Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance Fibre Channel Guide
- About NetBackup Fibre Transport and SAN Client
- About optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication over FC
- About backup to tape support
- VMware support
- Supported Fibre Channel features on NetBackup appliances
- NetBackup Appliance rear panel configurations
- About the HBA port mode configuration
- Supported Fibre Channel port configuration for the NetBackup 5240 appliances
- Supported Fibre Channel configurations for the NetBackup 5250 appliance
- Supported Fibre Channel port configurations for the NetBackup 53xx appliances
- About the factory default port mode configuration
- Default port mode configuration for FTMS/MSDP
- Zoning the FC SAN
- About the Fibre Transport page on the NetBackup Appliance Web Console
- Configuring Fibre Transport on the appliance
- Configuring Fibre Transport settings
- About Fibre Transport media server verification
- Guidelines for changing NetBackup appliance FT target ports to receive data streams from multiple SAN Client FC initiator ports
- How to configure Fibre Transport for optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication over FC
- Index
Supported Fibre Channel port configurations for the NetBackup 53xx appliances
NetBackup 53xx appliances may contain up to six populated PCIe card slots, depending on the I/O configuration of the appliance model. Each slot contains either a Fibre Channel (FC) HBA card or an Ethernet card.
Note:
Before you start configuring a particular FC feature on the appliance, make sure that it is supported with your appliance HBA configuration.
See Fibre Channel feature support for appliance HBA configurations.
The following tables describe the 5340 and the 5350 appliance PCIe slot locations, and the supported card types.
Table: NetBackup 5340 PCIe slot locations and supported card types
PCIe slot | Supported card types |
|---|---|
Slot 1 | FC - reserved |
Slot 2 | 10 Gb NIC or 8 Gb FC HBA |
slot 3 | 10 Gb NIC or 8 Gb FC HBA |
Slot 4 | FC - reserved |
Slot 5 | 10 Gb NIC or 8 Gb FC HBA |
Slot 6 | 10 Gb NIC or 8 Gb FC HBA |
Table: NetBackup 5350 PCIe slot locations and supported card types
PCIe slot | Supported card types |
|---|---|
Slot 1 | 25/10 GbE NIC |
Slot 2 | 25/10 GbE NIC |
slot 3 | Reserved - SAS CTRL |
Slot 4 | 25/10 GbE NIC (I/O configurations A, B) 16 Gb FC HBA (I/O configuration C) |
Slot 5 | 25/10 GbE NIC (I/O configuration A) 16 Gb FC HBA (I/O configurations B, C) |
Slot 6 | 16 Gb FC HBA |
Note:
Veritas does not support reconfiguring the FC HBA cards in the appliance rear panel. Do not switch cards in different slots or install a used card from another appliance without first contacting Veritas Technical Support.
The following tables describe the supported FC options for the 5340 and 5350 appliance models.
Table: Supported NetBackup 5340 PCIe card slot configurations and FC options
Card slot | Supported FC options |
|---|---|
Slot 1 | Reserved exclusively for attachment to external storage (Primary Storage Shelf). |
Slot 2 | Note: This slot is populated with an FC card on 5340 HBA configurations D, E, H, and J. Ports 1, 2
Use only one option on each port. |
Slot 3 | Note: This slot is populated with an FC card on 5340 HBA configuration E, and J. Ports 1, 2
Use only one option on each port. |
Slot 4 | Reserved exclusively for attachment to external storage (Primary Storage Shelf). |
Slot 5 | Note: This slot is populated with an FC card on 5340 HBA configurations C, D, E, G, H, and J. Ports 1, 2
Use only one option on each port. |
Slot 6 | Note: This slot is populated with an FC card on 5340 HBA configurations B, C, D, E, F, G, H, and J. On 5340 HBA configurations C, D, E, G, H, and J, this slot is reserved for FTMS. If you enable SAN Client FTMS with those configurations, Port 1 is changed to target mode for SAN Client by default. Ports 1, 2
Use only one option on each port. |
Table: Supported NetBackup 5350 PCIe card slot configurations and FC options
Slot | Supported FC options |
|---|---|
Slots 4, 5, and 6 as follows: 5350 A configuration: slot 6 5350 B configuration: slots 5, 6 5350 C configuration: slots 4, 5, 6 | Ports 1, 2
Use only one option on each port. |
See About NetBackup SAN Client and Fibre Transport.
See About Fibre Transport for optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication between appliances.
See How to determine appliance HBA WWPNs.
See About Fibre Transport paths for NetBackup appliances.
See Supported Fibre Channel port configuration for the NetBackup 5240 appliances.