Veritas™ 5260 Appliance

Product Description Guide

Veritas 5260 Appliance Product Description Guide
Last updated: 2024-06-21

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 Contents

Chapter 1 About the Veritas 5260 Appliance .................................. 6

Veritas 5260 Appliance overview ....................................................... 6
Features and components of the Veritas 5260 Appliance ........................ 8
Locating the appliance serial number ............................................... 10
Veritas 5260 Appliance front panel drive configurations ........................ 11
About the drive LEDs .............................................................. 12
About the Veritas 5260 Appliance front panel USB port ........................ 13
About the 5260 Appliance control panel ............................................ 13
About the System Status LED states .......................................... 16
About the Power button LED states ............................................ 19
About the 5260 Appliance rear panel ................................................ 20
Veritas 5260 Appliance I/O configuration options ................................. 22
Veritas 5260 Appliance total I/O on-board and PCIe ports ............... 25
Customizable I/O configurations by slot for existing Veritas 5260
Appliance ....................................................................... 25
Broadcom P225p 10/25Gb PCIe Ethernet card ............................. 26
QLE2772 dual-port 32 Gb Fibre Channel host bus adapter ............. 27
Intel RAID Adapter RS3P4MF088F ............................................ 29

Chapter 2 Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf ............... 31

Storage Shelf overview .................................................................. 31

Usable appliance storage capacities ................................................ 32
Components of the Storage Shelf .................................................... 34
Storage Shelf front panel components ........................................ 34
Storage Shelf control panel ...................................................... 36
Storage Shelf rear components ................................................. 38
Storage Shelf I/O modules ....................................................... 39
I/O module Status LED location and conditions ............................. 41
I/O module SAS Activity LED location and conditions ..................... 41
Storage Shelf Power Cooling Modules ........................................ 42
Power Cooling Module LEDs .................................................... 44
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Chapter 3 Veritas 5260 Appliance and Veritas 2U12

65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf cables ....................... 46
Power cables ............................................................................... 46
Network cable .............................................................................. 47
Multi-Mode fiber optic cable ............................................................ 48
Twinaxial copper cables ................................................................. 49
SAS-3 cable ................................................................................ 50

Appendix A Technical specifications, Environmental/Protocol

standards, and Compliance standards ................. 52
Veritas 5260 Appliance technical specifications .................................. 52
Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf technical specifications
........................................................................................... 55
Environmental specifications ........................................................... 57
Protocol standards ........................................................................ 58
Regulatory, compliance, and certification information ........................... 58
Product regulatory compliance ........................................................ 59
Country approvals ........................................................................ 59
Product safety compliance ............................................................. 60
Product EMC Compliance - Class A Compliance ................................ 60
Product environmental compliance ................................................... 61

Index .................................................................................................................... 62
 Chapter 1
About the Veritas 5260
Appliance
This chapter includes the following topics:

■ Veritas 5260 Appliance overview

■ Features and components of the Veritas 5260 Appliance

■ Locating the appliance serial number

■ Veritas 5260 Appliance front panel drive configurations

■ About the Veritas 5260 Appliance front panel USB port

■ About the 5260 Appliance control panel

■ About the 5260 Appliance rear panel

■ Veritas 5260 Appliance I/O configuration options

Veritas 5260 Appliance overview

The Veritas 5260 Appliance is a hardware and software storage system that can
scale to 429.4 TiB of available backup capacity. It consists of a Veritas 5260
Appliance and up to six optional Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB storage shelves. By
itself, the 2U Veritas 5260 Appliance offers internal storage from 9.1 TiB to 36.4
TiB, depending on the appliance configuration purchased.
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Veritas 5260 Appliance overview

Figure 1-1 Veritas 5260 Appliance

A Veritas 2U12 storage shelf offers 65.5 TiB of storage. Attaching six storage
shelves offers 429.4 TiB of storage. As with previous generations of the Flex 52xx
appliances, the Veritas 5260 Appliance can be configured as a primary server or
a media server. It can also be configured as both. The 5260 Appliance supports
upto 6 storage shelves.
See “Usable appliance storage capacities” on page 32.
SAS-3 cables connect the Veritas 5260 Appliance to the storage shelves. SAS-3
cables also connect the storage shelves to each other.
The Veritas 5260 Appliance supports the following software:
■ Flex Appliance 3.2 and above

About Veritas 5260 Appliance configurations

To determine the right Veritas 5260 Appliance system for your environment, you
should consider the environment’s future storage requirements over the lifetime of
the system.
Veritas offers multiple I/O configurations from which to choose. You can use the
supported Veritas 5260 Appliance I/O configurations to best serve the needs of
your particular environment.
These configurations include the following:
■ One Veritas 5260 Appliance with 9.1 TiB of internal storage only
■ One Veritas 5260 Appliance with 36.4 TiB of internal storage only
■ One Veritas 5260 Appliance with up to six external 65.5TiB/72TB storage shelves
for a total of 429.4 TiB of storage
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Features and components of the Veritas 5260 Appliance

If your environment requires more than 36TiBs of storage, consider the Veritas
5260 Appliance with 9.1TiBs of internal storage and one 65.5TiB/72TB Veritas
2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf. If more storage is required, you can add up to
five additional storage shelves to this configuration.

Features and components of the Veritas 5260

Appliance
This section describes the features and components of the Veritas 5260 Appliance.

Table 1-1 Veritas 5260 Appliance features

Feature Description

Processor Intel Xeon Scalable Third generation Silver 4314

Appliance Flex Appliance 3.2 or higher

software version

Performance and ■ Supports high-performance processors with low-power consumption.

capacity ■ Provides high-capacity intra-appliance switching bandwidth, along
with high I/O throughput.
■ Available internal storage capacities of 9 TB, or 36 TB without optional
external storage shelves. The available capacity can be allocated
either in part or in whole to a deduplication pool or to an
AdvancedDisk pool (non-deduplicated storage).

System memory 64GB, up to a maximum of 512GB

configuration
Note: When you purchase the first storage expansion shelf, it includes
(DIMMS)
both the storage expansion shelf and 256GB of memory that replaces
the existing 64GB. In addition, when purchasing the fifth expansion shelf,
256GB of memory is also included with the storage shelf.

Space reduction The deduplication engine provides up to 100 times reduction in storage.
The client-side plug-in provides similar levels of bandwidth reduction.

Scalable Due to fingerprinting and RAID redundancy, the overall storage

architecture capabilities are not a simple multiplication of the disk size and the total
number of disks.

High availability Supports redundant hot-swappable disks and power modules.

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Features and components of the Veritas 5260 Appliance

Table 1-1 Veritas 5260 Appliance features (continued)

Feature Description

RAID levels RAID 1 (standard mirroring) and RAID 6 (block level striping with double
distributed parity) are implemented as follows:

■ Appliance system disks: RAID 1

■ Appliance storage disks: RAID 6
■ Storage shelf data storage disks: RAID 6

Note: The disk drives in the appliance are pre-formatted before the
appliance is shipped. These drives should not be moved into different
slots or otherwise rearranged.

