VERITAS NetBackup Series User manual

Veritas NetBackup™
Appliance Fibre Channel
Guide
Release 3.1 and 3.1.1
NetBackup 52xx and 53xx

Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance Fibre Channel Guide
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Chapter 1 Introducing Fibre Channel support on NetBackup
Appliance ......................................................................... 6
About Fibre Channel supported features on NetBackup Appliance
............................................................................................. 6
About NetBackup Fibre Transport ...................................................... 9
About NetBackup SAN Client and Fibre Transport ................................ 9
About the SAN Client license key ............................................... 11
About Fibre Transport for optimized duplication and Auto Image
Replication between appliances ................................................ 11
Supported data transfer methods for NetBackup appliances .................. 12
About Fibre Channel feature support with appliance HBA
configurations .................................................................. 14
About the NetBackup 5230 rear panel configurations ..................... 18
NetBackup 5240 Appliance I/O configuration options ..................... 20
NetBackup 5330 Appliance compute node PCIe slot I/O
configuration options ......................................................... 23
Available 5340 Appliance PCIe-based I/O configurations ................ 24
About Fibre Transport paths for NetBackup appliances ........................ 27
Chapter 2 About the HBA port mode configuration ..................... 32
About FTMS reserved HBA ports and the factory default port mode
configuration ......................................................................... 32
Supported Fibre Channel port configurations for the NetBackup 5220
and 5230 appliances ............................................................... 37
Supported Fibre Channel port configuration for the NetBackup 5240
appliances ............................................................................ 43
Supported Fibre Channel port configurations for the NetBackup 53xx
appliances ............................................................................ 47
Chapter 3 Zoning the FC SAN ........................................................... 51
How to determine appliance HBA WWPNs ........................................ 51
About zoning the SAN for NetBackup appliances ................................ 51
About HBA link status on the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu ............. 56
Contents

Chapter 4 Configuring Fibre Transport on the appliance
........................................................................................... 58
Settings > Network > Fibre Transport ............................................... 59
About the HBA port mode configuration table ............................... 61
Configuring Fibre Transport media server for SAN Client ...................... 62
Configuring Fibre Transport media sever settings ................................ 63
About Fibre Transport media server verification .................................. 65
Guidelines for changing NetBackup appliance FT target ports to receive
data streams from multiple SAN Client FC initiator ports ................. 66
Configuring Fibre Transport for optimized duplication and Auto Image
Replication over FC ................................................................ 67
Configuring Fibre Transport to other NetBackup appliances .................. 68
About the Fibre Transport chunk size ......................................... 70
Configuring Fibre Transport on a target appliance for optimized
duplication and replication ........................................................ 71
About Fibre Transport Deduplication target mode port verification .......... 74
Configuring direct backups from a NetBackup 52xx or 53xx appliance
to a NetBackup 50xx appliance using Fibre Channel ...................... 74
How to configure two NetBackup 52xx or 53xx appliances in different
domains for MSDP replication ................................................... 76
Chapter 5 About backup to tape support ........................................ 78
About backup to tape support for NetBackup appliances ...................... 78
Chapter 6 VMware support ................................................................. 80
About NetBackup appliance as a VMware backup host ........................ 80
NetBackup appliance as backup host: component overview ............ 80
Notes on NetBackup appliance as a VMware backup host .............. 81
About appliance dynamic multi-pathing for VMware backups with SAN
transport ............................................................................... 81
Index .................................................................................................................... 83
5Contents

Introducing Fibre Channel
support on NetBackup
Appliance
This chapter includes the following topics:
■About Fibre Channel supported features on NetBackup Appliance
■About NetBackup Fibre Transport
■About NetBackup SAN Client and Fibre Transport
■About Fibre Transport for optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication
between appliances
■Supported data transfer methods for NetBackup appliances
■About Fibre Transport paths for NetBackup appliances
About Fibre Channel supported features on
NetBackup Appliance
The appliances are rack-mount servers that run on the Linux operating system.
NetBackup Enterprise Server software is already installed and configured to work
with the operating system, the disk storage units, and the robotic tape device.
To use the NetBackup Enterprise Server software on the NetBackup appliance with
the supported Fibre Channel (FC) features, you must configure the appliance FC
settings first.
1
Chapter

