VERITAS Velocity 7330 Hardware Installation Manual

Veritas Velocity 7330 Appliance Hardware Installation Guide

Release 1.2.6

Veritas Velocity 7330 Appliance Hardware Installation
Guide

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Contents

Chapter 1 Hardware overview . ....... ... .......... ... ....... ... .......... .......... ... .... 6

About the Veritas Velocity 7330 Appliance ... ... .......... .......... ... .......... .... 7

Velocity 7330 Appliance compute node disk drive configurations ....

9

Velocity 7330 Appliance compute node rear panel ....... ... ....... ... .......... 10

Velocity 7330 Appliance compute node PCIe slot configurations

..... ... .......... ... ....... ... .......... .......... ... ....... ... .......... ... ....... . 11

Velocity 7330 compute node Ethernet port configurations ....... ... ..... 12

About the Velocity 7330 Appliance Primary Storage Shelf .... ... .......... .... 13

Velocity 7330 Appliance Primary Storage Shelf front panel .... ... ....... 13

Velocity 7330 Appliance Primary Storage Shelf rear panel ........... ... 15

Power cables .... .......... ... ....... ... .......... ... ....... ... .......... .......... ... ...... 18

Network cable .... .......... ... ....... ... .......... ... ....... ... .......... .......... ... ..... 18

Multi-Mode fiber cable ......... ... .......... .......... ... ....... ... .......... .......... .. 19

Chapter 2 Preinstallation requirements ..... ... .......... ... ....... ... .......... . 21

Preparing to install the Velocity 7330 Appliance hardware ... .......... ... ..... 21

Required personnel and equipment for appliance hardware installation

..... ... .......... ... ....... ... .......... .......... ... ....... ... .......... ... ....... ... .... 22

Package contents ........ ... ....... ... .......... .......... ... ....... ... .......... ... ...... 22

Determining the rack location . .......... ... .......... .......... ... ....... ... .......... . 23

Chapter 3 Installation procedures ... ... .......... ... ....... ... .......... .......... ... . 25

How to install the Velocity 7330 Appliance hardware ... .......... .......... ... .. 25

Installing the Primary Storage Shelf ....... ... ....... ... .......... .......... ... ....... 26

Installing disk drives into the Primary Storage Shelf .......... .......... ... ...... 34

Installing the Velocity 7330 compute node ......... ... .......... .......... ... ...... 37

Installing the SFPs into the Fibre Channel (FC) ports .... .......... ... .......... 39

Connecting the Velocity 7330 compute node to the Primary Storage

Shelf .... ... .......... .......... ... ....... ... .......... .......... ... .......... .......... . 41

Connecting the power cords to the hardware .. .......... .......... ... .......... ... 43

Turning on the hardware and verifying operation .... ... ....... ... .......... ... ... 45

Chapter 4 Veritas Remote Management (IPMI) configuration

..... ... .......... ... ....... ... .......... .......... ... ....... ... .......... ... ....... ... .... 50

About the Veritas Remote Management Console on the Velocity

physical appliance . ....... ... .......... .......... ... .......... .......... ... ....... .. 50

Prerequisites for IPMI port configuration ........ .......... ... ....... ... .......... ... 52

Configuring the IPMI port ..... ... ....... ... .......... ... ....... ... .......... .......... .. 52

Index .... ... ....... ... .......... .......... ... ....... ... .......... ... ....... ... .......... .......... ... ....... ... .......... 54

5Contents

Chapter

Hardware overview

This chapter includes the following topics:

■ About the Veritas Velocity 7330 Appliance

■ Velocity 7330 Appliance compute node disk drive configurations

■ Velocity 7330 Appliance compute node rear panel

■ About the Velocity 7330 Appliance Primary Storage Shelf

■ Power cables

■ Network cable

1

■ Multi-Mode fiber cable

About the Veritas Velocity 7330 Appliance

About the Veritas Velocity 7330 Appliance

7Hardware overview

The Veritas Velocity 7330 Appliance is a hardware and software storage system
that provides 229TB of available storage capacity. It consists of a 2U Velocity 7330
Appliance compute node and one externally attached 4U Primary Storage Shelf.

The appliance compute node does not contain internal storage. As such, the system
uses the Primary Storage Shelf as the data storage device. The Primary Storage
Shelf uses RAID6 technology and uses Fibre channel (FC) cables to connect to
the compute node.

See “About the Velocity 7330 Appliance Primary Storage Shelf” on page 13.

About the Veritas Velocity 7330 Appliance

Velocity 7330 Appliance system features

Table 1-1

DescriptionFeature

8Hardware overview

Performance and capacity

Space reduction

High availability

Easy management

■ Processor - two Intel Xeon 10-core 3.0

GHz E5-2690 v2 CPUs.

■ Supports the high-performance

processors with low-power consumption.

■ Provides high-capacity intra-appliance

switching bandwidth, along with high I/O
throughput.

16 GB x 24; total RAM: 384 GBSystem memory configuration (DIMMs)

24 GBRAID cache

The deduplication engine provides up to 100
times reduction in storage.

229TBPrimary Storage Shelf capacity

Supports redundant hot-swappable disks and
power modules in both the compute node and
the Primary Storage Shelf.

Provides separate out-of-band management
network interfaces. You can remotely turn on,
turn off, and reset appliances over the
network.

Supports reporting the disk information
through the out-of-band management
channel.

RAID levels

Fibre Channel

Supported RAID levels:

■ Velocity 7330 Appliance compute node

system disks: RAID1 (striping and
mirroring)

■ Primary Storage Shelf data storage disks:

RAID6 (block level striping with double
distributed parity)

The Velocity 7330 Appliance compute node
includes two 8 Gb Fibre Channel (FC) HBA
cards. Each card includes two standard Fibre
Channel ports that are used to attach the
Primary Storage Shelf to the compute node.

Velocity 7330 Appliance compute node disk drive configurations

9Hardware overview

Table 1-1

(continued)

DescriptionFeature

Rear panel ports (built into the chassis)

One 1 Gb/s IPMI remote network port

One VGA port

Four 1 GbE network ports, with an RJ-45
connector, and link and activity LEDs. Two
of the ports are reserved for private networks.

Two 10 GbE network ports, with Small
Form-factor Pluggable (SFP) modules, and
link and activity LEDs.

See “ Velocity 7330 Appliance compute node

rear panel” on page 10.

Velocity 7330 Appliance compute node disk drive
configurations

The Velocity 7330 Appliance compute node contains eight 3TB SAS disk drives.
Individual disk drive carriers hold each of the disk drives, and each disk drive carrier
resides in a front panel disk drive slot. The disk drives are assigned numbers, which
are based on the drive slot they occupy.

See Figure 1-1.

Figure 1-1

Velocity 7330 Appliance compute node front panel disk slot
assignments

The Velocity 7330 Appliance compute node uses the following disk slot assignments
and RAID disk assignments:

■ Slot 0 - Disk0 of RAID1, Volume 0 (set as the Boot volume and contains the

operating system)

■ Slot 1 - Disk1 of RAID1, Volume 0 (set as the Boot volume and contains the

operating system)

■ Slot 2 - Hot spare disk

1

11

2

3 4 5 6

7 8 9

10

11

13

12

Velocity 7330 Appliance compute node rear panel

■ Slot 3 - Disk0 of RAID1, Volume 1 (contains the swap file for the operating

system, along with log files)

■ Slot 4 - Disk1 of RAID1, Volume 1 (contains the swap file for the operating

system, along with log files)

■ Slot 5 - Hot spare disk

■ Slot 6 - The disk drive in slot 6 is reserved for future use

■ Slot 7 - The disk drive in slot 7 is reserved for future use

Note: Slots 8, 9, 10, and 11 are intentionally empty for compute node cooling
purposes.

Velocity 7330 Appliance compute node rear panel

The rear panel of a Veritas Velocity 7330 Appliance compute node has several
access ports and other features, which are displayed in the following diagram and
table.

10Hardware overview

Figure 1-2

Velocity 7330 Appliance compute node rear panel access ports

and features

Table 1-2

Velocity 7330 Appliance compute node port functions

FunctionNumber

Power Supply Modules #1, #2 (120/220 VAC)1, 2

3, 4

5, 6

NIC1/eth0 and NIC2/eth1. NIC1/eth0 is reserved for use during the
initial configuration of the appliance. However, after initial configuration
is complete, both NIC1/eth0 and NIC2/eth1 can be used for public
networks. Both are 1GB connectors.

NIC3/eth2 and NIC4/eth3 - used for public networks. Both are 1GB
connectors.

NIC1/
ETH0

NIC2/
ETH1

NIC3/
ETH2

NIC4/
ETH3

IPMI

NIC5/
ETH4

NIC6/
ETH5

Velocity 7330 Appliance compute node rear panel

11Hardware overview

Table 1-2

Velocity 7330 Appliance compute node port functions (continued)

FunctionNumber

DB-15 VGA connector7

RJ45 Serial-A port (reserved)8

USB connectors9

A NIC port for IPMI remote management10

11

NIC5/eth4 and NIC6/eth5: 10Gb network connectors that can be used
for public networks

Add-in PCIe adapter slots (10Gb Ethernet)12

Serial-B port (reserved)13

The ports on the rear panel are color-coded for easy identification.

Figure 1-3

Velocity 7330 Appliance compute node rear port colors

See “Velocity 7330 Appliance compute node PCIe slot configurations” on page 11.

Velocity 7330 Appliance compute node PCIe slot configurations

The rear panel of the Veritas Velocity 7330 Appliance compute node contains six
PCIe slots that are numbered 1 to 6. Slots 1, 2, and 3 are located in PCIe Riser
Assembly 2. Slots 4, 5, and 6 are located in PCIe Riser Assembly 1.

Riser 2 Riser 1

Slot 1

Slot 2

Slot 3

Slot 6

Slot 4

Slot 5

Velocity 7330 Appliance compute node rear panel

12Hardware overview

Figure 1-4

PCIe slot configurations

All PCIe slots are populated with an 8 Gb Fibre Channel (FC) host bus adapter
(HBA) card or a 10 Gb Ethernet network interface card (NIC). Slots 1 and 4 are
reserved exclusively for attachment to the Primary Storage Shelf.

Table 1-3 describes the PCIe slot configuration for the Velocity 7330 Appliance.

Table 1-3

PCIe slot configuration for the Velocity 7330 Appliance compute
node

See “Velocity 7330 compute node Ethernet port configurations” on page 12.

Velocity 7330 compute node Ethernet port configurations

Slot 6Slot 5Slot 4Slot 3Slot 2Slot 1

10 GbE NIC10 GbE NIC8 Gb FC HBA10 GbE NIC10 GbE NIC8 Gb FC HBA

Veritas Velocity 7330 Appliances include the following Ethernet ports, which are
built in along the base of the rear panel:

■ 1-GbE ports: eth0, eth1, eth2, and eth3

■ 10-GbE ports: eth4 and eth5

In addition, the Veritas Velocity 7330 Appliance compute node also includes
additional PCIe card-based 10 Gb Ethernet ports.

