Veritas NetBackup™ 5240 Appliance Hardware Installation Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (Version Not Specified)
Platform: Veritas 5240
  1. Hardware overview
    1.  
      About the appliance and the storage shelves
    2.  
      Appliance disk drives
    3.  
      Appliance control panel
    4.  
      Appliance rear panel
    5.  
      Storage shelf disk drives
    6.  
      Storage shelf control panel
    7.  
      Storage shelf rear panel
    8.  
      Cables
    9.  
      About IPMI configuration
    10.  
      Product documentation
  2. Preinstallation requirements
    1.  
      Customer-provided environment and supplies
    2.  
      Storage shelf shipping container contents
    3.  
      Appliance shipping container contents
    4.  
      Enabling SAS tape-out functionality
    5.  
      Determining rack locations
    6.  
      Best practices for rack installation
    7.  
      Heat dissipation
    8.  
      Verifying SAS-3 cable length
    9.  
      Prerequisites for IPMI configuration on a 52xx and 5330
  3. Installation procedures
    1.  
      Installing the storage shelf rack rails
    2.  
      Installing the storage shelf into a rack
    3.  
      Installing the appliance rack rails
    4.  
      Installing the appliance into a rack
    5.  
      Attaching the storage shelf bezel
    6.  
      Understanding appliance and storage shelf connections
    7.  
      Connecting an appliance to one storage shelf
    8.  
      Connecting an appliance to more than one storage shelf
    9.  
      Connecting the network cables
    10.  
      Connecting the power cords
    11.  
      Turning on the hardware and verifying operation
    12.  
      Configuring the IPMI port from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
    13.  
      Accessing and using the Veritas Remote Management interface
  4. Appendix A. Adding one or more storage shelves to an operating appliance that does not have any storage shelves
    1.  
      Overview
    2.  
      Preparing the appliance
    3.  
      Removing the appliance cover
    4.  
      Installing the Expansion Storage Kit components
    5.  
      Reinstalling the appliance into the rack
    6.  
      Storage shelf rack requirements
    7.  
      Determining rack locations
    8.  
      Installing the storage shelf rails
    9.  
      Installing the storage shelf or shelves into a rack
    10.  
      Understanding appliance and storage shelf connections
    11.  
      Connecting one storage shelf to an appliance
    12.  
      Connecting two storage shelves to an appliance
    13.  
      Connecting three storage shelves to an appliance
    14.  
      Connecting four storage shelves to an appliance
    15.  
      Connecting the network cables
    16.  
      Connecting the power cords
    17.  
      Turning on the hardware and verifying operation
  5. Appendix B. Adding storage shelves to an operating appliance that has at least one storage shelf attached
    1.  
      Overview
    2.  
      Moving the MSDP partition from a base disk to an expansion disk for optimum performance
    3.  
      Additional storage shelf scenarios
    4.  
      Installing storage shelves to an appliance that has at least one storage shelf
    5. Recabling to connect additional shelves
      1.  
        Connecting additional shelves to an appliance that already has one operating shelf
      2.  
        Connecting additional shelves to an appliance that already has two operating shelves
      3.  
        Connecting a storage shelf to an appliance that already has three operating shelves
  6. Appendix C. Adding the disk space of additional storage shelves
    1.  
      Adding the disk space of additional storage shelves from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
    2.  
      Adding the disk space of additional storage shelves from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console
  7.  
    Index

Installing the appliance rack rails

Veritas recommends the following.

  • The appliance requires two RUs of space. Install the appliance in the space that is directly above the storage shelves.

  • Always install the heavier storage shelves at the bottom of the rack. Best practices recommend that you install hardware at the bottom of a rack first. Then work your way up the rack.

  • Two people should install the rails; one person at the back of the rack and one at the front.

  • Two people should lift and place the appliance into the mounted rails.

To install the appliance rails

  1. Identify the front and the rear of each rail. The following illustration shows the front of the left-hand and the right-hand rails. The front of the left rail is labeled A. The front of the right rail is labeled B. The labeled sides face the rack wall when the rails are installed.

    The small metal extensions that are outlined in the illustration must point down, towards the floor of the rack.

    Note:

    The information in this document supersedes any of the information in the printed installation materials.

  2. Use the printed rack templates to align the rails with the rack holes.

    Fold the template along the yellow dotted lines to create an exact, physical match to the rack.

    Be sure to use the same holes on each side of the rack.

  3. Place one rail inside the rack.
    • The rack holes and the rail pins should match the template.

    • Use the same 1RU space and holes in the front and the rear of the rack.

    • Align the pins in the top holes and the bottom holes of the top RU.

    • Move the rail front and back to fit into the rack.

    • Slide the rail forward until the pins click into the rack holes.

  4. Secure the rear of the rail.
    • Push the blue lock toward the rack wall and toward the back of the rail.

    • The lock must be behind the rack post.

    • Ensure that the lock clicks into place.

  5. Insert a washer and a screw into the middle hole of the top RU in the rear of the rack.
  6. Repeat steps 3 through 5 for the other rail.
  7. Identify the three different rails in each rail assembly.

    Components in this illustration are as follows.

    • 1 - Outer rail

    • 2 - Intermediate rail

    • 3 - Inner rail

  8. Pull the white tab forward to release the inner rail from the outer and the intermediate rail.
  9. Separate the inner rail from the other rail components in the rack.
  10. Attach the inner rail to the left and the right sides of the chassis at the four attachment locations.
    The rails click into place when properly installed.