The NetBackup 52xx and 53xx appliances support the use of FC with some or all
of the following features depending on hardware configuration:
■SAN Client
■Optimized duplication
■Auto Image Replication
■NetBackup for VMware
■Tape out
Note: Optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication over FC are only supported
with NetBackup appliance products, and not supported with non-appliance
NetBackup servers.
Note: NetBackup appliance supports the use of the DD Boost plug-in and its
capabilities.
SAN Client
This feature provides high-speed backups and restores of NetBackup clients. A
SAN client is a special NetBackup client that can back up large amounts of data
rapidly over a SAN connection rather than a LAN. The backup and restore traffic
occurs over FC, and the NetBackup server and client administration traffic occurs
over the LAN.
You must enable the Fibre Transport media server (FTMS) feature on the NetBackup
52xx or 53xx appliance to use it for backing up SAN clients.
See “Configuring Fibre Transport media server for SAN Client” on page 62.
Optimized duplication
Optimized duplication copies the deduplicated backup images between appliances
within the same domain.
For optimized duplication over FC, the duplication source must be a NetBackup
52xx or 53xx appliance. The duplication destination can be a NetBackup 5020,
5030, 52xx or 53xx appliance.
The source and the destination must use the same NetBackup master server. The
optimized duplication operation is more efficient than normal duplication because
only the unique, deduplicated data segments are transferred. Optimized duplication
reduces the amount of data transmission over your network and is a good method
to copy your backup images off-site for disaster recovery.
7Introducing Fibre Channel support on NetBackup Appliance
About Fibre Channel supported features on NetBackup Appliance

You must configure appliances at both the source and the destination for optimized
duplication over FC.
See “Configuring Fibre Transport for optimized duplication and Auto Image
Replication over FC” on page 67.
Note: When you perform duplication jobs from the NetBackup Administration
Console, you can monitor the jobs by using the Activity Monitor. But in the Detailed
Status tab, the Transport Type field always reports LAN for jobs over FC. To see
the correct transport type, refer to the details in the Status box.
Auto Image Replication
The backups that are generated in one NetBackup domain can be replicated to
storage in one or more target NetBackup domains. This process is referred to as
Auto Image Replication.
You must configure appliances at both the source and the destination for Auto
Image Replication over FC.
You can use a NetBackup 52xx or 53xx appliance as the replication destination.
See “Configuring Fibre Transport for optimized duplication and Auto Image
Replication over FC” on page 67.
For information about Auto Image Replication, see the NetBackup Deduplication
Guide.
Note: When you perform replication jobs from the NetBackup Administration
Console, you can monitor the jobs by using the Activity Monitor. But in the Detailed
Status tab, the Transport Type field always reports LAN for jobs over FC. To see
the correct transport type, refer to the details in the Status box.
NetBackup for VMware
This feature provides backup and restore of the VMware virtual machines that run
on VMware ESX servers. NetBackup for VMware takes advantage of VMware
vStorage APIs for data protection. The backup process is off-loaded from the ESX
server to a VMware backup host.
Starting with NetBackup 52xx and 5330 appliance software version 2.5, you can
use the appliance as a VMware backup host. Earlier software versions required a
separate Windows system as the host.
For information about how to configure a NetBackup 52xx or 53xx as a VMware
backup host, refer to the following topics:
See “About NetBackup appliance as a VMware backup host” on page 80.
8Introducing Fibre Channel support on NetBackup Appliance
About Fibre Channel supported features on NetBackup Appliance

See “Notes on NetBackup appliance as a VMware backup host” on page 81.
For complete details about NetBackup for VMware and how to configure VMware
policies, see the NetBackup for VMware Administrator's Guide.
Tape out
NetBackup appliance supports backups to tape so that you can connect one or
more tape libraries to them with FC. An FC host bus adapter (HBA) provides for
connection to a TLD tape storage device.
For information about how to configure a NetBackup 52xx or 53xx for backups to
tape, refer to the following topic:
See “About backup to tape support for NetBackup appliances” on page 78.
See “Supported Fibre Channel port configurations for the NetBackup 5220 and
5230 appliances” on page 37.
See “Supported Fibre Channel port configurations for the NetBackup 53xx
appliances” on page 47.
See “Supported Fibre Channel port configuration for the NetBackup 5240 appliances”
on page 43.
About NetBackup Fibre Transport
NetBackup Fibre Transport is a method of data transfer. It uses Fibre Channel and
a subset of the SCSI command protocol for data movement over a SAN rather than
TCP/IP over a LAN. It provides a high-performance transport mechanism for the
following scenarios:
■Backup and restore between NetBackup clients and NetBackup media servers
■Optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication between NetBackup media
servers
See “About NetBackup SAN Client and Fibre Transport” on page 9.
See “About Fibre Transport for optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication
between appliances” on page 11.
About NetBackup SAN Client and Fibre Transport
SAN Client is a NetBackup optional feature that provides high-speed backups and
restores of NetBackup clients.
9Introducing Fibre Channel support on NetBackup Appliance
About NetBackup Fibre Transport

