Available 5340 Appliance Pcie-Based I/O Configurations - VERITAS NetBackup Series Manual

Available 5340 Appliance PCIe-based I/O configurations

Note: A NetBackup appliance high availability (HA) configuration must use two
identical appliances with regard to model number and hardware configuration.
For example, use two model 5330 appliances with configuration D. You cannot use
one model 5330 appliance with configuration D and one model 5340 appliance with
configuration D.
This requirement applies to all of the I/O configurations for each model.
Available PCIe slot I/O configuration options for the NetBackup
Table 1-9
5330 Appliance compute node
I/O Slot 1
configuration
option
A 8 Gb FC
HBA
B 8 Gb FC
HBA
C 8 Gb FC
HBA
D 8 Gb FC
HBA
E 8 Gb FC
HBA
The rear panel of the Veritas NetBackup contains three PCIe riser card assemblies.
PCIe riser card assemblies 1 and 2 each support three standard PCIe cards, while
PCIe riser card assembly 3 supports two low profile PCIe cards. The slots are
labeled 1 to 8. Slots 1, 2, and 3 are located in PCIe riser card assembly 2. Slots 4,
5, and 6 are located in PCIe riser card assembly 1, while slots 7 and 8 are located
in PCIe riser card assembly 3.
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Supported data transfer methods for NetBackup appliances
Slot 2 Slot 3
10 GbE 10 GbE
NIC NIC
10 GbE 10 GbE
NIC NIC
10 GbE 10 GbE
NIC NIC
8 Gb FC 10 GbE
HBA NIC
8 Gb FC 8 Gb FC
HBA HBA
Slot 4 Slot 5
8 Gb FC 10 GbE
HBA NIC
8 Gb FC 10 GbE
HBA NIC
8 Gb FC 8 Gb FC
HBA HBA
8 Gb FC 8 Gb FC
HBA HBA
8 Gb FC 8 Gb FC
HBA HBA
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Slot 6
10 GbE
NIC
8 Gb FC
HBA
8 Gb FC
HBA
8 Gb FC
HBA
8 Gb FC
HBA