The following picture shows the location of all Ethernet ports on the rear panel of
the compute node, including the PCIe card-based ports.

eth10eth11

eth12eth13

eth8eth9

eth6eth7

eth0

eth1 eth2 eth3

eth4

eth5

About the Velocity 7330 Appliance Primary Storage Shelf

13Hardware overview

Figure 1-5

Ethernet port locations

Velocity 7330 compute node PCIe card-based 10 Gb Ethernet port designations:

■ Slot 2: eth8 (right), eth9 (left)

■ Slot 3: eth6 (right), eth7 (left)

■ Slot 5: eth10 (right), eth11 (left)

■ Slot 6: eth12 (right), eth13 (left)

About the Velocity 7330 Appliance Primary
Storage Shelf

The Velocity 7330 Appliance Primary Storage Shelf is an external hard disk
drive-based storage enclosure. It provides 229TB of available storage capacity.

Because the Velocity 7330 Appliance compute node does not contain internal
storage, the Primary Storage Shelf is a required component of the Velocity 7330
Appliance system. The storage shelf uses RAID6 technology and connects to the
compute node using Fibre Channel cables.

Note: To help reduce the weight of the units during shipment and installation, the
disk drives are not factory-installed into the storage shelves. The disks are shipped
in separate packages.

See “ Velocity 7330 Appliance Primary Storage Shelf front panel” on page 13.

See “ Velocity 7330 Appliance Primary Storage Shelf rear panel” on page 15.

Velocity 7330 Appliance Primary Storage Shelf front panel

The Velocity 7330 Appliance Primary Storage Shelf contains 60 SAS hard disk
drives. The front panel of the Primary Storage Shelf contains five drawers. The
drawers are numbered one through five, beginning with the top drawer. Each storage
shelf drawer contains 12 disk drives.

5

5

4

3

2

1

4

3

2

1

About the Velocity 7330 Appliance Primary Storage Shelf

14Hardware overview

Figure 1-6

The following illustration shows the front panel LEDs in detail.

Figure 1-7

Primary Storage Shelf front panel

Disk system front panel LEDs

The following table describes LEDs available on the disk system front panel.

Table 1-4

Primary Storage Shelf front panel LED definitions

ColorDefinitionNumber

GreenPower LED1

GreenStandby Power LED2

WhiteLocate LED3

AmberOver-temperature LED4

AmberService Action Required LED5

About the Velocity 7330 Appliance Primary Storage Shelf

As mentioned, each drawer in the Primary Storage Shelf contains slots for 12 disks.
The slots are numbered as shown in the following diagram.

15Hardware overview

Figure 1-8

Drawer disk layout

See “ Velocity 7330 Appliance Primary Storage Shelf rear panel” on page 15.

Velocity 7330 Appliance Primary Storage Shelf rear panel

The Veritas Velocity 7330 Appliance Primary Storage Shelf includes two power
cords that should be plugged into the appropriate external power source within a
rack.

Note: When connecting power cables, wear an ESD-preventive wrist strap to
prevent equipment damage.

The rear panel of both disk systems contains three types of canisters:

■ RAID canisters

■ AC power canisters (220VAC)

■ Fan canisters

The Primary Storage Shelf has two RAID canisters, which are inserted in the central
slots of the back panel. The power supplies are inserted at the top and bottom of
the back panel, and the fans are on either side. The RAID canisters are attached

2

5

4

3

1

1

11

2

3

4 5 6 7 8

9

1

1

1 1 1

About the Velocity 7330 Appliance Primary Storage Shelf

to the compute node with fiber optic cables. The device must have at least one
functioning RAID canister, one functioning power supply, and one functioning fan.

The following figure shows the Primary Storage Shelf rear panel.

16Hardware overview

Figure 1-9

Primary Storage Shelf rear panel

Note: Latches that let you remove the canisters are circled in red.

Table 1-5

Primary Storage Shelf rear panel components

DescriptionNumber

Fan canisters1

Power canisters2 and 5

RAID controller canisters3 and 4

Each RAID canister has a set of LEDs which are defined in the following figure.
The table describes the LEDs functions and colors. The LEDs labeled '1' track the
data rate of the link. If both are off, the link is inactive, and if both are on, the data
rate is 8 Gb per second. If only one LED is on, the LED on the left indicates a 2
Gb/s data rate, and the one on the right indicates a 4 Gb/s data rate. The canister
also displays the ID of the Primary Storage Shelf, which is set to '99'.

Figure 1-10

RAID canister LEDs

About the Velocity 7330 Appliance Primary Storage Shelf

17Hardware overview

Table 1-6

RAID canister LEDs

ColorDescriptionNumber

GreenData link activity1

AmberSAS expansion fault2

GreenSAS expansion active3

4

required

6

allowed

7

required

9

for system ID

AmberBattery service action

GreenBattery charging5

BlueRAID service system action

AmberRAID service system action

GreenCache active8

Displays '99'Seven-segment display LEDs

In the following figure, the seven-segment display LEDs show the storage system
ID, once the device is turned on and recognized. The following diagram shows the
location of this display on the rear panel of the Primary Storage Shelf, which is
circled in red.

Figure 1-11

Primary Storage Shelf system ID locations

See “ Velocity 7330 Appliance Primary Storage Shelf front panel” on page 13.

Power cables

A

B

Each AC power module of the appliance and of the storage device is configured
with one AC power cable. One end of the AC power cable is connected to the power
socket on the appliance or the storage shelf. The other end of the cable is connected
to the external power supply.