Note: If you plan to use the SAN Client feature with your appliance and you have
SLES 10 clients with QLogic FC HBA cards, a driver update is required. Before you
proceed with backups of any SLES 10 clients, Veritas recommends that you first
upgrade the QLogic driver in all SLES 10 clients to version 8.03.07.03.10.3-k or
later.
A SAN client is a special NetBackup client that can back up large amounts of data
rapidly over a SAN connection rather than a LAN. For example, a database host
can benefit from high-speed backups and restores. Fibre Transport is the name of
the NetBackup high-speed data transport method that is part of the SAN Client
feature.
The backup and restore traffic occurs over Fibre Channel (FC), and the NetBackup
server and client administration traffic occurs over the LAN.
For a NetBackup 52xx or 53xx appliance, Fibre Transport also provides high-speed
traffic to a NetBackup 5000 series appliance that supports Fibre Transport. The
5000 series appliance functions as the storage host for SAN client backups.
Figure 1-1 shows a SAN Client configuration.
Figure 1-1 A SAN Client configuration
SAN clients (database servers and
application hosts)
Fibre Transport media servers
Disk and tape storage
FT traffic zone
Backup traffic zone
10Introducing Fibre Channel support on NetBackup Appliance
About NetBackup SAN Client and Fibre Transport

For more information about SAN Client and Fibre Transport, see the NetBackup
SAN Client and Fibre Transport Guide from the NetBackup Documentation set at
the following link:
http://www.veritas.com/docs/DOC5332
See “About the SAN Client license key” on page 11.
See “About zoning the SAN for NetBackup appliances” on page 51.
See “About Fibre Transport paths for NetBackup appliances” on page 27.
About the SAN Client license key
On the NetBackup master server, enter the license that activates the SAN Client
feature.
If the license expires or is unavailable (such as in a disaster recovery situation),
backups and restores occur over the LAN.
About Fibre Transport for optimized duplication
and Auto Image Replication between appliances
For a NetBackup 52xx or 53xx appliance, Fibre Transport (FT) provides high-speed
traffic to another NetBackup appliance that supports FT. The traffic can be for
optimized duplication or Auto Image Replication.
For optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication over FT, the source appliance
must be a NetBackup 52xx or 53xx appliance. The target appliance can be the
following:
■NetBackup 5020 or 5030 appliance
■NetBackup 52xx or 53xx appliance
Note: On the NetBackup 52xx or 53xx appliances, the support for optimized
duplication or Auto Image Replication over FT depends on the HBA configuration
of each appliance.
See “About Fibre Channel feature support with appliance HBA configurations”
on page 14.
To use FT for optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication, you must complete
different FT settings on the source and the target appliances.
■On the source appliance, you must enable FT for optimized duplication and
replication to other appliances.
11Introducing Fibre Channel support on NetBackup Appliance
About Fibre Transport for optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication between appliances

