Connecting The Appliance To One Or More 3U16 Storage Shelves - VERITAS NetBackup 5230 Hardware Installation Manual

Connecting the appliance to one or more 3U16
storage shelves

Connecting the appliance to one or more 3U16 storage shelves

the initial configuration. Once the initial configuration has been completed you can
connect NIC1 (eth0) to an administrative network.
Ethernet ports NIC2/eth1, NIC3/eth2, NIC4/eth3, NIC5/eth4, and NIC6/eth5 can be
connected to public networks.
See "Connecting the small form-factor pluggable (SFP+) transceivers"
SAS2 cables must be used to connect the appliance with one or more 3U16 storage
shelves.
The first 3U16 storage shelf is connected to the SAS RAID ports in the appliance
PCIe RAID card. The SAS_IN ports on the 3U16 storage shelf must connect to the
SAS RAID ports in the appliance.
Each 3U16 storage shelf has two sets of SAS-2 ports with one set in each I/O
module. Each set of ports has one SAS_IN port and one SAS_OUT port.
To connect the SAS2 cables
1
Connect a SAS2 cable to each of the two ports marked "SAS_IN" on the 3U16
storage shelf.
2
Connect the other end of each SAS2 cable to a SAS port on the PCIe RAID
card in the appliance.
Cables 29
on page 33.