Brocade 300 Reference Manual

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July 18, 2008

Brocade 300

Hardware Reference Manual

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Contents

About This Document

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v

How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v

Supported hardware and software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v

What’s new in this document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi

Document conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi

Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii

Getting technical help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii

Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

Chapter 1 Brocade 300 Introduction

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

Brocade 300 features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Port side of the Brocade 300. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Non-port side of the Brocade 300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Supported fabric configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Ports on Demand license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

ISL trunking groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Chapter 2 Brocade 300 Installation and Configuration

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Items included with the Brocade 300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Installation and safety considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Electrical considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Environmental considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Cabinet considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Recommendations for cable management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Items required for installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Installing a standalone Brocade 300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

EIA cabinet installation for a Brocade 300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Brocade 300 configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Providing power to the switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Creating a serial connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Setting the switch IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Date and time settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

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Chapter 3 Brocade 300 Operation

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Powering the Brocade 300 on and off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Interpreting LED activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Brocade 300 LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

LED locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

LED patterns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

POST and boot specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

POST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Boot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Interpreting POST results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Maintaining the Brocade 300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Installing an SFP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Diagnostic tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Field Replaceable Units (FRUs). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Managing the Brocade 300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Appendix A Brocade 300 Specifications

In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Switch components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Weight and physical dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Facility requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Power supply specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Environmental requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

General specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Data transmission ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Memory specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Fibre Channel port specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Serial port specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Supported SFPs and HBAs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Regulatory compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

FCC warning (USA only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

MIC statement (Republic of Korea) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

VCCI statement Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Power cords (Japan Denan). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

CE statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Canadian requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Laser compliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

RTC battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Electrical safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Regulatory certifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Environmental regulation compliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

China RoHS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

Index

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About This Document

In this chapter

•How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v

•Supported hardware and software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v

•What’s new in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi

•Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi

•Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

•Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii

•Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii

•Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

How this document is organized

This document is organized to help you find the particular information that you want as quickly and
easily as possible.

The document contains the following components:

• Chapter 1, “Brocade 300 Introduction,” provides an overview of the Brocade 300 switch, a

feature list, and a look at the appearance of the switch.

• Chapter 2, “Brocade 300 Installation and Configuration,” provides the information needed to

install the switch into your network.

• Chapter 3, “Brocade 300 Operation,” discusses the day-to-day operational procedures for

using the switch.

• Appendix A, “Brocade 300 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 v6.1.0, documenting all possible
configurations and scenarios is beyond the scope of this document.

This document is specific to the Product Name and Fabric OS v5.0.1. To obtain information about a
Fabric OS version other than v5.0.1, see the documentation specific to that OS version.

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What’s new in this document

Corrections have been made to the original 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 in this document are as follows:

bold text Identifies command names

Identifies 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 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

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

or

| Boolean. Elements are exclusive. Example:

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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 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, refer to 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, 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, join Brocade Connect. It’s free! Go to http://www.brocade.com
and click 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

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• Detailed description of the problem, including the switch or fabric behavior immediately

following the problem, and specific questions

• Description of any troubleshooting steps already performed and the results

• Serial console and Telnet session logs

• syslog message logs

2. Switch Serial Number

The switch serial number and corresponding bar code are provided on the serial number label,
as illustrated below.:

*FT00X0054E9*

FT00X0054E9

The serial number label is located as follows:

• Brocade 200E—On the non-port side of the chassis

• Brocade 300, 4100, 4900, 5100, 5300, 7500, and Brocade Encryption Switch—On the

switch ID pull-out tab located inside the chassis on the port side on the left

• Brocade 5000—On the switch ID pull-out tab located on the bottom of the port side of the

switch

• Brocade 7600—On the bottom of the chassis

• Brocade 48000—Inside the chassis next to the power supply bays

• Brocade DCX—On the bottom right on the port side of the chassis

3. World Wide Name (WWN)

Use the wwn command to display the switch WWN.

If you cannot use the wwn command because the switch is inoperable, you can get the WWN
from the same place as the serial number, except for the Brocade DCX. For the Brocade DCX,
access the numbers on the WWN cards by removing the Brocade logo plate at the top of the
non-port side of the chassis.

