Theamountof networkactivitydeterminestherateofblinking. Appliance rear panel Therearpaneloftheappliancecontainsseveraldefaultportsthatareembedded. ThreePCIeriserassembliessupportvariousconfigurations. 10 Hardwareoverview Storageshelfdiskdrives ThethreePCIeriserassembliesoutlinedredarenumbered,1,2,and3fromright toleft.Slots1through8areshownintherisers. Thefollowinglistdescribesthenumberedports. 1. Twocopper,RJ45,10GbEthernet*ports;NIC5/eth4andNIC6/eth5,leftto right 2. VGAport 3. 3USBports 4. IPMI,remotemanagement,port 5. Fourcopper,RJ45,1GbEthernet*ports,NIC1/eth0,NIC2/eth1,NIC3/eth2, andNIC4/eth3,lefttoright 6. RiserAssembly2,Slot1,reservedfortheRAIDPCIecardthatisrequiredwith oneormorestorageshelves 7. RiserAssembly3,Slot7,reservedfortheSASRAIDHBAcardthatprovides RAID1supportfortheappliancestoragediskdrives 8. Twoslotsthatarenotusedatthistime Note:*TheembeddedEthernetportsarecopper.PCIeEthernetportsarefibre. Youcannotbondthecopperportsandthefibreportstoeachother. RefertotheVeritasNetBackup5240ApplianceProductDescriptionatthe NetBackupApplianceDocumentationpageforoptionalportconfigurations. Storage shelf disk drives TheNetBackup5240StorageShelfisa2Uenclosurethatcontains12diskdrives.