Brocade Communications Systems VA-40FC Quick user guide

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31 May 2012
®
Brocade VA-40FC
Hardware Reference Manual

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Title Publication Number Summary of Changes Date
Brocade VA-40FC Hardware Reference Manual 53-1001540-01 New document August 2009
Brocade VA-40FC Hardware Reference Manual 53-1001540-02 Update document for
Release 6.4.
March 2010
Brocade VA-40FC Hardware Reference Manual 53-1001540-03 BSMI compliance
statement updated.
October 2011
Brocade VA-40FC Hardware Reference Manual 53-1001540-04 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
Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Getting technical help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
Chapter 1 Brocade VA-40FC Introduction
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Brocade VA-40FC overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Port side of the Brocade VA-40FC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Non-port side of the Brocade VA-40FC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Field replaceable units (FRUs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Ports on Demand license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
ISL trunking groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Fabric OS Native and Access Gateway modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Disabling and enabling Access Gateway mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Chapter 2 Brocade VA-40FC Installation and Configuration
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Items included with the Product Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Installation and safety considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Electrical considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Environmental considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Cabinet considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Recommendations for cable management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Items required for installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Installing a standalone Product Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Cabinet installation for a Product Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

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Product Name configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Providing power to the switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Creating a serial connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Switch IP address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Date and time settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Chapter 3 Brocade VA-40FC Operation
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Powering the Brocade VA-40FC on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
LED activity interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Brocade VA-40FC LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
LED locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
LED Patterns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
POST and boot specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Interpreting POST results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Maintaining the Brocade VA-40FC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Installing an SFP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Diagnostic tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Field Replaceable Units (FRUs). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Power supply/fan assembly FRU replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Managing the Brocade VA-40FC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Appendix A Brocade VA-40FC Specifications
In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Access Gateway default port mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Switch components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Weight and physical dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Facility requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Power supply specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Environmental requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
General specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Data transmission ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Memory specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Fibre Channel port specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Serial port specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

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Regulatory compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
FCC warning (US only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
KCC statement (Republic of Korea) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
VCCI statement Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Power cords (Japan Denan). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
China statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
BSMI statement (Taiwan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
CE statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Canadian requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Laser compliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
RTC battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Electrical safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Regulatory certifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Environmental regulation compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
China RoHS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
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 want as quickly and easily as
possible.
The document contains the following components:
•Chapter 1, “Brocade VA-40FC Introduction,” provides an overview of the Product Name switch,
a feature list, and a look at the appearance of the switch.
•Chapter 2, “Brocade VA-40FC Installation and Configuration,” provides the information needed
to install the switch into your network.
•Chapter 3, “Brocade VA-40FC Operation,” discusses the day-to-day operational procedures for
using the switch.
•Appendix A, “Brocade VA-40FC 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 v6.2.x, documenting all possible
configurations and scenarios is beyond the scope of this document.
This document is specific to the Brocade VA-40FC and Fabric OS vx.x.x. To obtain information about
a Fabric OS version other than vx.x.x, see the documentation specific to that OS version.

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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.
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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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
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.
Corporation Referenced Trademarks and Products
IBM Corporation IBM, FICON, PowerPC

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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, go to http://my.brocade.com and register at no cost for a user
ID and password.
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 My Brocade website (http://my.brocade.com) 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