A power cable includes live line, neutral line, and grounding lines.

Power cables

18Hardware overview

Figure 1-12

AC power connector (IEC-60320-C14) to an external Power Supply Distribution Unit

A

(PDU) on a rack.

AC power connector (IEC-60320-C13) to an appliance or a storage device.B

Note: If your power distribution unit is not compatible with the IEC-60320-C13 plug,
then Veritas recommends that you purchase your power cable locally. Make sure
the power cable meets or exceeds the indicated power rating.

AC power cable

See “Network cable” on page 18.

Network cable

The Velocity 7330 Appliance communicates with the network through an Ethernet
network cable. One end of the network cable connects to the management network
port or service network port of the appliance. The other end of the cable connects
to the network switch or an external gateway. Both ends of the cable are RJ-45
connectors.

Multi-Mode fiber cable

19Hardware overview

Figure 1-13

See “Power cables” on page 18.

Multi-Mode fiber cable

The Velocity 7330 Appliance communicates with the fibre channel switch through
a multi-mode fiber optic cable. One end of the multi-mode fibre optic cable connects
to the 10GE service network port or the fibre channel port. The other end of the
cable connects to the fibre channel switch or other devices. The two ends of the
multi-mode fiber optic cable are LC connectors.

Network cable

Figure 1-14

Multi-Mode fiber cable

Multi-Mode fiber cable

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.

Supported SFPs are listed:

■ Finisar

■ JDSU

See “Power cables” on page 18.

See “Network cable” on page 18.

20Hardware overview

Preinstallation requirements

This chapter includes the following topics:

■ Preparing to install the Velocity 7330 Appliance hardware

■ Required personnel and equipment for appliance hardware installation

■ Package contents

■ Determining the rack location

Chapter

2

Preparing to install the Velocity 7330 Appliance hardware

You need to carry out the following steps to prepare for the hardware installation.

Table 2-1

Step 1

Step 2

Veritas Velocity 7330 Appliance hardware installation
requirements

TaskStep

Review the following documents to understand the technical and safety
details of the appliance:

■

Veritas Velocity 7330 Appliance Product Description

■

Veritas Appliance Safety and Maintenance Guide

Ensure that the installation site has the necessary personnel and
equipment.

See “Required personnel and equipment for appliance hardware

installation” on page 22.

Required personnel and equipment for appliance hardware installation

22Preinstallation requirements

Table 2-1

Step 3

Step 4

Veritas Velocity 7330 Appliance hardware installation
requirements (continued)

TaskStep

Verify that all of the package contents are present. If any of the listed
items are not present, contact your vendor for assistance.

See “Package contents” on page 22.

Determine the rack locations for the appliance.

See “Determining the rack location” on page 23.

Required personnel and equipment for appliance
hardware installation

The following items are required at the installation site:

■ At least two people or a mechanical lift to move the storage shelves

■ A keyboard and a monitor to connect to the compute node for IPMI port

configuration

■ Ethernet cables to connect the compute node to your corporate network

■ A 19-inch rack with dual power distribution units (PDUs)

■ 120VAC or 220VAC power supply for the compute node

■ 220VAC power supply for the Primary Storage Shelf

Package contents

The Velocity 7330 Appliance compute node and storage shelf are shipped in
separate containers that each contain the necessary installation equipment and
other materials. The disk drives for the storage shelves are shipped in additional
containers.

Table 2-2 lists the contents of the shipping containers. Verify that all of items are

present after you unpack each container.

Determining the rack location

23Preinstallation requirements

Table 2-2

Velocity 7330 appliance container contents

ContentsContainer

Compute node

Primary Storage
Shelf

■ Left and right rack rails

■ Compute node

■ Bezel

■ Two SAS cables

■ Two power cords

■ Screwdriver, cable straps

■ Envelope containing the following:

■ Warranty and license information

■ Left and right rack rails with mounting hardware

■ Bezel

■ Primary Storage Shelf

■ Four Fiber Channel cables

■ Four SFPs

■ Two SAS cables

■ Two power cords

Determining the rack location

The height of the Veritas Velocity 7330 Appliance compute node and storage shelf
each require a different number of rack unit (RU) spaces. The compute node requires
2 RU and the storage shelf requires 4 RU. To help you identify RU spacing, many
rack manufacturers typically use a system of lines and sequential numbers starting
at the bottom of the rack. The front and the rear of the rack are marked the same
to ensure that the rails are installed straight and level. One RU has three holes.
The holes for one RU are typically marked with a line below the bottom hole and
another line above the top hole.

Figure 2-1

An example of rack RU space markings

Determining the rack location

Use the following best practices when determining the rack location for the appliance:

■ Be sure to use complete RUs for the appliance. Do not use holes that span

different RUs when you install the rails.

■ The storage shelves are much heavier than the compute node and should be

installed as close to the bottom of the rack as possible.

■ The compute node should always be installed above the Primary Storage Shelf.

■ Do not leave any spaces between the compute node and the storage shelf.

24Preinstallation requirements

Chapter

Installation procedures

This chapter includes the following topics:

■ How to install the Velocity 7330 Appliance hardware

■ Installing the Primary Storage Shelf

■ Installing disk drives into the Primary Storage Shelf

■ Installing the Velocity 7330 compute node

■ Installing the SFPs into the Fibre Channel (FC) ports

■ Connecting the Velocity 7330 compute node to the Primary Storage Shelf

3

■ Connecting the power cords to the hardware

■ Turning on the hardware and verifying operation

How to install the Velocity 7330 Appliance hardware

You need to carry out the following steps to install the Veritas Velocity 7330
Appliance hardware.

