Brocade Communications Systems SilkWorm 12000 Quick user guide

Publication Number 53-0000148-05

Publication Date: 04/25/03

SilkWorm 12000

Hardware Reference Manual

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Document History

The table below lists all versions of the SilkWorm 12000 Hardware Reference Manual.

Document Title Publication Number Publication Date

SilkWorm 12000 Hardware Reference Manual 53-0000148-03 03/08/02

SilkWorm 12000 Hardware Reference Manual 53-0000148-04 02/25/03

SilkWorm 12000 Hardware Reference Manual 53-0000148-05 04/25/03

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Preface

What’s New in This Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

Intended Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

Manual Conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x

How to Get Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii

Chapter 1 Introducing the SilkWorm 12000

Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

High Availability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Port Side of Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Non-port Side of Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Managing the SilkWorm 12000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Chapter 2 Operating the SilkWorm 12000

Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Powering the SilkWorm 12000 On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Interpreting LED Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Operating Information for the Port Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Operating Information for the CP Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7

Operating Information for the Power Supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12

Operating Information for the AC Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15

Operating Information for the Blower Assemblies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16

Operating Information for the WWN Card and Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18

Operating Information for the Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20

Managing Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20

Interpreting POST Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21

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Chapter 3 Maintaining the SilkWorm 12000

Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Environmental Status and Maintenance Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Replacing a Port Card or Filler Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5

Replacing a CP Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13

Replacing a Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25

Replacing a Blower Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27

Replacing the Cable Management Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29

Replacing the Cable Management Guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30

Replacing the Chassis Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31

Replacing the WWN Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32

Replacing the Chassis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-34

Replacing the 14U Rack Kit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35

Replacing the Mid-mount Rack Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35

Appendix A Product Specifications

Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1

SilkWorm 12000 Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

Physical Dimensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

SilkWorm 12000 and Component Weights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3

Facility Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3

Power Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4

Power Cord Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4

Environmental Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-7

General Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-8

Data Transmission Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-9

Port Card Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-9

CP Card Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-10

POST and Boot Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-12

Regulatory Compliance Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-13

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Appendix B Troubleshooting and Diagnostics

Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1

Troubleshooting the SilkWorm 12000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2

Diagnostic Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-5

Appendix C Setting Up and Installing Modems

Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1

High Availability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1

Location of Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2

Connecting Modems to the SilkWorm 12000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3

Setting Up a Remote Modem System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-4

Verifying the Modem Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-5

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Preface

This manual provides comprehensive information to help you administer your SilkWorm switch and

your storage area network (SAN). This manual was developed to help technical experts operate,

maintain, and troubleshoot SAN products. A list of additional SAN resource reference materials is also

included. The sections that follow provide:

•A summary of updates to this document.

•The intended audience for this document.

•Information to help you use Brocade documentation.

•Information on additional SAN resources.

•How to get Technical Support.

What’s New in This Book

The following changes have been made since this book was released with part number

53-0000148-03:

•Installation Chapter: This information was moved into the QuickStart Guide.

•Configuration Chapter: This information was moved into the QuickStart Guide.

•Operating Chapter

-Updated Status LED behavior for fibre channel ports for Fabric OS v4.1.0

-Updated blower assembly LED behavior for Fabric OS v4.1.0

•Maintenance Chapter

-Added info about WWN card replacement procedure

-Added info about chassis replacement procedure

•Specifications Chapter

-Updated environmental specs

-Updated power cord specifications

-Added data transmission ranges table

-Updated battery warning

•Glossary

-The glossary was removed from the book and is now provided as a separate document

on the Brocade Documentation CD.

Intended Audience

This document is intended for use by systems administrators and technicians experienced with

networking, Fibre Channel, and SAN technologies.

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Manual Conventions

This section lists text formatting conventions and important notices formats that are used in this

document.

Formatting

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Notes, Cautions, and Warnings

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Warning: A warning alerts you to potential danger to personnel.

Convention Purpose

bold text •identifies command names

•identifies GUI elements

•identifies keywords/operands

•identifies text to enter at the GUI or CLI

italic text •provides emphasis

•identifies variables

•identifies paths and internet addresses

•identifies book titles and cross references

code text •identifies CLI output

•identifies syntax examples

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