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EMC Connectrix B Series
DS-300B
Version 6.1
Hardware Reference Manual
P/N 300-006-785
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Chapter 1 Introducing the Connectrix DS-300B
Connectrix DS-300B overview ........................................................ 14
DS-300B features ............................................................................... 15
Port side of the DS-300B................................................................... 16
Nonport side of the DS-300B........................................................... 17
Supported fabric configurations..................................................... 18
Ports on demand license .................................................................. 19
ISL trunking groups.......................................................................... 20
Chapter 2 Installing and Configuring the DS-300B
Items included with the DS-300B ................................................... 22
Installation and safety considerations ........................................... 23
Electrical considerations ............................................................23
Environmental considerations..................................................23
Cabinet considerations...............................................................24
Items required for installation ..................................................24
Installing a standalone DS-300B ..................................................... 25
Installing a DS-300B into an EIA cabinet....................................... 26
Recommendations for cable management .................................... 27
Configuring the DS-300B ................................................................. 28
Using EZSwitch Setup (optional).............................................28
Providing power to the switch .................................................28
Creating a serial connection......................................................29
Setting the switch IP address ....................................................29
Setting the date and time...........................................................30
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Chapter 3 Operating the DS-300B
Powering the DS-300B on and off .................................................. 36
Interpreting LED activity................................................................. 37
LED locations ............................................................................. 37
LED patterns...................................................................................... 39
Power status LED patterns........................................................ 39
System status LED patterns ...................................................... 39
Port LED patterns....................................................................... 40
Ethernet LED patterns ............................................................... 41
POST and boot specifications ......................................................... 42
POST............................................................................................ 42
Boot.............................................................................................. 42
Interpreting POST results................................................................ 43
DS-300B FRU units ........................................................................... 44
Maintaining the DS-300B................................................................. 45
Installing an SFP ........................................................................ 45
Diagnostic tests ........................................................................... 46
Managing the DS-300B..................................................................... 47
Appendix A Specifications
Weight and physical dimensions.................................................... 50
Memory specifications ..................................................................... 51
Facility requirements........................................................................ 52
Data transmission ranges ................................................................ 53
Environmental requirements .......................................................... 54
Fibre Channel port specifications................................................... 55
Serial port specifications.................................................................. 56
Power supply specifications............................................................ 57
Supported SFPs and HBAs.............................................................. 58
System specifications ....................................................................... 59

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Regulatory compliance..................................................................... 61
FCC warning (USA only).......................................................... 61
MIC statement (Republic of Korea)......................................... 61
VCCI statement Japan ............................................................... 62
Power cords (Japan Denan)...................................................... 62
CE statement............................................................................... 62
Canadian requirements............................................................. 63
Laser compliance........................................................................ 63
RTC battery ................................................................................. 63
Electrical safety........................................................................... 63
Regulatory certifications ........................................................... 64
Index

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As part of an effort to improve and enhance the performance and capabilities
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Audience 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 DS-300B.
This document presents information on setting up and operating the
DS-300B. It is organized in a loosely chronological order, beginning
with an overview and ending with removal and replacement
procedures of field replaceable components.
Related
documentation
Related documents include:
◆EMC Connectrix B Series Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide
◆EMC Connectrix B Series Fabric OS Command Reference Guide
◆EMC Connectrix B Series Fabric OS Fabric Watch Administrator’s
Guide
◆EMC Connectrix B Series Fabric OS Message Reference Guide
◆EMC Connectrix B Series Fabric OS MIB Reference Guide

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◆EMC Connectrix B Series Fabric OS Web Tools Administrator’s
Guide
◆EMC Connectrix B Series Fabric OS Troubleshooting and
Diagnostics Guide
EMC Support Matrix
and E-Lab
Interoperability
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requirements for the EMC Support Matrix.
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• Detailed description of the problem and specific questions
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and results
• Serial console and telnet session logs
• syslog message logs
◆Switch Serial Number
The switch serial number and corresponding bar code are
provided on the serial number label, as shown here:
*FT00X0054E9*
FT00X0054E9
The serial number label is located as follows:
•AP-7600B—On the bottom of the chassis
•DS-220B— Nonport side of the chassis
•DS-300B, DS-4100B, DS-4900B, DS-5100B, DS-5300B, and
MP-7500B—On the switch ID pull-out tab located inside the
chassis on the port side on the left
•DS-5000B—On the switch ID pull-out tab located on the
bottom of the port side of the switch.
•ED-48000B—Inside the chassis next to the power supply bays
•ED-DCX-B—On the bottom right on the port side of the
chassis.
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This chapter contains the following information:
◆Connectrix DS-300B overview ......................................................... 14
◆DS-300B features ................................................................................ 15
◆Port side of the DS-300B.................................................................... 16
◆Nonport side of the DS-300B............................................................ 17
◆Supported fabric configurations ...................................................... 18
◆Ports on demand license ................................................................... 19
◆ISL trunking groups........................................................................... 20
Introducing the
Connectrix DS-300B

