Brocade Communications Systems 7800 Quick user guide

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31 May 2012
®
Brocade 7800
Extension Switch
Hardware Reference Manual

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Corporate and Latin American Headquarters
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
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San Jose, CA 95134
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No. 1 Guanghua Road
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Title Publication number Summary of changes Date
Brocade 7800 Extension Switch
Hardware Reference Manual
53-1001350-01 New document July 2009
Brocade 7800 Extension Switch
Hardware Reference Manual
53-1001350-02 BSMI statement updated. October 2011
Brocade 7800 Extension Switch
Hardware Reference Manual
53-1001350-03 Auto MDI/MDIX support
added. Copper and optical
port clarifications added.
February 2012
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Hardware Reference Manual
53-1001350-04 Chinese regulatory
statement added
May 2012

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Contents
About this document
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Supported hardware and software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
What’s new in this document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Text formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Command syntax conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Command examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Notes, cautions, and warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Key terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Brocade resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Other industry resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Optional Brocade Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Getting technical help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
Chapter 1 Introducing the Brocade 7800 Extension Switch
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Overview of Brocade 7800 Extension Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Brocade 7800 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Port side of the Brocade 7800. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Nonport side of the Brocade 7800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Brocade 7800 management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Chapter 2 Installing and configuring the Brocade 7800
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Installation and safety considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Items included with the Brocade 7800 Extension Switch . . . . . . . . . 8
Setting up the Brocade 7800 Extension Switch as a standalone
unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Installing in an EIA cabinet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

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Initial setup of the Brocade 7800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Providing power to the switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Creating a serial connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Connecting to the Brocade 7800 using the serial connection . 11
Setting the switch IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Changing the switch name and chassis name . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Creating an Ethernet connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Setting the Brocade 7800 domain ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Setting the Brocade 7800 date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Synchronizing local time with an external source . . . . . . . . . . .14
Correcting the time zone of a Brocade 7800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
FCIP and Fibre Channel routing services configuration . . . . . . 16
Installing SFPs and cabling the Brocade 7800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Verifying correct operation and backup the configuration . . . . 17
Recommendations for cable management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Chapter 3 Operating the Brocade 7800 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 Brocade 7800 . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Interpreting POST results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Brocade 7800 maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Powering off the Brocade 7800. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Appendix A Product specifications
In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Brocade 7800 components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Weight and physical dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Facility requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Power supply specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Environmental requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Power cords (Japan, Denan). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
General specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Data transmission ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Memory specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Fibre Channel port specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
GbE port specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Serial port specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
POST and boot specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
POST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Boot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

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Regulatory compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
FCC warning (US only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
KCC statement (Republic of Korea) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
VCCI statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Power cords (Japan Denan). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
China statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
BSMI statement (Taiwan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
CE Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Canadian requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Laser compliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
RTC battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Electrical safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Regulatory certifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Index

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About this document
In this chapter
•How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
•Supported hardware and software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
•What’s new in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
•Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
•Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
•Additional information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
•Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
•Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
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 Brocade 7800 and proceeds through
installation and operation procedures.
The document contains the following components:
•Chapter 1, “Introducing the Brocade 7800 Extension Switch” provides a brief overview of the
Brocade 7800 itself.
•Chapter 2, “Installing and configuring the Brocade 7800” describes the installation procedures
for the Brocade 7800.
•Chapter 3, “Operating the Brocade 7800 Extension Switch” provides an overview of Brocade
7800 operation.
•Appendix A, “Product specifications” provides all of the technical specifications for the Brocade
7800.
Supported hardware and software
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 Chinese regulatory statement has been added. “China statement.”
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.
Command syntax conventions
Command syntax in this manual follows these conventions:
command Commands are printed in bold.
--option, option Command options are printed in bold.
-argument, arg Arguments.
[ ] Optional element.
variable Variables are printed in italics. In the help pages, values are underlined or
enclosed in angled brackets < >.
... Repeat the previous element, for example “member[;member...]”
value Fixed values following arguments are printed in plain font. For example,
--show WWN
| Boolean. Elements are exclusive. Example: --show -mode egress | ingress

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Command examples
This book describes how to perform configuration tasks using the Fabric OS command line
interface, but does not describe the commands in detail. For complete descriptions of all
Fabric OS commands, including syntax, operand description, and sample output, see the
Fabric OS Command Reference.
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.
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
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Additional information
This section lists additional Brocade and industry-specific documentation that you might find
helpful.
Brocade resources
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and click MyBrocade 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:
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 MyBrocade Web site and are also bundled with the Fabric
OS firmware.
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
Optional Brocade Features
Optional Brocade features include:
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