Table 3-1

Step 1

Step 2

Velocity 7330 Appliance hardware installation procedures

TaskStep

Install the Primary Storage Shelf.

See “Installing the Primary Storage Shelf” on page 26.

Install the hard disk drives into the Primary Storage Shelf.

See “Installing disk drives into the Primary Storage Shelf” on page 34.

Installing the Primary Storage Shelf

26Installation procedures

Table 3-1

Velocity 7330 Appliance hardware installation procedures

(continued)

TaskStep

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

Step 6

Step 7

Install the compute node.

See “Installing the Velocity 7330 compute node” on page 37.

Install the SFPs into the Fibre Channel (FC) ports.

See “Installing the SFPs into the Fibre Channel (FC) ports” on page 39.

Connect the Primary Storage Shelf to the compute node.

See “Connecting the Velocity 7330 compute node to the Primary Storage

Shelf” on page 41.

Connect the power cables to the appliance components.

See “Connecting the power cords to the hardware” on page 43.

Turn on the appliance components

See “Turning on the hardware and verifying operation” on page 45.

Installing the Primary Storage Shelf

There must be a minimum depth of 76 cm (30 in.) between the front of the rack and
the rear of the rack.

Veritas recommends that two people install the rails; one person at the back of the
rack and one at the front. Veritas also recommends that three people lift and place
the storage shelf into the mounted rails.

Installing the Primary Storage Shelf

Warning: To avoid potential equipment damage and personal injury, do not install

disk drives into the storage shelves before mounting them into the rack. The added
weight of the disk drives hinders the ability to safely install the storage shelves.

To install the storage shelf into the rack

Locate the left and the right rails.

1

Using a Phillips screwdriver, remove the four screws from the front of the rail

2

and the two screws from the rear. Set the screws aside.

27Installation procedures

Front,
Left

Front,
Right

Rear

Installing the Primary Storage Shelf

Identify the front, taller end of each rail.

3

Note the ledge that is perpendicular to the main part of the rail. The storage

shelf sits on this ledge.

Locate the spacers and place them near the rail screws.

4

28Installation procedures

Note: Two types of spacers may ship with the storage shelves. Some spacers

are round, while other spacers are square. Both types of spacers are galvanized

steel. Both types of spacers have the same usage and functionality.

To align the rail with the front and the rear RUs, do the following:

5

■ Locate the RUs on the front and the rear of the rack that you plan to use.

Installing the Primary Storage Shelf

Note: The rear of the rack only uses the two lower RUs for installation. The

front of the rack uses three RUs.

29Installation procedures

■ Use a flathead screwdriver to loosen the inside screws of the rail.

■ Extend the rail so that it fits inside the front and the rear rack posts.

Installing the Primary Storage Shelf

■ Insert the guide pin on the rear of the rail into the top hole of the lowest rear

RU that you plan to use.

30Installation procedures

You can use the flathead screws on the inside of the rail to extend or shorten

6

it to fit into the rack.

Installing the Primary Storage Shelf

You can also use an expansion bracket if you need to reinforce the rear of the

7

rack.

Use the UP arrow to determine whether the bracket should be attached to the

rear of the left or the right rail.

31Installation procedures

To secure the rail to the rack, do the following:

8

■ Place one spacer, each, on two screws. The following illustrations show

square and round spacers. Either type of spacer may ship with the storage
shelf.

■ If you have round spacers insert the raised portion of the spacer into the

rack hole from the rack front. The spacer centers the screw for rail
installation. The raised side of the round spacer is shown at the top of the
following picture.

Installing the Primary Storage Shelf

■ Position the rail behind the rack holes.

■ On the front of the rack, install one spacer and one screw in the lowest hole

in the rack. Then install another spacer and a screw in the middle of the
third RU in the rack.

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The two remaining screws are used later to attach the shelf to the rack.

■ On the rear of the rack, install a spacer and a screw in the middle rack holes

of the two lowest RUs.

Be sure to tighten the flathead screws on the inside of the rail. The rail should

9

fit snugly, without any room for movement.

Front, right Rear, right

Installing the Primary Storage Shelf

Repeat the previous steps to install the right-hand rail.

10

33Installation procedures

To prepare for storage shelf installation, attach the four metal handles to the

11

sides of the storage shelf as follows:

■ Push the top tabs on the handles into the slots on the shelf (1).

■ Angle the handles and insert the bottom tabs (2).

■ Push the entire handle towards the side of the shelf (3).

■ Pull the handles up to secure them into place (4).

Installing disk drives into the Primary Storage Shelf

With one person on each side and one person in front, carefully lift the storage

12

shelf.

Place the rear of the shelf into the rear of the extended rails.

13

Slide the shelf partially into the rack and remove the two rear metal handles.

14

Lift the front of the storage shelf up slightly, then slide it completely into the

15

rack until it engages securely.

Remove the two front metal handles.

16

See “Determining the rack location” on page 23.

Installing disk drives into the Primary Storage
Shelf

Note: Power should not be applied to the storage shelves when you initially install

all of the drives, such as when installing a new shelf.

Each storage shelf has 5 disk drawers, and each drawer holds 12 disks. All 60 disk
drives must be installed.

To help reduce the installation time, Veritas recommends that two people perform
the disk installation. One person should unwrap the disk drive and lift the handle,
then hand it to the other person to install it into the drawer. Both people should wear
ESD protection.

