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Veritas 5260 Appliance front panel drive configurations ......11 About the drive LEDs .............. 12 About the Veritas 5260 Appliance front panel USB port ......13 About the 5260 Appliance control panel ..........13 About the System Status LED states .......... 16 About the Power button LED states ..........
Veritas 5260 Appliance overview The Veritas 5260 Appliance is a hardware and software storage system that can scale to 429.4 TiB of available backup capacity. It consists of a Veritas 5260 Appliance and up to six optional Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB storage shelves. By itself, the 2U Veritas 5260 Appliance offers internal storage from 9.1 TiB to 36.4...
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429.4 TiB of storage. As with previous generations of the Flex 52xx appliances, the Veritas 5260 Appliance can be configured as a primary server or a media server. It can also be configured as both. The 5260 Appliance supports upto 6 storage shelves.
2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf. If more storage is required, you can add up to five additional storage shelves to this configuration. Features and components of the Veritas 5260 Appliance This section describes the features and components of the Veritas 5260 Appliance. Veritas 5260 Appliance features Table 1-1 Feature...
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These drives should not be moved into different slots or otherwise rearranged. Fibre Channel The Veritas 5260 Appliance can be ordered with one, two, three or four support PCIe 32 Gb Fibre Channel host bus adapter cards preinstalled.
About the Veritas 5260 Appliance Locating the appliance serial number Locating the appliance serial number The serial number is located on the rear panel of the appliance above PSU 1 and begins with letters VTAS. The serial number can also be found on the pull-out tab on the front of the appliance.
Veritas 5260 Appliance front panel drive configurations Veritas 5260 Appliance front panel drive configurations The Veritas 5260 Appliance contains 3 NVMe solid state drives, and 8 SAS hard disk drives, which can be accessed from the appliance's front panel. Appliance front panel drive slot assignments...
Power on - the drive is spinning up About the Veritas 5260 Appliance front panel USB port The Veritas 5260 Appliance front panel includes a USB 3.0-compliant port that supports a data transfer rate of up to 500 Mb/second. About the 5260 Appliance control panel The front control panel provides push button system controls and LED indicators for several system features.
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About the Veritas 5260 Appliance About the 5260 Appliance control panel Control panel system LED descriptions Table 1-5 System information Power button with integrated The Power button toggles the system on and off. This button also functions as a sleep button if enabled by an ACPI compliant operating system.
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About the Veritas 5260 Appliance About the 5260 Appliance control panel Control panel system LED descriptions (continued) Table 1-5 System information System ID button with integrated Toggles the integrated ID LED and the blue server board system ID LED on and off. Both LEDs are tied together and show the same state.
About the Veritas 5260 Appliance About the 5260 Appliance control panel Control panel system LED descriptions (continued) Table 1-5 System information System Status LED The system status LED is a bi-color (green/amber) indicator that shows the current health of the server system.
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About the Veritas 5260 Appliance About the 5260 Appliance control panel System Status LED states (continued) Table 1-6 Color State Criticality Description Green Solid on (SO) Healthy System is in S5 Soft-Off State ■ Indicates that the system is running (in S0 ■...
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About the Veritas 5260 Appliance About the 5260 Appliance control panel System Status LED states (continued) Table 1-6 Color State Criticality Description Green ~1 Hz blink Degraded System degraded (continued): (continued) BMC Watchdog has reset the BMC. ■ Power unit sensor offset for configuration ■...
About the Veritas 5260 Appliance About the 5260 Appliance control panel System Status LED states (continued) Table 1-6 Color State Criticality Description Amber Solid on Critical, Fatal alarm – system has failed or shutdown: non-recoverable CPU CATERR signal asserted ■...
The rear panel of the appliance has several access ports and other features, which are displayed in the following figures. Veritas 5260 Appliance rear panel and connectors Figure 1-4 Veritas 5260 Appliance rear panel features and connectors Table 1-8 Number Function...
