Brocade Communications Systems 7500 Extension Quick user guide

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November 26, 2008

Brocade 7500 Extension

Switches

Hardware Reference Manual

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Document History

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Title Publication number Summary of changes Date

SilkWorm 7500 Hardware Reference

Manual

53-1000026-01 New document. November 2005

SilkWorm 7500 Hardware Reference

Manual

53-1000026-02 Minor editorial corrections. January 2006

Brocade 7500 SAN Routers Hardware

Reference Manual

53-1000026-03 Added information on

7500E, rebranded to

current standards, and

changed title of manual to

include “7500 SAN

Routers.”

January 2008

Brocade 7500 Extension Switches

Hardware Reference Manual

53-1000026-04 Minor changes to Chapter 1

due to licensing function.

Changed name of product to

7500 Extension Switches.

November 2008

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Contents

About this document

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v

How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v

Supported hardware and software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v

What’s new in this document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi

Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi

Text formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vi

Notes, cautions, and warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vi

Key terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

Brocade resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

Other industry resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii

Optional Brocade Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

Getting technical help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x

Chapter 1 Introducing the Brocade 7500 series Extension Switches

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Overview of Brocade 7500 series Extension Switches . . . . . . . . . . . 1

7500 Extension Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

7500E Extension Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Extension Switch Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Upgrading the 7500E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Port side of the Extension Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Nonport side of the Extension Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Extension Switch management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Chapter 2 Installing and configuring the Extension Switch

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Installation and safety considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Items included with the Extension Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Setting up the Extension Switch as a standalone unit . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Installing in an EIA cabinet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Initial setup of the Extension Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Recommendations for cable management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

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Chapter 3 Operating the Extension Switch

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

LED activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

LEDs on the port side of the Extension Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

LEDs on the nonport side of the Extension Switch . . . . . . . . . . 26

Interpreting POST results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Extension Switch maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Powering off the Extension Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Appendix A Product specifications

Extension switch components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Weight and physical dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Facility requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Power supply specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Power cords (Japan, Denan). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Environmental requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

General specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Data transmission ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Memory specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Fibre Channel port specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

GbE port specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Serial port specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

POST and boot specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

POST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Boot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Federal information processing standards (FIPS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Regulatory compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

FCC warning (US only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

MIC statement (Republic of Korea) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

VCCI statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

BSMI statement (Chinese) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

CE Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Canadian requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Laser compliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

RTC battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Electrical safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Regulatory certifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Index

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About this document

In this chapter

•How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v

•Supported hardware and software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v

•What’s new in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi

•Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi

•Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

•Additional information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

•Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

•Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x

How this document is organized

This document is organized to help you find the information that you need as quickly and easily as

possible. The document begins with an introduction to the Extension Switch and proceeds through

installation and operation procedures.

The document contains the following components:

•Chapter 1, “Introducing the Brocade 7500 series Extension Switches” provides a brief

overview of the Extension Switch itself.

•Chapter 2, “Installing and configuring the Extension Switch” describes the installation

procedures for the Extension Switch.

•Chapter 3, “Operating the Extension Switch” provides an overview of Extension Switch

operation.

•Appendix A, “Product specifications” provides all of the technical specifications for the

Extension Switch.

Supported hardware and software

In those instances in which procedures or parts of procedures documented here apply to some

Extension Switches but not to others, this guide identifies exactly which Extension Switches are

supported and which are not.

Although many different software and hardware configurations are tested and supported by

Brocade Communications Systems, documenting all possible configurations and scenarios is

beyond the scope of this document.

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What’s new in this document

The following changes have been made since this document was last released:

•Information about the 7500E Extension Switch has been added. Refer to Chapter 1,

“Introducing the Brocade 7500 series Extension Switches” for details on this product.

•The publication title has changed to Brocade 7500 Extension Switches Hardware Reference

Manual.

•Publication has been updated to reflect current product branding and style.

For further information about new features and documentation updates for this release, refer to

the release notes.

Document conventions

This section describes text formatting conventions and important notice formats used in this

document.

Text formatting

The narrative-text formatting conventions that are used are as follows:

bold text Identifies command names

Identifies the names of user-manipulated GUI elements

Identifies keywords and operands

Identifies text to enter at the GUI or CLI

italic text Provides emphasis

Identifies variables

Identifies paths and Internet addresses

Identifies document titles

code text Identifies CLI output

Identifies command syntax examples

For readability, command names in the narrative portions of this guide are presented in mixed

lettercase: for example, switchShow. In actual examples, command lettercase is often all

lowercase. Otherwise, this manual specifically notes those cases in which a command is case

sensitive.

Notes, cautions, and warnings

The following notices and statements are used in this manual. They are listed below in order of

increasing severity of potential hazards.

NOTE

A note provides a tip, guidance or advice, emphasizes important information, or provides a reference

to related information.

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ATTENTION

An Attention statement indicates potential damage to hardware or data.

CAUTION

A Caution statement alerts you to situations that can be potentially hazardous to you.

DANGER

A Danger statement indicates conditions or situations that can be potentially lethal or extremely

hazardous to you. Safety labels are also attached directly to products to warn of these conditions

or situations.

Key terms

For definitions specific to Brocade and Fibre Channel, see the Brocade Glossary.

