Initial configuration guidelines and checklist
Review the following information before you perform the initial configuration on a new Flex appliance:
Table: Flex Appliance configuration guidelines and checklist
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Network cabling for the 53xx appliance | The following 53xx appliance ports must be connected to the network for initial configuration: The remote management (IPMI) port Used to connect to the Veritas Remote Management Interface. The remote management port must be configured before you begin initial configuration. If it is not configured, do one of the following: For a 5350, 5360 or 5372 appliance, refer to the Hardware Installation guides for the procedure. For a 5340 appliance, contact Technical Support and ask your representative to reference article 100042482. host1 or host0 Used to connect to the Flex Appliance Console. Cohesity recommends that you connect both host1 and host0 for maximum resiliency, but only one of them is required. These ports are labeled ETH0 and ETH1 on the 53xx nodes. privnic1 and privnic0 (multi-node appliances only) Used for communication between nodes. These ports are labeled ETH2 and ETH3 on the 53xx nodes. Four to eight 25-10Gb Ethernet ports per node on the 5372 Four to eight 25-10Gb Ethernet ports per node on the 5360 Two to eight 25-10Gb Ethernet ports per node on the 5350 Two to ten 10Gb Ethernet ports per node on the 5340 Used for the application instances.
See the Hardware Installation or the Product Description guides for more details. |
Network cabling for the 52xx appliance | The following 52xx appliance ports must be connected to the network for initial configuration: The remote management (IPMI) port Used to connect to the Veritas Remote Management Interface. The remote management port must be configured before you begin initial configuration. If it is not configured, refer to the Hardware Installation guides for the procedure. host0 host1 (only for 5270 appliance) Used to connect to the Flex Appliance Console. Two to eight 25-10Gb Ethernet ports on the 5270 Two to six 25-10Gb Ethernet ports on the 5260 Two to six 25-10Gb Ethernet ports on the 5250 Used for the application instances.
See the Hardware Installation or the Product Description guides for more details. |
Network cabling for the 5150 appliance | The following 5150 appliance ports must be connected to the network for initial configuration: The remote management (IPMI) port Used to connect to the Veritas Remote Management Interface. The remote management port must be configured before you begin initial configuration. If it is not configured, refer to the 5150 Appliance Hardware Installation Guide for the procedure. host0 Used to connect to the Flex Appliance Console. Two 25-10Gb Ethernet ports, two 10GBASE-T Ethernet ports, or four 1GBASE-T Ethernet ports, depending on the purchase configuration Used for the application instances.
See the 5150 Appliance Hardware Installation Guide or the 5150 Appliance Product Description for more details. |
Connectivity during initial configuration | When you perform the appliance initial configuration, you must take precautions to avoid loss of
connectivity. Any loss of connectivity during initial configuration results in failure. The computer that you use to configure the appliance should be set
up to avoid the following events: Conditions that cause the computer to go to sleep Conditions that cause the computer to turn off or to lose power Conditions that cause the computer to lose its
network connection
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Required names and addresses | Before the configuration, gather the following information: (53xx appliance only) IP address for the Flex Appliance Console (53xx appliance only) Hostname for the Flex Appliance Console The Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) can be a maximum of 45 characters. On 53xx appliances, the Flex Appliance Console IP address/hostname must be unique and must not match the IP address/hostname of any node configured using the setup configure-network command. IP address for each node in the appliance Hostname for each node in the appliance The Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) can be a maximum of 45 characters. Default gateway (Optional) DNS server IP address DNS domain (Optional) Search domain
You can use IPv4 or IPv6 addresses for the appliance, but a dual-stack network is not supported. The IPv4 and IPv6 protocols are disabled until you complete the initial configuration. After configuration, the protocol that you did not configure remains disabled. The following subnets are also reserved for internal use and cannot be used for the appliance network: 192.168.227.0/24 and fdf8:192:168:227::/120 192.168.228.0/24 and fdf8:192:168:228::/120 192.168.229.0/24 and fdf8:192:168:229::/120 192.168.230.0/24 and fdf8:192:168:230::/120 If you plan to use DNS, make sure that forward and reverse DNS lookups are configured properly in your environment. If a forward or a reverse DNS lookup returns multiple records, the initial configuration may fail. You can check the DNS configuration with the following commands for each node. Each command should return only one entry. Linux: dig +short @<DNS server IP address> a <node FQDN> dig +short @<DNS server IP address> -x <node IP address> Windows: nslookup <node IP address> nslookup <node hostname> |
Default username and password | New appliances are shipped with the following default login credentials: Username: hostadmin Password: P@ssw0rd
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Firewall port usage | Make sure that the following ports are open if a firewall exists between the appliance and the network: |
