About the compute node rear panel

The rear panel of the appliance compute node has several access ports and other features, which are displayed in the following figures.

Figure: Veritas 5340 Appliance compute node rear panel overview

$Veritas 5340 Appliance compute node rear panel overview$

Table: Compute node rear panel features and connectors

Number	Function
1,2	Power Supply 1 and Power Supply 2 - Dual, redundant, and hot-swappable power supply modules
3	DB-15 VGA monitor connector
4	Serial port - Serial connection for Veritas Technical Support use only
5	Three stacked USB 3.0 Type A serial ports for general use
6	IPMI port - An external RJ45 port used for appliance remote management purposes
7	eth0/NIC1/host1 NetBackup Appliance (eth0/NIC1): Used for the initial configuration of the appliance. After completing the initial configuration, you can connect NIC1 (eth0) to an administrative network that does not provide any backup data transfer. For more information, see the NetBackup™ 53xx Appliance Initial Configuration Guide. Note: Veritas does not support forming a NIC bond using eth0/NIC1 with other eth/NIC ports. Flex Appliance (host1): A 1-GbE port copper connector that you can connect to an administrative network to manage the 5340 Appliance system. It is bonded with host0 during initial configuration as bond mgmt0.
8	eth1/NIC2/host0 NetBackup Appliance (eth1/NIC2): A 1-GbE port for general use. Flex Appliance (host0): A 1-GbE port copper connector that you can connect to an administrative network to manage the 5340 Appliance system. It is bonded with host1 during initial configuration as bond mgmt0.
9	eth2/NIC3/privnic1 NetBackup Appliance (eth2/NIC3): A 1-GbE port for general use. Flex Appliance (privnic1): A 1-GbE Private Low Latency Transport port that is used for connections between the two appliance compute nodes. The privnic1 ports on each of the 5340 compute nodes attach to each other using straight through or cross-over cables.
10	eth3/NIC4/privnic0 NetBackup Appliance (eth3/NIC4): A 1-GbE port for general use. Flex Appliance (privnic0): A 1-GbE Private Low Latency Transport port that is used for connections between the two appliance compute nodes. The privnic0 ports on each of the 5340 compute nodes attach to each other using straight through or cross-over cables.
11	PCIe riser assembly 1 *
12	PCIe riser assembly 2 *
13	PCIe riser assembly 3 * Contains two half height PCIe slots. Note: PCIe riser assembly 2 and riser assembly 3 are riveted together. As a result, riser assembly 2 and riser assembly 3 are removed as one unit.
* The 5340 Appliance add-in cards are available in multiple configurations. Several configurations include at least one Fibre Channel host bus adapter card for VMware, optimized deduplication over Fibre Channel, or tape library connectivity. In some configurations the Fibre Channel host bus adapter cards are installed into some of the PCIe slots. If the cards are installed in slots 5 and 6, the configuration supports Fibre Transport Media Server (FTMS) mode. Port 1 of each card is configured by default as Target, while port 2 is configured by default as Initiator. If you want, you can configure port 2 on both cards as Target, and you can configure port 1 on both cards as Initiator. Note: Starting with software version 3.1, FTMS is supported on configurations C, D, and E (8Gb FC HBA). Starting with software version 3.1.2, FTMS is supported on configurations G, H, and J (16Gb FC HBA). Note: You should not bond copper 1 Gb Ethernet ports that are installed in the appliance chassis with PCIe-based 10 Gb Ethernet Fibre Channel ports.

Veritas appliances may include grounding studs in case your lab environment has such a requirement. The studs are located on the rear panel of the appliance. You can use standard grounding practices to connect grounding wires to the studs.

The serial number is located on a vertical bar on the rear panel of the appliance.

Figure: Serial number location

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

Figure: 5340 Appliance rear port color codes

See Available NetBackup 5340 Appliance PCIe-based I/O configurations.

About the compute node rear panel

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