Acronis Appliance Quick Start Guide
Acronis Cyber
Infrastructure 3.0
Appliance Quick Start Guide
November 20, 2019
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Contents
1. About the Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1 Appliance Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2. Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. Installing the Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.1 Unpacking the Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.2 Mounting the Appliance into Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.3 Connecting Cables to the Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.4 Configuring the Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4. Managing Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
5. Managing Licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
5.1 Installing License Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
5.2 Installing SPLA Licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
6. Getting Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
7. Appendix: Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
7.1 Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
7.1.1 Power Supply Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
7.2 Environmental Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
7.2.1 Air Quality Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
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CHAPTER 1
About the Appliance
The appliance comprises five nodes in a 19-inch 3U rackmount server chassis. The appliance deploys into a
universal and easy-to-use software-defined infrastructure solution that combines virtualization and storage.
It allows you to create and manage virtual machines and offers object, block, and file storage, including a
local repository for cloud backups.
The appliance comes in several models that vary by storage capacity:
Model Raw storage, TB Usable storage*, TB
Capacity Performance
SDI-5060 60 31 18
SDI-5120 120 62 36
SDI-5150 150 77 45
SDI-5180 180 93 54
* With the recommended redundancy scheme. Erasure coding 3+2 is recommended for capacity;
replication=3 is recommended for performance.
1.1 Appliance Exterior
The appliance consists of five identical nodes. On the front of the appliance, under the front bezel are the
power/reset buttons, a power LED of each node as well as the main power switch. The front panel also
provides access to disks of each node: three per node, ordered left to right, i.e. the leftmost three disks are
of node #1, the next three are of node #2, etc.
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Chapter 1. About the Appliance
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BMC
IPMI
1/10 GbE
10 GbE SFP+
VGAUSB
VGAUSB
VGAUSB
VGAUSB
VGAUSB
1 2 3 4
IPMI
1/10 GbE
10 GbE SFP+
1 2 3 4
IPMI
1/10 GbE
1/10 GbE SFP+
1 2 3 4
IPMI
1/10 GbE
1/10 GbE SFP+
1 2 3 4
IPMI
1/10 GbE
10 GbE SFP+
1 2 3 4
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IPMI
1/10 GbE
10 GbE SFP+
VGAUSB
1 2 3 4
On the back of the appliance are two power sockets and a number of connectivity options.
Each node has its own network, IPMI, USB, and VGA ports.
The IPMI, USB, and VGA ports are only needed for advanced diagnostics. IPMI allows accessing the nodes
over the network for out-of-band management via a remote console. The default IPMI password to access
the management node via SSH is Acronis!Infra%30 (it changes to a user-specified password during
deployment). The USB and VGA ports allow you to connect a keyboard and a monitor to a node if the
network is unavailable.
Day-to-day management of the appliance is done over the network through the admin panel, as described
later in the guide.
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CHAPTER 2
Safety Instructions
Warning: The appliance may only be repaired by a certified service technician. You may only perform
troubleshooting as authorized by the support team. Damage due to unauthorized repairs is not covered
by the warranty.
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CHAPTER 3
Installing the Appliance
Before installing the appliance, make sure you have the following:
• 3U of server rack space in a standard 19-inch cabinet
• at least five free 1/10 GbE ports in a network switch (10 GbE recommended)
• at least five RJ45-to-RJ45 patch cables to connect the appliance to the switch
• two power sockets
If you want to set up network bonding, you will additionally need (a) five free 1/10 GbE ports in a network
switch (10 GbE recommended) and (b) five RJ45-to-RJ45 patch cables to connect the appliance to the switch.
If you want to have access to the nodes from a remote console for out-of-band management, you will
additionally need (a) six free 1 GbE ports in a network switch and (b) six RJ45-to-RJ45 patch cables to connect
the appliance to the switch.
To install the appliance, perform the following steps:
1. Unpack the appliance.
2. Mount the appliance into rack.
3. Connect cables to the appliance.
4. Configure the appliance using the wizard.
5. Log in to the admin panel and install a license.
6. Enable high availability.
7. Set up the desired workloads in the admin panel.
Steps one through six are described in the following sections. For more information about step seven, refer
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Chapter 3. Installing the Appliance
Press the trigger
down to release
Pull the inner rail out
to the Administrator’s Guide.
3.1 Unpacking the Appliance
Inspect the packaging contents for damage before mounting the appliance and connecting power.
Before continuing, make sure the following items are present in the packaging: the appliance chassis,
mounting rails, two power cables, this quick start guide.
3.2 Mounting the Appliance into Rack
The appliance comes with a set of server rails. Follow the steps further to install the rail and mount the
appliance into the rack.
1. Separate inner and outer rails.
Separate the inner rail from the outer rail by sliding the inner rail forward until the locking tab is visible,
as per the illustration below. Depress the tab and separate the inner rail from the outer rail by sliding
the two apart.
2. Attach the inner rail to the appliance.
Align the rectangular cutouts on the inner rail to the pre-formed bayonets on the side of chassis. Secure
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Chapter 3. Installing the Appliance
08.4
2.0
6.0
H-315
Release safety lock before mounting
Push the safety lock forward to secure
the inner rail with a screw from the standard screw kit after all the bayonets go through the cutouts and
properly engage.
3. Install the outer rail into the rack.
When selecting the location, note that the rails are in the middle of the appliance. Make sure that you
install the outer rails with 1U clearance above and below.
Make sure that the safety lock is unlocked before mounting the brackets.
Insert the locating pins into the upper and lower square holes on the rail from the back of rail. Push the
safety lock forward to secure the bracket.
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