Veritas™ 5260 Appliance Hardware Installation Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (Version Not Specified)
Platform: Veritas 5260
  1. Hardware overview
    1.  
      About the appliance and the storage shelves
    2.  
      Appliance drives
    3. About the 5260 Appliance control panel
      1.  
        About the System Status LED states
      2.  
        About the Power button LED states
      3.  
        About the integrated BMC beep codes
    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. 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 storage shelf connections
    6.  
      Connecting an appliance to one storage shelf
    7.  
      Connecting an appliance to more than one storage shelf
  4. 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 Veritas Remote Management Interface from a Flex Appliance
    5.  
      Configuring the Veritas Remote Management Interface using laptop
    6.  
      Accessing and using the Veritas Remote Management interface
  5. 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 storage shelves to the appliance
      1.  
        Connecting one storage shelf to an appliance
      2.  
        Connecting two storage shelves to an appliance
      3.  
        Connecting three storage shelves to an appliance
      4.  
        Connecting four storage shelves to an appliance
      5.  
        Connecting the fifth storage shelf to an appliance
      6.  
        Connecting the sixth storage shelf to an appliance
  6. Appendix B. Adding storage shelves to an operating appliance that has at least one storage shelf attached
    1.  
      Overview
    2.  
      Additional storage shelf scenarios
    3. Recabling to connect additional 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
  7. Appendix C. 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
  8.  
    Index

Preparing the appliance

Best practices recommend removing the appliance from the rack to access the inside of the chassis. Alternatively you can either pull out the appliance on its rails. Be sure that the appliance and rack are stable.

Turn off the appliance properly and disconnect it from AC power sources. A soft shutdown informs the appliance operating system to stop and close all active processes. After the operating system stops all of the processes, the appliance turns itself off.

Warning:

Never turn off the appliance by using the power button on the control panel. Using the power button to turn off the appliance can cause data loss or corruption.

To perform a soft shutdown of the appliance

  1. Log on to the Flex Appliance Shell Menu.
  2. Enter system shutdown.
  3. Verify that the appliance is completely turned off. All LEDs are off. Fans are not running.
  4. Remove the power cords that connect the appliance to the rack Power Distribution Units (PDUs).

The following procedure explains the process of removing the appliance from the rack.

To remove the appliance from the rack

  1. Verify that the appliance is off and that the power cords have been disconnected from the power sources.
  2. Remove the front bezel of the appliance.
  3. Locate and unscrew the two screws behind the flap on the front panel that secure the appliance to the rack.
  4. Slide the chassis fully forward out of the rack until the rail guides lock.
  5. With the rails fully extended and locked, locate the blue tabs at the front of the rail assemblies.
  6. With a person on each side, place a hand underneath the unit.
  7. Pull the blue tabs back to release the front studs in the chassis rails.
  8. Lift the front end to release the front studs from the cutouts in the guide rails.
  9. Place your free hands under the back of the chassis for support.
  10. Pull the appliance straight out of the rack.
  11. Lift the appliance and place it on a secure surface.