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You should not bond copper 10 Gb Ethernet ports that are installed in the appliance chassis with PCIe-based 10/25 Gb Ethernet Fibre Channel ports. Veritas appliances may include grounding studs in case your lab environment has such a requirement. The studs are located on the rear panel of the appliance. You can use standard grounding practices to connect grounding wires to the studs.
Figure 1-5 Veritas 5260 Appliance I/O configuration options The rear panel of the Veritas 5260 Appliance 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.
Cable connection types: copper = Standard copper cable optical = Fiber optic cable Customizable I/O configurations by slot for existing Veritas 5260 Appliance You can use the supported Veritas 5260 Appliance I/O configurations to best serve the needs of your particular environment.
About the Veritas 5260 Appliance Veritas 5260 Appliance I/O configuration options The controller is installed in both non-shelf and with-shelf configurations The following table provides information on the make and model of each the PCIe cards that are available for use in each appliance I/O slot.
About the Veritas 5260 Appliance Veritas 5260 Appliance I/O configuration options Note: Veritas recommends that you use Finisar FTLX8574D3BCV SFP part for 10G connectivity and Broadcom AFBR-735SMZ SFP part for 25G connectivity. Broadcom P225p NIC adapter specifications Table 1-12 Item...
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About the Veritas 5260 Appliance Veritas 5260 Appliance I/O configuration options QLE2772 dual-port 32Gb Fibre Channel host bus adapter Table 1-13 specifications Item Description Bracket Full Height height Form factor Low-profile PCIe card (6.6 inches × 2.731 inches) Power Nominal: 11.0 W consumption Maximum: 13.7 W...
5260 Appliance Storage Shelves Figure 2-1 The optional Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf is a 2U12 drive enclosure that contains twelve 8TB 7200 rpm SAS hard disk drives. Available storage capacity of the storage shelf is 65 TiB. Each disk drive can be accessed from the storage...
<appliance-only capacity> + 65.5 = exact usable capacity * You can add up to six Storage Shelves to an existing Veritas 5260 Appliance with internal storage capacities of 9.1TiB or 36.4TiB. However, before you place the system into a production environment, you must migrate all MSDP data from the appliance to the first external storage shelf.
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The following figure shows the front panel disk drive slot assignments within the Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf. Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf disk drive slot layout Figure 2-2 The storage shelf uses the drive that is located in slot 11 as a hot-spare drive.
To access a hard disk drive, each storage bay must be unlocked using a T10 torx screw driver. Storage Shelf control panel The Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf control panel is installed on the front left side of the storage shelf.
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Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf Components of the Storage Shelf Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf control panel Figure 2-4 Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf control panel functions Table 2-3 Number Item Description Input switch The Input switch enables you to set the Unit Identification display.
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Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf Components of the Storage Shelf Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf control panel functions Table 2-3 (continued) Number Item Description Unit Identification Display The Unit Identification Display is a dual digit display that provides information about the storage shelf.
Enclosure ID setting different from "start of day" setting N/A - Not Applicable For more information, see the Veritas 5260 Appliance Hardware Installation Guide. Storage Shelf rear components This section describes the rear panel features of the Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf.
Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf Components of the Storage Shelf I/O module Status LED location and conditions This section discusses the location of the Status LEDs on the I/O module and the Status LED conditions. I/O module Status indicator LED location...
Storage Shelf Power Cooling Modules The Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf includes two Power Cooling Modules (PCM). The dual PCMs provide redundant power to the storage shelf. If one PCM fails, the storage shelf continues to operate as the second PCM continues to supply...
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Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf Components of the Storage Shelf Power Cooling Module Figure 2-10 Power Cooling Module components Table 2-9 Number Component Power Cooling Module LEDs “Power Cooling Module LEDs” on page 44. On/Off switch Release tab AC power socket...
Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf Components of the Storage Shelf Power Cooling Module components (continued) Table 2-9 Number Component Serial number - located on the Power Cooling Module 0 tab Note: The storage shelf serial number begins with the letters SH.
