Veritas NetBackup™ 5230 Appliance Hardware Installation Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (Version Not Specified)
Platform: 5230
  1. Overview
    1.  
      Product overview
    2.  
      Appliance front panel
    3.  
      Appliance rear panel
    4.  
      PCIe riser assemblies and slots
    5.  
      3U16 storage shelf
    6.  
      2U12 storage shelf
    7.  
      Product documentation
  2. Preparing for hardware installation
    1.  
      Tools
    2.  
      Hardware installation flow
    3.  
      3U16 storage shelf weights and dimensions
    4.  
      Rack guidelines
    5.  
      Power supply overview
    6.  
      Electrical safety
    7.  
      Heat dissipation
    8.  
      Checking the shipping packages
    9.  
      Removing the protective film from the 3U16 storage shelf
    10.  
      Locating hardware serial numbers
    11.  
      Prerequisites for IPMI configuration on a 52xx and 5330
  3. Installing an appliance and 3U16 storage shelves into racks
    1.  
      Precautions - heavy equipment
    2.  
      Installing the 3U16 storage shelf guide rails
    3.  
      Installing the 3U16 storage shelf into a rack
    4.  
      Installing the appliance guide rails
    5.  
      Installing the appliance into a rack
  4. Cables
    1.  
      About the cables
    2.  
      Connecting the VGA cable
    3.  
      Connecting the network cables
    4.  
      Connecting the appliance to one or more 3U16 storage shelves
    5.  
      Connecting the small form-factor pluggable (SFP+) transceivers
    6.  
      Connecting the power cables
  5. Verifying hardware operation and configuring IPMI
    1.  
      Hardware verification
    2.  
      Turning on the storage shelves
    3.  
      Turning on the appliance
    4.  
      Configuring the IPMI port from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
    5.  
      Accessing and using the Veritas Remote Management interface
  6. Appendix A. Adding 3U16 storage shelves to an operational NetBackup 5230 Appliance
    1.  
      About adding 3U16 storage shelves to an operational appliance
    2.  
      Shutting down the appliance
    3.  
      Preparing the appliance to install the additional hardware
    4.  
      Installing the additional memory
    5.  
      Installing the additional Maintenance-Free Backup Unit (MFBU)
    6.  
      Installing the external RAID controller card
    7.  
      Removing the protective film from the storage shelf
    8.  
      Installing 3U16 storage shelves into the rack
    9.  
      Connecting the 3U16 shelves to an appliance or to other 3U16 shelves
    10.  
      Connecting the 3U16 storage shelf and appliance power cords
    11.  
      Turning on the hardware and verifying operation
  7. Appendix B. Adding 2U12 storage shelves to an operational NetBackup 5230 Appliance
    1.  
      About adding 2U12 storage shelves to an operational appliance
    2.  
      Shutting down the appliance
    3.  
      Preparing the appliance to install the additional hardware
    4.  
      Installing the additional memory
    5.  
      Installing the additional Maintenance Free Backup Unit (MFBU)
    6.  
      Installing the external RAID controller card
    7.  
      Installing 2U12 storage shelves into the rack
    8.  
      Connecting the 2U12 shelves to an appliance or other storage shelves
    9.  
      Connecting the 2U12 storage shelf and appliance power cords
    10.  
      Turning on the hardware and verifying operation
  8. Appendix C. Adding new disk space to the appliance configuration
    1.  
      Adding the disk space of additional storage shelves from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console
    2.  
      Adding the disk space of additional storage shelves from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu

Connecting the small form-factor pluggable (SFP+) transceivers

The NetBackup appliance requires an SFP Fibre Channel adapter to be plugged into the Fibre Channel ports if the appliance uses a Fibre Channel plug-in. The adapter allows usage of optical and copper Fibre Channel cables.

The NetBackup appliance supports Fibre Channel (FC) tape out PCIe add-in cards. The cards connect to other devices through fiber optic cables.

The fiber optic cables require Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP+) transceivers. The diagram shows the SFP (1) and the fiber optic cable which is attached to it (2).

Warning:

The laser beams of an optical interface board or inside an optical fibre can cause eye damage. Do not look directly into the transceiver or point the transceiver at another person's eyes.

When connecting optical fibers, note the following:

  • An optical transceiver is electrostatically sensitive and it should be placed in an ESD-preventive and dust-proof environment for transportation, storage, and use.

  • Optical fibers and optical transceivers not in use must be protected with dust caps seated properly on the connectors. If the optical transceiver is contaminated, carefully clean the optical interface.

  • Keep the surface of all optical connectors clean and free from scratches.

  • Do not squeeze, distort, fold, or repair an optical fiber.

  • Do not bend the optical fiber into a circle with a radius less than 5 cm. Otherwise, the optical fiber may be damaged, which reduces the system performance or causes data loss.

To connect optical fibers

  1. Put on proper ESD-preventive gloves or wrist straps.
  2. Take the cap of the optical transceiver out of the interface of the tape out card (two-port 8 Gb FC HBA).
  3. Remove an optical fiber from its packaging.
  4. Remove the caps of the optical connectors.
  5. Plug an optical connector into the interface of the card.
  6. Ensure that the optical connector is securely inserted into the optical transceiver.
  7. Connect the other optical connector of the optical fiber to a Fibre Channel switch.

See About the cables.