Veritas™ 5250 Appliance Hardware Installation Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (Version Not Specified)
Platform: Veritas 5250
  1. Hardware overview
    1.  
      About the appliance and the storage shelves
    2.  
      Appliance disk drives
    3. About the 5250 Appliance control panel
      1.  
        About the System Status LED states
      2.  
        About the Power button LED states
    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.  
      Appliance shipping container contents
    3.  
      Storage shelf shipping container contents
    4.  
      Best practices for rack installation
    5.  
      Determining rack locations
    6.  
      Storage shelf rack requirements
    7.  
      Heat dissipation
    8.  
      Verifying SAS-3 cable length
    9.  
      Prerequisites for IPMI configuration
  3. S Series Appliance installation procedures
    1.  
      Installing the storage shelf rack rails
    2.  
      Installing the storage shelf into a rack
    3.  
      Attaching the storage shelf bezel
    4.  
      Installing the appliance rack rails
    5.  
      Installing the appliance into a rack
    6.  
      Understanding appliance and S Series Storage Shelf connections
    7.  
      Connecting an appliance to one storage shelf
    8.  
      Connecting an appliance to more than one storage shelf
  4. D Series Appliance 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.  
      Understanding appliance and D Series Storage Shelf connections
    6.  
      Connecting an appliance to one storage shelf
    7.  
      Connecting an appliance to more than one storage shelf
  5. Next steps after installation
    1.  
      Connecting the network cables
    2.  
      Connecting the power cords
    3.  
      Turning on the hardware and verifying operation
    4.  
      Configuring the IPMI port from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
    5.  
      Configuring the Veritas Remote Management Interface from a Flex Appliance
    6.  
      Configuring the Veritas Remote Management Interface using laptop
    7.  
      Accessing and using the Veritas Remote Management interface
  6. 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.  
      Replacing the appliance cover
    6. Connecting the S Series storage shelves to the appliance
      1.  
        Connecting one S Series storage shelf to an appliance
      2.  
        Connecting two S Series storage shelves to an appliance
      3.  
        Connecting three S Series storage shelves to an appliance
      4.  
        Connecting four S Series storage shelves to an appliance
      5.  
        Connecting the fifth S Series storage shelf to an appliance
      6.  
        Connecting the sixth S Series storage shelf to an appliance
    7. Connecting the D Series storage shelves to the appliance
      1.  
        Connecting one D Series storage shelf to an appliance
      2.  
        Connecting two D Series storage shelves to an appliance
      3.  
        Connecting three D Series storage shelves to an appliance
      4.  
        Connecting four D Series storage shelves to an appliance
      5.  
        Connecting the fifth D Series storage shelf to an appliance
      6.  
        Connecting the sixth D Series storage shelf to an appliance
  7. 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 S Series storage shelves to an appliance that has at least one storage shelf
    5. Recabling to connect additional S Series storage 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.  
      Installing D Series storage shelves to an appliance that has at least one storage shelf
    7. Recabling to connect additional D Series storage 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 shelf
      3.  
        Connecting additional shelves to an appliance that already has three operating shelf
  8. Appendix C. Configuring the disk space for new NetBackup Expansion 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
  9. Appendix D. Configuring the disk space for new Flex Expansion Storage Shelves
    1.  
      Adding the disk space of an Expansion Storage Shelf from the Flex Appliance Console
  10.  
    Index

Installing the storage shelf into a rack

The storage shelf should be installed from the front of the rack with the control panel on the left side of the shelf.

Note:

The hardware must be powered on in the expected order. Else, all the storage may not be seen by the appliance.

To install the storage shelf into a rack

  1. Align the storage shelf to the rails and slide it in, rear side first, until the screws on the front of the storage shelf are tight with the front flanges of the rails.
  2. Tighten the thumbscrews on the storage shelf until they stop.
  3. (Optional) There are 2 hook and loop straps included in the kit. They can be used to hold SAS and power cables that enable connectivity to Power Distribution Units (PDU) and the Compute Node. Push both of the ends of the straps through the slots in the rear of the rails.
  4. Gather the power and or SAS cables and wrap the straps around the cables. Ensure there is some slack in the cables to ensure a consistent insertion into the receptacles.