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 the Veritas Remote Management Console

The Veritas Remote Management Console provides management and monitoring capabilities independently of the host system's CPU, firmware, and operating system. This console is accessible through the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) network port on the back of each appliance node. For the best support and initial configuration experience, Veritas recommends that you configure the IPMI port and make it accessible on your network.

The Veritas Remote Management Console is beneficial after an unexpected power outage shuts down the connected system. In case the appliance node is not accessible after the power is restored, you can use a PC to access the appliance node remotely by using a network connection to the hardware rather than to an operating system or login shell. The Veritas Remote Management Console enables you to control and monitor the appliance node even if it is powered off, unresponsive, or without any operating system.

Figure: Diagram of how IPMI works

Diagram of how IPMI works

You can use the Veritas Remote Management Console for the following:

  • Manage an appliance node that is turned off or unresponsive. Turn on, turn off, or restart the appliance node from a remote location.

  • Provides out-of-band management and helps manage situations where local physical access to the appliance is not possible or preferred, like branch offices and remote data centers.

  • Access the Access Appliance shell menu remotely when the appliance is not accessible using regular network interfaces.

  • Reimage the appliance node using ISO redirection.

  • Monitor appliance node hardware health from a remote location.

  • Avoid messy cabling and hardware like keyboard, monitor, and mouse (KVM) solutions.

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