Brocade Communications Systems Converged Enhanced Ethernet 8000 Quick user guide

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Brocade 8000
Hardware Reference Manual

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Document Title Publication Number Summary of Changes Date
Brocade 8000 Hardware Reference Manual 53-1001234-01 New document October 2008
Brocade 8000 Hardware Reference Manual 53-1001234-02 Updated with new FRU
chapter and
development changes.
March 2009
Brocade 8000 Hardware Reference Manual 53-1001234-03 Updated for CEE-only
platform.
November 2009
Brocade 8000 Hardware Reference Manual 53-1001234-04 Updated for Access
Gateway.
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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
Notes, cautions, and warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Key terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Brocade resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Other industry resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Getting technical help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Chapter 1 Brocade 8000 Introduction
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Brocade 8000 overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Platform components and capabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
FCoE and Layer 2 capabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Fibre Channel capabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Port side of the Brocade 8000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Non-port side of the Brocade 8000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Chapter 2 Brocade 8000 Installation and Configuration
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Items included with the Brocade 8000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Installation and safety considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Electrical considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Environmental considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Cabinet considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Recommendations for cable management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Items required for installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Standalone installation for a Brocade 8000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

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Cabinet installation for a Brocade 8000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Brocade 8000 configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Providing power to the switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Creating a serial connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Switch IP address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Date and time settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Brocade Inter-Switch Link (ISL) Trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Fabric OS Native and Access Gateway modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Disabling and enabling Access Gateway mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Chapter 3 Brocade 8000 Operation
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Powering the Brocade 8000 on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
LED activity interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Brocade 8000 LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
LED locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
LED patterns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
POST and boot specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
POST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Boot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Interpreting POST results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Brocade 8000 Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Installing an SFP or SFP+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Brocade 8000 Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Chapter 4 Removal and Replacement Procedures (RRPs)
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
RRP: Power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
RRP: Fan assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Appendix A Brocade 8000 Specifications
In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Switch components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Weight and physical dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Facility requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Power supply specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Environmental requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
General specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Data transmission ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Fabric latency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

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Memory specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Fibre Channel port specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Serial port specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Access Gateway default port mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Regulatory compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
FCC warning (US only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
KCC statement (Republic of Korea) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
VCCI statement Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Power cords (Japan Denan). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
BSMI statement (Taiwan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
CE statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Canadian requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Laser compliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
RTC battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Electrical safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Regulatory certifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Environmental regulation compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
China RoHS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
•Additional information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
•Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
•Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
How this document is organized
This document is organized to help you find the information that you want as quickly and easily as
possible.
The document contains the following components:
•Chapter 1, “Brocade 8000 Introduction” provides an overview of the Brocade 8000 switch, a
feature list, and a look at the appearance of the switch.
•Chapter 2, “Brocade 8000 Installation and Configuration” provides the information needed to
install the switch into your network.
•Chapter 3, “Brocade 8000 Operation” discusses the day-to-day operational procedures for
using the switch.
•Chapter 4, “Removal and Replacement Procedures (RRPs)” provides procedures for removing
and replacing the field-replaceable units (FRUs).
•Appendix A, “Brocade 8000 Specifications” provides tables of physical, environmental,and
general specifications, helpful for quick lookup.
•The Index points you to the exact pages on which specific information is located.
Supported hardware and software
Although many different software and hardware configurations are tested and supported by
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. for Fabric OS v6.1.2_cee, documenting all possible
configurations and scenarios is beyond the scope of this document.

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This document is specific to the Brocade 8000, Fabric OS v6.1.2_cee and Fabric OS 6.3.0 and
later. To obtain information about a Fabric OS version other than v6.1.2_cee and Fabric OS 6.3.0,
see the documentation specific to that OS version.
Fabric OS v6.1.2_cee supports only the full Brocade 8000 FCoE switch. With FOS 6.3.0 the
Brocade 8000 can be purchased as a base CEE switch and upgraded to a full FCoE switch using
the CNVSVC license. The license will enable the FCoE capabilities and enable the FC ports.
With Fabric OS v6.3.1, Brocade Access Gateway has been implemented for the Brocade 8000.
What’s new in this document
•Information about the implementation of Access Gateway on the Brocade 8000.
•Information about an additional FOS release that supports the switch has been added as well.
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:

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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
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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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:
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.
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
Getting technical help
Contact your switch support supplier for hardware, firmware, and software support, including
product repairs and part ordering. To expedite your call, have the following information available: