VERITAS Access 3340 User manual

Veritas Access 3340
Appliance Hardware
Installation Guide

Veritas Access 3340 Appliance Hardware Installation
Guide
Last updated: 2018-03-05
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Chapter 1 Overview ................................................................................ 6
Access 3340 compute node and 5U84 storage shelves ......................... 6
Access 3340 compute node disk drives .............................................. 7
Access 3340 compute node control panel ........................................... 8
Access 3340 compute node rear panel ............................................... 9
5U84 storage shelf drawers and disk drives ....................................... 11
5U84 storage shelf control panel ..................................................... 12
5U84 storage shelf rear panel ......................................................... 14
5U84 storage shelf RAID controller .................................................. 14
5U84 storage shelf Expansion module .............................................. 15
Cables and connectors .................................................................. 15
Chapter 2 Pre-installation requirements ......................................... 17
Customer-provided environment and supplies .................................... 17
Storage shelf shipping container contents .......................................... 18
Compute node shipping container contents ....................................... 19
Dimensions and determining rack locations ....................................... 19
Best practices for rack installation .................................................... 23
Heat dissipation guidelines ............................................................. 24
Cable length verification ................................................................. 25
Prerequisites for IPMI configuration .................................................. 25
Chapter 3 Hardware installation procedures ................................. 27
Overview .................................................................................... 27
Installing a storage shelf ................................................................ 28
Installing disk drives into a storage shelf ............................................ 38
Installing the compute node rack rails ............................................... 41
Installing the compute node into a rack ............................................. 46
Connecting the hardware to two nodes ............................................. 48
Connecting to the network .............................................................. 64
Connecting the power cords to the hardware ...................................... 66
Turning on the hardware and verifying operation ................................. 68
Configuring the IPMI port from the Access Appliance shell menu ............ 71
Accessing and using the Veritas Remote Management interface ............ 74
Contents

Appendix A Configuring the disk space after adding one or
more new Expansion Storage Shelves ................. 76
Adding the disk space of an Expansion Storage Shelf from the Access
3340 Appliance shell menu ...................................................... 76
5Contents

Overview
This chapter includes the following topics:
■Access 3340 compute node and 5U84 storage shelves
■Access 3340 compute node disk drives
■Access 3340 compute node control panel
■Access 3340 compute node rear panel
■5U84 storage shelf drawers and disk drives
■5U84 storage shelf control panel
■5U84 storage shelf rear panel
■5U84 storage shelf RAID controller
■5U84 storage shelf Expansion module
■Cables and connectors
Access 3340 compute node and 5U84 storage
shelves
The Veritas 5U84 storage shelves provide storage capacity to the two Access 3340
compute nodes. You must have a Primary Storage Shelf that connects to the
compute nodes. You can use up to three optional Expansion Storage Shelves for
additional storage.
With the required 5U84 Primary Storage Shelf, the compute nodes operate at 220
VAC at 3.1 A with C13 and C14 connectors. The storage shelves require 200 - 220
VAC at 6.67 A with C19 and C20 connectors.
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Before you install the hardware, refer to the following section for important details
about the dimensions of the hardware.
See “Dimensions and determining rack locations” on page 19.
Each compute node is two rack units (2RU) high.
Each storage shelf is 5RU high and contains 2 drawers with 42 disk drive slots per
drawer.
The rear of the Primary shelf includes two redundant RAID controller I/O modules.
The controller modules connect the Primary shelf to the compute nodes. Each
module has a SAS3 Expansion port for connection to Expansion Storage Shelves.
The Expansion shelves contain two I/O modules for connectivity to the Primary
shelf and to other Expansion shelves.
Refer to the Veritas Access 3340 Appliance Product Description at the following
site for details about usable storage capacity.
Appliance documentation
Access 3340 compute node disk drives
The front panel of the compute node contains 12 disk drive slots. The slots are
numbered from zero in the lower left corner to 11 in the upper right corner.
7Overview
Access 3340 compute node disk drives