■On the target appliance, you must enable FT for use as the target for optimized
duplication and replication. You can customize the port configuration on the
source and the target appliance. Note that the target mode and ports are different
than those for SAN Client Fibre Transport media server (FTMS).
Note: When you perform duplication or replication jobs from the NetBackup
Administration Console, you can monitor the jobs by using the Activity Monitor.
But in the Detailed Status tab, the Transport Type field always reports LAN for
jobs over FC. To see the correct transport type, refer to the details in the Status
box.
See “About Fibre Transport paths for NetBackup appliances” on page 27.
See “Configuring Fibre Transport for optimized duplication and Auto Image
Replication over FC” on page 67.
See “About FTMS reserved HBA ports and the factory default port mode
configuration” on page 32.
See “Settings > Network > Fibre Transport” on page 59.
Supported data transfer methods for NetBackup
appliances
Table 1-1 describes the supported data transfer methods between NetBackup
appliances. Specifically, NetBackup deduplication appliance models 5020 or 5030
and NetBackup appliance models 5220, 5230, 5240, 53xx or 5340. The information
includes whether the supported method uses Fibre Channel (FC) or TCP/IP.
Note: The supported methods over TCP/IP are also supported with non-appliance
NetBackup servers. But optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication over FC
are only supported withNetBackup appliance products. Depending on the HBA
configuration, some appliances cannot be used as the target appliance for optimized
duplication and Auto Image Replication.
Table 1-1 Supported data transfer methods for NetBackup appliances
OperationTargetSourceMethod
Optimized duplication52xx/53xx52xx/53xxFC
Auto Image Replication52xx/53xx52xx/53xxFC
12Introducing Fibre Channel support on NetBackup Appliance
Supported data transfer methods for NetBackup appliances

Table 1-1 Supported data transfer methods for NetBackup
appliances (continued)
OperationTargetSourceMethod
Optimized duplication (See note below
table.)
5020/503052xx/53xxFC
Auto Image Replication. (See note below
table.)
5020/503052xx/53xxFC
Optimized duplication5020/50305020/5030FC
Auto Image Replication5020/50305020/5030FC
Media server deduplication52xx/53xxSAN ClientFC
Optimized duplication52xx/53xx52xx/53xxTCP/IP
Auto Image Replication52xx/53xx52xx/53xxTCP/IP
Optimized duplication5020/503052xx/53xxTCP/IP
Auto Image Replication5020/503052xx/53xxTCP/IP
Optimized duplication5020/50305020/5030TCP/IP
Auto Image Replication5020/50305020/5030TCP/IP
Optimized duplication52xx/53xx5020/5030TCP/IP
Note: For deduplication operations, the 5220, 5230, 5240, 53xx and the 5340
appliances can also leverage FC connectivity to directly communicate with the 5020
and 5030 appliances. For more information, refer to the following topic:
See “Configuring direct backups from a NetBackup 52xx or 53xx appliance to a
NetBackup 50xx appliance using Fibre Channel” on page 74.
Table 1-2 describes the unsupported data transfer methods for NetBackup
Deduplication and NetBackup appliances.
Table 1-2 Unsupported data transfer methods for NetBackup appliances
OperationTargetSourceMethod
Optimized duplication52xx/53xx5020/5030FC
Auto Image Replication52xx/53xx5020/5030FC
Client-side deduplication5020/5030SAN ClientFC
13Introducing Fibre Channel support on NetBackup Appliance
Supported data transfer methods for NetBackup appliances

Table 1-2 Unsupported data transfer methods for NetBackup
appliances (continued)
OperationTargetSourceMethod
Client-side deduplication52xx/53xxSAN ClientFC
Auto Image Replication52xx/53xx5020/5030TCP/IP
See “About Fibre Channel supported features on NetBackup Appliance” on page 6.
See “About the NetBackup 5230 rear panel configurations” on page 18.
See “NetBackup 5330 Appliance compute node PCIe slot I/O configuration options”
on page 23.
See “NetBackup 5240 Appliance I/O configuration options” on page 20.
About Fibre Channel feature support with appliance HBA
configurations
Fibre Channel (FC) feature support depends on the particular HBA configuration
of each appliance. This section describes what FC features are supported with
different appliance HBA configurations.
To check whether a particular FC feature is supported on your appliance, refer to
the following tables.
■See Table 1-3 on page 15.
■See Table 1-4 on page 15.
■See Table 1-5 on page 16.
■See Table 1-6 on page 17.
If you do not know what HBA configuration you have on the appliance model, refer
to the following topics for the appliance rear panel configuration:
See “About the NetBackup 5230 rear panel configurations” on page 18.
See “NetBackup 5240 Appliance I/O configuration options” on page 20.
See “NetBackup 5330 Appliance compute node PCIe slot I/O configuration options”
on page 23.
You can also refer to the NetBackup Appliance Product Description Guide for your
appliance model at the NetBackup Appliance Documentation page.
14Introducing Fibre Channel support on NetBackup Appliance
Supported data transfer methods for NetBackup appliances

