Brocade Communications Systems DCX 8510-4 Quick user guide

53-1002177-06

19 August 2013

Brocade DCX 8510-4

Backbone

Hardware Reference Manual

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Title Publication number Summary of changes Date

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53-1002180-01 New document. April 2011

Brocade DCX 8510-4 Backbone Hardware

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53-1002180-02 Updated filler panel graphics,

CP replacement procedures for

7.0, and data transmission

ranges information.

June 2011

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53-1002180-03 Updated power supply

requirements data, power

supply replacement information,

ISL trunking totals, inter-chassis

link information.

July 2011

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Reference Manual

53-1002180-04 Added new blades, FC8-32E,

FC8-48E, and enhanced ICL

capability.

December 2011

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Reference Manual

53-1002180-05 Added Preparing for WWN card

replacement section.

May 2012

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Reference Manual

53-1002177-06 Clarified support for for shared

blades. Corrected FOS version

required for certain blades.

Corrected slot numbering order.

Aug 2013

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Contents

About This Document

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii

How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii

Supported hardware and software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv

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

Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv

Text formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv

Command syntax conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

Command examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

Notes, cautions, and warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi

Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi

Brocade resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi

Other industry resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii

Getting technical help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xvii

Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii

Chapter 1 Overview

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

Brocade DCX 8510-4 features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Brocade DCX 8510-4 hardware components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Port side of the Brocade DCX 8510-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Nonport side of the Brocade DCX 8510-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Brocade DCX 8510-4 blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

High availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Reliability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Serviceability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Software features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Network manageability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Chapter 2 Installation of the Brocade DCX 8510-4

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Time and items required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

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Preparing for the Brocade DCX 8510-4 installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Unpacking and installing the Brocade DCX 8510-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Items included with the Brocade DCX 8510-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Providing power to the Brocade DCX 8510-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Port numbering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Chassis slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Cable management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

High density cabling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Installing QSFP cables (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Chapter 3 Logging In and Configuring the Brocade DCX 8510-4

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Configuring the Brocade DCX 8510-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Establishing a serial connection to the Brocade DCX 8510-4 . . . . . 24

Logging in to the serial console port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Configuring the IP addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Logging off the serial console port and disconnecting the

serial cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Establishing an Ethernet connection to the

Brocade DCX 8510-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Customizing a switch name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Customizing a chassis name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Setting the domain ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Setting the date and time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Setting the date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Setting the time zone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Synchronizing local time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Verifying the PID mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Determining installed software licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Installing transceivers and attaching cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Installing SFP+ and mSFP transceivers and cables . . . . . . . . .32

Installing QSFP transceivers and cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Managing cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Verifying correct operation and backing up the configuration. . . . .35

Powering off the Brocade DCX 8510-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Chapter 4 Monitoring System Components

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Monitoring overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

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Determining the status of a port or application blade . . . . . . . . . . .42

Blade illustrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Determining the status of a control processor blade (CP8). . . . . . . 49

Determining the status of a core switch blade (CR16-4) . . . . . . . . . 50

Determining the status of a power supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Determining the status of a blower assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Determining the status of a WWN card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Chapter 5 Removal and Replacement Procedures

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

ESD precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Chassis door removal and replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Removing a chassis door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Replacing a chassis door. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

Vertical cable management fingers removal and replacement. . . . 59

Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Removing a cable management finger assembly . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Replacing a cable management finger assembly . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Port, application, and encryption blade removal and

replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Removing a blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Replacing a blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Blade filler panel removal and replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

Removing a filler panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

Replacing a filler panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Control processor blade (CP8) removal and replacement . . . . . . . .65

Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Faulty CP blade indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Recording critical Brocade DCX 8510-4 information. . . . . . . . . 67

Removing a control processor blade (CP8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Replacing a control processor blade (CP8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

Verifying operation of the new CP blade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

Completing the replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Core switch blade (CR16-4) removal and replacement . . . . . . . . . .75

Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Faulty core switch blade indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Removing a core switch blade (CR16-4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Replacing a core switch blade (CR16-4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

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Power supply removal and replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Identifying power supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Removing a power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Replacing a power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Blower assembly removal and replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Removing a blower assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Replacing a blower assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

WWN card removal and replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Verifying the need for replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

Preparing for the WWN card replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

Removing the WWN card and WWN bezel (logo plate) . . . . . . .82

Replacing the WWN card and WWN bezel (logo plate) . . . . . . . 83

Transceiver removal and replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Removing an SFP+ transceiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Replacing an SFP+ transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Removing and replacing an mSFP optical transceiver . . . . . . .86

Inter-chassis link (QSFP) cable removal and replacement. . . . . . . .88

Time and items Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Removing an ICL cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

Replacing an ICL cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90

Possible ICL configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Brocade DCX 8510-4 chassis removal and replacement. . . . . . . . .93

Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Faulty Brocade DCX 8510-4 chassis indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Recording critical Brocade DCX 8510-4 and

SAN information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95

Disconnecting from network and fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Removing components from the chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Installing the replacement chassis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Installing components into the new chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Downloading the configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

Verifying correct operation of system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

Reconnecting the system to the network and fabric . . . . . . . .103

Verifying correct configuration of the fabric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

Cable routing table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Appendix A Specifications

In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

General specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

System architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108

System size and weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

System blade and FRU weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

Facility requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

Environmental requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

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Fibre Channel port specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Power specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Power cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114

Power-cord notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

Power-cord notice (Japan, DENAN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Data transmission ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Qualified cables for the FC8-64 port blade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118

Safety notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

Regulatory compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

FCC warning (US only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

KCC statement (Republic of Korea) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

VCCI statement (Japan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

BSMI statement (Taiwan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

CE statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

Canadian requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

German statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

Laser compliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

Regulatory compliance standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

Environmental regulation compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

China RoHS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

Appendix B Application and Encryption Blades

In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125

FS8-18 blade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125

FX8-24 blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

Appendix C Diagnostics and Troubleshooting

In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

Obtaining chassis and component status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130

Interpreting POST and boot results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130

POST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130

Boot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

Appendix D Port Numbering Template

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