Veritas Access 3360 Appliance Hardware Installation Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (8.4, 8.3, 8.2)
Platform: Veritas 3360
  1. Overview
    1.  
      About the Veritas Access 3360 Appliance
    2.  
      Supported software
    3.  
      Access 3360 compute node and 5U84 storage shelves
    4.  
      Access 3360 compute node disk drives
    5. About the compute node control panel
      1.  
        About the System Status LED states
      2.  
        About the Power button LED states
    6.  
      Access 3360 compute node rear panel
    7.  
      5U84 storage shelf drawers and disk drives
    8.  
      5U84 storage shelf control panel
    9.  
      5U84 storage shelf rear panel
    10.  
      5U84 storage shelf RAID controller
    11.  
      5U84 storage shelf Expansion module
    12.  
      Cables and connectors
    13.  
      About IPMI configuration
  2. Pre-installation requirements
    1.  
      Customer-provided environment and supplies
    2.  
      Storage shelf shipping container contents
    3.  
      Compute node shipping container contents
    4.  
      Dimensions and determining rack locations
    5.  
      Best practices for rack installation
    6.  
      Heat dissipation guidelines
    7.  
      Cable length verification
    8.  
      Prerequisites for IPMI configuration
  3. Hardware installation procedures
    1.  
      Overview
    2.  
      Installing a storage shelf
    3.  
      Installing disk drives into a storage shelf
    4.  
      Installing the storage shelf bezels
    5.  
      Installing the compute node rack rails
    6.  
      Installing the compute node into a rack
    7.  
      Connecting the hardware to one compute node
    8.  
      Connecting the hardware to two compute nodes
    9.  
      Connecting Access nodes to the network
    10.  
      Connecting the power cords to the hardware
    11.  
      Turning on the hardware and verifying operation
    12.  
      Configuring the IPMI port
    13.  
      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.  
      Installing the hardware
    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.  
      Installing the hardware
    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 after adding one or more new Expansion Storage Shelves
    1.  
      Adding the disk space of an Expansion Storage Shelf from the Access Appliance shell menu

Connecting the hardware to two compute nodes

This section provides cabling information for a Veritas Access 3360 Appliance that includes two compute nodes, one Primary Storage Shelf, and up to three Expansion Storage Shelves.

Expansion Storage Shelves connect to the Primary shelf and to other Expansion shelves with two SAS3 cables.

Each compute node is connected to the Primary Storage Shelf with four SAS3 cables. The compute nodes connect to each other with two Ethernet cables.

The Primary shelf has a single SAS3 port on the right side of each RAID controller I/O module. This port connects to SAS3 port A in the Expansion I/O modules.

Note:

The orientation of the blue tabs on the ends of the SAS-3 cables is important.

In the appliance, the blue tabs on each SAS-3 connector must face as shown in the diagram.

In the storage shelves, the blue tabs on each SAS-3 connector must face as shown in the diagram:

Warning:

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

To connect the two compute nodes to a Primary shelf:

  1. Obtain two Ethernet cables.
  2. Identify the two Ethernet ports on the lower right of both the compute node rear panels.
  3. Connect Ethernet cables between the ports.
  4. Obtain four SAS3 cables for each compute node.
  5. Identify the SAS ports in slot 1 and slot 4 of both the compute nodes. Note the SAS ports in slot 1 and slot 4 of the compute node that is farthest from the Primary Shelf.

    The ports in slot 1 are labeled 0, 1, 2, and 3 from left to right. The ports in slot 4 are labeled 0, 1, 2, and 3 from right to left.

  6. Identify the SAS ports in each Primary Shelf controller.

    The left-hand controller is labeled A and the right-hand controller is labeled B. The ports in each controller are labeled 3, 2, 1, and 0 from left to right.

    Note:

    The colors of the cables in the following diagrams are for demonstration purpose only.

  7. Connect the cables as follows:

    • On the compute node that is located farthest from the Primary Storage Shelf:

      • Connect Slot 1, Port 0 to Controller B, Port 0 on the Primary Shelf.

      • Connect Slot 1, Port 1 to Controller A, Port 0 on the Primary Shelf.

      • Connect Slot 4, Port 0 to Controller B, Port 1 on the Primary Shelf

      • Connect Slot 4, Port 1 to Controller A, Port 1 on the Primary Shelf.

    • On the compute node that is located closest to the Primary Storage Shelf:

      • Connect Slot 1, Port 0 to Controller B, Port 2 on the Primary Shelf.

      • Connect Slot 1, Port 1 to Controller A, Port 2 on the Primary Shelf.

      • Connect Slot 4, Port 0 to Controller B, Port 3 on the Primary Shelf.

      • Connect Slot 4, Port 1 to Controller A, Port 3 on the Primary Shelf.

Use the following procedure to connect Expansion Storage Shelves to the Primary Shelf. If you do not have any Expansion shelves at this time, proceed to the following section to connect power cords to the hardware.

See Connecting the power cords to the hardware.

To connect Expansion Storage Shelves to a Primary Shelf:

  1. Do the following if you have one Expansion Shelf:

    • Connect one end of two SAS-3 cables to the SAS-3 port (Expansion SAS port) on the right hand side of each RAID controller in the Primary Shelf.

    • Connect the other end of the SAS-3 cables to Port A in each of the I/O modules in the Expansion Shelf.

  2. Do the following if you have two Expansion Shelves:

    • Connect one end of the two SAS3 cables to the SAS3 port (Expansion SAS port) on the right hand side of each RAID controller in the Primary shelf.

    • Connect the other end of the SAS-3 cable in RAID Controller A to Port A in the nearest Expansion Shelf I/O module on the left side of the shelf.

    • Connect the other end of the SAS-3 cable in RAID controller B to port A in the right-hand I/O module in the lowest Expansion Shelf.

    • Connect port C in I/O module A of the upper Expansion Shelf to port A in I/O module A of the lower Expansion Shelf.

    • Connect port A in I/O module B of the upper Expansion Shelf to port C in I/O module B of the lower Expansion Shelf.

  3. Do the following if you have three Expansion shelves.

    • Connect one end of the two SAS-3 cables to the SAS-3 port (Expansion SAS port) on the right hand side of each RAID controller in the Primary Shelf.

    • Connect the other end of the SAS-3 cable in RAID Controller A to Port A in the nearest Expansion Shelf I/O module on the left side of the shelf.

    • Connect the other end of the SAS-3 cable in RAID Controller B to Port A in the right-hand I/O module in the lowest Expansion Shelf.

    • Connect port C in I/O module A of the upper Expansion Shelf to port A in I/O module A of the middle Expansion Shelf.

    • Connect port A in I/O module B of the upper Expansion Shelf to port C in I/O module B of the middle Expansion Shelf.

    • Connect port C in I/O module A of the middle Expansion Shelf to port A in I/O module A of the lowest Expansion Shelf.

    • Connect port A in I/O module B of the middle Expansion Shelf to port C in I/O module B of the lowest Expansion Shelf.