NetBackup Appliance Hardware Installation Guide

146 Pages·2016·9.82 MB·English

NetBackup Appliance
Hardware Installation Guide
Release 2.7.3
NetBackup 5240
Document Revision 1
NetBackup™ 5240 Appliance Hardware Installation
Guide
Documentationversion:2.7.3
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Contents
Chapter 1 Hardware overview
............................................................. 7
Abouttheapplianceandthestorageshelves....................................... 7
Appliancediskdrives...................................................................... 8
Appliancecontrolpanel................................................................... 8
Appliancerearpanel....................................................................... 9
Storageshelfdiskdrives................................................................ 10
Storageshelfcontrolpanel............................................................. 11
Storageshelfrearpanel.................................................................12
Cables ....................................................................................... 12
AboutIPMIconfiguration................................................................ 13
Productdocumentation.................................................................. 14
Chapter 2 Preinstallation requirements
.......................................... 15
Customer-providedenvironmentandsupplies.................................... 15
Storageshelfshippingcontainercontents..........................................16
Applianceshippingcontainercontents.............................................. 16
Determiningracklocations............................................................. 17
Bestpracticesforrackinstallation.................................................... 18
Heat dissipation ........................................................................... 19
DeterminingSAS-3cablelength...................................................... 19
PrerequisitesforIPMIconfiguration.................................................. 20
Chapter 3 Installation procedures
..................................................... 23
Installingthestorageshelfrackrails................................................. 23
Installingthestorageshelfintoarack............................................... 25
Installingtheappliancerackrails..................................................... 26
Installingtheapplianceintoarack................................................... 31
Understandingapplianceandstorageshelfconnections....................... 34
Connectinga4TBappliancetoonestorageshelf................................ 37
Connectinga4TBappliancetomorethanonestorageshelf................. 39
Connectingthenetworkcables........................................................47
Connectingthepowercords........................................................... 48
Turningonthehardwareandverifyingoperation................................. 49
ConfiguringtheIPMIfromtheNetBackupApplianceShellMenu............ 57
6 Contents
AccessingandusingtheVeritasRemoteManagementinterface............ 62
Appendix A Adding one or more storage shelves to an
operating 4TB appliance that does not have
any storage shelves
.................................................... 67
Overview .................................................................................... 68
Preparingthe4TBappliance...........................................................69
Removingtheappliancecover........................................................ 70
InstallingtheExternalStorageKitcomponents................................... 71
Reinstallingtheapplianceintotherack............................................. 85
Storageshelfrackrequirements...................................................... 86
Determiningracklocations............................................................. 86
Installingthestorageshelfrails....................................................... 88
Installingthestorageshelforshelvesintoarack.................................90
Understandingapplianceandstorageshelfconnections....................... 91
Connectingonestorageshelftoanappliance.................................... 95
Connectingtwostorageshelvestoanappliance................................. 98
Connectingthreestorageshelvestoanappliance............................. 101
Connectingfourstorageshelvestoanappliance............................... 107
Connectingthenetworkcables...................................................... 113
Connecting the power cords ......................................................... 114
Turningonthehardwareandverifyingoperation............................... 115
Appendix B Adding storage shelves to an operating 4TB
appliance that has at least one storage shelf
attached
........................................................................ 125
Overview .................................................................................. 125
Additionalstorageshelfscenariosfora4TBappliance....................... 126
Installingstorageshelves............................................................. 126
Recabling ................................................................................. 126
Appendix C Adding the disk space of additional storage
shelves
.......................................................................... 141
AddingthediskspaceofadditionalstorageshelvesfromtheNetBackup
ApplianceWebConsole......................................................... 141
AddingthediskspaceofadditionalstorageshelvesfromtheNetBackup
ApplianceShellMenu............................................................ 142
Index
.................................................................................................................. 145
1
Chapter
Hardware overview
Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:
■ Abouttheapplianceandthestorageshelves
■ Appliancediskdrives
■ Appliancecontrolpanel
■ Appliancerearpanel
■ Storageshelfdiskdrives
■ Storageshelfcontrolpanel
■ Storageshelfrearpanel
■ Cables
■ AboutIPMIconfiguration
■ Productdocumentation
About the appliance and the storage shelves
TheNetBackup5240applianceandstorageshelvesprovidestoragecapacityin
severalconfigurations.Youcanusetheappliancebyitselftoachieve4TB,14TB,
or27TBofuseablecapacity.Youcanaddstorageshelvestoa4TBapplianceto
furtherincreasethestoragecapacity.