34Installation procedures

Note: If disks are not installed correctly when power is turned on later, errors are
shown in the hardware monitoring systems. The first place to look for information
is the Velocity shell menu. Use the Monitor > Hardware menu.

To install the disk drives into the storage shelf

Move all disk drive boxes to the storage shelf location and open each box. Do

1

not remove any disks or their protective sleeves at this time.

Attach an ESD protective (anti-static) wrist strap to one wrist and connect the

2

other end to the rack.

Installing disk drives into the Primary Storage Shelf

Starting with the bottom drawer (5), use your thumbs to pull out the two orange

3

latches towards the sides of the rack. Then, grasp the latches and pull out the

drawer until you can see all of the disk slots. Do not pull the drawer out further.

The front of each drawer identifies the disk drive slot numbering inside the

drawer. The numbering is the same in all drawers, as follows:

35Installation procedures

Take a disk drive from a box and remove its protective sleeve.

4

Pull up the disk latch and use it as a handle to install the disk into disk space

5

number 1 as follows:

■ Insert the disk straight down into the slot.

■ Align the two raised buttons on each side of the disk with matching gaps

in the slot.

Installing disk drives into the Primary Storage Shelf

■ Make sure that the bottom of the disk is seated completely.

■ Push down slightly and start to pull the disk latch towards you. This action

moves the disk backwards. The connector on the right, rear, of the disk fits
into the pins in the rear of the slot.

36Installation procedures

■ Continue pulling the latch all the way down until it snaps in place under the

orange tab in the front.

Repeat this step for the remaining disk slots in the drawer.

After all 12 disks are installed, push the drawer back into the shelf and push

6

the orange latches inward to secure the drawer.

Repeat steps 4 - 6 for the remaining drawers in the following order:

7

Drawer 4, 3, 2, and then 1.

LEFT

Installing the Velocity 7330 compute node

Installing the Velocity 7330 compute node

The Veritas Velocity 7330 requires two RU rack spaces. Veritas recommends that
you install the compute node in the space directly above the Primary Storage Shelf.

The rails require one RU rack space and must be installed in the upper RU of the
two required for the compute node.

To install the compute node

Locate the two RUs on the front and the rear of the rack that you plan to use.

1

See “Determining the rack location” on page 23.

At the front of the rack, install a cage nut in the center hole of the lower RU on

2

each side.

This hole is used later to secure the compute node to the rack.

Locate the left rail, marked with an L on the side near the front. Note the

3

following:

■ The marked side of the rail must face the side of the rack cabinet when

mounted, not the side of the compute node.

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■ The rail ends contain unique points for engagement in the rack.

The square protrusion at the top should be placed in the top hole of the
RU. The round blue protrusion at the bottom should be placed in the bottom
hole of the RU.

RIGHT

Installing the Velocity 7330 compute node

At the rear upper RU of the rack, insert the rear of the rail into the top and the

4

bottom holes of the RU.

Extend the rail toward the front of the rack and insert it into the top and the

5

bottom holes of the RU.

Repeat steps 4 and 5 to install the right rail.

6

38Installation procedures

Make sure that both rails are parallel and secure.

7

Fully extend both rails forward until the release buttons click.

8

Carefully lift the compute node and tilt the rear down towards the back of the

9

rails.

Locate the slots at the back of each rail.

10

Installing the SFPs into the Fibre Channel (FC) ports

Insert the two rear standoff pegs that extend from the side of the compute node

11

into the last rail slots.

39Installation procedures

Lower the front of the compute node into the rail slots at the front of the rail

12

extenders. A peg in the middle and a peg at the front of the compute node fit

into the rail slots.

Lift up on the rail release buttons and slide the compute node completely into

13

the rack.

Secure the compute node to the rack on each side by tightening the thumbscrew

14

on the front.

Installing the SFPs into the Fibre Channel (FC)
ports

Four small form-factor pluggable (SFP) transceivers are provided. You must insert
them into the four Fibre Channel (FC) ports in slots 1 and 4 in the compute node
rear panel.

To install the SFPs

Slot 4

2

1

2

1

Slot 1

Locate the SFPs.

1

Identify the FC ports in slots 1 and 4.

2

Installing the SFPs into the Fibre Channel (FC) ports

40Installation procedures

Insert an SFP partially into a port.

3

Be sure that the metal handle on the end of the SFP is on the top. You do not

4

need to lift up the handle.

Slot 1

FC

Slot 2

Slot 3

Slot 4

Slot 5

Slot 6

FC

2 1 2 1

Connecting the Velocity 7330 compute node to the Primary Storage Shelf

Verify that the SFP is seated properly.

5

Remove any endcaps from the ports.

6

To remove an SFP end cap:

■ Grasp the top and bottom of an end cap.

41Installation procedures

■ Pull the end cap straight back. Do not twist the end cap.

■ Keep the end caps in a dust-free location in case you need them at another

time.

Connecting the Velocity 7330 compute node to
the Primary Storage Shelf

The compute node ships with four, 1 meter, Fibre Channel (FC) cables. FC cables
connect the compute node to the Primary Storage Shelf canisters. To ensure
communication redundancy, c

onnect the units exactly as described in this topic.

The following diagrams and tables show the locations of the FC ports on both
components.