The disk drive functions are as follows.
■Slots 0 and 1 - RAID-1 OS volume
■Slot 2 - hot spare
■Slots 3 through 11 - blank
The disk drives in the compute node do not provide usable storage capacity.
Access 3340 compute node control panel
A control panel is located on the right front side of the compute node. The following
table describes the components of the control panel.
DescriptionComponentNumber
The System Status LED uses the colors green and
amber to display the health of the compute node.
Power button with
integrated LED
1
The drive activity LED on the front panel indicates
drive activity from the on-board hard disk
controllers.
Hard Drive Activity LED2
The System ID button toggles on the integrated ID
LED and the blue server board LED and off. The
system ID LED identifies the system for
maintenance when it is racked with similar server
systems.
System ID button with
integrated LED
3
8Overview
Access 3340 compute node control panel

DescriptionComponentNumber
When depressed, the System Cold Reset button
restarts and re-initializes the appliance. Veritas
recommends that you do not use this button.
System Cold Reset Button
(recessed, tool required)
4
The NIC LEDs represent a network interface
controller. When network links are detected on the
controllers, the LEDs are activated and remain on.
The LEDs blink when network activity occurs. The
amount of network activity determines the rate of
blinking.
NIC-4 Activity LED
NIC-3 Activity LED
NIC-1 Activity LED
NIC-2 Activity LED
5
6
8
9
When the NMI button is depressed, the appliance
goes into a halt state, and issues a non-maskable
interrupt (NMI). This feature is useful when you
perform diagnostics for a given issue where a
memory dump is necessary to help determine the
cause of the problem. To prevent an inadvertent
system halt, the NMI button is located behind the
front control panel faceplate. It is only accessible
with the use of a small-tipped tool.
NMI button (recessed, a
tool is required for use)
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The System Status LED is bi-color indicator that
uses the colors green and amber to display the
current health of the compute node.
Two locations are provided for you to monitor the
health of the system. You can find the first location
on the front control panel. The second location is
located on the back edge of the server board. It is
viewable from the rear of the appliance. Both LEDs
show the same state of health.
System Status LED10
Access 3340 compute node rear panel
The rear panel of the compute node contains several components and default ports.
9Overview
Access 3340 compute node rear panel

The PCIe riser assemblies that are outlined in red are numbered 1 and 2 from right
to left. Slots 1 through 6 are shown in the risers.
The following list describes the numbered items.
1. VGA port
2. Three USB ports
3. IPMI remote management port
4. Four copper, RJ45, 1Gb Ethernet* ports, NIC1/eth0, NIC2/eth1, NIC3/eth2,
and NIC4/eth3, left to right.
5. Riser Assembly 1, Slot 4, contains a SAS3 HBA card that connects to the SAS3
ports on the Primary Storage Shelf.
6. Riser Assembly 2, Slot 1, contains a SAS3 HBA card that connects to the SAS3
ports on the Primary Storage Shelf.
7. One two-port 10GbE network interface card (NIC). From left to right the ports
are NIC5/eth4 and NIC6/eth5.
The following diagram shows the location of the Ethernet ports, from 0 to 5.
Note: * The embedded Ethernet ports are copper. PCIe Ethernet ports are fibre.
You cannot bond the copper ports and the fibre ports to each other.
10Overview
Access 3340 compute node rear panel

5U84 storage shelf drawers and disk drives
Each storage shelf includes 2 drawers with 42 disk drive slots each for a total of 84
slots. The following diagrams describe the disk layout for the top drawer and the
bottom drawer. The slot numbers start at the front left side of the drawer. Slot
numbers end in the last row at the right rear of the drawer. The top drawer contains
slots 0 through 41. The bottom drawer contains slots 42 through 83.
The following diagrams show all of the slots in each drawer. The photographs show
the number of the first slot in each drawer.
In the top drawer, slot 41 contains a blank carrier instead of a carrier with a disk
drive. The blank carrier is shown in blue.
Top drawer, rear
Top drawer, front
In the bottom drawer, slot 83 contains a blank carrier instead of a carrier with a disk
drive. The blank carrier is shown in blue.
11Overview
5U84 storage shelf drawers and disk drives

