Prerequisites For The Veritas Remote Management Interface Configuration - VERITAS 5150 Hardware Installation Manual

Prerequisites for the Veritas Remote Management
Interface configuration

Prerequisites for the Veritas Remote Management Interface configuration

Be at least 100 cm (4 feet) from other cabinets on the front and back of the
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appliance.
Note: Data centers with two-foot spaces in the front and in the back of the appliances
are acceptable with proper cooling and ventilation.
Veritas provides the following requirements to ensure sufficient cooling.
Veritas requires that you install the system in a National Engineering
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Manufacturer's Association (NEMA)-certified or equivalent rack.
A minimum of 3 inches (7.6 cm) of space must be between the front of an
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appliance and the cabinet door or other air block.
A minimum of 6 inches (15.2 cm) of space must be between the rear of an
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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
Verify the following configuration prerequisites:
The remote management (IPMI) port auto-negotiates its link speed to 1 Gbps.
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Note: If the Veritas Remote Management Interface port is connected to a
managed switch port, it is recommended that you configure the switch port to
auto-negotiation
If a firewall exists between the appliance and the remote devices that manage
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an appliance (like a laptop computer), open the following ports:
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80
162
443
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Preinstallation requirements
SOL SSH
HTTP
SNMP
HTTPS
Floppy/USB media
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