Fibre Channel The Veritas 5260 Appliance can be ordered with one, two, three or four
support PCIe 32 Gb Fibre Channel host bus adapter cards preinstalled.

See “Veritas 5260 Appliance I/O configuration options” on page 22.

See “Customizable I/O configurations by slot for existing Veritas 5260

Appliance” on page 25.

PCIe 10/25 Gb Yes (with Fibre Optic ports)

Ethernet cards

I/O Ports 12 Gb SAS-3 ports 2

See “Veritas 5260 (PCIe-based) Used to connect the Veritas

Appliance total I/O Appliance compute node to the
(RAID controller)
on-board and 2U12 Primary Storage Shelf
PCIe ports”
on page 25. 10/25 GbE Up to six, depending on the
appliance I/O configuration
Ethernet/iSCSI-capable ports

(PCIe-based)

32 Gb Fibre Channel ports Up to eight, depending on the

appliance I/O configuration
(PCIe-based)

10 Gb Ethernet ports 4

(on-board)

Additional storage Yes

You can attach up to six optional storage shelves to the Veritas 5260
Appliance. Depending on the appliance configuration you purchase, a
total of 429.4 TB of usable storage capacity is available.

See “Usable appliance storage capacities” on page 32.

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Locating the appliance serial number

Locating the appliance serial number

The serial number is located on the rear panel of the appliance above PSU 1 and
begins with letters VTAS.

The serial number can also be found on the pull-out tab on the front of the appliance.
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Veritas 5260 Appliance front panel drive configurations

Veritas 5260 Appliance front panel drive

configurations
The Veritas 5260 Appliance contains 3 NVMe solid state drives, and 8 SAS hard
disk drives, which can be accessed from the appliance's front panel.

Figure 1-2 Appliance front panel drive slot assignments

The drives that are located in slot 4 and slot 5 are configured as the RAID1,
VOLUME0 device. These drives contain the appliance operating system and the
Flex application along with the log files. You can hot-swap one of these drives at a
time; however, you cannot operate the appliance if both drives are removed.
The drive in slot 6 acts as a hot spare for OS and log files. Slot 7 is a blank slot.
The drives in slots 0-3 and slots 8-10 store user data. They are configured as a
RAID 6 array, which uses block-level striping with two parity blocks across each of
the drives in the volume.
The appliance uses the drive that is located in slot 11 as a hot-spare drive. If one
of the drives fails in slots 0-3 or slots 8-10, the appliance automatically initiates a
RAID 6 rebuild operation. It rebuilds the RAID 6 array by using the hot-spare drive
in slot 11. After you replace the failed drive, the appliance then copies the information
from the drive in slot 11 to the new replacement drive. When the copy operation
finishes, the drive in slot 11 again becomes the hot-spare drive.

Note: The hot-spare drive size depends on the data drive size.

Warning: The drives are pre-formatted before the appliance is shipped. Do not
rearrange the drives from their original locations.
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Veritas 5260 Appliance front panel drive configurations

Table 1-2 Veritas 5260 Appliance front panel drive configurations

Slot RAID Drive size Drive role

Configuration

0-3 RAID 6 2TB (Available internal storage is 9.1TiB) User data

8-10 8TB (Available internal storage is 36.4TiB)

4,5 RAID 1 1.92 TB OS/log files

6 RAID 1 1.92 TB Hot spare for OS

and log drives

7 - - Blank

11 RAID 6 2TB Hot spare for user

storage data
8TB

About the drive LEDs

Figure 1-3 Appliance drive LEDs

Table 1-3 Drive Status LED descriptions

Description LED behavior Condition

Amber Status Off No drive access and no disk drive faults

LED
Solid amber A drive fault has occurred

Blinking amber A RAID rebuild is in progress (1Hz blink)

Locating / identifying the drive (2Hz blink)

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About the Veritas 5260 Appliance front panel USB port

Table 1-4 Drive Activity LED States

Description LED behavior Condition

Green Activity Off Power on - the drive has spun down

LED
Solid green Power on - no drive activity

Blinking green Power on - I/O is being processed by the

drive

or

Power on - the drive is spinning up

About the Veritas 5260 Appliance front panel USB

port
The Veritas 5260 Appliance front panel includes a USB 3.0-compliant port that
supports a data transfer rate of up to 500 Mb/second.

About the 5260 Appliance control panel

The front control panel provides push button system controls and LED indicators
for several system features.
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About the 5260 Appliance control panel

Table 1-5 Control panel system LED descriptions

LED System information

Power button with integrated The Power button toggles the system on and off. This
LED button also functions as a sleep button if enabled by an
ACPI compliant operating system. Pressing this button
sends a signal to the integrated BMC that either powers
on or powers off the system. Holding the power button for
10 seconds or more leads to a hard shutdown.

The integrated LED is a single color (green) and supports

different indicator states as defined in the following table.

See “About the Power button LED states” on page 19.

Drive Activity LED The drive activity LED on the front panel indicates drive
activity from the server board SATA and SATA storage
controllers. The server board also has an I2C header
labeled “SAS_MODULE_MISC” to provide access to this
LED for add-in SATA or SATA storage controllers.
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Table 1-5 Control panel system LED descriptions (continued)

LED System information

System ID button with integrated Toggles the integrated ID LED and the blue server board
LED system ID LED on and off. Both LEDs are tied together
and show the same state. The onboard system ID LED is
on the back edge of the server board, viewable from the
back of the system. The system ID LEDs are used to
identify the system for maintenance when installed in a
rack of similar server systems. Two options available for
illuminating the system ID LEDs are:

■ The front panel system ID LED button is pushed, which

causes the LEDs to illuminate to a solid On state until
the button is pushed again.
■ An IPMI Chassis Identify command is remotely
entered that causes the LEDs to blink for 15 seconds.

NMI button (recessed, tool When the NMI button is pressed, it puts the system in a
required for use) halt state and issues a non-maskable interrupt (NMI). This
situation can be useful when performing diagnostics for a
given issue where a memory download is necessary to
help determine the cause of the problem. To prevent an
inadvertent system halt, the actual NMI button is behind
the front control panel faceplate where it is only accessible
with the use of a small tipped tool like a pin or paper clip.

System Cold Reset Button When pressed, this button reboots and re-initializes the
system. Unlike the power button, the reset button does
not disconnect the power to the system. It just starts the
system’s Power-On Self-Test (POST) sequence over
again.
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About the 5260 Appliance control panel

Table 1-5 Control panel system LED descriptions (continued)

LED System information

System Status LED The system status LED is a bi-color (green/amber)

indicator that shows the current health of the server
system.

The system provides two locations for this feature; one is

on the front control panel and the other is on the back
edge of the server board, viewable from the back of the
system. Both LEDs are tied together and show the same
state. The system status LED states are driven by the
server board platform management subsystem. When the
server is powered down (transitions to the DC-Off state
or S5), the BMC is still on standby power and retains the
sensor and front panel status LED state established before
the power-down event.

Two locations are provided for you to monitor the health

of the system. You can find the first location on the front
control panel, while 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.

See “About the System Status LED states” on page 16.

About the System Status LED states

The following table provides a description of each LED state.