XX
XX

XX
XX

A
B

Ch1 Ch2

Ch1 Ch2

Connecting the Velocity 7330 compute node to the Primary Storage Shelf

42Installation procedures

Table 3-2

Compute node FC ports

Slot 1; ports 1 and 2

Slot 4; ports 1 and 2

Table 3-3

Primary Storage Shelf FC ports

Canister A; FC Ch1 and FC Ch2

Compute node FC ports

Primary Shelf FC ports

Canister B; FC Ch1 and FC Ch2

To connect the compute node to the Primary Storage Shelf

1

2

Connect the slot 1 FC ports on the compute node to the appropriate Primary

Storage Shelf canister FC ports as follows:

■ Connect compute node slot 1, port 2 to Primary Shelf canister B, FC Ch1

■ Connect compute node slot 1, port 1 to Primary Shelf canister A, FC Ch1

Connect the slot 4 FC ports on the compute node to the appropriate Primary

Storage Shelf canister FC ports as follows:

■ Connect compute node slot 4, port 2 to Primary Shelf canister B, FC Ch2

Compute node

Primary Storage Shelf

A

B

Connecting the power cords to the hardware

■ Connect compute node slot 4, port 1 to Primary Shelf canister A, FC Ch2

Verify that the connections match the ports in the following diagram.

3

43Installation procedures

Connecting the power cords to the hardware

The compute node and the Primary Storage Shelf each contain two AC power
supplies. To ensure power redundancy, connect the power supplies on each
component to different AC power sources.

Typically, the rear of a rack is configured with a Power Distribution Unit (PDU) on
each side. The PDU on each side is from a different source to provide power
redundancy.

Caution: Do not turn on the power to any components while connecting the power
cords. The components must be turned on in a specific sequence to ensure correct
communication.

Connecting the power cords to the hardware

To connect the power cables

Refer to the following section for a description of C-13/C-14 and C-19/C-20

1

power cable connectors as needed.

See “Power cables” on page 18.

Verify that the AC power supply input for the compute node is within one of

2

these ranges:

■ 100 - 127 VAC at 50/60 Hz, 8.2 A

■ 200 - 240 VAC at 50/60 Hz, 4.4 A

Verify that the AC power supply input for the storage shelves is within the range

3

of 200 - 240 VAC at 50/60 Hz, 9.13 - 10.95 A.

For each component, obtain two power cords that are appropriate for your

4

region and equipment.

On the compute node, connect a power cord to each power supply socket.

5

Connect the other end of each cord to a different PDU.

44Installation procedures

On the Primary Shelf, connect a power cord to each power supply socket.

6

Connect the other end of each cord to a different PDU.

See “Turning on the hardware and verifying operation” on page 45.

Turning on the hardware and verifying operation

Turning on the hardware and verifying operation

The hardware components must be turned on in a specific sequence to ensure
correct communication between them.

To turn on the components and verify operation

Check and verify that the following cables are connected properly and securely:

1

■ Data and network cables on the compute node

■ Fiber Channel (FC) cables between the compute node and the Primary

Storage Shelf

■ Power cords from each component to the appropriate Power Distribution

Unit (PDU) in the rack

On the rear of the Primary Storage Shelf, turn on both power switches.

2

45Installation procedures

Verify that the left-most LEDs on both power canisters are green.

3

Power

Standby power

Locate

Temperature

Service action
required

Turning on the hardware and verifying operation

Verify that the Power LED on the front, left, of the shelf is green.

4

46Installation procedures

After approximately 5 to 10 minutes, verify that the shelf has fully initialized as

5

follows:

■ The 12 disk LEDs on the front of each drawer are green.

■ The blue Service Action Allowed LED is not lit.

Turning on the hardware and verifying operation

■ The amber Service Action Required LED is not lit.

The two seven-segment numbers on the rear of the shelf show the shelf ID.

6

For the Primary Storage Shelf, this number should be 99.

47Installation procedures

Turning on the hardware and verifying operation

On the front right panel of the compute node, press the power button to turn

7

on the compute node.

After a few minutes, verify that the compute node has fully initialized as follows:

8

■ On the right front panel of the compute node, locate the triangular Status

LED near the top of the LED panel. The LED should be green during normal
operations.

48Installation procedures

■ Verify that the disk drive LEDs have initialized properly as follows:

The Status LED (1) should not be lit. The following indications are also
possible:

■ A solid, amber, LED indicates a disk fault.

Turning on the hardware and verifying operation

■ A blinking, amber LED indicates that a RAID rebuild is in progress.

The Activity LED (2) indicates the following:

■ The LED is not lit when the disk has spun down, although power is still

on.

■ The LED is solid green when there is no disk activity, although power

is still on.

■ The LED blinks green when the disk spins up.

■ The LED blinks green occasionally when commands are processed.

Proceed to configuring the IPMI port and enabling access to the Veritas Remote

9

Management Console.

See “About the Veritas Remote Management Console on the Velocity physical

appliance” on page 50.

49Installation procedures

Chapter

Veritas Remote Management (IPMI) configuration

This chapter includes the following topics:

■ About the Veritas Remote Management Console on the Velocity physical

appliance

■ Prerequisites for IPMI port configuration

4

■ Configuring the IPMI port

About the Veritas Remote Management Console on the Velocity physical appliance

The Veritas Remote Management Console provides management and monitoring
capabilities independently of the host system's CPU, firmware, and operating system.
This console is accessible through the Intelligent Platform Manageme

nt Interface (IPMI) network port on the back of each Veritas Velocity appliance. For
the best support and initial configuration experience, Veritas recommends that you
configure the IPMI port and make it accessible on your network.

The Veritas Remote Management Console is beneficial after an unexpected power
outage shuts down the connected system. In case the appliance is not accessible
after the power is restored, you can use a PC to access the appliance remotely by
using a network connection to the hardware rather than to an operating system or
login shell. The Veritas Remote Management Console enables you to control and

How does IPMI work?

