VERITAS NetBackup 5240 Appliance Product Description page 22

I/O Slot
configuration
1 *
option
H *** -
J -
K -
L -
* Slot 1 contains a factory installed PCIe RAID 6 controller when at least one Veritas 2U12 49TB Storage Shelf is
purchased with the NetBackup 5240 Appliance. Otherwise, slot 1 is not populated and is reserved for future use.
** Slot 7 contains the NetBackup 5240 Appliance's internal PCIe raid controller. This RAID controller is used to create
the RAID 1 Array for the disk drives on which the appliance operating system is installed. The operating system disk
drives are located in slots 0 and 1 of the front panel.
*** Slot 8 is reserved for the optional SAS tape-out adapter, which is used to connect external SAS devices to the
NetBackup 5240 Appliance.
PCIe card cable connection types:
1
Direct-Attach copper cable (also called a Twinaxial cable or Twinax)
2
Standard copper cable
3
Fiber optic cable
*** I/O configuration option notes:
A NetBackup 5240 Appliance using configuration H does not support Fibre Channel Replication (FCR) as a Target.
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A NetBackup 5240 Appliance using configurations D, E, H, and K can be configured as a dual port or as a quad
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port Fibre Transport Media Server (FTMS) server.
You can use the Initiator ports for tape-out operations and VMware Datastores in the following scenarios:
If you do not configure the appliance as an FTMS server.
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If you configure the appliance as a dual port FTMS server.
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You can also use the ports as a Fibre Channel Replication Initiator, or in combination with the previously mentioned
uses.
Available NetBackup 5240 Appliance PCIe-based I/O
Table 1-8
configuration options (continued)
Slot Slot
2 3
10 GbE NIC 10 GbE NIC
1, 3, 1, 3,
(iSCSI
capable)
- 10 GbE NIC
1, 3,
10 GbE NIC 10 GbE NIC
1, 3, 1, 3,
10 GbE NIC 1 GbE NIC
1, 3,
(4 port -
RJ45)
NetBackup 5240 Appliance rear panel
Slot Slot
4 5
- 8 Gb FC
HBA
- -
8 Gb FC 8 Gb FC
3
HBA HBA
2
- -
About the NetBackup 5240 Appliance
Slot Slot
6 7 **
8 Gb FC -
3 3
HBA
- -
8 Gb FC -
3 3
HBA
8 Gb FC -
3
HBA
22
Slot
8 ***
-
-
-
-