Brocade Communications Systems DCX 8510-8 Quick user guide

53-1002180-03

28 July 2011

Brocade DCX 8510-8

Backbone

Hardware Reference Manual

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Title Publication number Summary of changes Date

Brocade DCX 8510-8 Backbone

Hardware Reference Manual

53-1002180-01 New document. April 2011

Brocade DCX 8510-8 Backbone

Hardware Reference Manual

53-1002180-02 Updated filler panel

graphics, CP replacement

procedures for 7.0, and data

transmission ranges info.

June 2011

Brocade DCX 8510-8 Backbone

Hardware Reference Manual

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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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

ESD precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii

Safety notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii

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

Chapter 1 Overview

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

Brocade DCX 8510-8 features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Brocade DCX 8510-8 hardware components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Port side of the Brocade DCX 8510-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Nonport side of the Brocade DCX 8510-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Brocade DCX 8510-8 blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

High availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Reliability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Serviceability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Software features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Network manageability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

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Chapter 2 Installation of the Brocade DCX 8510-8

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Time and items required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Preparing for Brocade DCX 8510-8 installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Unpacking and installing the Brocade DCX 8510-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Items included with the Brocade DCX 8510-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Providing power to the Brocade DCX 8510-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Port numbering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Chassis slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Managing cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

High density cabling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Installing QSFP cables (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Chapter 3 Logging In and Configuring the Brocade DCX 8510-8

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

Configuring the Brocade DCX 8510-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Establishing a serial connection to the Brocade DCX 8510-8 . . . . .23

Logging in to the serial console port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Configuring the IP addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Logging off the serial console port and disconnecting the

serial cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Establishing an Ethernet connection to the Brocade DCX 8510-8 .25

Customizing a switch name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Customizing a chassis name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Setting the domain ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Setting the date and time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Setting the date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Setting the time zone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Synchronizing local time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Verifying the PID mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Determining installed software licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Installing transceivers and attaching cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Managing cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Verifying correct operation and backing up the configuration . . . . . 33

Powering off the Brocade DCX 8510-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Chapter 4 Monitoring System Components

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Monitoring overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

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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). . . . . . .50

Determining the status of a core switch blade (CR16-8) . . . . . . . . . 51

Determining the status of a power supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Determining the status of a blower assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Determining the status of a WWN card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

Chapter 5 Removal and Replacement Procedures

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

Chassis door removal and replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

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

Removing a chassis door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Replacing a chassis door. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

Cable management comb removal and replacement . . . . . . . . . . . 60

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

Removing a cable management comb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Replacing a cable management comb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

Port, application, and encryption blade removal and

replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Removing a blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

Replacing a blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

Blade filler panel removal and replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Removing a filler panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Replacing a filler panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

Control processor blade (CP8) removal and replacement . . . . . . . . 67

Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Faulty CP blade indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Recording critical Brocade DCX 8510-8 information. . . . . . . . . 68

Removing a control processor blade (CP8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Replacing a control processor blade (CP8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Verifying operation of the new CP blade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

Complete the replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Core switch blade (CR16-8) removal and replacement . . . . . . . . . .79

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

Faulty core switch blade indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Removing a core switch blade (CR16-8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Replacing a core switch blade (CR16-8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Power supply removal and replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

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

Identifying power supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Removing a power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Replacing a power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

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Blower assembly removal and replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Removing a blower assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Replacing a blower assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

WWN card removal and replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Verifying the need for replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Determining the status of a WWN card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Removing the WWN card and WWN bezel (logo plate) . . . . . . .88

Replacing the WWN card and WWN bezel (logo plate) . . . . . . . 90

Transceiver removal and replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Removing an SFP+ transceiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Replacing an SFP+ transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

Removing and replacing an mSFP optical transceiver . . . . . . . 93

Inter-chassis link (QSFP) cable removal and replacement. . . . . . . .95

Time and items Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

Removing an ICL cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Replacing an ICL cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Possible ICL configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Brocade DCX 8510-8 chassis removal and replacement. . . . . . . . .99

Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Faulty Brocade DCX 8510-8 chassis indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Recording critical Brocade DCX 8510-8 and SAN

information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Disconnecting from network and fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Removing components from the chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

Installing the replacement chassis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Installing components into the new chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Downloading the configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

Verifying correct operation of system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Reconnecting the system to the network and fabric. . . . . . . .108

Verifying correct configuration of the fabric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

Cable routing table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

Appendix A Specifications

In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113

General specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113

System architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114

System size and weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115

System blade and FRU weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

Facility requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

Environmental requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Fibre Channel port specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

Power specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118

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Power cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

Power-cord notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

Power-cord notice (Japan, Denan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

Data transmission ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

Qualified cables for the FC8-64 port blade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

Regulatory compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124

FCC warning (US only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124

KCC statement (Republic of Korea) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125

VCCI statement (Japan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125

BSMI statement (Taiwan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125

CE statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125

Canadian requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

German statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

Laser compliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

Regulatory compliance standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

Environmental regulation compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127

China RoHS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127

Appendix B Application and Encryption Blades

In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

FS8-18 blade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

FX8-24 blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

Appendix C Diagnostics and Troubleshooting

In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

Obtaining chassis and component status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

Interpreting POST and boot results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

POST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

Boot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137

Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137

Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138

Appendix D Port Numbering Template

Index

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Figures

Figure 1 Port side of the Brocade DCX 8510-8 (sample configuration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Figure 2 Nonport side of the Brocade DCX 8510-8 (sample configuration) . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Figure 3 Cable design for the mSFP patch cables for the FC8-64 high density

port blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Figure 4 Configuration tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Figure 5 FC8-64 Port blade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Figure 6 FC16-32 Port blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Figure 7 FC16-48 Port blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Figure 8 FS8-18 Encryption blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Figure 9 FX8-24 Extension blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Figure 10 Control processor blade (CP8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Figure 11 Core switch blade (CR16-8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Figure 12 Power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Figure 13 Blower assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Figure 14 WWN bezel (logo plate) with LEDs for DCX and DCX 8510-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Figure 15 Removal and replacement of the chassis door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Figure 16 Removal and replacement of the cable management comb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Figure 17 Removal and replacement of the port, application, and encryption blades

(FC16-48 port blade shown) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Figure 18 Removal and replacement of the blade filler panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Figure 19 Removal and replacement of the control processor blade (CP8) . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Figure 20 Removal and replacement of the core switch blade (CR16). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Figure 21 Power supply identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Figure 22 Removal and replacement of the power supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Figure 23 Removal and replacement of the blower assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Figure 24 WWN bezel (logo plate) with LEDs for DCX and DCX 8510-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Figure 25 Removal and replacement of the WWN bezel (logo plate) and WWN card . . . . 90

Figure 26 Optical transceiver (SFP+) extraction tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Figure 27 Replacing an optical transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Figure 28 Replacing a 16 Gbps SFP+ optical transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Figure 29 Optical mSFP transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Figure 30 QSFP cable and transceiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Figure 31 QSFP transceiver (bail open) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Figure 32 QSFP cable connections – 8510 sample configuration - parallel type. . . . . . . . 98

Figure 33 FC8-64 port blade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Figure 34 FC16-32 port blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

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Figure 35 FC16-48 port blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Figure 36 FS8-18 encryption blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Figure 37 FX8-24 extension blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

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