EMC Connectrix B Series Quick user guide

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EMC Connectrix B Series
DS-5300B
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Hardware Reference Manual
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Preface
Chapter 1 Introducing the Connectrix DS-5300B
Overview of the Connectrix DS-5300B .......................................... 12
Port side of the DS-5300B................................................................. 14
Nonport side of the DS-5300B......................................................... 15
Ports on demand ............................................................................... 16
ISL trunking....................................................................................... 17
Chapter 2 Installing and Configuring the DS-5300B
Items included with the DS-5300B ................................................. 20
Installation and safety considerations ........................................... 21
Electrical considerations ............................................................21
Environmental considerations..................................................21
Cabinet considerations...............................................................22
Recommendations for cable management..............................22
Items required for installation ..................................................23
Installing a standalone DS-5300B ................................................... 24
Installing a DS-5300B into an EIA cabinet..................................... 25
Configuring the DS-5300B ............................................................... 26
Using EZSwitch Setup (optional).............................................26
Providing power to the switch .................................................26
Creating a serial connection......................................................27
Setting the switch IP address ....................................................27
Setting the date and time...........................................................28
Contents

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Chapter 3 Operating the DS-5300B
Powering the DS-5300B on and off ................................................ 34
Interpreting LED activity................................................................. 35
LEDs on the port side of the switch.........................................35
LEDs on the non-port side of the switch................................. 38
POST and boot specifications ......................................................... 41
POST............................................................................................ 41
Boot.............................................................................................. 41
Interpreting POST results ................................................................ 42
Maintaining the DS-5300B............................................................... 43
Installing an SFP ......................................................................... 43
Diagnostic tests ........................................................................... 44
Field Replaceable Units (FRUs)................................................ 45
Managing the DS-5300B................................................................... 49
Appendix A Specifications
Weight and physical dimensions.................................................... 52
Facility requirements........................................................................ 53
Power supply specifications............................................................ 54
Environmental requirements .......................................................... 55
General specifications ...................................................................... 56
Data transmission ranges ................................................................ 58
Memory specifications ..................................................................... 59
Fibre Channel port specifications................................................... 60
Serial port specifications.................................................................. 61
Regulatory compliance .................................................................... 62
FCC warning (US only) ............................................................ 62
MIC statement (Republic of Korea) ........................................ 63
VCCI statement Japan............................................................... 63
Power cords (Japan Denan)...................................................... 63
CE statement .............................................................................. 63
Canadian requirements ............................................................ 64
Laser compliance ....................................................................... 64
RTC battery................................................................................. 65
Electrical safey............................................................................ 65
Regulatory certifications........................................................... 66
Index

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Preface
As part of an effort to improve and enhance the performance and capabilities
of its product lines, EMC periodically releases revisions of its hardware and
software. Therefore, some functions described in this document may not be
supported by all versions of the software or hardware currently in use. For
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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-5300B.
This document presents information on setting up and operating the
DS-5300B. 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 Troubleshooting and Diagnostics Guide
EMC Support Matrix
and E-Lab
Interoperability
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• Detailed description of the problem and specific questions
• Description of any troubleshooting steps already performed
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.
World Wide Name (WWN) is obtained by providing the license ID.
Use the licenseIdShow command to display the license ID.
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Introducing the Connectrix DS-5300B 11
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This chapter contains the following information:
◆Overview of the Connectrix DS-5300B ........................................... 12
◆Port side of the DS-5300B.................................................................. 14
◆Nonport side of the DS-5300B.......................................................... 15
◆Ports on demand ................................................................................ 16
◆ISL trunking ........................................................................................ 17
Introducing the
Connectrix DS-5300B

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Introducing the Connectrix DS-5300B
Overview of the Connectrix DS-5300B
The Connectrix DS-5300B is an 80-port 1, 2, 4, or 8 Gbps Fibre
Channel switch that delivers sixth generation ASIC technology and
architecture for Fibre Channel Storage Area Networks (SANs). The
DS-5300B is a high-performance 8 Gbps switch that is designed for
the needs of enterprise environments that require a high-port
footprint for port aggregation.
With its high auto-sensing port count and ports-on-demand
flexibility, the DS-5300B is an ideal solution as a fan-out switch from a
director core, or as the core switch in a fabric. The DS-5300B satisfies
demanding Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS),
performance and scalability requirements of an Enterprise switch
while delivering interoperability and ease-of-use advantages found
only in the Connectrix B-Series product family. The DS-5300B is the
latest enterprise offering from the Connectrix B-Series family of
entry-to-enterprise products, and offers the following features and
capabilities:
◆Up to 80 auto-sensing ports of high-performance 8 Gbps
technology in a single domain.
◆Ports On Demand scaling from 48 to 64 or 80 ports.
◆Full 1:1 subscription on all 80 ports at 8Gbps.
◆1, 2, 4 and 8 Gbps auto-sensing Fibre Channel switch and router
ports.
◆FICON and FICON Control Unit Port ready.
◆Fibre Channel Routing (FCR) service, which provides improved
scalability and fault isolation, along with multi-vendor
interoperability through the optional Integrated Routing license.
◆Two hot-swappable, redundant power supply FRUs.
◆Three hot-swappable fan FRUs in an N+1 configuration to provide
hardware-redundant cooling.
◆Universal ports that self-configure as E, F, M or FL ports. EX_Ports
are activated on a per port basis with the optional Integrated
Routing license.
◆An RJ45 Ethernet management port, in conjunction with
EZSwitchSetup, that supports switch IP address discovery and
configuration, eliminating the need to attach a serial cable to
configure the switch IP address and greatly increasing the ease of
use.

