Brocade Communications Systems DCX 8510-8 Quick user guide

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28 July 2011
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Brocade DCX 8510-8
Backbone
Hardware Reference Manual

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Title Publication number Summary of changes Date
Brocade DCX 8510-8 Backbone
Hardware Reference Manual
53-1002180-01 New document. April 2011
Brocade DCX 8510-8 Backbone
Hardware Reference Manual
53-1002180-02 Updated filler panel
graphics, CP replacement
procedures for 7.0, and data
transmission ranges info.
June 2011
Brocade DCX 8510-8 Backbone
Hardware Reference Manual
53-1002180-03 Updated power supply
requirements data, power
supply replacement
information, ISL trunking
totals, inter-chassis link
information.
July 2011

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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
ESD precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii
Safety notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii
Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii
Chapter 1 Overview
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Brocade DCX 8510-8 features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Brocade DCX 8510-8 hardware components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Port side of the Brocade DCX 8510-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Nonport side of the Brocade DCX 8510-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Brocade DCX 8510-8 blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
High availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Reliability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Serviceability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Software features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Network manageability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

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Chapter 2 Installation of the Brocade DCX 8510-8
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Time and items required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Preparing for Brocade DCX 8510-8 installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Unpacking and installing the Brocade DCX 8510-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Items included with the Brocade DCX 8510-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Providing power to the Brocade DCX 8510-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Port numbering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Chassis slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Managing cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
High density cabling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Installing QSFP cables (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Chapter 3 Logging In and Configuring the Brocade DCX 8510-8
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Configuring the Brocade DCX 8510-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Establishing a serial connection to the Brocade DCX 8510-8 . . . . .23
Logging in to the serial console port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Configuring the IP addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Logging off the serial console port and disconnecting the
serial cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Establishing an Ethernet connection to the Brocade DCX 8510-8 .25
Customizing a switch name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Customizing a chassis name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Setting the domain ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Setting the date and time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Setting the date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Setting the time zone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Synchronizing local time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Verifying the PID mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Determining installed software licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Installing transceivers and attaching cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Managing cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Verifying correct operation and backing up the configuration . . . . . 33
Powering off the Brocade DCX 8510-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Chapter 4 Monitoring System Components
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Monitoring overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

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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). . . . . . .50
Determining the status of a core switch blade (CR16-8) . . . . . . . . . 51
Determining the status of a power supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Determining the status of a blower assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Determining the status of a WWN card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Chapter 5 Removal and Replacement Procedures
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Chassis door removal and replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Removing a chassis door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Replacing a chassis door. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Cable management comb removal and replacement . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Removing a cable management comb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Replacing a cable management comb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Port, application, and encryption blade removal and
replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Removing a blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Replacing a blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Blade filler panel removal and replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Removing a filler panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Replacing a filler panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Control processor blade (CP8) removal and replacement . . . . . . . . 67
Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Faulty CP blade indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Recording critical Brocade DCX 8510-8 information. . . . . . . . . 68
Removing a control processor blade (CP8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Replacing a control processor blade (CP8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Verifying operation of the new CP blade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Complete the replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Core switch blade (CR16-8) removal and replacement . . . . . . . . . .79
Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Faulty core switch blade indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Removing a core switch blade (CR16-8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Replacing a core switch blade (CR16-8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Power supply removal and replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Identifying power supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Removing a power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Replacing a power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

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Blower assembly removal and replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Removing a blower assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Replacing a blower assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
WWN card removal and replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Verifying the need for replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Determining the status of a WWN card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Removing the WWN card and WWN bezel (logo plate) . . . . . . .88
Replacing the WWN card and WWN bezel (logo plate) . . . . . . . 90
Transceiver removal and replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Removing an SFP+ transceiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Replacing an SFP+ transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Removing and replacing an mSFP optical transceiver . . . . . . . 93
Inter-chassis link (QSFP) cable removal and replacement. . . . . . . .95
Time and items Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
Removing an ICL cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Replacing an ICL cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Possible ICL configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Brocade DCX 8510-8 chassis removal and replacement. . . . . . . . .99
Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Faulty Brocade DCX 8510-8 chassis indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Recording critical Brocade DCX 8510-8 and SAN
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Disconnecting from network and fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Removing components from the chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Installing the replacement chassis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Installing components into the new chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Downloading the configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Verifying correct operation of system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Reconnecting the system to the network and fabric. . . . . . . .108
Verifying correct configuration of the fabric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Cable routing table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Appendix A Specifications
In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
General specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
System architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
System size and weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
System blade and FRU weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Facility requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Environmental requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Fibre Channel port specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Power specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118

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Power cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Power-cord notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
Power-cord notice (Japan, Denan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
Data transmission ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
Qualified cables for the FC8-64 port blade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
Regulatory compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
FCC warning (US only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
KCC statement (Republic of Korea) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
VCCI statement (Japan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
BSMI statement (Taiwan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
CE statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
Canadian requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
German statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
Laser compliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
Regulatory compliance standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
Environmental regulation compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
China RoHS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
Appendix B Application and Encryption Blades
In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
FS8-18 blade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
FX8-24 blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
Appendix C Diagnostics and Troubleshooting
In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Obtaining chassis and component status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
Interpreting POST and boot results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
POST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
Boot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Appendix D Port Numbering Template
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Figures
Figure 1 Port side of the Brocade DCX 8510-8 (sample configuration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Figure 2 Nonport side of the Brocade DCX 8510-8 (sample configuration) . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Figure 3 Cable design for the mSFP patch cables for the FC8-64 high density
port blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Figure 4 Configuration tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Figure 5 FC8-64 Port blade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Figure 6 FC16-32 Port blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Figure 7 FC16-48 Port blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Figure 8 FS8-18 Encryption blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Figure 9 FX8-24 Extension blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Figure 10 Control processor blade (CP8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Figure 11 Core switch blade (CR16-8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Figure 12 Power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Figure 13 Blower assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Figure 14 WWN bezel (logo plate) with LEDs for DCX and DCX 8510-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Figure 15 Removal and replacement of the chassis door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Figure 16 Removal and replacement of the cable management comb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Figure 17 Removal and replacement of the port, application, and encryption blades
(FC16-48 port blade shown) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Figure 18 Removal and replacement of the blade filler panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Figure 19 Removal and replacement of the control processor blade (CP8) . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Figure 20 Removal and replacement of the core switch blade (CR16). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Figure 21 Power supply identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Figure 22 Removal and replacement of the power supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Figure 23 Removal and replacement of the blower assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Figure 24 WWN bezel (logo plate) with LEDs for DCX and DCX 8510-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Figure 25 Removal and replacement of the WWN bezel (logo plate) and WWN card . . . . 90
Figure 26 Optical transceiver (SFP+) extraction tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Figure 27 Replacing an optical transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Figure 28 Replacing a 16 Gbps SFP+ optical transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Figure 29 Optical mSFP transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Figure 30 QSFP cable and transceiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Figure 31 QSFP transceiver (bail open) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Figure 32 QSFP cable connections – 8510 sample configuration - parallel type. . . . . . . . 98
Figure 33 FC8-64 port blade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Figure 34 FC16-32 port blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

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Figure 35 FC16-48 port blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Figure 36 FS8-18 encryption blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Figure 37 FX8-24 extension blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146