Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance Fibre Channel Guide

To configure Fibre Transport media server settings from the NetBackup Appliance Web Console

1. Log in to the NetBackup Appliance Web Console.
2. Click Settings > Network, then select Fibre Transport.
3. To enable the feature, click the check box for Enable Fibre Transport target mode (FTMS or MSDP) on media server.
4. To keep the current port configuration, skip this step.

   To change the port modes on the appliance, do the following:

   • In the Port Mode column, click on the current port mode of a port.

   • From the drop-down menu, select Initiator, Target (FTMS), or Target (MSDP) to configure the port mode. Repeat this for every port that you want to change.

     The port mode changes appear in the diagram on the right of the page.

   • To restore the customized port configuration to the factory default settings, click Restore FactoryDefaults.

5. After you have made all changes, click Save to apply the changed settings.
6. Restart all of the appliances in the FC zones where a port mode change has occurred.

To configure Fibre Transport media server settings from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu

1. Log in to the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu.
2. To enable Fibre Transport Deduplication and NetBackup SAN Client features, run the following commands:

   • To administer the use of Fibre Transport features on other appliances:

     Main > Settings > FibreTransport Initiator

   • To administer Fibre Transport features on this appliance:

     Main > Settings > FibreTransport Target

3. To configure the port modes, go to the Main > Manage > FibreChannel view and run the following commands:

   • For FTMS target:

     Configure FTMStarget HBAportid

     Where HBAportid is HBA card slot number 1 - 6 and HBA port number 1 - 2. For example, to set port 2 on the HBA card in slot 5 for FTMS target, enter the following: Configure FTMStarget 5:2

   • For Initiator:

     Configure Initiator HBAportid

     Where HBAportid is HBA slot number 1 - 6 and HBA port number 1 - 2. For example, to set port 1 on the HBA card in slot 5 for initiator, enter the following: Configure Initiator 5:1

   • For MSDP target:

     Configure MSDPtarget HBAportid

     Where HBAportid is HBA slot number 1 - 6 and HBA port number 1 - 2. For example, to set port 1 on the HBA card in slot 6 for MSDP target, enter the following: Configure MSDPtarget 6:1

4. To verify that all changed settings are correct, run the following command:

   Main > Manage > FibreChannel > Show

5. Restart all of the appliances in the FC zones where a port mode change has occurred.