Veritas™ 5360 Appliance Hardware Installation Guide

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Platform: Veritas 5360
  1. Hardware overview
    1.  
      About the appliance and the storage shelves
    2.  
      Compute node drives
    3. About the 5360 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.  
      Compute node rear panel
    5.  
      5U84 storage shelf drawers and disk drives
    6.  
      5U84 storage shelf control panel
    7.  
      5U84 storage shelf rear panel
    8.  
      5U84 storage shelf RAID controller
    9.  
      5U84 storage shelf Expansion module
    10.  
      Cables and connectors
    11.  
      About IPMI configuration
  2. Preinstallation requirements
    1.  
      Customer-provided environment and supplies
    2.  
      Appliance shipping container contents
    3.  
      Storage shelf shipping container contents
    4.  
      Dimensions and determining rack locations
    5.  
      Best practices for rack installation
    6.  
      Storage shelf rack requirements
    7.  
      Heat dissipation
    8.  
      Cable length verification
    9.  
      Prerequisites for IPMI configuration
  3. Hardware installation procedures
    1.  
      Overview
    2.  
      Installing a storage shelf
    3.  
      Installing disk drives into a full-capacity storage shelf
    4.  
      Installing disk drives and blanks into a half-capacity storage shelf
    5.  
      Installing disk drives into a half-capacity storage shelf
    6.  
      Installing the compute node rack rails
    7.  
      Installing the compute node into a rack
    8.  
      Connecting the hardware to one compute node
    9.  
      Connecting the hardware to two compute nodes
    10.  
      Connecting Flex nodes to the network
    11.  
      Connecting the power cords
    12.  
      Turning on the hardware and verifying operation
    13.  
      Configuring the Veritas Remote Management Interface from a Flex Appliance
    14.  
      Configuring the Veritas Remote Management Interface using laptop
    15.  
      Accessing and using the Veritas Remote Management interface
  4. Appendix A. Adding Expansion Storage Shelves to an operating appliance that does not have any Expansion shelves
    1.  
      Overview
    2.  
      Turning off the existing hardware
    3.  
      Installation instructions
    4.  
      Connecting one Expansion Shelf to the Primary Shelf
    5.  
      Connecting two Expansion Shelves to the Primary Shelf
    6.  
      Connecting three Expansion Shelves to the Primary Shelf
  5. Appendix B. Adding Expansion Storage Shelves to an operating appliance that has at least one operating Expansion shelf
    1.  
      Overview
    2.  
      Turning off the existing hardware
    3.  
      Installation instructions
    4.  
      Connecting one Expansion Shelf to a system that has one existing Expansion Shelf
    5.  
      Connecting two Expansion Shelves to a system that has one existing Expansion Shelf
    6.  
      Connecting one Expansion Shelf to a system that has two existing Expansion Shelves
  6. 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

Configuring the Veritas Remote Management Interface from a Flex Appliance

Veritas Flex Appliance release does not support configuring the IPMI port through the Flex Appliance Shell.

Note:

If you have never changed the BIOS password before, the default password is the serial number of the node.

To configure the dedicated Veritas Remote Management Interface (IPMI) LAN settings in the BIOS

  1. Connect a standard video cable between the VGA (Video Graphics Array) port and the computer monitor
  2. Connect a keyboard to a USB port at the rear of the Flex 5360 appliance.
  3. Ensure that the power cords are connected.
  4. Turn on the compute node or nodes with the power button on the control panel on the right front side of the unit or units.

    High availability (HA) appliance compute node and storage shelf service considerations

    Attention: When you turn on the storage shelves and compute nodes after completing the service, turn on the primary compute node first before you turn on the secondary compute node.

    Important: Check to determine which compute node is configured as the primary compute node, and which is configured as the secondary compute node. Do this before turning on the compute nodes and storage shelves.

  5. Verify that the LED under the button is green.
  6. The prompt about accessing the BIOS at the beginning of the startup cycle appears. Wait until the Veritas logo shows up and press F2 to enter the initial BIOS setup screen. The initial setup dialog box appears and prompts you.

    Warning:

    When you are in the BIOS, do not perform any other steps other than the ones mentioned in this section.

    Note:

    If you miss the initial setup dialog box prompt in step 6, the appliance shell appears. Shut down and restart the appliance and try accessing the BIOS menu again.

    The Setup Menu page appears and the Main menu option should be highlighted.

  7. Use the down key on the keyboard and navigate to the Server Management menu option. Press Enter.
  8. Press the up or down key on the keyboard to navigate to BMC LAN Configuration. Press Enter.
  9. The BMC LAN Configuration options screen appears.
  10. Press the down arrow key on the keyboard to navigate to the Dedicated Management LAN Configuration option. Use the information supplied by the customer to fill in the following fields: IP Source, IP address, Subnet mask, Gateway IP.
  11. To save your BIOS changes, press F10.
  12. Press Y to save and exit. The appliance restarts itself.