When an appliance is
powered off or cannot be
accessed using the
network interface

Remote Management

Port

Out of band management using IPMI

Remote Management Console

About the Veritas Remote Management Console on the Velocity physical appliance

monitor the appliance even if it is powered off, unresponsive, or without any operating
system.

51Veritas Remote Management (IPMI) configuration

Figure 4-1

Diagram of how IPMI works

You can use the Veritas Remote Management Console for the following:

■ Manage an appliance that is turned off or unresponsive. Turn on, turn off, or

restart the appliance from a remote location.

■ Provides out-of-band management and helps manage situations where local

physical access to the appliance is not possible or preferred, like branch offices
and remote data centers.

■ Access the Velocity shell menu remotely when the appliance is not accessible

using regular network interfaces.

■ Reimage the appliance using ISO redirection.

■ Monitor appliance hardware health from a remote location.

■ Avoid messy cabling and hardware like keyboard, monitor, and mouse (KVM)

solutions.

Supported browsers

■ Microsoft Edge

■ Mozilla Firefox 46.x and newer

■ Google Chrome 50.x and newer

■ Apple Safari 9.x and newer

Prerequisites for IPMI port configuration

Prerequisites for IPMI port configuration

Verify the following configuration prerequisites:

■ Ensure that you have a dedicated network infrastructure. The remote

management port can auto-negotiate its link speed up to 1 Gbps.

Note: If the IPMI is connected to a managed switch port, you should configure
the switch port to auto-negotiation.

■ The remote management port must be configured as a DHCP or static address.

■ If a firewall exists between the appliance and the remote devices that manage

the appliance (like a laptop computer), open the following ports:

SSH22

HTTP80

SNMP162

HTTPS443

52Veritas Remote Management (IPMI) configuration

KVM623

RMM ISO/CD5120

RMM floppy5123

CD5124

SSL5127

KVM CLI5900

RMM CLI7578

SSL7582

Note: If you have a private internal network, remember to configure the settings
accordingly in your network address translation (NAT).

Configuring the IPMI port

Gather the following information from your network administrator:

Configuring the IPMI port

■ IP address

Get a new IP address to assign to the IPMI port. The default static IP address
of the IPMI port is 192.168.0.10.

■ Subnet mask

Enable connectivity between your network computer and the remote management
port.

■ Gateway IP address

Enable connectivity between your network computer and the remote management
port.

To configure the IPMI port using the Velocity shell menu

To configure the IPMI locally, connect the following components to the

1

appropriate ports on the rear panel of the appliance:

■ A standard video cable between the VGA (Video Graphics Array) port and

a computer monitor.

■ A USB keyboard to a USB port on the appliance.

To configure the IPMI remotely over the network, use SSH to connect to the

appliance IP.

Log on to the Velocity shell menu.

2

Enter the user name and password for the appliance. By default, the user name

is admin and the password is P@ssw0rd where 0 is the number zero.

53Veritas Remote Management (IPMI) configuration

Go to the Main_Menu > Support view.

3

Enter the following command to configure the IPMI port:

4

IPMI Network Configure <IPAddress> <Netmask> <GatewayIPAddress>

Where IP address is the new IP address for the IPMI port. The Subnet mask

and Gateway enable connectivity between your network computer and the

IPMI port.

The IPMI port must be configured as a DHCP or static address.

At any point in time, you can run the following command to see the IPMI network

details:

IPMI Network Show

Type Exit and press Enter to log out of the Velocity shell menu.

5

Use a Cat5 cable to connect the IPMI port to your network.

6

Make sure you can reach the Veritas Remote Management Console over the

7

network using the new address in a web browser.

Index

A

appliance

Fibre Channel HBA support 8
performance and capacity 8
Primary Storage Shelf storage capacities 8
RAID cache specification 8
RAID specifications 8
rear panel 10
rear panel built-in port components 9
rear panel port functions 11
rear panel ports and features 10
rear port color assignments 11
system memory configuration 8

appliance compute node

disk drive layout 9
PCIe options 11
slot assignments and RAID disk assignments 9

C

cables

multi-mode fiber 19
network 18
power 18

compute node

connecting to Primary Shelf 41
installation 37

D

disk drive layout

appliance compute node 9

disk drives

slot numbers

storage system 34

storage shelf

installing 34

storage shelves

layout 34

E

Ethernet ports

Velocity 7330 configurations 12

H

hardware

correct turn on sequence 45
verifying operation 45

I

installation

compute node 37
prepare for 21
Primary Shelf 26
procedures 25
required personnel and equipment 22
requirements 21
storage shelf disks 34
storage shelf into rails 33

storage shelf rails 28
installation requirements 21
IPMI

about 50

configuration prerequisites 52

configure 52

configure with shell menu 53

default IP address 53

P

package

contents 22
PCIe options 11
PCIe slot configurations 11
power cords

connecting to compute node 43

connecting to storage shelves 43
Primary Shelf

connecting to compute node 41
Primary Storage Shelf

about 13

Primary Storage Shelf (continued)

disk drive layout 13
drawer disk layout 15
fan canisters 16
front panel descriptions 13
front panel LED definitions 14
power canisters 16
RAID controller canister LED descriptions 16
RAID controller canisters 16

R

rack location

measure 23

RAID disk assignments

appliance compute node 9
remote management 50
required personnel and equipment 22

S

shipping container

contents 22
storage shelf drawer disk layout 15
storage shelves

disk drives

installing 34
layout 34
slot numbers 34

55Index

V

Veritas Remote Management Console

about 50

configuration prerequisites 52
configure access 52