RefertotheNetBackup5240ProductDescriptionatthefollowingsitefordetails.
NetBackupApplianceDocumentation
8 Hardwareoverview
Appliancediskdrives
Appliance disk drives
Thefrontpaneloftheappliancecontains12diskdrives.
Slotdesignationsareasfollows.Donotrearrangethediskdrivesfromthefactory
configuration.
Table1-1 NetBackup5240Appliancediskdriveslots
Slot RAID Diskdrive Appliancestorage Diskdriverole
configuration size capacity
0,1 RAID1 1TB N/A Boot/swap
2,3 RAID1 1TB N/A Logfiles
4-10 RAID6 1TB,3TB,6TB 4TB,14TB,27TB Userstoragedata
11 RAID6 1TB,3TB,6TB N/A Hotspare
Appliance control panel
ThefrontpaneloftheNetBackup5240Applianceincludesasmallpanelthatis
attachedtotherightsideofthedevice.
Hardwareoverview 9
Appliancerearpanel
Table1-2 Appliancecontrolpanel
Number Component Description
1 SystemIDwithintegrated ThesystemIDLEDidentifiesthesystemfor
LED maintenance.
2 NMIbutton(recessed,a WhentheNMIbuttonisdepressed,theappliance
toolisrequiredforuse) goesintoahaltstate,andissuesanon-maskable
interrupt(NMI).Thisfeatureisusefulwhenyou
performdiagnosticsforagivenissuewhereamemory
dumpisnecessarytohelpdeterminethecauseof
theproblem.Topreventaninadvertentsystemhalt,
theNMIbuttonislocatedbehindthefrontcontrol
panelfaceplate.Itisonlyaccessiblewiththeuseof
asmalltippedtool,such
3 NIC-1ActivityLED NIC-1representsthenetworkinterfacecontroller1.
Whennetworklinksaredetectedonthecontrollers,
theLEDsareactivatedandremainon.TheLEDs
blinkwhennetworkactivityoccurs.Theamountof
networkactivitydeterminestherateofblinking.
4 SystemColdReset TheSystemColdResetbuttonrestartsand
Button(recessed,atool re-initializestheappliance.
isrequiredforuseon
non-storagemodels)
5 SystemStatusLED TheSystemStatusLEDusesthecolorsgreenand
ambertodisplaythehealthoftheappliance.
6 Power/Sleepbuttonwith ThePower/Sleepbuttonturnsofftheapplianceor
integratedLED turnsontheappliance.
7 HarddriveActivityLED ThedriveactivityLEDindicatesdriveactivityfrom
theon-boardharddiskcontrollers.
8 NIC-2ActivityLED NIC-2representsthenetworkinterfacecontroller2.
Whennetworklinksaredetectedonthecontrollers,
theLEDsareactivatedandremainon.TheLEDs
blinkwhennetworkactivityoccurs.Theamountof
networkactivitydeterminestherateofblinking.
Appliance rear panel
Therearpaneloftheappliancecontainsseveraldefaultportsthatareembedded.
ThreePCIeriserassembliessupportvariousconfigurations.
10 Hardwareoverview
Storageshelfdiskdrives
ThethreePCIeriserassembliesoutlinedredarenumbered,1,2,and3fromright
toleft.Slots1through8areshownintherisers.
Thefollowinglistdescribesthenumberedports.
1. Twocopper,RJ45,10GbEthernet*ports;NIC5/eth4andNIC6/eth5,leftto
right
2. VGAport
3. 3USBports
4. IPMI,remotemanagement,port
5. Fourcopper,RJ45,1GbEthernet*ports,NIC1/eth0,NIC2/eth1,NIC3/eth2,
andNIC4/eth3,lefttoright
6. RiserAssembly2,Slot1,reservedfortheRAIDPCIecardthatisrequiredwith
oneormorestorageshelves
7. RiserAssembly3,Slot7,reservedfortheSASRAIDHBAcardthatprovides
RAID1supportfortheappliancestoragediskdrives
8. Twoslotsthatarenotusedatthistime
Note:*TheembeddedEthernetportsarecopper.PCIeEthernetportsarefibre.
Youcannotbondthecopperportsandthefibreportstoeachother.
RefertotheVeritasNetBackup5240ApplianceProductDescriptionatthe
NetBackupApplianceDocumentationpageforoptionalportconfigurations.
Storage shelf disk drives
TheNetBackup5240StorageShelfisa2Uenclosurethatcontains12diskdrives.