Table 1-3 Supported FC features on NetBackup 5220 appliance
Supported FC featuresConfiguration
Not supported5220 A
■Optimized Duplication
■Auto Image Replication
■Tape out
■NetBackup for VMware
5220 B
■Optimized Duplication
■Auto Image Replication
■Tape out
■NetBackup for VMware
5220 C
■SAN Client
■Optimized Duplication
■Auto Image Replication
■Tape out
■NetBackup for VMware
5220 D
■SAN Client
■Optimized Duplication
■Auto Image Replication
■Tape out
■NetBackup for VMware
5220 E
Table 1-4 Supported FC features on NetBackup 5230 appliance
Supported FC featuresConfiguration
Not supported5230 A
■Optimized Duplication
■Auto Image Replication
■Tape out
■NetBackup for VMware
5230 B
■Optimized Duplication
■Auto Image Replication
■Tape out
■NetBackup for VMware
5230 C
15Introducing Fibre Channel support on NetBackup Appliance
Supported data transfer methods for NetBackup appliances

Table 1-4 Supported FC features on NetBackup 5230 appliance (continued)
Supported FC featuresConfiguration
■SAN Client
■Optimized Duplication
■Auto Image Replication
■Tape out
■NetBackup for VMware
5230 D
■SAN Client
■Optimized Duplication
■Auto Image Replication
■Tape out
■NetBackup for VMware
5230 E
Table 1-5 Supported FC features on NetBackup 5240 appliance
Supported FC featuresConfiguration
Not supported5240 A
■Optimized duplication
■Auto Image Replication
■Tape out
■NetBackup for VMware
5240 B
■Optimized duplication
■Auto Image Replication
■Tape out
■NetBackup for VMware
5240 C
■SAN Client
■Optimized duplication
■Auto Image Replication
■Tape out
■NetBackup for VMware
5240 D
■SAN Client
■Optimized duplication
■Auto Image Replication
■Tape out
■NetBackup for VMware
5240 E
16Introducing Fibre Channel support on NetBackup Appliance
Supported data transfer methods for NetBackup appliances

Table 1-5 Supported FC features on NetBackup 5240 appliance (continued)
Supported FC featuresConfiguration
■Optimized duplication
■Auto Image Replication
■Tape out
■NetBackup for VMware
5240 F
■Optimized duplication
■Auto Image Replication
■Tape out
■NetBackup for VMware
5240 G
■SAN Client
■Optimized duplication (Only as a source appliance)
■Auto Image Replication (Only as a source appliance)
■Tape out
■NetBackup for VMware
Note: This configuration cannot be used as a target appliance for
optimized duplication or Auto Image Replication over FC.
5240 H
Not supported5240 J
■SAN Client
■Optimized duplication
■Auto Image Replication
■Tape out
■NetBackup for VMware
5240 K
■Optimized duplication
■Auto Image Replication
■Tape out
■NetBackup for VMware
5240 L
Table 1-6 Supported FC features on NetBackup 53xx appliance
Supported FC featuresConfiguration
Not supported53xx A
■Optimized Duplication
■Auto Image Replication
■Tape out
■NetBackup for VMware
53xx B
17Introducing Fibre Channel support on NetBackup Appliance
Supported data transfer methods for NetBackup appliances

Table 1-6 Supported FC features on NetBackup 53xx appliance (continued)
Supported FC featuresConfiguration
■SAN Client
■Optimized Duplication (Only as a source appliance)
■Auto Image Replication (Only as a source appliance)
■Tape out
■NetBackup for VMware
Note: This configuration cannot be used as a target appliance for
optimized duplication or Auto Image Replication over FC.
53xx C
■SAN Client
■Optimized Duplication
■Auto Image Replication
■Tape out
■NetBackup for VMware
53xx D
■SAN Client
■Optimized Duplication
■Auto Image Replication
■Tape out
■NetBackup for VMware
53xx E
See “About the NetBackup 5230 rear panel configurations” on page 18.
See “NetBackup 5330 Appliance compute node PCIe slot I/O configuration options”
on page 23.
See “NetBackup 5240 Appliance I/O configuration options” on page 20.
About the NetBackup 5230 rear panel configurations
The NetBackup 5230 appliance ships in the following configurations. The external
storage shelves can be ordered as separate devices.
Table 1-7 NetBackup 5230 rear panel configurations
Slot 6Slot 5Slot 4Slot 3Slot 2Slot 1Configuration
Not
populated
Not
populated
Not
populated
Not
populated
Not
populated
Not
populated
A
Not
populated
Not
populated
Dual 8 Gb
Fibre
Channel
Not
populated
Not
populated
Not
populated
B
18Introducing Fibre Channel support on NetBackup Appliance
Supported data transfer methods for NetBackup appliances