Bottom drawer, rear
Bottom drawer, front
Disk drives are not preconfigured prior to shipping. Any drive can be placed into
any slot. After you have configured the nodes and storage shelves you cannot move
disk drives to new locations.
Each disk drive is encased in a carrier. A label at the top, front end of the carrier
identifies the storage capacity of the disk that is inside the carrier. Carriers that
contain blanks are labelled "BLANK."
5U84 storage shelf control panel
The following table explains the components in the storage shelf control panel.
12Overview
5U84 storage shelf control panel

DescriptionComponentNumber
A numerical display that helps when setting up and
maintaining multiple storage shelves. The Primary
shelf has a default value of 00. The first Expansion
shelf has a value of 01. Subsequent Expansion
shelves have a value of 02 and 03.
Unit identification
(ID) display
1
Used to set the unit identification display.Input switch2
Amber when the system is in standby mode.
Green when the system is on.
Power LED3
Amber when there is a system hardware fault.
An LED may be lit on a power supply, drawer, disk
carrier, cooling module, or I/O module to identify
which component is at fault.
Module fault LED4
Shows a change of status or a fault. Typically these
changes of status or faults are associated with the
shelf's disk drives. However, the Logical Status
LED can also indicate an issue with an internal
RAID controller or external RAID controller, or with
a host bus adapter.
Logical status LED5
Indicates a drive, cable, or sideplane fault in Drawer
1, the top drawer.
Drawer 1 fault LED6
Indicates a drive, cable, or sideplane fault in Drawer
2, the bottom drawer.
Drawer 2 fault LED7
13Overview
5U84 storage shelf control panel

5U84 storage shelf rear panel
The rear panel of a 5U84 storage shelf contains the following components:
■Two I/O module slots, which contain either redundant RAID controllers or
Expansion modules. (Item 1)
■Five cooling modules (Item 2)
■Two power supply units (PSUs) (Item 3)
Each cooling module contains two fans. Cooling modules can be individually
replaced but cannot be taken apart to replace only one fan.
Refer to the following sections for information about the I/O modules.
See “5U84 storage shelf Expansion module” on page 15.
5U84 storage shelf RAID controller
The Primary Storage Shelf contains two RAID controllers in I/O module slots. The
controllers are labeled A and B, from left to right as you look at the rear panel of a
shelf. Each controller has two sets of SAS3 ports. From left to right the SAS3 ports
for each controller are labeled 3, 2, 1, and 0. The single SAS3 port on the left side
of each RAID controller connects to a SAS3 port on the Expansion shelf.
14Overview
5U84 storage shelf rear panel

5U84 storage shelf Expansion module
Each Expansion Storage Shelf contains two I/O modules. The modules are labeled
A and B, from left to right as you look at the rear panel of a shelf. Each module has
three SAS3 ports that are labeled A, B, and C from left to right.
A yellow label states that port B is for attachment to a server only. You cannot use
this port without permission and assistance from Veritas Technical Support.
The SAS3 ports connect to the SAS port on each RAID controller on the Primary
Shelf and to other Expansion Shelves.
SAS3 ports Ethernet
port
AB C
Cables and connectors
Compute nodes connect to each other with 1G Ethernet cables.
The compute nodes connect to the Primary Storage Shelf with SAS3 cables.
The Primary Storage Shelf connects to Expansion Storage Shelf I/O modules with
SAS3 cables.
Expansion Storage Shelves connect to each other with SAS3 cables.
The power connector that attaches to a storage shelf has a right-angled form factor.
15Overview
5U84 storage shelf Expansion module

A security tie assures continued connection between the power cable and the
storage shelf.
16Overview
Cables and connectors

