Brocade Communications Systems DCX 8510-4 Quick user guide

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Brocade DCX 8510-4
Backbone
Hardware Reference Manual

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Title Publication number Summary of changes Date
Brocade DCX 8510-4 Backbone Hardware
Reference Manual
53-1002180-01 New document. April 2011
Brocade DCX 8510-4 Backbone Hardware
Reference Manual
53-1002180-02 Updated filler panel graphics,
CP replacement procedures for
7.0, and data transmission
ranges information.
June 2011

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53-1002180-03 Updated power supply
requirements data, power
supply replacement information,
ISL trunking totals, inter-chassis
link information.
July 2011
Brocade DCX 8510-4 Backbone Hardware
Reference Manual
53-1002180-04 Added new blades, FC8-32E,
FC8-48E, and enhanced ICL
capability.
December 2011
Brocade DCX 8510-4 Backbone Hardware
Reference Manual
53-1002180-05 Added Preparing for WWN card
replacement section.
May 2012
Brocade DCX 8510-4 Backbone Hardware
Reference Manual
53-1002177-06 Clarified support for for shared
blades. Corrected FOS version
required for certain blades.
Corrected slot numbering order.
Aug 2013
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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
Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii
Chapter 1 Overview
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Brocade DCX 8510-4 features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Brocade DCX 8510-4 hardware components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Port side of the Brocade DCX 8510-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Nonport side of the Brocade DCX 8510-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Brocade DCX 8510-4 blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
High availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Reliability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Serviceability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Software features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Network manageability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Chapter 2 Installation of the Brocade DCX 8510-4
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Time and items required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

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Preparing for the Brocade DCX 8510-4 installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Unpacking and installing the Brocade DCX 8510-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Items included with the Brocade DCX 8510-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Providing power to the Brocade DCX 8510-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Port numbering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Chassis slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Cable management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
High density cabling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Installing QSFP cables (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Chapter 3 Logging In and Configuring the Brocade DCX 8510-4
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Configuring the Brocade DCX 8510-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Establishing a serial connection to the Brocade DCX 8510-4 . . . . . 24
Logging in to the serial console port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Configuring the IP addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Logging off the serial console port and disconnecting the
serial cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Establishing an Ethernet connection to the
Brocade DCX 8510-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Customizing a switch name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Customizing a chassis name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Setting the domain ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Setting the date and time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Setting the date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Setting the time zone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Synchronizing local time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Verifying the PID mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Determining installed software licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Installing transceivers and attaching cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Installing SFP+ and mSFP transceivers and cables . . . . . . . . .32
Installing QSFP transceivers and cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Managing cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Verifying correct operation and backing up the configuration. . . . .35
Powering off the Brocade DCX 8510-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Chapter 4 Monitoring System Components
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Monitoring overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

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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). . . . . . . 49
Determining the status of a core switch blade (CR16-4) . . . . . . . . . 50
Determining the status of a power supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Determining the status of a blower assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Determining the status of a WWN card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Chapter 5 Removal and Replacement Procedures
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
ESD precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Chassis door removal and replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Removing a chassis door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Replacing a chassis door. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Vertical cable management fingers removal and replacement. . . . 59
Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Removing a cable management finger assembly . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Replacing a cable management finger assembly . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Port, application, and encryption blade removal and
replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Removing a blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Replacing a blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Blade filler panel removal and replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Removing a filler panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Replacing a filler panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Control processor blade (CP8) removal and replacement . . . . . . . .65
Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Faulty CP blade indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Recording critical Brocade DCX 8510-4 information. . . . . . . . . 67
Removing a control processor blade (CP8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Replacing a control processor blade (CP8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Verifying operation of the new CP blade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Completing the replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Core switch blade (CR16-4) removal and replacement . . . . . . . . . .75
Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Faulty core switch blade indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Removing a core switch blade (CR16-4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Replacing a core switch blade (CR16-4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

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Power supply removal and replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Identifying power supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Removing a power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Replacing a power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Blower assembly removal and replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Removing a blower assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Replacing a blower assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
WWN card removal and replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Verifying the need for replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Preparing for the WWN card replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Removing the WWN card and WWN bezel (logo plate) . . . . . . .82
Replacing the WWN card and WWN bezel (logo plate) . . . . . . . 83
Transceiver removal and replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Removing an SFP+ transceiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Replacing an SFP+ transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Removing and replacing an mSFP optical transceiver . . . . . . .86
Inter-chassis link (QSFP) cable removal and replacement. . . . . . . .88
Time and items Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Removing an ICL cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Replacing an ICL cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Possible ICL configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Brocade DCX 8510-4 chassis removal and replacement. . . . . . . . .93
Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Faulty Brocade DCX 8510-4 chassis indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Recording critical Brocade DCX 8510-4 and
SAN information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
Disconnecting from network and fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Removing components from the chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Installing the replacement chassis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Installing components into the new chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Downloading the configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Verifying correct operation of system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Reconnecting the system to the network and fabric . . . . . . . .103
Verifying correct configuration of the fabric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Cable routing table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Appendix A Specifications
In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
General specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
System architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
System size and weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
System blade and FRU weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Facility requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Environmental requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

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Fibre Channel port specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Power specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Power cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Power-cord notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Power-cord notice (Japan, DENAN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Data transmission ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Qualified cables for the FC8-64 port blade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Safety notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Regulatory compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
FCC warning (US only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
KCC statement (Republic of Korea) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
VCCI statement (Japan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
BSMI statement (Taiwan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
CE statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
Canadian requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
German statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
Laser compliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
Regulatory compliance standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
Environmental regulation compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
China RoHS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
Appendix B Application and Encryption Blades
In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
FS8-18 blade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
FX8-24 blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
Appendix C Diagnostics and Troubleshooting
In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Obtaining chassis and component status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Interpreting POST and boot results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
POST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Boot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
Appendix D Port Numbering Template
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Figures
Figure 1 Port side of the Brocade DCX 8510-4 (sample configuration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Figure 2 Port side of the Brocade DCX 8510-4 with the port side exhaust kit
installed (sample configuration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Figure 3 Nonport side of the Brocade DCX 8510-4 (sample configuration) . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Figure 4 Cable design for the mSFP patch cables for the FC8-64 high density
port blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Figure 5 Configuration tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Figure 6 FC8-64 port blade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Figure 7 FC8-32E port blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Figure 8 FC8-48E port blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Figure 9 FC16-32 port blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Figure 10 FC16-48 port blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Figure 11 FS8-18 encryption blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Figure 12 FX8-24 extension blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Figure 13 Control processor blade (CP8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Figure 14 Core switch blade (CR16-4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Figure 15 Power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Figure 16 Blower assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Figure 17 WWN bezel (logo plate) for DCX 8510-4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Figure 18 Removal and replacement of the chassis door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Figure 19 Removal and replacement of the vertical cable management
finger assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Figure 20 Removal and replacement of the port, application, and
encryption blades (FC16-48 port blade shown) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Figure 21 Removal and replacement of the blade filler panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Figure 22 Removal and replacement of the control processor blade (CP8) . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Figure 23 Removal and replacement of the core switch blade (CR16-4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Figure 24 Power supply identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Figure 25 Removal and replacement of the power supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Figure 26 Removal and replacement of the blower assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Figure 27 Removal and replacement of the WWN bezel (logo plate) and WWN card . . . . 83
Figure 28 Optical transceiver (SFP+) extraction tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Figure 29 Replacing an optical transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Figure 30 Replacing a 16 Gbps SFP+ optical transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Figure 31 Optical mSFP transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Figure 32 QSFP cable and transceiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Figure 33 QSFP transceiver (bail open) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

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Figure 34 QSFP cable connections for Brocade DCX 8510 chassis
(sample configuration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Figure 35 DCX 8510 core/edge ICL topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Figure 36 DCX 8510 full mesh ICL topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Figure 37 CR16-4 core blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Figure 38 FC8-64 port blade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Figure 39 FC8-32E port blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Figure 40 FC8-48E port blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Figure 41 FC16-32 port blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Figure 42 FC16-48 port blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Figure 43 FS8-18 encryption blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Figure 44 FX8-24 extension blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

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Tables
Table 1 Blades available for the Brocade DCX 8510-4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Table 2 Installation tasks, time, and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Table 3 Port and application blade LED descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Table 4 CP blade LED descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Table 5 CR blade LED descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Table 6 Power supply LED descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Table 7 Blower assembly LED descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Table 8 Messages that may indicate WWN card failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Table 9 Steps for upgrading through multiple versions of Fabric OS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Table 10 QSFP connector port LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Table 11 Critical information checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Table 12 Cable routing table for Brocade DCX 8510-4 (64 ports shown) . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Table 13 General specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Table 14 System architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Table 15 System size and weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Table 16 System FRU weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Table 17 Environmental requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Table 18 Power specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Table 19 Power demands per component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Table 20 Power supply requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Table 21 Power cord types (international) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Table 22 Supported optics, speeds, cables, and distances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Table 23 Qualified cables for mSFP connections for the FC8-64 high density
port blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Table 24 Regulatory compliance standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Table 25 Environmental status and maintenance commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Table 26 Troubleshooting the Brocade DCX 8510-4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Table 27 External port to slotShow port mapping for core blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

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About This Document
In this chapter
•How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
•Supported hardware and software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
•What’s new in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
•Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
•Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
•Additional information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
•Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
•Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii
How this document is organized
This document is a hardware reference manual written for system administrators and technicians
experienced with networking, Fibre Channel, and SAN technologies to help them install, set up,
configure, operate, maintain, and troubleshoot the Brocade DCX 8510-4 Backbone (“Brocade DCX
8510-4”).
This document presents information on setting up and operating the Brocade DCX 8510-4. It is
organized in a loosely chronological order, beginning with an overview of the Brocade DCX 8510-4
and ending with removal and replacement procedures of field replaceable units (FRUs).
The document contains the following sections:
•Chapter 1, “Overview,” identifies the components of the Brocade DCX 8510-4 and provides a
brief description of its features.
•Chapter 2, “Installation of the Brocade DCX 8510-4,” describes how to install, set up, and
power on the Brocade DCX 8510-4.
•Chapter 3, “Logging In and Configuring the Brocade DCX 8510-4,” provides the initial
configuration information required to get the Brocade DCX 8510-4 established in a fabric.
•Chapter 4, “Monitoring System Components,” provides descriptions of the LEDs and their
functions, and also lists Fabric OS commands required for monitoring.
•Chapter 5, “Removal and Replacement Procedures,” describes how to remove and replace
each of the FRUs in the Brocade DCX 8510-4.
•Appendix A, “Specifications,” provides information on the physical characteristics,
environmental requirements, and regulatory certifications for the Brocade DCX 8510-4.
•Appendix B, “Application and Encryption Blades,” provides information about application
blades that are available optionally for the Brocade DCX 8510-4.

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•Appendix C, “Diagnostics and Troubleshooting,” provides methods for receiving system-wide or
component-level status, interpreting POST and boot activities and diagnostic tests; it also
includes troubleshooting tips.
•Appendix D, “Port Numbering Template,” contains templates where you can record the port
numbering sequence for the port blades.
Supported hardware and software
This document includes information specific to the Brocade DCX 8510-4 running Brocade Fabric
OS version 7.0.0. and later.
What’s new in this document
The following information has been added:
•Information was added to clarify the required Fabric OS for the application blades. See
“Brocade DCX 8510-4 blades.”
•Statement concerning flexibility of the chassis design was clarified. See “Brocade DCX 8510-4
features.”
•Chassis slot numbering was corrected, See “Chassis slots.”
Document conventions
This section describes text formatting conventions and important notices formats.
Text formatting
The narrative-text formatting conventions that are used in this document are as follows:
bold text Identifies command names
Identifies 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 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.

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Command syntax conventions
Command syntax in this manual follows these conventions:
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, refer to 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.
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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CAUTION
A Caution statement alerts you to situations that can be potentially hazardous to you or cause
damage to hardware, firmware, software, or data.
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.
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, go to http://my.brocade.com to register at no cost for a user ID
and password.
White papers, online demonstrations, and data sheets are available through the Brocade website
at:
http://www.brocade.com/products-solutions/products/index.page
For additional Brocade documentation, visit the Brocade website:
http://www.brocade.com
Corporation Referenced Trademarks and Products
Microsoft Corporation Windows, Windows NT, Internet Explorer
Sun Microsystems, Inc. Sun, Solaris
Netscape Communications Corporation Netscape
Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat, Red Hat Network, Maximum RPM, Linux Undercover
Velcro Industries B.V. Velcro

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Release notes are available on the MyBrocade website and are also bundled with the Fabric OS
firmware.
Other industry resources
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 Brocade DCX 8510-4 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
•Technical Support contract number, if applicable
•Model name
•Operating system version
•Error numbers and messages received
•supportSave command output
•Detailed description of the problem and specific questions
•Description of any troubleshooting steps already performed and results
•Serial console and Telnet session logs
•syslog message logs
2. Brocade DCX 8510-4 serial number
The Brocade DCX 8510-4 serial number (Switch Serial No.) and corresponding bar code are
provided on the serial number label, as shown here:
The serial number label is located on the port side of the chassis, on the lower right side and
directly above the cable management comb.
In addition, the chassisShow command displays the Brocade DCX 8510-4 serial number, as
well as information about the port and application blades, and other field-replaceable units
(FRUs).
3. License ID
Use the licenseIdShow command to display the license ID.
*FT00X0054E9*
FT00X0054E9

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4. World Wide Name (WWN)
Use the wwn command to display the switch WWN.
If you cannot use the wwn command because the switch is inoperable, you can get the WWN
from the same place as the serial number, except for the Brocade DCX 8510-4. For the
Brocade DCX 8510-4, 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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