Veritas Access Appliance Initial Configuration Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (8.0)
Platform: Access Appliance OS,Veritas 3340,Veritas 3350
  1. Getting to know the Access Appliance
    1.  
      About the Veritas Access Appliance
    2. About the Access Appliance administration interfaces
      1.  
        Using the Access Appliance shell menu
    3.  
      About licensing the Access Appliance
    4.  
      Where to find the documentation
  2. Preparing to configure the appliance
    1.  
      Initial configuration requirements
    2.  
      About obtaining IP addresses for Veritas Access
    3.  
      Network and firewall requirements
    4.  
      About network connections for the appliance
  3. Configuring the appliance for the first time
    1. How to configure the Access Appliance for the first time
      1.  
        Configuring the Access cluster on the appliance
  4. Getting started with the Veritas Access GUI
    1.  
      Accessing the Veritas Access web interface
  5. Network connection management
    1. Configuring network address settings on the appliance nodes
      1.  
        Deleting network settings on appliance nodes
      2.  
        About NIC1 (eth0) port usage on the appliance nodes
      3.  
        About IPv4-IPv6-based network support on the Access Appliance
    2. Configuring VLAN settings on the appliance nodes
      1.  
        Viewing VLAN settings
      2.  
        Deleting a VLAN
    3. About the Veritas Remote Management Console
      1.  
        Configuring the IPMI port on an appliance node
      2.  
        Managing IPMI users on an appliance node
      3.  
        Resetting the IPMI on an appliance node
  6. Monitoring the appliance
    1.  
      About hardware monitoring in the Access GUI
    2. About Veritas AutoSupport on the Access Appliance
      1.  
        Setting up AutoSupport on the appliance
      2.  
        Using a proxy server with the appliance
    3.  
      Setting up email notifications on the appliance
    4.  
      Setting up SNMP notifications on the appliance
    5.  
      Testing the appliance hardware
  7. Resetting the appliance to factory settings
    1.  
      About appliance factory reset
    2.  
      Performing factory reset for cluster nodes
  8. Appliance security
    1.  
      About Access Appliance security
    2. About Access appliance user account privileges
      1. Access appliance admin password specifications
        1.  
          Password encryption and handling on the Access appliance
    3.  
      About forced password changes
    4.  
      Changing the Maintenance user account password
    5. About the Access Appliance intrusion detection system
      1.  
        Reviewing SDCS events on the Access Appliance
      2.  
        Auditing the SDCS logs on an Access Appliance
      3.  
        About SDCS event type codes and severity codes on an Access appliance node
      4.  
        Changing the SDCS log retention settings on an Access Appliance node
    6.  
      About the Access Appliance intrusion prevention system
    7. About Access appliance operating system security
      1.  
        Vulnerability scanning of the Access Appliance
      2.  
        Disabled service accounts on the Access appliance
    8.  
      About data security on the Access appliance
    9.  
      About data integrity on the Access appliance
    10. Recommended IPMI settings on the Access appliance
      1.  
        Replacing the default IPMI SSL certificate on the Access appliance

About appliance factory reset

The purpose of an appliance factory reset is to return the appliance to a clean unconfigured factory state. The appliance is reset to its default factory settings and to the version that was installed at the factory. By default, a factory reset discards all storage configuration and data. When you initiate the factory reset, you can choose to retain the network configuration. In addition, you can specify whether to restart the appliance after the factory reset completes. Veritas recommends that you choose to automatically restart the appliance to avoid restarting the appliance manually. The appliance must be restarted after the factory reset operation.

When a node is in a cluster, the factory reset operation resets both the cluster nodes. You can factory reset both the cluster nodes without having to remove the nodes from the cluster. Additionally, during the factory reset operation, you can choose to erase data from the disks. If the node is not in a cluster, the factory reset operation resets the node and all the data on the shared storage is preserved.

During the factory reset process, the following components are reset:

  • Appliance operating system

  • Appliance software

  • Access software

  • Storage configuration and data

  • Network configuration (optional)

  • Disk erasure (optional)