Table 1-6 System Status LED states

Color State Criticality Description

No Off - The Not ready ■ System power is off (AC and/or DC)
color system is not ■ System is in EuP Lot6 Off Mode
operating.
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Table 1-6 System Status LED states (continued)

Color State Criticality Description

Green Solid on (SO) Healthy ■ System is in S5 Soft-Off State

■ Indicates that the system is running (in S0
State) and its status is “Healthy”. The system
is not exhibiting any errors. AC power is
present and BMC has booted and
manageability functionality is up and running.
■ After a BMC reset, and with the chassis ID
solid on, the BMC is booting Linux*. Control
has been passed from BMC uBoot to BMC
Linux*. The BMC is in this state for roughly
10–20 seconds.

Green ~1 Hz blink Degraded System degraded:

The system is ■ Redundant loss, such as power supply or

operating in a fan. Applies only if the associated platform
degraded state sub-system has redundancy capabilities.
although still ■ Fan warning or failure when the number of
functional. fully operational fans is more than minimum
number needed to cool the system.
or
■ Non-critical threshold crossed: Temperature
The system is (including HSBP temp), voltage, input power
operating in a to power supply, output current for main
redundant state power rail from power supply and Processor
but with an Thermal Control (Therm Ctrl) sensors.
impending failure ■ Power supply predictive failure occurred while
warning. redundant power supply configuration was
present.
■ Unable to use all of the installed memory (one
or more DIMMs failed/disabled but functional
memory remains available).
■ Battery failure
■ BMC executing in uBoot. (Indicated by
Chassis ID blinking at 3Hz). System in
degraded state (no manageability). BMC
uBoot is running but has not transferred
control to the BMC Linux. Server will be in
this state 6-8 seconds after BMC reset while
it pulls the Linux image into flash.
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Table 1-6 System Status LED states (continued)

Color State Criticality Description

Green ~1 Hz blink Degraded System degraded (continued):

(continued)
■ BMC Watchdog has reset the BMC.
■ Power unit sensor offset for configuration
error is asserted.
■ SSD Hot Swap Controller is off-line or
degraded.

Green ~1 Hz blink System is ■ PFR in the process of

and initializing after updating/authenticating/recovering when
amber source power is source power is connected, system firmware
altern applied being updated.
atively ■ System not ready to take power button
event/signal.

Amber ~1 Hz blink Non-critical Non-fatal, although the system is likely to fail due
to the following issues:
The system is
operating in a ■ Critical threshold crossed – Voltage,
degraded state temperature (including HSBP temp), input
with an power to power supply, output current for
impending failure main power rail from power supply and
warning. PROCHOT (Therm Ctrl) sensors.
However, the ■ VRD Hot asserted
system is still ■ Minimum number of fans to cool the system
functioning. not present or failed
■ Hard drive fault
■ Power Unit Redundancy sensor – Insufficient
resources offset (indicates not enough power
supplies present)
■ In non-sparing and non-mirroring mode, if the
threshold of correctable errors is crossed
within the window.
■ Invalid firmware image detected during boot
up or firmware update.
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About the 5260 Appliance control panel

Table 1-6 System Status LED states (continued)

Color State Criticality Description

Amber Solid on Critical, Fatal alarm – system has failed or shutdown:

non-recoverable
■ CPU CATERR signal asserted
– System is
■ MSID mismatch detected (CATERR also
halted
asserts for this case)
■ CPU0 is missing
■ CPU Thermal Trip
■ No power – power fault
■ DIMM failure when there is only one DIMM
present; no other good DIMM memory
present
■ Runtime memory uncorrectable error in
non-redundant mode.

■ DIMM Thermal Trip or equivalent

■ BMC/Video memory test failed (Chassis ID
shows blue/solid-on for this condition)
■ SBB Thermal Trip or equivalent
■ 240VA fault
■ Both uBoot BMC FW images are bad
(Chassis ID shows blue/solid-on for this
condition)
■ Fatal Error in processor initialization:
■ Processor family not identical
■ Processor model not identical
■ Processor core/thread counts not identical
■ Processor cache size not identical
■ Unable to synchronize processor
frequency
■ Unable to synchronize QPI link frequency
■ BMC fail authentication with non-recoverable
condition, system hang at T-1; boot PCH
only, system hang; PIT failed, system
lockdown.

About the Power button LED states

The following table provides a description of each power state.
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About the 5260 Appliance rear panel

Table 1-7 Power button LED states

State Power Mode LED Description

Power - off Non-ACPI Off The system power is off, and the
BIOS has not initialized the chipset.

Power - on Non-ACPI On The system power is on and the

green Power button LED is active.

S0 ACPI Steady on The system and the operating

system are up and running.
(Advanced
Configuration and
Power Interface)

S5 ACPI Off Mechanical is off and the operating

system has not saved any context
(Advanced
to the hard disk drive.
Configuration and
Power Interface)

About the 5260 Appliance rear panel

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

Figure 1-4 Veritas 5260 Appliance rear panel and connectors

Table 1-8 Veritas 5260 Appliance 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

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About the 5260 Appliance rear panel

Table 1-8 Veritas 5260 Appliance rear panel features and connectors
(continued)

Number Function

4 Serial port - Serial connection for Veritas Technical Support use only

5 Three USB 3.0 ports for general use

6 IPMI port - An external RJ45 port used for appliance remote management
purposes

7 Flex Appliance (host0):

A 1-10 GbE port copper connector that you can connect to an administrative
network to manage the appliance system. It is bonded during initial configuration
as a standalone bond mgmt0.

8 Flex Appliance (NIC0):

A 1-10 GbE port for general use.

9 Flex Appliance (NIC1):

A 1-10 GbE port for general use.

10 Flex Appliance (NIC2):

A 1-10 GbE port for general use.

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.

Note: You should not bond copper 1-10 Gb Ethernet ports that are installed in the appliance
chassis with PCIe-based 10/25 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.
The ports on the rear panel are color-coded for easy identification.
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Veritas 5260 Appliance I/O configuration options

Figure 1-5 Veritas 5260 Appliance rear panel color codes

Veritas 5260 Appliance I/O configuration options

The rear panel of the Veritas 5260 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 1-6 Rear panel riser assembly locations and PCIe slot number
assignments

The Veritas 5260 Appliance supports multiple PCIe-based I/O configuration options.
The following table shows the different I/O configuration options that are available.

