Brocade Communications Systems 7500 Extension Quick user guide

53-1000026-04
November 26, 2008
Brocade 7500 Extension
Switches
Hardware Reference Manual

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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
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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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