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  • Page 1 Veritas 5150 Appliance Hardware Installation Guide...
  • Page 2 Technologies LLC or its affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. This product may contain third-party software for which Veritas is required to provide attribution to the third party (“Third-party Programs”). Some of the Third-party Programs are available under open source or free software licenses.
  • Page 3 Japan CustomerCare_Japan@veritas.com Documentation Make sure that you have the current version of the documentation. Each document displays the date of the last update on page 2. The latest documentation is available on the Veritas website: https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/dpp.Appliances.html Documentation feedback Your feedback is important to us. Suggest improvements or report errors or omissions to the documentation.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Connecting the network cables ............26 Connecting the power cords ............26 Turning on the hardware and verifying operation ......... 27 Configuring the Veritas Remote Management Interface ......28 Accessing and using the Veritas Remote Management interface .... 32 Index ........................36...

  • Page 5: Hardware Overview

    14 TB of usable capacity. Veritas 5150 Appliance Figure 1-1 The Veritas 5150 Appliance supports the following software: Flex version 1.3 and later. Refer to the Veritas 5150 documentation at the following site for details about usable storage options. Appliance Documentation...

  • Page 6: Appliance Disk Drives

    SATA SSD 32GB Appliance control panel The front panel of the Veritas 5150 Appliance includes a small panel that is attached to the right side of the device. The panel provides basic control of the system as well as LED status indicators such as the power button, ID button/LED, and system...
  • Page 7 Hardware overview Appliance control panel Control panel system Figure 1-3 Control panel system LED descriptions Table 1-2 System information Power button with integrated The Power button toggles the system on and off. “About the Power button LED states” on page 8. Hard drive Activity LED The drive activity LED on the front panel indicates drive activity from the on-board hard disk controllers.

  • Page 8: About The Power Button Led States

    13. About the Power button LED states The Power button is located on the Veritas 5150 Appliance control panel. It is used to turn the appliance on and off. The following table provides a description of each power state.

  • Page 9: About The System Status Led States

    Hardware overview Appliance control panel Power button LED states Table 1-3 State Power Mode Description Power - off Non-ACPI The system power is off, and the BIOS has not initialized the chipset. Power - on Non-ACPI The system power is on and the green Power button LED is active.
  • Page 10 Hardware overview Appliance control panel System Status LED states (continued) Table 1-4 Color State Criticality Description Green ~1-Hz blinking Degraded System degraded: The system is Redundant loss, such as power supply or ■ operating in a fan. Applies only if the associated platform degraded state sub-system has redundancy capabilities.
  • Page 11 Hardware overview Appliance control panel System Status LED states (continued) Table 1-4 Color State Criticality Description Green ~1-Hz blinking Degraded System degraded: (continued) The system is In mirrored configuration, when memory ■ operating in a mirroring takes place and system loses degraded state memory redundancy.

  • Page 12: About The Drive Carrier Led States

    Hardware overview Appliance control panel System Status LED states (continued) Table 1-4 Color State Criticality Description Amber Solid on Critical, Fatal alarm – system has failed or shutdown: non-recoverable CPU CATERR signal asserted ■ – System is MSID mismatch detected (CATERR also ■...

  • Page 13: About The Power Supply Led States

    Hardware overview Appliance control panel Amber LED status Table 1-5 LED state Drive status Solid On (SO) Hard drive fault No access and no fault 1-Hz blinking RAID rebuild in progress 2-Hz blinking Locate (identify) Green LED status Table 1-6 Condition LED state Power on with no drive activity...

  • Page 14: Appliance Rear Panel

    Appliance rear panel The rear panel of the appliance contains several default ports that are embedded. Rear panel Figure 1-4 The following list describes the numbered ports. VGA port 3 USB ports Veritas Remote Management Interface (remote management (IPMI) port)

  • Page 15: About Ipmi Configuration

    Hardware overview About IPMI configuration Four copper, RJ45, 1Gb Ethernet* ports, host0, NIC0, NIC1, and NIC2, left to right The middle slot is used for the external SAS tape-out functionality. This feature will be implemented in a future release. The right PCIe is used for the add-on ethernet cards Note: * The embedded Ethernet ports are copper.

  • Page 16: Product Documentation

    Monitor hardware health of the appliance from a remote location. ■ Avoid messy cabling and hardware like keyboard, monitor, and mouse (KVM) ■ solutions to access the appliance. “Configuring the Veritas Remote Management Interface” on page 28. Product documentation Additional documentation is available at the following site: Appliance Documentation...

  • Page 17: Preinstallation Requirements

    Appliance shipping container contents ■ Electrical and environmental requirements ■ Heat dissipation ■ Prerequisites for the Veritas Remote Management Interface configuration ■ Customer-provided environment and supplies For best ventilation, the rack cabinet: Should be at least 100 cm (4 feet) from walls. ■...