Table 1-9 Available Veritas 5260 Appliance PCIe-based I/O configuration

options

I/O Slot Slot Slot Slot Slot Slot Slot Slot

configu 1* 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
ration
option

A - - 10/25 - - 32 Gb FC - -
GbE NIC HBA
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Veritas 5260 Appliance I/O configuration options

Table 1-9 Available Veritas 5260 Appliance PCIe-based I/O configuration

options (continued)

I/O Slot Slot Slot Slot Slot Slot Slot Slot

configu 1* 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
ration
option

B - 10/25 10/25 10/25 32 Gb 32 Gb FC - -

GbE NIC GbE NIC GbE NIC FC HBA HBA

C - 10/25 10/25 32 Gb FC 32 Gb 32 Gb FC - -
GbE NIC GbE NIC HBA FC HBA HBA

D - 32 Gb FC 10/25 32 Gb FC 32 Gb 32 Gb FC - -
HBA GbE NIC HBA FC HBA HBA

* Slot 1 contains a factory installed PCIe RAID controller

Figure 1-7 Flex 5260 Model A

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Veritas 5260 Appliance I/O configuration options

Figure 1-8 Flex 5260 Model B

Figure 1-9 Flex 5260 Model C

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Veritas 5260 Appliance I/O configuration options

Figure 1-10 Flex 5260 Model D

Veritas 5260 Appliance total I/O on-board and PCIe ports

Table 1-10 Total number of Veritas 5260 Appliance on-board and PCIe I/O
ports for each I/O configuration

I/O 10 GbT Ethernet 10/25 Gb Ethernet 32 Gb Fibre

Configuration ports PCIe ports Channel PCIe ports
option
(copper) (optical/SFP) (optical/SFP)

A 4 on-board 2 2

B 4 on-board 6 4

C 4 on-board 4 6

D 4 on-board 2 8

Cable connection types:

copper = Standard copper cable

optical = Fiber optic cable

Customizable I/O configurations by slot for existing Veritas 5260

Appliance
You can use the supported Veritas 5260 Appliance I/O configurations to best serve
the needs of your particular environment.
The controller is installed in both non-shelf and with-shelf configurations
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Veritas 5260 Appliance I/O configuration options

The following table provides information on the make and model of each the PCIe
cards that are available for use in each appliance I/O slot.

Table 1-11 Acceptable PCIe-based I/O cards for each appliance I/O slot

Slot Acceptable PCIe I/O card Comment

1 INTEL RS3P4MF088F 12Gb/s 8 port External RAID controller to which you

Internal / 8 port External PCI-Express connect a Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB
4.0 X 8 SAS RAID controller Storage Shelf

2 QLE2772 dual-port 32 Gb Fibre PCIe-based 32 Gb Fibre Channel host bus

Channel host bus adapter adapter

Broadcom P225p Ethernet card PCIe-based 10/25 Gb network interface

card

3 Broadcom P225p Ethernet card PCIe-based 10/25 Gb network interface

cards

4 QLE2772 dual-port 32 Gb Fibre PCIe-based 32 Gb Fibre Channel host bus

Channel host bus adapter adapter

Broadcom P225p Ethernet card PCIe-based 10/25 Gb network interface

cards

5 QLE2772 dual-port 32 Gb Fibre PCIe-based 32 Gb Fibre Channel host bus

Channel host bus adapter adapter

6 QLE2772 dual-port 32 Gb Fibre PCIe-based 32 Gb Fibre Channel host bus

Channel host bus adapter adapter

Broadcom P225p 10/25Gb PCIe Ethernet card

The Broadcom® BCM957414A4142CC is a dual-port 25 Gb/s, PCI-Express Gen3
x8 Network Interface Card that supports both SFP28/SFP+ optical modules and
copper direct attach cable. The card uses the Broadcom BCM57414 25GbE MAC
controller with the integrated dual channel 25GbE SFI transceiver.
By default, a 10 GB SFP is shipped with the appliance.
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Veritas 5260 Appliance I/O configuration options

Note: Veritas recommends that you use Finisar FTLX8574D3BCV SFP part for
10G connectivity and Broadcom AFBR-735SMZ SFP part for 25G connectivity.

Table 1-12 Broadcom P225p NIC adapter specifications

Item Specification

Bracket height Full height

Power consumption Typical: 12.5 watts

Maximum: 12.9 watts

Operating temperature 0°C to 55°C (32 F to 131 F)

Storage temperature -40°C to +70°C (-49°F to +221°F)

Storage humidity 90% at 35°C

System interface type PCIe v3.0

Speed and slot width 8.0 GT/s (gigatransfers per second), 8-Lane

Data rate supported per port 10/25Gb

Air Flow (minimum) 150 LFM (linear feet per minute)

QLE2772 dual-port 32 Gb Fibre Channel host bus adapter

The QLE2772 dual-port 32 Gb Fibre Channel (FC) is used by the customer for
networking.
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Veritas 5260 Appliance I/O configuration options

Table 1-13 QLE2772 dual-port 32Gb Fibre Channel host bus adapter
specifications

Item Description

Bracket Full Height

height

Form factor Low-profile PCIe card (6.6 inches × 2.731 inches)

Power Nominal: 11.0 W

consumption
Maximum: 13.7 W
(watts)

Operating 0°C to 55°C (32°F to 131°F)

temperature

Storage –20°C to 70°C (–4°F to 158°F)

temperature

Operating 10% to 90%

humidity

Storage 5% to 95%
humidity
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Veritas 5260 Appliance I/O configuration options

Table 1-13 QLE2772 dual-port 32Gb Fibre Channel host bus adapter
specifications (continued)

Item Description

System PCIe v4.0

interface
type

Certifications UL, CSA, TUV, CB, FCC, VCCI

Maximum Rate Cable and Distance (m)

cable
(multimode optic cable)
distances
OM2 OM3 OM4 OM5

8 Gbps 50 150 190 190

16 Gbps 35 100 125 125

32 Gbps 20 70 100 100

Intel RAID Adapter RS3P4MF088F

The Intel RAID Adapter RS3P4MF088F is a tri-mode RAID Adapter with 12Gb
SAS-3 MegaRAID 8 internal ports.
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Veritas 5260 Appliance I/O configuration options

Table 1-14 RS3P4MF088F RAID adapter specifications

Item Specification

Bracket height Low profile mounting bracket

Power consumption Typical: 16.70 watts

Maximum: 17.71 watts

Operating temperature 0°C to 55°C (32 F to 131 F)

Storage temperature -45°C to +105°C (-49°F to +221°F)

Storage humidity 20-80% RH (operating)

05-90% RH (non-operating)

System interface type PCIe v4.0 (x8 PCI Express* 4.0 PCIe*)

Speed and slot width 16 GT/s (gigatransfers per second), per lane

Data rate supported per port 12, 6, 3 Gbps per port SAS

6, 3 Gbps per port SATA

16 Gbps per lane NVMe*

Air Flow (minimum) 200 LFM (linear feet per minute)

 Chapter 2
Veritas 2U12
65.5TiB/72TB Storage
Shelf
This chapter includes the following topics:

■ Storage Shelf overview

■ Usable appliance storage capacities

■ Components of the Storage Shelf

Storage Shelf overview

Figure 2-1 5260 Appliance Storage Shelves

The optional Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf is a 2U12 drive enclosure
that contains twelve 8TB 7200 rpm SAS hard disk drives. Available storage capacity
of the storage shelf is 65 TiB. Each disk drive can be accessed from the storage
shelf's front panel. The PCIe RAID controller is used to configure the disk drives
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Usable appliance storage capacities

into a RAID 6 configuration. One of the disk drives is reserved as a global hot spare
and can be used in case of any drive failure.
The Storage Shelf also contains two Storage Bay Bridge 2.1 compliant (SBB)
Input/Output (I/O) modules. Each I/O module has three mini-SAS HD ports, which
are labeled A, B, and C. As such, each storage shelf contains a total of six mini-SAS
HD I/O ports. However, only ports A and B of each I/O module are used to connect
the storage shelf to the appliance or other storage shelves.
Each I/O module also includes one Ethernet port and a 3.5mm RS232
Interface-to-Enclosure Services Processor jack. The Ethernet port and the RS232
jack are only used during on-site debugging operations. They are not used during
normal appliance operations.
Along with the I/O modules and the disk drives, the Storage Shelf also includes a
front control panel. The control panel provides LED indications of the health of the
storage shelf. It uses a dual seven segment display for enclosure identification and
a switch that is used for storage shelf configuration purposes.
The Storage Shelf serial number appears on a plastic panel on the left side of Power
Cooling Module 0 (PCM 0). The storage shelf serial number begins with the letters
SH.
See “Storage Shelf front panel components” on page 34.
See “Storage Shelf rear components” on page 38.
See “Storage Shelf control panel” on page 36.

