Veritas NetBackup™ 5230 Appliance Hardware Installation Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (Version Not Specified)
Platform: 5230
  1. Overview
    1.  
      Product overview
    2.  
      Appliance front panel
    3.  
      Appliance rear panel
    4.  
      PCIe riser assemblies and slots
    5.  
      3U16 storage shelf
    6.  
      2U12 storage shelf
    7.  
      Product documentation
  2. Preparing for hardware installation
    1.  
      Tools
    2.  
      Hardware installation flow
    3.  
      3U16 storage shelf weights and dimensions
    4.  
      Rack guidelines
    5.  
      Power supply overview
    6.  
      Electrical safety
    7.  
      Heat dissipation
    8.  
      Checking the shipping packages
    9.  
      Removing the protective film from the 3U16 storage shelf
    10.  
      Locating hardware serial numbers
    11.  
      Prerequisites for IPMI configuration on a 52xx and 5330
  3. Installing an appliance and 3U16 storage shelves into racks
    1.  
      Precautions - heavy equipment
    2.  
      Installing the 3U16 storage shelf guide rails
    3.  
      Installing the 3U16 storage shelf into a rack
    4.  
      Installing the appliance guide rails
    5.  
      Installing the appliance into a rack
  4. Cables
    1.  
      About the cables
    2.  
      Connecting the VGA cable
    3.  
      Connecting the network cables
    4.  
      Connecting the appliance to one or more 3U16 storage shelves
    5.  
      Connecting the small form-factor pluggable (SFP+) transceivers
    6.  
      Connecting the power cables
  5. Verifying hardware operation and configuring IPMI
    1.  
      Hardware verification
    2.  
      Turning on the storage shelves
    3.  
      Turning on the appliance
    4.  
      Configuring the IPMI port from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
    5.  
      Accessing and using the Veritas Remote Management interface
  6. Appendix A. Adding 3U16 storage shelves to an operational NetBackup 5230 Appliance
    1.  
      About adding 3U16 storage shelves to an operational appliance
    2.  
      Shutting down the appliance
    3.  
      Preparing the appliance to install the additional hardware
    4.  
      Installing the additional memory
    5.  
      Installing the additional Maintenance-Free Backup Unit (MFBU)
    6.  
      Installing the external RAID controller card
    7.  
      Removing the protective film from the storage shelf
    8.  
      Installing 3U16 storage shelves into the rack
    9.  
      Connecting the 3U16 shelves to an appliance or to other 3U16 shelves
    10.  
      Connecting the 3U16 storage shelf and appliance power cords
    11.  
      Turning on the hardware and verifying operation
  7. Appendix B. Adding 2U12 storage shelves to an operational NetBackup 5230 Appliance
    1.  
      About adding 2U12 storage shelves to an operational appliance
    2.  
      Shutting down the appliance
    3.  
      Preparing the appliance to install the additional hardware
    4.  
      Installing the additional memory
    5.  
      Installing the additional Maintenance Free Backup Unit (MFBU)
    6.  
      Installing the external RAID controller card
    7.  
      Installing 2U12 storage shelves into the rack
    8.  
      Connecting the 2U12 shelves to an appliance or other storage shelves
    9.  
      Connecting the 2U12 storage shelf and appliance power cords
    10.  
      Turning on the hardware and verifying operation
  8. Appendix C. Adding new disk space to the appliance configuration
    1.  
      Adding the disk space of additional storage shelves from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console
    2.  
      Adding the disk space of additional storage shelves from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu

Turning on the hardware and verifying operation

If you have turned off your appliance you must wait to turn it on again. The appliance and the attached storage shelves must be turned on in a specific order. If the hardware is not turned on correctly the appliance RAID controller may not recognize some storage units.

If you have turned off your appliance you can begin turning on storage shelves. Use the following procedure to turn on the storage shelves in the required order.

To turn on the 3U16 storage shelves

  1. Start with the storage shelf that is farthest in distance from the appliance.
  2. Flip on the power switches on each power supply on the rear of the shelf.
  3. Verify that the power LED on each power module is green.
  4. Locate the LEDs on each I/O module.

    The following list describes the I/O module LED states.

    • Not lit - off

    • Solid green - ready (optimal)

    • Flashes green - N/A

    • Red - starting up

  5. Move to the front of the storage shelf to check the system LEDs.

    System LEDs

    State

    Description

    1 - Power

    Not lit

    Solid green

    Off

    On

    2 - Global enclosure status

    Not lit

    Solid green

    Amber

    Red

    Off

    On

    One power supply offline

    Both power supplies offline

    3 - Reserved (N/A)

    N/A

    N/A

    4 - I/O Module 1

    Not lit

    Flashes green

    No activity

    Activity

    5 - I/O Module 2

    Not lit

    Flashes green

    No activity

    Activity

    6 - Heartbeat

    Not lit

    Flashes green

    System off

    Normal operation

  6. When all of the storage shelves are operational, turn on the appliance if needed.

To turn on the appliance

  1. Connect both AC power connectors on the rear panel of the appliance to two main AC power supply outlets.
  2. Turn on the appliance, using the power button which is located on the right side of the front panel.
  3. Determine if the appliance is running properly.
    • Check the Status LED (1), and Activity (2) LED on the installed disk drives on the front panel.

      The Status LED (1) should not be lit. The following indications are possible:

    • A solid, amber, LED indicates a disk fault.

    • A blinking, amber, LED indicates that a RAID rebuild is in progress.

      The Activity LED (2) indicates the following:

    • The LED is not lit when the disk has spun down, although power is on.

    • The LED is solid green when there is no disk activity, although power is on.

    • The LED blinks green when the disk spins up.

    • The LED blinks green occasionally when commands are processed.

  4. Review all LEDs on the front control panel.

    Number

    LED description

    1

    AC power button with integrated LED

    2

    Hard drive activity

    3

    ID button with integrated LED

    4

    Cold reset button (instantly restarts the appliance)

    5

    NIC4/eth3 activity

    6

    NIC3/eth2 activity

    7

    NMI button (This button triggers a non-maskable interrupt. All server data is lost.)

    8

    NIC1/eth0 activity

    9

    NIC2/eth1 activity

    10

    Status

  5. Check the power supply module LEDs on the rear panel. Each module has one LED.