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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