Veritas™ 5340 Appliance Hardware Installation Guide

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Platform: Veritas 5340
  1. Hardware overview
    1.  
      Supported software
    2.  
      5340 compute node and 5U84 storage shelves
    3.  
      5340 compute node and storage shelf power requirements
    4.  
      5340 compute node disk drives
    5.  
      5340 compute node control panel
    6.  
      5340 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
  2. Preinstallation 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 full-capacity storage shelf
    4.  
      Installing disk drives and blanks into a half-capacity storage shelf
    5.  
      Installing SFPs into the RAID controller
    6.  
      Installing the compute node rack rails
    7.  
      Installing the compute node into a rack
    8.  
      Connecting the hardware to one node
    9.  
      Connecting the hardware to two nodes
    10.  
      Connecting NetBackup nodes to the network
    11.  
      Connecting Flex nodes to the network
    12.  
      Connecting the power cords to the hardware
    13.  
      Turning on the hardware and verifying operation
    14.  
      Configuring the IPMI port from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
    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 NetBackup Expansion Storage Shelves
    1.  
      Adding the disk space of an Expansion Storage Shelf from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console
    2.  
      Adding the disk space of an Expansion Storage Shelf from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
  7. Appendix D. 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

Compute node shipping container contents

Each compute node and each storage shelf is shipped in separate containers. Each container includes other boxes and contents. The disk drives are installed into the compute node at the factory.

The following items ship within the compute node box.

Open Me First envelope, containing:

  • Deployment plan that provides basic information and links to detailed information

  • Cable straps

Envelope containing:

  • Warranty agreement

  • Environmental compliance statement

  • USB drive with factory image

Hardware such as:

  • Hardware cable connections poster

  • Rack templates

  • Rack rails and mounting hardware

  • Four Fibre Channel (FC) cables

  • Two power cords

  • Bezel