For definitions of SAN-specific terms, visit the Storage Networking Industry Association online

dictionary at:

http://www.snia.org/education/dictionary

Notice to the reader

This document may contain references to the trademarks of the following corporations. These

trademarks are the properties of their respective companies and corporations.

These references are made for informational purposes only.

Additional information

This section lists additional Brocade and industry-specific documentation that you might find

helpful.

Brocade resources

To get up-to-the-minute information, join Brocade Connect. It’s free! Go to http://www.brocade.com

and click Brocade Connect to register at no cost for a user ID and password.

For practical discussions about SAN design, implementation, and maintenance, you can obtain

Building SANs with Brocade Fabric Switches through:

Corporation Referenced Trademarks and Products

Microsoft Corporation Windows, HyperTerminal, NT, 2000, 2003, ME, XP

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http://www.amazon.com

For additional Brocade documentation, visit the Brocade SAN Info Center and click the Resource

Library location:

http://www.brocade.com

Release notes are available on the Brocade Connect Web site and are also bundled with the Fabric

OS firmware.

Fabric OS

•Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide

•Fabric OS Command Reference

•Fabric OS MIB Reference

•Fabric OS Message Reference

•Brocade Glossary

Fabric OS Optional Features

•Web Tools Administrator’s Guide

•Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide

•Fabric Manager Administrator’s Guide

•Secure Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide

7500 Series Extension Switches

•7500 Extension Switches QuickStart Guide

•Mid Size Switch Fan Assembly Replacement Procedure

•Mid Size Switch Power Supply Replacement Procedure

Rack Mount Kits

•Fixed Rack Mount Kit Installation Procedure

•Slide Rack Mount Kit Installation Procedure

Other industry resources

•White papers, online demos, and data sheets are available through the Brocade Web site at

http://www.brocade.com/products/software.jhtml.

•Best practice guides, white papers, data sheets, and other documentation is available through

the Brocade Partner Web site.

For additional resource information, visit the Technical Committee T11 Web site. This Web site

provides interface standards for high-performance and mass storage applications for Fibre

Channel, storage management, and other applications:

http://www.t11.org

For information about the Fibre Channel industry, visit the Fibre Channel Industry Association Web

site:

http://www.fibrechannel.org

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Optional Brocade Features

Optional Brocade features include:

Advanced Performance Monitoring

Enables more effective end-to-end SAN performance analysis to enhance performance tuning,

increase productivity, optimize resource utilization, and reduce costs.

Extended Fabrics

Supports the reliable, high-speed connectivity over dark fiber or Dense Wave Division Multiplexing

(DWDM) equipment at distances up to 500 km to enhance business continuance operations.

Fabric Watch

Continuously monitors SAN fabrics for potential faults based on thresholds set for a variety of SAN

fabric elements and events—automatically alerting administrators to potential problems before

they become costly failures.

ISL Trunking

Optimizes the performance and availability of SAN fabrics while simplifying ISL management. Two 4

Gbps Brocade switches can automatically group up to eight ISLs into a single logical “trunk” with a

total throughput of up to

32 Gbps.

Advanced Zoning

Automatically groups SAN fabric-connected devices into logical zones that restrict access to

“member” devices in the zone. Advanced Zoning uses hardware enforcement at both the port and

WWN level to provide more robust data protection.

Secure Fabric OS

Provides a comprehensive security solution to help protect mission-critical data. Key features

include centralized policy-based security management, management data encryption, and

authentication to create a fabric-wide trusted environment with control over all levels of fabric

access and communication.

FICON®CUP

Enables IBM host-based management programs to manage FICON fabric switches in-band by

sending commands to the Fabric OS emulated control device.

Getting technical help

Contact your Extension Switch support supplier for hardware, firmware, and software support,

including product repairs and part ordering. To expedite your call, have the following information

available:

1. General Information

•Extension Switch model

•Extension Switch operating system version

•Error numbers and messages received

•supportSave command output

•Detailed description of the problem, including the Extension Switch or fabric behavior

immediately following the problem, and specific questions

•Description of any troubleshooting steps already performed and the results

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•Serial console and Telnet session logs

•syslog message logs

2. Extension Switch Serial Number

The Extension Switch serial number and corresponding bar code are provided on the serial

number label, as illustrated below.:

The serial number label is located as follows:

•Brocade 200E—On the nonport side of the chassis

•Brocade 7500 series Extension Switches and 4100 and 4900 switches—On the Extension

Switch or switch ID pull-out tab located inside the chassis on the port side on the left (refer

to location 7 in Figure 1 on page 5).

•Brocade 5000—On the switch ID pull-out tab located on the bottom of the port side of the

switch.

•Brocade 7600—On the bottom of the chassis

•Brocade 48000—Inside the chassis next to the power supply bays

•Brocade DCX—On the bottom right on the port side of the chassis

3. World Wide Name (WWN)

Use the wwn command to display the product WWN.

If you cannot use the wwn command because the product is inoperable, you can get the WWN

from the same place as the serial number, except for the Brocade DCX. For the Brocade DCX,

access the numbers on the WWN cards by removing the Brocade logo plate at the top of the

nonport side of the chassis.

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completeness of this document. However, if you find an error or an omission, or you think that a

topic needs further development, we want to hear from you. Forward your feedback to:

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Provide the title and version number of the document and as much detail as possible about your

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