Veritas Access Appliance Initial Configuration Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (8.0)
Platform: Access Appliance OS,Veritas 3340,Veritas 3350
  1. Getting to know the Access Appliance
    1.  
      About the Veritas Access Appliance
    2. About the Access Appliance administration interfaces
      1.  
        Using the Access Appliance shell menu
    3.  
      About licensing the Access Appliance
    4.  
      Where to find the documentation
  2. Preparing to configure the appliance
    1.  
      Initial configuration requirements
    2.  
      About obtaining IP addresses for Veritas Access
    3.  
      Network and firewall requirements
    4.  
      About network connections for the appliance
  3. Configuring the appliance for the first time
    1. How to configure the Access Appliance for the first time
      1.  
        Configuring the Access cluster on the appliance
  4. Getting started with the Veritas Access GUI
    1.  
      Accessing the Veritas Access web interface
  5. Network connection management
    1. Configuring network address settings on the appliance nodes
      1.  
        Deleting network settings on appliance nodes
      2.  
        About NIC1 (eth0) port usage on the appliance nodes
      3.  
        About IPv4-IPv6-based network support on the Access Appliance
    2. Configuring VLAN settings on the appliance nodes
      1.  
        Viewing VLAN settings
      2.  
        Deleting a VLAN
    3. About the Veritas Remote Management Console
      1.  
        Configuring the IPMI port on an appliance node
      2.  
        Managing IPMI users on an appliance node
      3.  
        Resetting the IPMI on an appliance node
  6. Monitoring the appliance
    1.  
      About hardware monitoring in the Access GUI
    2. About Veritas AutoSupport on the Access Appliance
      1.  
        Setting up AutoSupport on the appliance
      2.  
        Using a proxy server with the appliance
    3.  
      Setting up email notifications on the appliance
    4.  
      Setting up SNMP notifications on the appliance
    5.  
      Testing the appliance hardware
  7. Resetting the appliance to factory settings
    1.  
      About appliance factory reset
    2.  
      Performing factory reset for cluster nodes
  8. Appliance security
    1.  
      About Access Appliance security
    2. About Access appliance user account privileges
      1. Access appliance admin password specifications
        1.  
          Password encryption and handling on the Access appliance
    3.  
      About forced password changes
    4.  
      Changing the Maintenance user account password
    5. About the Access Appliance intrusion detection system
      1.  
        Reviewing SDCS events on the Access Appliance
      2.  
        Auditing the SDCS logs on an Access Appliance
      3.  
        About SDCS event type codes and severity codes on an Access appliance node
      4.  
        Changing the SDCS log retention settings on an Access Appliance node
    6.  
      About the Access Appliance intrusion prevention system
    7. About Access appliance operating system security
      1.  
        Vulnerability scanning of the Access Appliance
      2.  
        Disabled service accounts on the Access appliance
    8.  
      About data security on the Access appliance
    9.  
      About data integrity on the Access appliance
    10. Recommended IPMI settings on the Access appliance
      1.  
        Replacing the default IPMI SSL certificate on the Access appliance

About IPv4-IPv6-based network support on the Access Appliance

Note:

This topic only applies to eth0 and eth1 of the appliance nodes. These ports are used for appliance management and not for the Veritas Access software.

You can assign either an IPv4 or an IPv6 address to the eth0 and eth1 interface.

Consider the following points for IPv6 addresses:

  • You can configure a pure IPv6 network for the appliance. An IPv6 address can be configured for the appliance node management interface (eth1). However, Call Home is not supported in a pure IPv6 network configuration.

  • Only global addresses can be used, not addresses with link-local or node-local scope. Global-scope and unique-local addresses are both treated as global addresses by the host.

    Global-scope IP addresses refer to the addresses that are globally routable. Unique-local addresses are treated as global.

  • You cannot use both an IPv4 and an IPv6 address in the same command. For example, do no use set network interface gateway=1.1.1.1 ip=9ffe::9 netmask=255.255.255.0.

  • Embedding the IPv4 address within an IPv6 address is not supported. For example, you cannot use an address like 9ffe::10.23.1.5.

  • You can enter only one IPv6 address for a network interface card (NIC).

  • Network File System (NFS) or Common Internet File System (CIFS) protocols are supported over an IPv4 network on the appliance.

  • You can add an IPv6 address using the set network interface command. This command can only be run on a node that is not a part of the cluster. The set network interface command can set only the eth1 network interface.

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Configuring network address settings on the appliance nodes