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Introducing the Connectrix DS-300B
Connectrix DS-300B overview
The Connectrix DS-300B is a cost-effective and highly-scalable 1, 2, 4,
or 8 Gbps switch, designed for small to mid-sized businesses. Like all
Connectrix switches, the DS-300B runs on the Fabric Operating
System (Fabric OS) and is compatible with other B-Series switches,
which enables seemless connectivity into heterogeneous SAN
environments.
The DS-300B is a dual purpose device that you can use either as a
full-functioned switch or as an N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV)
access gateway. When functioning as an access gateway, the DS-300B
provides a single platform for all SAN connectivity.
Note: At the time of this writing, the Access Gateway features of the DS-300B
are not supported.
Because the DS-300B is scalable, you can use it as a foundation switch
for a small SAN and continue to use it as a building block as the SAN
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Introducing the Connectrix DS-300B
DS-300B features
The DS-300B provides the following features:
◆1U chassis
The chassis can be installed as a standalone unit or mounted in a
standard Electronic Industries Association (EIA) 19 in. (48.26 cm)
cabinet.
◆One built-in fixed power unit (not a FRU)
Three built-in fans (there are no fan FRUs)
The DS-300B is cooled by a 2-1 redundant fan configuration,
which means that it can sustain a single fan failure and continue
to function properly.
◆On-demand scaling of 8 to 24 8 Gbps ports
◆GoldenEye-2 ASIC technology supporting 1, 2, 4 and 8 Gbps
auto-sensing Fibre Channel ports
◆A flexible design that enables the DS-300B to function as either a
full-functioned switch or an NPIV access gateway
◆RJ45 Ethernet management port that in conjunction with
EZSwitchSetup, supports switch IP address discovery and
configuration
◆Support of the EZSwitchSetup wizard for setup and basic
configuration
◆USB port that provides storage for firmware updates, output of
the supportsave command and storage for configuration uploads
and downloads
◆A single motherboard design with a 667 MHz PowerPC 440EPx
Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) CPU with integrated
peripherals
◆Inter-Switch-Link Trunking (licensable) which enables up to eight
ports (at 1G, 2G, 4G, or 8G speeds) between a pair of switches to
be combined to form a single, logical ISL switch with a speed of
up to 64 Gbits/sec (128 Gbits/sec full duplex) for optimal
bandwidth utilization and load balancing
◆Dynamic Path Selection (DPS) which optimizes fabric-wide
performance and load balancing by automatically routing data to
the most efficient available path in the fabric

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Port side of the DS-300B
Figure 1 shows the port side of the DS-300B.
All LEDs are on the port side of the switch; the nonport side is used to
allow the free flow of air. The DS-300B enclosure has forced-air
cooling, with the fans pushing the air from the nonport side of the
chassis through the enclosure, and exhausting to the port side.
For a complete description of the locations and interpretations of
these LEDs, refer to“Interpreting LED activity” on page 37 .
Figure 1 Port side of the DS-300B
7
145 6 2 3
1
1 System status (top) and power (bottom)
LEDS
4 USB port
2 System RS232 console port (RJ-45) 5 Fibre Channel status LEDs
3 Ethernet port with two Ethernet status
LEDs)
6 Fibre Channel Ports (24)
7 AC power receptacle

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Introducing the Connectrix DS-300B
Nonport side of the DS-300B
The nonport side of the DS-300B is used solely for air flow. There are
two labels on the bottom of the chassis. On the right side is the
Brocade standard agency label. On the left side is the EMC
customized standard OEM data label.

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Supported fabric configurations
The DS-300B is supported as an edge device in fabrics of up to 239
switches.

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Introducing the Connectrix DS-300B
Ports on demand license
The DS-300B can be purchased with 8, 16, or 24 licensed ports. As
your needs increase, you can activate unlicensed ports by purchasing
and installing the Ports on Demand optional licensed product. After
it has been installed, the license appears under the licenseShow
command as Ports on Demand license.
By default, ports 0 through 7 are enabled on the DS-300B. To enable
ports 8 through 16, install a Ports on Demand license key. To enable
ports 16 through 24, install another Ports on Demand license.
After you have installed the license keys, you must enable the ports.
You can do so without disrupting switch operation by using the
portEnable command on each port individually. Alternatively, you
can disable and re-enable the switch to activate all ports
simultaneously.
For detailed information on enabling additional ports using the Ports
on Demand license, see the EMC Connectrix B Series Fabric OS
Administrator’s Guide.

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ISL trunking groups
The DS-300B supports Interswitch Link (ISL) Trunking as a licensed
feature. When this feature is enabled, you can create Trunked groups
of up to 8 contiguous ports. This means that you can create up to
three trunked groups that contain 8 ports each.
The Fibre Channel ports on the DS-300B are numbered from left to
right and color-coded into groups of eight to indicate which ports
you can combine into trunked groups.
Figure 2 illustrates a DS-300B with three Trunked groups of 8 ports.
Figure 2 Trunking groups
Note: ISL Trunking is optional software that allows you to create trunking
groups of ISLs between adjacent switches. For more information about
trunking, refer to the EMC Connectrix B Series Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide.
B
AC
B
A. Trunk group 1: Ports 0 through 7
B. Trunk Group 2: Ports 8 through 15
C Trunk group 3: Ports 16 through 23)