Preparing for the Commvault Appliance A600 Installation

Note

Disclaimer:
As of Version 11 SP10, Commvault does not sell the A600, A410 or the A210 Appliance anymore. You can purchase the HyperScale 1.5 Appliance instead. For more information, see HyperScale 1.5 Appliance.

Use the following table to record the information required for the installation and the configuration of Commvault Appliance A600.

Item

Description

Your Value

Fully Qualified Domain Name or Host name

Commvault Appliance A600 has a default host name. Change the hostname according to your preferences.

The hostname must be fully resolvable and addressable by all client computers and MediaAgents in the CommCell environment.

Default Host name:

Data IP Addresses for 10 GigE port

Commvault Appliance A600 has two 10 GigE network ports. You can use these ports to meet various network demands, such as when ingesting data, DASH copy and mounting ISCSI volumes with IntelliSnap.

You must have 2 IPv4 addresses for the 10 GigE ports.

10 GigE IP address Port1:

10 GigE IP address Port2:

Static IP address

Subnet mask

Default gateway

By default this information is provided by the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). If this information is not provided by the DHCP, you must type this information.

Static IP address:

Subnet mask:

Default gateway:

DNS Server IP address

Preferred DNS server

Alternate DNS server

By default this information is provided by the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). If this information is not provided by the DHCP, you must type this information.

DNS Server IP address:

Preferred DNS server:

Alternate DNS server:

NetApp IP Address for 1 GigE port

Assign 192.168.128.x and 192.168.128.y to the A600 1 GB management port to communicate with the disk array.

1 GigE IP address Port1:

1 GigE IP address Port2:

Appliance serial number

To register the appliance and generate a permanent license, the Commvault Appliance unique serial number is required.

Appliance Serial Number:

(Optional) Domain Name

If you want to add the Commvault Appliance to an existing domain, specify the domain name.

Existing Domain Name:

(Optional) Domain Username and password

User credentials are required if you want to add the Commvault Appliance to an existing domain.

Domain User Name

Domain Password:

(Optional)Mail server

Send alerts regarding the Commvault Appliance A600 configuration.

You can configure the e-mail server after configuring the Commvault Appliance from the Commvault console.

E-Mail Server:

(Optional) E-mail address

E-mail address of the recipient of e-mail alerts.

User E-mail Address:

What to Do Next

After recording the information required for installing and configuring the Commvault Appliance A600, verify the racking and cabling of the NetApp E-Series storage.

For more information, see Verifying the Racking and Cabling Commvault Appliance A600.

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