Veritas Access Appliance 8.4 Initial Configuration Guide
- Getting to know the Access Appliance
- Preparing to configure the appliance
- Configuring the appliance for the first time
- Getting started with the Veritas Access GUI
- Network connection management
- Resetting the appliance to factory settings
- Appliance security
- About Access Appliance security
- About Access appliance user account privileges
- About forced password changes
- Changing the Maintenance user account password
- About the Access Appliance intrusion detection system
- About the Access Appliance intrusion prevention system
- About Access appliance operating system security
- About data security on the Access appliance
- About data integrity on the Access appliance
- Recommended IPMI settings on the Access appliance
About network connections for the appliance
The following diagram shows how to connect the Access 3340 Appliance model to the network:
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The management network and the data network can be the same.
The following diagram shows how to connect a two-node Access 3350 and 3360 Appliance models to the network:
Note:
The management network and the data network can be the same.
During initial configuration, assigning public and virtual IP addresses for the public network interfaces is optional. The public network interfaces for the appliance models are:
Model | Public network interfaces |
|---|---|
3340 | eth4 and eth5 |
3350 | eth4, eth6, eth5, and eth7 |
3360 | eth4, eth6, eth5, and eth7 |
If you do not plan to assign any IP addresses to the public network interfaces during the cluster configuration, you are not required to connect the network interfaces to the public data network switch. Previously, irrespective of the number of IP addresses assigned during initial configuration, you were required to connect eth4 and eth5 to a data switch for a 3340 model and connect eth4 and eth6 to a data switch for a 3350 model. Otherwise, the initial configuration precheck failed. The eth5 and eth7 public interfaces of a 3350 model could be left disconnected.
The IP addresses are assigned to the public interfaces of both the nodes using the round-robin algorithm, selecting the first public interface of both the nodes followed by the second public interface of both the nodes. You can configure up to four public IP addresses on a 2-node cluster. You have the option to specify a maximum of 32 IP addresses. However, only the number of IP addresses that you specified are configured and the rest are maintained as free IP addresses in the cluster.
| Number of IP addresses | Assigned to network interfaces | Network interfaces connected to data network switch |
|---|---|---|
0 | None | Not required |
1 | First public interface eth4 of first node | eth4 of both nodes |
2 | First public interface eth4 of the first node and first public interface eth4 of the second node | eth4 of both nodes |
3 | For 3350 and 3360 models, the first public interface eth4 of both the nodes followed by the second public interface eth6 of the first node | For 3350 and 3360 appliance models, eth4 and eth6 of both the nodes |
For a 3340 model, first public interface (eth4) of both nodes followed by the second public interface (eth5) of the first node | For a 3340 model, eth4 and eth5 of both the nodes | |
4 | For 3350 and 3360 models, first public interface eth4 of both the nodes followed by the second public interface eth6 of both the nodes | For 3350 and 3360 models, eth4 and eth6 of both the nodes |
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For a 3340 model, first public interface eth4 of both the nodes followed by the second public interface eth5 of both the nodes | For the 3340 model, eth4 and eth5 of both the nodes |
To configure bonding during initial configuration, for a 3340 model, you must connect eth4 and eth5 to the data network switch even if you don't assign any IP address during the initial configuration. To configure bonding during initial configuration for a 3350 or a 3360 model, you must connect eth4 and eth6 to the data network switch even if you don't assign any IP addresses during the initial configuration. You cannot configure bonding for eth5 and eth7 during the initial configuration. Post configuration, if you want to configure bonding for eth5 and eth7 network interfaces, ensure that you connect these interfaces to the data network switch.
Before you start the configuration for a single node, use an ethernet cable to connect the private network interface eth2 to eth3.