Brocade Communications Systems VDX 8770-8 Guida rapida per l'utente

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Brocade VDX 8770-8

Hardware Reference Manual

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Contents

About This Document

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

Supported hardware and software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii

Document conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii

Text formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii

Command syntax conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii

Command examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii

Notes, cautions, and warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii

Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii

Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv

Brocade resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv

Other industry resources???. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv

Getting technical help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

Chapter 1 Brocade VDX 8770-8 Overview

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Brocade VDX 8770-8 features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Brocade VDX 8770-8 hardware components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Port side of the Brocade VDX 8770-8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Nonport side of the Brocade VDX 8770-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Brocade VDX 8770-8 line cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

High availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Software features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Chapter 2 Installation of the Brocade VDX 8770-8

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Time and items required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Items included with the Brocade VDX 8770-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Preparing for the Brocade VDX 8770-8 installation . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Power specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Environmental requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Chassis slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Unpacking and installing the Brocade VDX 8770-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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Port numbering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Providing power to the Brocade VDX 8770-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Chapter 3 Logging In and Configuring the Brocade VDX 8770-8

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Preparing to configure the Brocade VDX 8770-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Establishing a serial connection to the Brocade VDX 8770-8 . . . . .20

Serial cable pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Logging in to the serial console port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Changing the RBridge ID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Assigning permanent passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Changing the default account passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Configuring the IP addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Setting a static IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Logging off the serial console port and disconnecting the serial cable24

Establishing an Ethernet connection to the Brocade VDX 8770-8 .25

Customizing a host name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Customizing a chassis name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Setting the date and time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Understanding time zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Understanding time synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Synchronizing local time using NTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Setting the time zone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Setting the clock (date and time) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Determining installed software licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Saving your changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Verifying correct operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Backing up the configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Connecting network devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Connecting to Ethernet or Fast Ethernet hubs . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Connecting to workstations, servers, or routers . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Connecting a network device to a fiber port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Testing connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Installing transceivers and attaching cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Installing SFP and SFP+ transceivers and cables . . . . . . . . . . . 31

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Installing QSFP transceivers and cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Managing cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Creating Brocade inter-switch link trunks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Chapter 4 Monitoring System Components

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

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Monitoring overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Determining the status of a line card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Line card illustrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Determining the status of a management module. . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

Determining the status of a switch fabric module . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Determining the status of a power supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Determining the status of a fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Determining the status of a CID card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Chapter 5 Removal and Replacement Procedures

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

ESD precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Cable management comb removal and replacement . . . . . . . . . . .48

Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Removing a cable management comb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Replacing a cable management comb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Line card removal and replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Removing a line card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Replacing a line card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Management module removal and replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Faulty management module indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Recording critical Brocade VDX 8770-8 information. . . . . . . . .53

Removing a management module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Replacing a management module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

Switch fabric module removal and replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Removing a switch fabric module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

Replacing a switch fabric module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Power supply removal and replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Removing an AC power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

Replacing an AC power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

Removing a DC power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

Replacing a DC power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Fan removal and replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Removing a fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Replacing a fan assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

Module filler panel removal and replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

Removing a filler panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

Replacing a filler panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

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Chassis ID card recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

Determining the status of a CID card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

Recovering a CID card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

SFP transceiver removal and replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Removing a transceiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

Replacing a transceiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

QSFP transceiver removal and replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68

Removing a QSFP transceiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68

Replacing a QSFP transceiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

Cable routing table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

Appendix A Specifications

In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

General specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

System architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

System size and weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

System component weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Ethernet port supported optics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Power cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Power-cord notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

Power-cord notice (Japan, Denan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

Safety notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

Regulatory compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

FCC warning (US only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

KCC statement (Republic of Korea) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

VCCI statement (Japan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

BSMI statement (Taiwan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

CE statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Canadian requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

German statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Laser compliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Safety agency approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Regulatory compliance standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

Environmental regulation compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

China RoHS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Appendix B Caution and Danger Notices

In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Cautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Dangers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

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Figures

Figure 1

Port side of the Brocade VDX 8770-8 (sample configuration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Figure 2

Nonport side of the Brocade VDX 8770-8 (sample configuration) . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Figure 3

48x10G line card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Figure 4

12x40G line card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Figure 5

Management module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Figure 6

Switch fabric module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Figure 7

Power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Figure 8

Fan module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Figure 9

Removal and replacement of the cable management comb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Figure 10

Removal and replacement of a line card (48x10G card shown). . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Figure 11

Removal and replacement of the management module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Figure 12

SFM front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Figure 13

Removal and replacement of the switch fabric module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Figure 14

Removal and replacement of the power supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Figure 15

Removal and replacement of the blower assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Figure 16

Optical transceiver extraction tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Figure 17

Optical transceiver with bail open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Figure 18

QSFP cable and transceiver with bail open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

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