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Introducing the Connectrix DS-5300B
◆USB port that provides storage for firmware updates, output of the
supportsave command and storage for configuration uploads and
downloads.
◆A system motherboard that features a Freescale MPC8548 Reduced
Instruction Set Computer (RISC) CPU running @ 1.3GHz with
integrated peripherals that provides high performance with low
power consumption.
◆Inter-Switch Link (ISL) Trunking (licensable) allows up to eight
ports (at 1G, 2G, 4G, or 8G speeds) between a pair of switches
combined to form a single, logical ISL with a speed of up to 64
Gbps (128 Gbps 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.
◆Rack mount designed using existing rail kits (fixed, sliding, and
mid-mount/Telco rail kits) on a 19” EIA rack.
◆Industry-leading extended distance support, which enables native
Fibre Channel extension greater than (590) km.
◆Brocade Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) or SFP+ optical
transceivers that support any combination of Short Wavelength
(SWL), Long Wavelength (LWL), or Extended Long Wavelength
(ELWL) optical media among the switch ports.
◆Unicast, multicast (255 groups), and broadcast data traffic type
support.
◆The Fabric Operating System (FOS), which delivers distributed
intelligence throughout the network and enables a wide range of
value-added applications including Advanced Web Tools and
Zoning. Optional Fabric Services include: Adaptive Networking
with QoS, Extended Fabrics, Enhanced Group Management, Fabric
Watch, ISL Trunking, Integrated Routing, and End-to-End
Performance Monitoring (APM).
◆Port-to-port latency minimized to 2100 nanoseconds through the
use of cut-through frame routing at 8Gbps.
◆Extensive diagnostics and system-monitoring capabilities for
enhanced high Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS)
◆The EZSwitchSetup wizard that makes SAN configuration a 3-step
point-and-click task.

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Introducing the Connectrix DS-5300B
Port side of the DS-5300B
Figure 1 shows the port side of the DS-5300B
Figure 1 Port Side of the DS-5300B
1
2
7345 8 9 10
13 14 15 16
11 12
6
1 DS-5300B 9 FC Ports 16-23
2 Switch pull-out Tabt 10 FC Ports 24-31
3 System Status LED (top) 11 FC Ports 32-38
4 System Status LED (bottom 12 FC Ports 40-47
5 Ethernet Port 13 FC Ports 48-55
6 USB Port 14 FC Ports 56-63
7 FC Ports 0-7 15 FC Ports 64-71
8 FC Ports 8-15 16 FC Ports 72-79

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Introducing the Connectrix DS-5300B
Nonport side of the DS-5300B
Figure 2 shows the nonport side of the DS-5300B, which contains the
power supplies (including the AC power receptacle and AC power
switch) and fans.
Figure 2 Nonport Side of the DS-5300B
1
2
3 7
45 6
1 DS-5300B 5 Fan Assembly #2
2 Nonport Side of Switch 6 Fan Assembly #1
3 Power Supply #2 7 Power Supply #1
4 Fan Assembly #3

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Ports on demand
The DS-5300B can be purchased with 48, 64, or 80 licensed ports. As
your needs increase, you can activate unlicensed ports by purchasing
and installing the Ports on Demand optional licnsed product. After it
has been installed, the license appears under the licenseShow
command as Ports on Demand license.
By default, ports 0 through 47 are enabled on the DS-5300B. To enable
ports 48 through 63, install a Ports on Demand license key. To enable
ports 64 through 79, install another Ports on Demand licnese.
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. Alterntively, 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, refer to the EMC Connectrix B Series Fabric OS
Administrator’s Guide.

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Introducing the Connectrix DS-5300B
ISL trunking
ISL Trunking is optional software that allows you to create trunking
groups of ISLs between adjacent switches. Each 8 port group on the
DS-5300B can be used as a trunking group. For more information
about ISL Trunking, see the EMC Connectrix B Series Fabric OS
Administrator’s Guide.

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Installing and Configuring the DS-5300B 19
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This chapter provides information on setting up and performing an
initial configuration of the Connectrix DS-5300B. See the EMC
Connectrix B Series Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide for more detailed
configuration information:
◆Items included with the DS-5300B .................................................. 20
◆Installation and safety considerations ............................................ 21
◆Installing a standalone DS-5300B .................................................... 24
◆Installing a DS-5300B into an EIA cabinet...................................... 25
◆Configuring the DS-5300B ................................................................ 26
Installing and
Configuring the
DS-5300B

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Items included with the DS-5300B
The following items are included with the standard shipment of the
DS-5300B. When you open the DS-5300B packaging, verify that these
items are included in the package and that no damage has occurred
during shipping:
◆The DS-5300B switch, containing three fan assemblies and two
power supplies
◆One accessory kit, containing the following items:
• Serial cable with an RJ-45 connector
• 6 ft. country-specific power cord
• Rubber Feet, required for setting up the switch as a standalone
unit
• Connectrix DS-5300B QuickStart Guide
• EZSwitch Setup CD
• Fabric Manager Evaluation CD (not required for installation)
•OptionalSFPtransceivers