Document feedback

Because quality is our first concern at Brocade, we have made every effort to ensure the accuracy
and completeness of this document. However, if you find an error or an omission, or you think that
a topic needs further development, we want to hear from you. Forward your feedback to:

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Provide the title and version number of the document and as much detail as possible about your
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Chapter

Brocade 300 Introduction

In this chapter

•Brocade 300 features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

•Port side of the Brocade 300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

•Non-port side of the Brocade 300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

•Supported fabric configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

•Ports on Demand license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

•ISL trunking groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Brocade 300 features

The Brocade 300 is a cost-effective and highly-scalable 1, 2, 4, or 8 Gbps switch, designed for
small to mid-sized businesses. Like all Brocade switches, the Brocade 300 runs on the Brocade
Fabric Operating System (Fabric OS) and is compatible with other Brocade switches, which enables
seamless connectivity into heterogeneous SAN environments.

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The Brocade 300 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
Brocade 300 provides a single platform for all SAN connectivity.

Because the Brocade 300 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 grows.

The Brocade 300 provides the following features:

• 1U chassis that can be installed as a standalone unit or mounted in a standard Electronic

Industries Association (EIA) 48.26 cm (19 inches) cabinet.

• One built-in fixed power unit (not a FRU).

• Three built-in fans (there are no fan FRUs) that allows the a single fan failure and permits the

switch to continue to function properly.

• On-demand scaling of 8 to 24 8 Gbps ports.

• ASIC technology supporting 1, 2, 4 and 8 Gbps auto-sensing Fibre Channel ports.

• A flexible design that enables the Brocade 300 to function as either a full-functioned switch or

an NPIV access gateway.

• Support of the EZSwitchSetup wizard for setup and basic configuration.

• RJ45 Ethernet management port that in conjunction with EZSwitchSetup, supports switch IP

address discovery and configuration.

• USB port that provides storage for firmware updates, output of the supportSave command and

storage for configuration uploads and downloads.

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Port side of the Brocade 300

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• 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 1, 2, 4, or 8 Gbps

speeds) between a pair of switches to be combined to form a single, logical ISL switch 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.

Port side of the Brocade 300

The port side of the Brocade 300 includes the system status LED, console port, Ethernet port and
LEDs, USB port, and Fibre Channel ports and the corresponding port status LEDs.

Figure 1 shows the port side of the Brocade 300.

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3 4

5

6 7

8

1

2

FIGURE 1 Port Side of the Brocade 300

1 Switch ID pull-out tab

2 System status (top) and power (bottom) LEDs

3 System RS232 console port (RJ-45)

4 Ethernet port with two Ethernet status LEDs

5USB port

6 Fibre Channel port status LEDs

7Fibre Channel ports (24)

8 AC power receptacle

Non-port side of the Brocade 300

The non-port side of the Brocade 300 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
Brocade standard OEM data label.

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Supported fabric configurations

The Brocade 300 is supported as an edge device in fabrics of up to 239 switches.

Ports on Demand license

Brocade 300 can be purchased with 8, 16, or 24 licensed ports. As your needs increase, you can
activate unlicensed ports by purchasing and installing the Brocade Ports on Demand (POD)
optional licensed product. After it has been installed, the license appears in the licenseShow
command output as Ports on Demand license.

By default, ports 0 through 7 are enabled on the Brocade 300. To enable ports 8 through 16, install
a POD license key. To enable ports 16 through 24, install another POD license.

To install a POD license, you can either use the supplied license key or generate a license key.
Typically the switch is shipped with a paper pack that specifies the transaction key to use with the
Software License Keys link. Use this transaction key on the Brocade Web site at
www.brocade.com/licensekeys and follow the instructions to generate the key. You can also use
this site to generate other license keys for your switch.

Supported fabric configurations

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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 POD license, refer to the Fabric OS
Administrator’s Guide.

ISL trunking groups

The Brocade 300 supports Interswitch Link (ISL) Trunking as a licensed feature. When this feature
is enabled, you can create trunked groups of up to eight contiguous ports. This means that you can
create up to three trunked groups that contain eight ports each.

The Fibre Channel ports on the Brocade 300 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 the three trunking groups of eight ports called out.

A

B

C

B

FIGURE 2 Trunking Groups

A Trunk group 1: Ports 0 through 7

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ISL trunking groups

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B Trunk group 2: Ports 8 through 15

C Trunk group 3: Ports 16 though 23

.

NOTE

Brocade 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 Fabric OS Administrator’s
Guide.

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