Shutting Down The Appliance - VERITAS NetBackup 5230 Hardware Installation Manual

Shutting down the appliance

Adding 3U16 storage shelves to an operational NetBackup 5230 Appliance
The Expansion Storage Kit contains the following components.
One external RAID controller PCIe card
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Eight, 8Gb, Dual in-line memory modules (DIMMs)
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One Maintenance Free super-cap Backup Module (MFBU) Kit
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The procedures in this appendix explain the following tasks.
Turning off the appliance and removing it from the rack
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Installing the Expansion Storage Kit components into the appliance
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Installing one or more storage shelves into a rack
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Connecting the appliance to the storage shelves
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Connecting the storage shelf power cords
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Turning on the storage shelves and verifying operation
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Turning on the appliance and verifying operation
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These tasks must be performed in the order that is provided in this appendix.
This section describes how to perform a shutdown of the NetBackup 5230 Appliance.
The process is designed to ensure an orderly system shutdown so that data is
neither lost nor corrupted. Perform this procedure before you turn off the power
switches on the unit.
Caution: Never turn off the appliance by using the power button on the control
panel. Using the power button to turn off the appliance can cause data loss or
corruption.
To shut down the NetBackup 5230 appliance
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Use PuTTY to start an SSH session to access the NetBackup Appliance Shell
Menu on the appliance.
Note: You can also access the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu using a KVM
or laptop with a remote terminal emulator.
2
At the appropriate prompt, enter the host name or IP address of the appliance.
The command-line interface, NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu, is launched.
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