Usable appliance storage capacities

Table 2-1 Usable storage capacities - Veritas 5260 Appliance and Veritas
2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelves

Appliance Storage Appliance Appliance Appliance Appliance Appliance Appliance

only shelf and one and two and three and four and five and six
capacity storage storage storage storage storage storage
shelf shelves shelves shelves shelves shelves

10TB 72TB 82TB 154TB 226TB 298TB 370TB 442TB

(9.1TiB) (65.5TiB) (74.6 TiB) (140.1 TiB) (205.6 TiB) (271.1TiB) (336.6TiB) (402.1TiB)

40TB* 72TB 112TB 184TB 256TB 328TB 400TB 472TB

(36.4TiB) (65.5TiB) (101.9TiB) (167.4TiB) (232.9TiB) (292.4TiB) 363.9TiB) (429.4TiB)

 Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf 33
Usable appliance storage capacities

Note: Usable storage capacities are rounded values. Veritas calculates these values
from the raw storage capacities of the various Veritas 5260 Appliance-only
configurations. The raw capacity of the Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf
is 65.5 tebibyte. To determine the exact usable capacities of each configuration,
use the following formulas: <appliance-only capacity> + 65.5 = exact usable capacity

* You can add up to six Storage Shelves to an existing Veritas 5260 Appliance with
internal storage capacities of 9.1TiB or 36.4TiB. However, before you place the
system into a production environment, you must migrate all MSDP data from the
appliance to the first external storage shelf. After you migrate the MSDP data, the
system's usable storage space may fluctuate, depending on how much actual
storage space the MSDP data pool uses.
Three memory configurations are supported on the 5260 Appliance.
■ 64GB (comprised of 8 x 8GB memory DIMMs)
■ 256GB (comprised of 8 x 32GB memory DIMMs)
■ 512GB (comprised of 16 x 32Gb memory DIMMs)

Table 2-2 Minimum memory requirements for the 5260 Appliance

Appliance configuration Minimum memory

9TB or 36TB Server node only 64GB

Server node with 1-4 Storage Expansion 256GB

Shelves

Server node with 5-6 Storage Expansion 512GB

Shelves

A 9TB or 36TB capacity appliance without any storage expansion shelves is shipped
with 64GB of memory. When the first 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB storage shelf is purchased,
it includes a 256GB memory upgrade kit. The eight existing 8GB DIMMs must be
removed from the server node and the 32GB DIMMs should be installed in the
same slots. All memory DIMMs in the appliance must be of the same size, which
means that a mix of 8GB and 32GB DIMMs is not supported.
When the fifth storage shelf is purchased, it also includes a 256GB memory upgrade
kit. These eight 32GB DIMMs should be installed alongside the existing 32GB
DIMMs.
The maximum supported memory configuration is 512GB. A 256GB memory upgrade
kit is available for those use cases that require more than the minimum memory
requirements for four shelves and fewer.
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Note: Spanning MSDP data across both Veritas 5260 Appliance internal storage
and a storage shelf is not recommended as it may result in degraded performance.

Warning: Failure to migrate MSDP data after you connect a storage shelf may
result in degraded appliance throughput performance.
For more information about migrating MSDP data, see the following document:
Moving the MSDP partition from a base disk to an expansion disk for optimum
performance.

Components of the Storage Shelf

The following sections describe the components of the Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB
Storage Shelf.

Storage Shelf front panel components

Hard disk drive capacities and drive bay slot assignments
The Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf contains 12 disk drive storage bays
that are populated with 8 TB 7200 rpm SAS hard disk drives. The available backup
storage capacity of the storage shelf equals 65 TiB. One of the disk drives is
reserved as a hot spare. All disk drives are accessible from the front panel of the
storage shelf after you remove the storage shelf bezel.
The following figure shows the front panel disk drive slot assignments within the
Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf.

Figure 2-2 Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf disk drive slot layout

0 1 2 3
4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11

The storage shelf uses the drive that is located in slot 11 as a hot-spare drive.

Hard disk drive carrier characteristics

Each storage shelf hard drive is housed in a disk drive carrier. Each disk drive
carrier uses a locking mechanism that secures the disk drive within the storage
shelf.
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Figure 2-3 Hard disk drive tray components

Locked Unlocked
Indicator Aperture Anti-Tamper Lock

Drive tray Status LEDs

The following table describes the disk drive carrier LEDs. Note that the combination
of both LEDs provides the status.

Table 2-3 Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf disk drive carrier LED
status

Status Activity (green) LED Fault (amber) LED

No disk drive installed. OFF OFF

Drives are installed, turned Blinks during I/O activity and OFF
on, and operational. during startup.

SCSI Enclosure Services ON Blinks at a rate of 1 second

(SES) Device identity set. ON and 1 second OFF.

Drive slot fault. OFF ON

Drive fault. Power control ON ON

circuit fault.

Logical fault. Possible drive ON Blinks at a rate of 3 seconds

failed. ON and one 1 second OFF.
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Note: For security purposes, each drive tray is locked by default when the storage
shelf is shipped from the factory. To access a hard disk drive, each storage bay
must be unlocked using a T10 torx screw driver.

Storage Shelf control panel

The Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf control panel is installed on the front
left side of the storage shelf.

Figure 2-4 Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf control panel

2
3
4

5
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Table 2-4 Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf control panel functions

Number Item Description

1 Input switch The Input switch enables you to set the Unit
Identification display.

2 Power On / Standby LED The Power On/Standby LED shows Amber when
(Green or Amber) only standby power is available. Otherwise, the LED
shows Green when system power is available.

3 Module Fault LED (Power The Module Fault LED illuminates when there is a
Cooling Module, Cooling, system hardware fault. The system hardware fault
I/O module status) (Amber) may be associated with a fault LED on a Power
Cooling Module (PCM) or on an I/O module.

4 Logical status LED (amber) The Logical Status LED 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.

5 Unit Identification Display The Unit Identification Display is a dual digit display
that provides information about the storage shelf.
Its primary function is to assist in the configuration
of multiple storage shelves.