Table 1-7 NetBackup 5230 rear panel configurations (continued)
Slot 6Slot 5Slot 4Slot 3Slot 2Slot 1Configuration
Not
populated
Not
populated
Dual 8 Gb
Fibre
Channel
Dual 10
GbE
Ethernet
Not
populated
Not
populated
C
Dual 8 Gb
Fibre
Channel
Dual 8 Gb
Fibre
Channel
Dual 8 Gb
Fibre
Channel
Dual 10
GbE
Ethernet
Dual 8 Gb
Fibre
Channel
Not
populated
D
Dual 8 Gb
Fibre
Channel
Dual 8 Gb
Fibre
Channel
Dual 8 Gb
Fibre
Channel
Dual 8 Gb
Fibre
Channel
Dual 8 Gb
Fibre
Channel
Not
populated
E
Not
populated
Not
populated
Not
populated
Not
populated
Not
populated
SAS
RAID
controller
A
(with an
external
storage shelf)
Not
populated
Not
populated
Dual 8 Gb
Fibre
Channel
Not
populated
Not
populated
SAS
RAID
controller
B
(with an
external
storage shelf)
Not
populated
Not
populated
Dual 8 Gb
Fibre
Channel
Dual 10
GbE
Ethernet
Not
populated
SAS
RAID
controller
C
(with an
external
storage shelf)
Dual 8 Gb
Fibre
Channel
Dual 8 Gb
Fibre
Channel
Dual 8 Gb
Fibre
Channel
Dual 10
GbE
Ethernet
Dual 8 Gb
Fibre
Channel
SAS
RAID
controller
D
(with an
external
storage shelf)
Dual 8 Gb
Fibre
Channel
Dual 8 Gb
Fibre
Channel
Dual 8 Gb
Fibre
Channel
Dual 8 Gb
Fibre
Channel
Dual 8 Gb
Fibre
Channel
SAS
RAID
controller
E
(with an
external
storage shelf)
Configuration D notes:
■You can use the FC ports in slots 2 and 4 for VMware, Optimized Deduplication
over FC, or tape library connectivity. Both ports on each card are configured in
Initiator mode.
19Introducing Fibre Channel support on NetBackup Appliance
Supported data transfer methods for NetBackup appliances

■You can use the FC ports in slots 5 and 6 for Fibre Transport media server
(FTMS) support.
■Understand that port 1 on the FC HBA cards in slots 5 and 6 is configured in
Target mode. The other port on these cards is configured in Initiator mode.
Configuration E notes:
■You can use the FC ports in slots 2, 3, and 4 for VMware, Optimized
Deduplication over FC, or tape library connectivity. Both ports on each card are
configured in Initiator mode.
■You can use the FC ports in slots 5 and 6 for Fibre Transport media server
(FTMS) support.
■Understand that port 1 on the FC HBA cards in slots 5 and 6 is configured in
Target mode. The other port on these cards is configured in Initiator mode.
For complete information about FC HBA card usage, see the NetBackup Appliance
Fibre Channel Guide.
NetBackup 5240 Appliance I/O configuration options
The rear panel of the NetBackup 5240 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. Slots 1, 2, and 3 are located in PCIe riser card assembly
2. Slots 4, 5, and 6 are located in PCIe riser card assembly 1, while slots 7 and 8
are located in PCIe riser card assembly 3.
Figure 1-2 Rear panel riser assembly locations and PCIe slot assignments
(example: Configuration F)
7
3
2
8
4
5
6
Riser
Assembly 3
Riser
Assembly 2
Riser
Assembly 1
1
The NetBackup 5240 Appliance supports multiple PCIe-based I/O configuration
options. The following table shows the different I/O configuration options that are
available.
20Introducing Fibre Channel support on NetBackup Appliance
Supported data transfer methods for NetBackup appliances