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 using laptop

You can configure the dedicated Veritas Remote Management Interface (IPMI) LAN settings using a laptop.

To configure the dedicated Veritas Remote Management Interface (IPMI) LAN settings using a laptop

  1. The IPMI interface of the appliance is pre-configured with the IP address 192.168.0.10 and netmask 255.255.255.0 in the factory.
  2. To gain access to the Veritas Remote Management Interface for initial configuration, directly connect a RJ45 ethernet cable between the IPMI port and the ethernet port of a laptop computer.
  3. Configure the network interface of the laptop computer with a static IP address in the default network segment used by IPMI.

    For example, use IP address 192.168.0.1 and netmask 255.255.255.0.

  4. Ensure that the power cords to the appliance are connected.
  5. Use the following steps to access the Veritas Remote Management Interface:

    • Open a supported web browser on a system that has a network connection to the appliance. The following browsers are supported:

      • Google Chrome version 94 or later recommended (minimum version 80 or later)

      • Mozilla Firefox version 93 or later recommended (minimum version 80 or later)

    • Enter the address https://192.168.0.10 and confirm the certificate warning displayed.

    • Log in to the Veritas Remote Management Interface with the following default credentials:

      • Username: sysadmin

      • Password: P@ssw0rd

    • Change the default IPv4 and/or IPv6 configuration as follows:

      • Navigate to Configuration > IPv4 Network or Configuration > IPv6 Network accordingly.

      • On LAN Channel, select Channel-3.

      • Choose Obtain an IP address automatically (use DHCP) or Use the following IP address.

      • Provide IP Address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, Primary and Secondary DNS Server if you have selected Use the following IP address.

      • Click Save to apply the new network configuration.

  6. Connect the IPMI port of the appliance to the network switch and re-establish access to the Veritas Remote Management Interface using the static IP configured or dynamic IP obtained from DHCP.