Table 2-5 Control panel LED conditions and statuses

System Module Logical Associated Status

Power Fault Fault LEDs/Alarms
(Amber) (Amber)
(Green or
Amber)

On (Amber) Off Off None Standby power present,

Overall Power failed or
switched off

On (Green) On (Amber) N/A Single beep, Control Panel Power on - test

then double state
beep
(Test state = 5 seconds)

On (Green) Off Off None Power On - All functions good

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Table 2-5 Control panel LED conditions and statuses (continued)

System Module Logical Associated Status

Power Fault Fault LEDs/Alarms
(Amber) (Amber)
(Green or
Amber)

On (Green) On (Amber) N/A Power Cooling Any Power Cooling Module

Module Fault Fault, Fan Fault, or an over or
LEDs under temperature issue

Fan Fault LEDs

On (Green) On (Amber) N/A I/O module Any I/O module fault

LEDs

On (Green) On (Amber) N/A None Enclosure Logical Fault

On (Green) Flashing N/A Module Fault Unknown I/O module type

LED on an I/O installed
module
(Invalid or Mixed)

On (Green) Flashing N/A Power Cooling Unknown Power Cooling

Module Fault Module installed.
LEDs
(Invalid or Mixed)
Fan Fault LEDs

On (Green) N/A On Array in a failed Drive failure has occurred

or degraded causing loss of availability or
state redundancy

On (Green) N/A Flashing Arrays in an Array operating background

impacted state function

On Flashing N/A SES state S1 Enclosure ID setting different

from "start of day" setting

N/A - Not Applicable

For more information, see the Veritas 5260 Appliance Hardware Installation Guide.

Storage Shelf rear components

This section describes the rear panel features of the Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB
Storage Shelf.
The following figure provides an overview of the components that comprise the
Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf rear panel.
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Figure 2-5 Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf rear components

1 2 3

Table 2-6 Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf rear components

Number Component

1 Power Cooling Module 0 (PCM0)

2 I/O module 0

3 Power Cooling Module 1 (PCM1)

4 I/O module 1

Storage Shelf I/O modules

This section discusses the Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf I/O modules.

Figure 2-6 Veritas U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf I/O module

The following figure and table provides details of the two Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB
Storage Shelf I/O module canisters.
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Components of the Storage Shelf

Figure 2-7 Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf I/O modules

6 5
3 A B C

C B A
5 6 3

Table 2-7 Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf I/O module components

Number Description

1 I/O module 0

2 I/O module 1

3 I/O module Status LEDs

See “I/O module Status LED location and conditions” on page 41.

4 mini-SAS HD ports - A, B, and C

5 Ethernet port (debugging purposes only)

6 RS232 jack (debugging purposes only)

7 SAS Activity LEDs

See “I/O module SAS Activity LED location and conditions” on page 41.
 Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf 41
Components of the Storage Shelf

I/O module Status LED location and conditions

This section discusses the location of the Status LEDs on the I/O module and the
Status LED conditions.

Figure 2-8 I/O module Status indicator LED location

I/O module Status LED location

Table 2-8 I/O module Status LED conditions

Condition Activity Fault LED (amber)

LED (green)

Module Fault On The I/O module has encountered a fault condition.

(amber)

Off The I/O module is operating normally.

Power (green) On The I/O module is on.

Off The I/O module is off.

ID (blue) On The I/O module controller is being identified.

I/O module SAS Activity LED location and conditions

This section discusses the location of the SAS Activity LEDs on the I/O module and
the SAS Activity LED conditions.

Figure 2-9 I/O module SAS Activity LED location

SAS Activity LED location

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Table 2-9 I/O module SAS Activity LED conditions

Condition Activity LED (green) Fault LED (amber)

No Cable Present Off Off

Cable Present On Off

All links up, no activity.

Cable Present Flash with aggregate Off

port activity
All links up.

Critical Fault Off On

Any fault which causes

operation of the cable to
cease or fail to start.

For example, an
OVERCURRENT trip.

Non-Critical Fault Flash with aggregate Flashing - One second on; one
port activity second off
Any fault which does not
cause the connection to
cease operation.

For example, not all links

established;
OVERTEMPERATURE
condition detected.

Storage Shelf Power Cooling Modules

The Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf includes two Power Cooling Modules
(PCM). The dual PCMs provide redundant power to the storage shelf. If one PCM
fails, the storage shelf continues to operate as the second PCM continues to supply
the storage shelf with power.
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Components of the Storage Shelf

Figure 2-10 Power Cooling Module

1 2 3

Table 2-10 Power Cooling Module components

Number Component

1 Power Cooling Module LEDs

See “Power Cooling Module LEDs” on page 44.

2 On/Off switch

3 Release tab

4 AC power socket
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Components of the Storage Shelf

Table 2-10 Power Cooling Module components (continued)

Number Component

5 Serial number - located on the Power Cooling Module 0 tab

Note: The storage shelf serial number begins with the letters SH.

Power Cooling Module LEDs

The Power Cooling Modules (PCM) use four LEDs to indicate the status of the
PCM.

Figure 2-11 Power Cooling Module LEDs

1 3
2 4
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Table 2-11 Power Cooling Module LED legend

Number LED condition

1 AC fail

2 Fan fail

3 Power Cooling Module OK

4 DC fail

Table 2-12 Power Cooling Module LED conditions

Status Power Fan Fail AC Fail DC Fail

Cooling
(Amber) (Amber) (Amber)
Module OK
(Green)

No AC Power (any Power Off Off Off Off

Cooling Module)

No AC Power (this Power Off Off On On

Cooling Module only)

AC Present (Power On Off Off Off

Cooling Module On OK)

Power Cooling Module fan On Off Off On

out of tolerance

Power Cooling Module fan Off On Off Off

fail

Power Cooling Module Off On On On

Fault (Over temp, over
volts, over current)

Standby Mode Flashing Off Off Off

Power Cooling Module Off Flashing Flashing Flashing

firmware download

See “Storage Shelf Power Cooling Modules” on page 42.

 Chapter 3
Veritas 5260 Appliance
and Veritas 2U12
65.5TiB/72TB Storage
Shelf cables
This chapter includes the following topics:

■ Power cables

■ Network cable

■ Multi-Mode fiber optic cable

■ Twinaxial copper cables

■ SAS-3 cable

Power cables
Power cables include a live line, a neutral line, and a grounding line.
 Veritas 5260 Appliance and Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf cables 47
Network cable

Figure 3-1 AC power cable

A AC power connector (IEC-60320-C14) to an external power supply Power Distribution

Unit (PDU) on a rack.

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

Note: If your power distribution unit is not compatible with the IEC-60320-C14 plug,
then Veritas recommends that you purchase your power cable locally. Make sure
the power cable meets or exceeds the indicated power rating.

See “Multi-Mode fiber optic cable” on page 48.

See “SAS-3 cable” on page 50.
See “Twinaxial copper cables” on page 49.
See “Network cable” on page 47.

Network cable
The appliance communicates with the Ethernet networks 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 RJ45
connectors.
 Veritas 5260 Appliance and Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf cables 48
Multi-Mode fiber optic cable

Figure 3-2 Network cable

See “Power cables” on page 46.

