Veritas Access Appliance 8.4 Initial Configuration Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (8.4)
Platform: Veritas 3350,Veritas 3340,Veritas 3360
  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
      1.  
        About subscription licensing
    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. Resetting the appliance to factory settings
    1.  
      About appliance factory reset
    2.  
      Performing factory reset for cluster nodes
  7. 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 Access Appliance administration interfaces

The Veritas Access Appliance is administered with multiple user interfaces.

Table: Access Appliance administration interfaces

Interface

Description

Access Appliance shell menu

The Access Appliance shell menu is accessed locally or remotely on each node using any of the following methods:

  • SSH

  • Veritas Remote Management Console (virtual KVM)

  • Physical keyboard and monitor

Note:

The Access Appliance shell menu is available on eth1 (NIC2) once you configure the network settings during appliance initial configuration, and is also available on eth0 (NIC1) on the default IP 192.168.229.233.

Common tasks to do with the Access Appliance shell menu include:

  • Initial configuration

  • Network configuration

  • Appliance user management

  • Hardware maintenance

  • Appliance upgrade

  • Appliance troubleshooting

Veritas Remote Management Console

The Veritas Remote Management Console provides management and monitoring capabilities independent of the appliance 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.

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

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

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

  • Monitor appliance hardware health from a remote location.

Veritas Access GUI

The Veritas Access GUI is the primary interface for Access and is used to administer the Access software on the appliance, such as creating disk pools and file systems.

The Access GUI becomes available on the console IP address once the appliance cluster is configured. After the cluster configuration, the following URL is generated: https://consoleIP:14161/

Veritas Access command-line interface

The Veritas Access command-line interface is used to administer the Access software on the appliance.

The Access shell menu becomes available over SSH on the console IP address after the appliance cluster is configured.

For more information about the Access interfaces, refer to the Veritas Access Administrator's Guide.

See Using the Access Appliance shell menu.

See About the Veritas Remote Management Console.