Brocade Communications Systems VDX 6720 Quick user guide

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Brocade VDX6720
Hardware Reference Manual

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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Brocade resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Other industry resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Getting technical help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Chapter 1 Brocade VDX6720 Introduction
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Brocade VDX6720 overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Platform components and capabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
VDX6720-24 features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
VDX6720-60 features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Software features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Port side of the Brocade VDX6720 family. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Non-port side of the Brocade VDX6720 family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Chapter 2 Brocade VDX6720 Installation and Configuration
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Items included with the Brocade VDX6720 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Installation and safety considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Electrical considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Environmental considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Cabinet considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Recommendations for cable management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Items required for installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

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Standalone installation for a Brocade VDX6720 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Cabinet installation for a Brocade VDX6720 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Providing power to the switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Chapter 3 Brocade VDX6720 Configuration
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Configuring the Brocade VDX6720 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Something about the ease of configuring the switch and the
automatic formation of the Ethernet fabric when VCS is enabled.11
Creating a serial connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Switch IP address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Date and time settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Brocade Inter-Switch Link (ISL) Trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Chapter 4 Brocade VDX6720 Operation
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Powering the Brocade VDX6720 on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
LED activity interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Brocade VDX6720 LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
LED locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
LED patterns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
POST and boot specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
POST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Boot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Interpreting POST results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Brocade VDX6720 Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Installing an SFP or SFP+ transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Brocade VDX6720 Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Chapter 5 FRU Removal and Replacement Procedures
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Before beginning the installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Replacing a combined power supply and fan FRU in a VDX6720-2428
Installing a power supply FRU in the VDX6720-60. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Installing a fan FRU in the VDX6720-60 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Appendix A Brocade VDX6720 Specifications
In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Switch components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Weight and physical dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

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Facility requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Power supply specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Environmental requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
General specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Data transmission ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Memory specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Regulatory compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
FCC warning (US only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
KCC statement (Republic of Korea) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
VCCI statement Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Power cords (Japan Denan). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
BSMI statement (Taiwan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
CE statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Canadian requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Laser compliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
RTC battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Electrical safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Regulatory certifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Environmental regulation compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
China RoHS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Index

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About This Document
In this chapter
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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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:
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Chapter 1, “Brocade VDX6720 Introduction” provides an overview of the Brocade VDX6720
switch, a feature list, and a look at the appearance of the switch.
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Chapter 2, “Brocade VDX6720 Installation and Configuration” provides the information
needed to install the switch into your network.
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Chapter 3, “Brocade VDX6720 Configuration” lays out the tasks and commands necessary to
get the switch up and running.
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Chapter 4, “Brocade VDX6720 Operation” discusses the day-to-day operational procedures for
using the switch.
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Chapter 5, “FRU Removal and Replacement Procedures” provides procedures for removing
and replacing the field-replaceable units (FRUs).
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Appendix A, “Brocade VDX6720 Specifications” provides tables of physical, environmental,
and general specifications, helpful for quick lookup.
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The Index points you to the exact pages on which specific information is located.
Supported hardware and software
This document is specific to the Brocade VDX6720 and Network OS v2.0.0.

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What’s new in this document
This is a new document.
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:
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
ADanger 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.
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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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 B
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:
1. General Information
•
Switch model
•
Switch operating system version
•
Error numbers and messages received
•supportSave
command output