See “Multi-Mode fiber optic cable” on page 48.
See “SAS-3 cable” on page 50.
See “Twinaxial copper cables” on page 49.

Multi-Mode fiber optic cable

Figure 3-3 Multi-Mode fiber cable
 Veritas 5260 Appliance and Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf cables 49
Twinaxial copper cables

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

Note: Veritas recommends that you use Finisar FTLX8574D3BCV SFP part for
10G connectivity and Mellanox MMA2P00-AS SFP part for 25G connectivity.

See “Power cables” on page 46.

See “SAS-3 cable” on page 50.
See “Twinaxial copper cables” on page 49.
See “Network cable” on page 47.

Twinaxial copper cables

These cables are also known as Direct-Access Copper (DAC) cables, and are
available in 1-meter, 3-meter, or 5-meter lengths.
 Veritas 5260 Appliance and Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf cables 50
SAS-3 cable

See “Power cables” on page 46.

See “Multi-Mode fiber optic cable” on page 48.
See “SAS-3 cable” on page 50.
See “Network cable” on page 47.

SAS-3 cable
SAS-3 data cables are used to connect the optional Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB
Storage Shelf to the Veritas 5260 Appliance. SAS-3 cables have a mini-SAS HD
connector on both ends. Two 1m SAS-3 cables are shipped with each S Series
Storage Shelf. For the D Series Storage Shelves, a 2 meter cable is standard.
Longer SAS-3 cables are supported with the 2U12 Storage Shelf if needed for the
configuration.
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SAS-3 cable

Figure 3-4 SAS-3 cable

See “Power cables” on page 46.

See “Multi-Mode fiber optic cable” on page 48.
See “Twinaxial copper cables” on page 49.
See “Network cable” on page 47.
 Appendix A
Technical specifications,
Environmental/Protocol
standards, and
Compliance standards
This appendix includes the following topics:

■ Veritas 5260 Appliance technical specifications

■ Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf technical specifications

■ Environmental specifications

■ Protocol standards

■ Regulatory, compliance, and certification information

■ Product regulatory compliance

■ Country approvals

■ Product safety compliance

■ Product EMC Compliance - Class A Compliance

■ Product environmental compliance

Veritas 5260 Appliance technical specifications

The following table provides technical specifications for the Veritas 5260 Appliance.
 Technical specifications, Environmental/Protocol standards, and Compliance standards 53
Veritas 5260 Appliance technical specifications

Table A-1 Veritas 5260 Appliance technical specifications

Technical Specification Veritas 5260 Appliance

Rack information 19" EIA standard

The rack rails that are provided for the 5260 Appliance
compute node are extensible to 32” (820mm). The minimum
distance or depth allowed between the rack posts is 24.6”
(623mm). The maximum distance or depth allowed between
the rack posts is 37” (942mm). If the distance between rack
posts is longer than 37” (942mm), the rails and the
appliance cannot be properly installed.

Processor Intel Xeon Scalable Third generation Silver 4314

CPU speed 2.40 GHz

Cores 32 (16 per processor)

System memory (currently 64GB

supported)
256GB

512GB
Note: When you purchase the first storage expansion
shelf, it includes both the storage expansion shelf and
256GB of memory that replaces the existing 64GB. In
addition, when purchasing the fifth expansion shelf, 256GB
of memory is also included with the storage shelf.

Memory type and configuration DDR4 RDIMM

(DIMMs)
8 x 8GB (64GB)

8 x 32GB (256GB)

16 x 32GB (512GB)

SAS RAID card installed in a PCIe RAID card: Yes

PCIe riser assembly (Y/N)

RAID cache 4 GB is also included on the external PCIe RAID controller

Usable MSDP and Appliance: 9.1TiB, 36.4TiB

AdvancedDisk storage capacity
Each storage shelf: 65.5TiB
(TiB)
Maximum configuration shipped from the factory: 429.4TiB

Maximum number of storage 6

shelves
 Technical specifications, Environmental/Protocol standards, and Compliance standards 54
Veritas 5260 Appliance technical specifications

Table A-1 Veritas 5260 Appliance technical specifications (continued)

Technical Specification Veritas 5260 Appliance

10 Gb Ethernet ports Up to 4 maximum

10/25 Gb Ethernet ports Up to 6 maximum

32 Gb Fibre Channel ports Up to 8 maximum

Dimensions (IEC rack Height: 8.9cm (3.5") (approximately 2U)

compliant)
Width: 43.9cm (17.28“)

Depth: 71.2cm (28.03“)

Maximum weight 23.3 kg (51.37 lbs)

AC power requirements 110 VAC at 10.0 A

220 VAC at 5.0 A

AC power cable Specification: IEC-60320-C14 to IEC-60320-C13, 10A/250V,

Black, 4 ft

The IEC-60320-C14 plugs into a Power Distribution Unit.

The IEC-60320-C13 plugs into an appliance or storage
shelf power supply.
Note: If your power distribution unit is not compatible with
the IEC-60320-C14 plug, then Veritas recommends that
you purchase your power cable locally. Make sure the
power cable meets or exceed the indicated power rating.

See “Power cables” on page 46.

AC Frequency range 50/60Hz

Typical power consumption 400 watts

Typical power consumption 1,936 watts

with a maximum of six
connected external storage
shelves

Maximum power consumption 1100 watts

Maximum power consumption 3,980 watts

with a maximum of six
connected external storage
shelves
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Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf technical specifications

Table A-1 Veritas 5260 Appliance technical specifications (continued)

Technical Specification Veritas 5260 Appliance

System cooling requirement 1365 BTU/hr (Typical)

(heat dissipation)
3753 BTU/hr (Maximum)

System cooling requirement 6606 BTU/hr (Typical)

with maximum external storage
13580 BTU/hr (Maximum)
(heat dissipation)

Operating voltage 90V – 140 VAC

180V – 264 VAC

Power conversion efficiency 90% +

Acoustic noise 70 dBA

See “Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf technical specifications” on page 55.
See “Environmental specifications” on page 57.

Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf technical

specifications
The following table provides technical specifications for a Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB
Storage Shelf.

Table A-2 Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf technical specifications

Technical specification Description

Rack information The rack installation height is the space occupied by a

storage shelf in a rack cabinet. The height for the storage
shelf is 3.5 inches, 88.9mm. The shelf fits into a 2U rack
space. Install the storage shelf in a rack cabinet that is 19
inches (483mm) wide.

The rack rails that are provided for the storage shelf are
extensible to 32” (813mm). This distance is the maximum
depth that is allowed between rack posts. If the distance
between rack posts is longer than 32” (813mm) the rails
and the appliance cannot be properly installed.

Hot swappable components Disk drives, power cooling modules, and I/O modules
(Storage Bay Bridge (SBB) 2.1)
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Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf technical specifications

Table A-2 Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf technical specifications

(continued)

Technical specification Description

Usable storage capacity (TB) 65.5TiB/72TB

Maximum weight (fully 28 kg (62 lbs)

populated)

Shipping weight 52 kg (115 lbs)

Dimensions Height: 8.89cm (3.5") (approximately 2U)

Width: 48.26cm (19") ICE rack compliant

Depth: 60.20cm (23.7")

Device types supported Dual ported 12Gb/s SAS drives

Maximum drives per enclosure 12

AC power requirements 110 VAC at 5.2 A

220 VAC at 2.6 A

Typical power consumption 256 watts per storage shelf

You can connect a maximum of six storage shelves to the

Veritas 5260 Appliance.