  • Page 18: Appliance Shipping Container Contents

    Two power cables ■ Bezel ■ Electrical and environmental requirements This section lists the electrical and environmental specifications for the Veritas 5150 Appliance. Electrical requirements: 100 - 127 V, 10A (2 power cords) at 50/60 Hz ■ 200 - 240 V, 5A (2 power cords) at 50/60 Hz ■...

  • Page 19: Prerequisites For The Veritas Remote Management Interface Configuration

    A minimum of 6 inches (15.2 cm) of space must be between the rear of an ■ appliance and the cabinet rear or other air block. Refer to the Veritas 5150 Appliance Product Description Guide for specifications about temperature and cooling. Appliance documentation...
  • Page 20 Preinstallation requirements Prerequisites for the Veritas Remote Management Interface configuration Secured Floppy/USB media 5120 5124 Secured CD 5900 5902 Secured KVM Note: If you have a private internal network, remember to configure the settings accordingly in your network address translation (NAT).

  • Page 21: Installation Procedures

    Installing the appliance into a rack ■ Connecting the network cables ■ Connecting the power cords ■ Turning on the hardware and verifying operation ■ Configuring the Veritas Remote Management Interface ■ Accessing and using the Veritas Remote Management interface ■...

  • Page 22: Installing The Appliance Into A Rack

    Installation procedures Installing the appliance into a rack Installing the appliance into a rack To install the appliance into the rack Extend both of the rails until they lock in place.
  • Page 23 Installation procedures Installing the appliance into a rack While standing in front of the chassis, position the appliance within the extended rails with the back of the chassis towards the rack. Raise the front of the chassis and align the rear mounting posts of the chassis with the rear rail cut-outs of both rails.
  • Page 24 Installation procedures Installing the appliance into a rack When the rear chassis mounting posts are secured in the rail cut-outs, rotate the front of the chassis down until the front chassis mounting posts on each side of the chassis fit securely into the front rail cut-outs on each rail. Check the front rail locks on each of the rails and confirm that they are secured.
  • Page 25 Installation procedures Installing the appliance into a rack Lift the release tabs located at the sides of the rails and push the appliance into the rack as far as possible. Fasten the front of the appliance to the rack with the two captive fasteners that are attached to the front of the chassis.

  • Page 26: Connecting The Network Cables

    The networking ports are accessed on the rear panel of the device. The remote management (IPMI) port is for use by Veritas Technical Support staff or by approved field service technicians. The following picture shows the layout of the network ports.

  • Page 27: Turning On The Hardware And Verifying Operation

    Installation procedures Turning on the hardware and verifying operation 200 - 240 VAC at 50/60 Hz ■ For each device, obtain two power cords that are appropriate for your region and equipment. Connect one cable to one PDU strip. Connect the other cable to the other PDU strip. “Turning on the hardware and verifying operation”...

  • Page 28: Configuring The Veritas Remote Management Interface

    Connect a standard video cable between the VGA (Video Graphics Array) port and the computer monitor Connect a keyboard to a USB port at the rear of the Flex 5150 appliance. Ensure that the power cords are connected to a power supply and press the...
  • Page 29 The prompt about accessing the BIOS at the beginning of the startup cycle appears. Wait until the Veritas logo shows up and press F2 to enter the initial BIOS setup screen. The initial setup dialog box appears and prompts you.
  • Page 30 Installation procedures Configuring the Veritas Remote Management Interface Use the down key on the keyboard and navigate to the Server Management menu option. Press Enter. Press the up or down key on the keyboard to navigate to BMC LAN Configuration. Press Enter.
  • Page 31 Installation procedures Configuring the Veritas Remote Management Interface Navigate to the Dedicated Management LAN Configuration option. Use the information supplied by the customer to fill in the following fields: IP Source, IP address, Subnet mask, Gateway IP.

  • Page 32: Accessing And Using The Veritas Remote Management Interface

    Management interface The IPMI web interface is known as Veritas Remote Management interface. You can use Veritas Remote Management interface to log on to the appliance shell. Before you use the remote management interface, the following prerequisites must be met: The Remote Management interface (IPMI port) must first be configured.
  • Page 33 Note: A default user is configured in the system. The default user name is sysadmin. The default password is P@ssw0rd, where 0 is the number zero. To access and use the Veritas Remote Management web interface from a remote computer Log on to a remote computer in the network and open a supported Windows browser.
  • Page 34 Installation procedures Accessing and using the Veritas Remote Management interface Note: Availability of the HTML5 option depends on the appliance firmware version. You can check the version from the System> System Information page. The BIOS must show version 00.01.0016 or later.
  • Page 35 Installation procedures Accessing and using the Veritas Remote Management interface You can now access and log on to the appliance shell. Enter the user name and password for the appliance. By default, the user name has the password, where 0 is...

  • Page 36: Index

    18 about 5 cabling network ports 26 prerequisites power cords 26 Veritas Remote Management Interface disk drive slots 6 configuration 19 eth0/NIC1 IP address 26 ethernet ports, bonding 26 installing into rack 22 rack cabinet requirements 17 LEDs...

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