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Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf Components of the Storage Shelf Power Cooling Module LED legend Table 2-10 Number LED condition AC fail Fan fail Power Cooling Module OK DC fail Power Cooling Module LED conditions Table 2-11 Status Power Fan Fail...
Chapter Veritas 5260 Appliance and Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf cables This chapter includes the following topics: Power cables ■ Network cable ■ Multi-Mode fiber optic cable ■ Twinaxial copper cables ■ SAS-3 cable ■ Power cables Power cables include a live line, a neutral line, and a grounding line.
AC power connector (IEC-60320-C13) to an appliance or a storage device. Note: If your power distribution unit is not compatible with the IEC-60320-C14 plug, then Veritas recommends that you purchase your power cable locally. Make sure the power cable meets or exceeds the indicated power rating.
Veritas 5260 Appliance and Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf cables Twinaxial copper cables Fiber optic cables require Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP+) transceivers, which are provided with each device having Fibre Channel ports. The diagram shows the SFP, labeled 1, and the fiber optic cable which is attached to it, labeled 2.
SAS-3 cable SAS-3 data cables are used to connect the optional Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf to the Veritas 5260 Appliance. SAS-3 cables have a mini-SAS HD connector on both ends. Two 1m SAS-3 cables are shipped with each S Series Storage Shelf.
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Veritas 5260 Appliance and Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf cables SAS-3 cable SAS-3 cable Figure 3-4 “Power cables” on page 46. “Multi-Mode fiber optic cable” on page 48. “Twinaxial copper cables” on page 49. “Network cable” on page 47.
■ Product regulatory compliance ■ Country approvals ■ Product safety compliance ■ Product EMC Compliance - Class A Compliance ■ Product environmental compliance ■ Veritas 5260 Appliance technical specifications The following table provides technical specifications for the Veritas 5260 Appliance.
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Veritas 5260 Appliance Rack information 19" EIA standard The rack rails that are provided for the 5260 Appliance compute node are extensible to 32” (820mm). The minimum distance or depth allowed between the rack posts is 24.6” (623mm). The maximum distance or depth allowed between the rack posts is 37”...
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Technical specifications, Environmental/Protocol standards, and Compliance standards Veritas 5260 Appliance technical specifications Veritas 5260 Appliance technical specifications (continued) Table A-1 Technical Specification Veritas 5260 Appliance 10 Gb Ethernet ports Up to 4 maximum 10/25 Gb Ethernet ports Up to 6 maximum...
The non-operating temperature is defined as the temperature of the system when the system is turned off. It is also referred to as the storage temperature. Veritas recommends that you do not store the system in an environment where the temperatures fall outside of the listed temperature range.
Protocol standards “Regulatory, compliance, and certification information” on page 58. Protocol standards The following table provides standards with which the Veritas 5260 Appliance and the Veritas 2U12 Storage Shelf comply. Veritas 5260 Appliance / Veritas 2U12 Storage Shelf standards Table A-4...
Technical specifications, Environmental/Protocol standards, and Compliance standards Product regulatory compliance WARNING To ensure regulatory compliance, you must adhere to the assembly instructions in this guide to ensure and maintain compliance with existing product certifications and approvals. Use only the described, regulated components that are specified in this guide.
Technical specifications, Environmental/Protocol standards, and Compliance standards Product safety compliance BIS India ■ NOM Mexico ■ InMetro Brazil ■ NRCS & SABS South Africa ■ BSMI Taiwan ■ VCCI Japan ■ Note: Other countries are either based on these requirements or do not require certification.
Technical specifications, Environmental/Protocol standards, and Compliance standards Product environmental compliance Note: For a complete list of regulatory notices please refer to this link: Veritas Safety and Compliance Guide Product environmental compliance Use of banned substances are restricted in accordance with world-wide regulatory requirements.
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