Maximum power consumption 480 watts per storage shelf

You can connect a maximum of six storage shelves to the

Veritas 5260 Appliance.

System cooling requirement 873 BTU/hr (typical)

(heat dissipation)
1637.8 BTU/hr (Maximum)

Operating voltage 100V - 127VAC

200V - 240VAC

AC Frequency range 50/60Hz

Power conversion efficiency >80% @ 100V, >80% @240V (>30% load)

Acoustic noise 63 dBA

Non-operational altitude -300 to 12,192 m (-1,000 to 40,000 ft)

Operational shock 2g 11mSec half sine

Non-operational shock 25g 10mSec half sine

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Environmental specifications

Table A-2 Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf technical specifications

(continued)

Technical specification Description

Operational vibration 0.21g RMS 5-500Hz random

Non-operational vibration 1.04g RMS 2-200Hz random

Relocation vibration 0.3g 2-200Hz sinusoidal

(Non-operational)

See “Veritas 5260 Appliance technical specifications” on page 52.

See “Environmental specifications” on page 57.

Environmental specifications
Veritas Appliance compute node environmental
specifications
Table A-3 Veritas Appliance compute node environmental specifications

Specification 5260 Appliance compute node

Operating temperature ASHRAE A2 (10°C to 35°C ) (50°F to 95°F)

Non-operating -40 °C to 70 °C (-40 °F to 158 °F)

temperature
The non-operating temperature is defined as the temperature of the
system when the system is turned off. It is also referred to as the
storage temperature.

Veritas recommends that you do not store the system in an

environment where the temperatures fall outside of the listed
temperature range.

Operating humidity 20% RH to 80% RH

(RH)

Non-operating 8% RH to 90% RH
humidity

Operating altitude 3050 m (10,006 ft)

(feet)

Temperature gradient 10°C/h (50°F/h)

(per hour)
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Protocol standards

See “Veritas 5260 Appliance technical specifications” on page 52.

See “Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf technical specifications” on page 55.
See “Protocol standards” on page 58.
See “Regulatory, compliance, and certification information” on page 58.

Protocol standards
The following table provides standards with which the Veritas 5260 Appliance and
the Veritas 2U12 Storage Shelf comply.

Table A-4 Veritas 5260 Appliance / Veritas 2U12 Storage Shelf standards
compliance

Standard Version

IPMI 2.0 Intelligent Platform Management Interface Specification Second

Generation v2.0, Document Revision 1.0

SMBIOS System Management BIOS (SMBIOS) Reference Specification, Version

3.5.0

SAS SAS - 3.0

ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Specification, Revision

6.3

IP RFC0791: Internet Protocol

FC INCITS T11 (X3T9.3)

PCIe Express PCIe 4.0

See “Veritas 5260 Appliance technical specifications” on page 52.

See “Veritas 2U12 65.5TiB/72TB Storage Shelf technical specifications” on page 55.
See “Environmental specifications” on page 57.

Regulatory, compliance, and certification

information
The following sections give information about the product regulations and
compliance.
 Technical specifications, Environmental/Protocol standards, and Compliance standards 59
Product regulatory compliance

WARNING
To ensure regulatory compliance, you must adhere to the assembly instructions in
this guide to ensure and maintain compliance with existing product certifications
and approvals. Use only the described, regulated components that are specified in
this guide. Use of other products or components may void the regulatory approvals
of the product. The result is noncompliance with product regulations in the region
in which the product is sold.
Alterations to the configuration of your appliance may require additional compliance
testing.
This product is an FCC Class A device. Integration of it into a Class B system does
not result in a Class B device.

Product regulatory compliance

The appliance, when correctly integrated per this guide, complies with the following
safety and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) regulations.
Intended Application - This product was evaluated as Information Technology
Equipment (ITE), which may be installed in offices, schools, computer rooms, and
similar commercial type locations. The suitability of this product for other product
categories and environments, other than an ITE application, may require further
evaluation. Other product categories and environments may include medical,
industrial, telecommunications, NEBS, residential, alarm systems, and test
equipment.

Country approvals
■ US/Canada
■ CE - European Union (EU)
■ Australia / New Zealand
■ KCC South Korea
■ IRAM Certification (Argentina)
■ CCC Certification (China)
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Product safety compliance

■ BIS India
■ NOM Mexico
■ InMetro Brazil
■ NRCS & SABS South Africa
■ BSMI Taiwan
■ VCCI Japan

Note: Other countries are either based on these requirements or do not require
certification. For more regulatory compliance information please refer to this link:
Regulatory Compliance / Homologation

Product safety compliance

The following is a list of product safety compliance norms for different countries:
■ EN 62368‐1:2014 + AC:2015
■ EU Directive: Low Voltage 2014/35/EU
■ CSA C22.2 No. 62368-1
■ CB Certificate & Report, IEC62368-1 (report to include all country deviations)

Product EMC Compliance - Class A Compliance

The following is a list of EMC compliance norms for different countries:
■ EU Directive: EMC 2014/30/EU
■ EN 55035:2017 +A11:2020
■ EN 55032:2015 +A11:2020
■ EN 61000‐3‐2:2014
■ EN 61000‐3‐3:2013
■ FCC /ICES-003 - Emissions (USA/Canada) Verification
■ VCCI Emissions (Japan)
■ AS/NZS 3548 Emissions (Australia / New Zealand)
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Product environmental compliance

Note: For a complete list of regulatory notices please refer to this link:
Veritas Safety and Compliance Guide

Product environmental compliance

Use of banned substances are restricted in accordance with world-wide regulatory
requirements. Restrictions include quantity limitations on the following:
■ Quantity limit of 0.1% by mass (1000 PPM) for: Lead, Mercury, Cadmium,
Hexavalent Chromium, Polybrominated Biphenyls Diphenyl-Ethers (PBB/PBDE),
Bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), Benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP), Dibutyl
phthalate (DBP), Diisobutyl phthalate (DiBP).
■ Quantity limit of 0.01% by mass (100 PPM) for: Cadmium
■ California Code of Regulations, Title 22, Division 4.5, Chapter 33: Best
Management Practices for Perchlorate Materials
■ China - Restriction of Hazardous Substances (China RoHS)
■ India RoHS
■ EU WEEE Directive
■ EU Packaging Directive
■ EU Batteries Directive
■ EU Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/424 of 15 March 2019
■ EU REACH Regulation
Product environmental declarations of compliance are available in this link.
 Index

A
Appliance
configurations 6
overview 6
usable storage capacities 32

C
cables
multi-mode fiber optic
description 48
network
description 47
power
description 46
SAS-3
description 50
Twinaxial copper
description 49

E
Environmental specifications 57

O
overview
appliance 6

P
protocol standards
Veritas 5260 Appliance / Veritas 2U12 Storage
Shelf 58

U
usable storage capacities
appliance 32