Pre-installation
requirements
This chapter includes the following topics:
■Customer-provided environment and supplies
■Storage shelf shipping container contents
■Compute node shipping container contents
■Dimensions and determining rack locations
■Best practices for rack installation
■Heat dissipation guidelines
■Cable length verification
■Prerequisites for IPMI configuration
Customer-provided environment and supplies
The storage shelf rails can extend from 713mm (28.07in) to 884mm (33.23in) in
length. Be sure that your racks accommodate these rails.
For best ventilation, the rack cabinet:
■Should be at least 100 cm (4 feet) from walls
■Should be at least 100 cm (4 feet) from other cabinets on the front and back of
the compute node and the storage shelves
The following list describes the necessary personnel and equipment that are needed
at the installation site:
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■At least one person or a mechanical lift to move the compute node.
■Three people or a mechanical lift to move each storage shelf.
■A magnetic Philips-head screw driver to install the storage shelf rails into the
rack.
■A Torx T20 screwdriver to lock each of the two drawers in a storage shelf.
■Cables to connect the compute node to your corporate network.
■A USB-keyboard and a monitor to connect to the compute node.
■A 19-inch rack with dual Power Distribution Units (PDUs) with 120VAC or
220VAC power input for the compute node.
■A 19-inch rack with dual Power Distribution Units (PDUs) with 220VAC power
input for the storage shelves.
Refer to the following section for more details.
See “Heat dissipation guidelines” on page 24.
Storage shelf shipping container contents
Each storage shelf container includes other boxes and contents as follows.
■Open Me First envelope, containing:
■Deployment plan that provides basic information and links to detailed
information
■Cable straps
■Envelope, containing;
■Warranty agreement
■Environmental compliance statement
■Hardware cable connections poster
■Rack templates
■Rack rails and mounting hardware
■Two SAS-3 cables with each Expansion shelf
■Two power cords
■One bezel for each drawer
The disk drives ship separately from the storage shelves. Each disk drive shipping
container includes 42 disk drive slots.
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Storage shelf shipping container contents

Each Access 3340 storage disk drive box includes one carrier with a blank. In the
top drawer this blank carrier is inserted into slot 41. In the bottom drawer this blank
carrier is inserted into slot 83.
After you have installed the storage shelves into a rack, you should install the disk
drives into the drawer.
Compute node shipping container contents
Each compute node and each storage shelf is shipped in separate containers. Each
container includes other boxes and contents. The disk drives are installed into the
compute node at the factory.
The following items ship within the compute node box.
Open Me First envelope, containing:
■Deployment plan that provides basic information and links to detailed information
■Cable straps
Envelope containing:
■Warranty agreement
■Environmental compliance statement
■USB drive with factory image
Hardware such as:
■Hardware cable connections poster
■Rack templates
■Rack rails and mounting hardware
■Four SAS3 cables
■Two power cords
■Bezel
Dimensions and determining rack locations
Physical specifications for the compute node include the following.
■Each node is two rack units (2RU) high.
■Node measurements are listed below.
■Height: 8.89cm (3.5")
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Compute node shipping container contents

■Width: 48.26cm (19")
■Length/depth: 79.38cm (31.25")
■The compute node rails are extensible to 914mm (36in). This distance is the
maximum depth that is allowed between rack posts.
Physical specifications for the 5U84 storage shelves include the following.
■Each storage shelf is 5RU high.
■Storage shelf measurements are listed below.
■Height: 22.23cm (8.75")
■Width: 48.26cm (19")
■Length/depth: 93.35cm (36.75") from the rear of the front flanges to the
extreme rear of the storage shelf chassis.
Note: The 5U84 storage shelf is longer than a standard IEC-compliant rack.
Be sure that your rack cabinet and Power Distribution Units accommodate
the length of the storage shelves.
■The storage shelf rails measure 71.3cm to 88.4cm (28" to 34.8") in length. Be
sure that your rack accommodates this distance from the inside of the front post
to the inside of the rear post. Plan for additional space to accommodate power
strips, power cords, and other cables.
When you plan the installation be sure to allocate enough space for all of the
hardware. A typical installation has the storage shelves on the bottom and the
compute node(s) at the top.
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Dimensions and determining rack locations