Brocade VDX 6730 User Manual

53-1002389-06	®
12 August 2013

Brocade VDX 6730

Hardware Reference Manual

Supporting the Brocade VDX 6730-32 and Brocade VDX 6730-76

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Document History
Document title	Publication number	Summary of changes	Date
Brocade VDX 6730 Hardware Reference	53-1002389-01	New document	September 2011
Manual
Brocade VDX 6730 Hardware Reference	53-1002389-02	Added Fibre Channel	December 2011
Manual		port information. Made
		smaller corrections.
Brocade VDX 6730 Hardware Reference	53-1002389-03	Added Canadian French	February 2012
Manual		translation of
		compliance statement.
		Serial cable pinouts have
		been added.
Brocade VDX 6730 Hardware Reference	53-1002389-04	Serial cable pinout	March 2012
Manual		diagram has been
		corrected.
Brocade VDX 6730 Hardware Reference	53-1002389-05	Management options	May 2012
Manual		revised. New CCC
		statement updated.
Brocade VDX 6730 Hardware Reference	53-1002389-06	Optical port LED patterns	August 2013
Manual		updated. Added USB
		device to items included,
		new information for
		configuration when Layer
		3 code is loaded,
		removed ‘Brocade-
		approved” text for direct-
		attach cables, made
		slight adjustments to
		physical specs.

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Contents

About This Document

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii Supported hardware and software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii What’s new in this document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv

Document conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv Text formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv Command syntax conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv Command examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv Notes, cautions, and warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv Key terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi

Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi Brocade resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi Other industry resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi

Getting technical help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xvii Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xvii

Chapter 1	Brocade VDX 6730 Introduction
	In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	1

Brocade VDX 6730 overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Platform components and capabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Brocade VDX 6730-32 features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Brocade VDX 6730-76 features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Software features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Views of the Brocade VDX 6730-32 switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Views of the Brocade VDX 6730-76 switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Chapter 2	Brocade VDX 6730 Installation
	In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	9
	Items included with the Brocade VDX 6730 switches . . . . . . . . . . . .	9

Installation and safety considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Electrical considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Environmental considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Rack considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Recommendations for cable management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Items required for installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

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Standalone installation for a Brocade VDX 6730. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Rack installation for a Brocade VDX 6730 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Providing power to the switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Verifying operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Chapter 3	Brocade VDX 6730 Configuration
	In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	15

Configuration modes for the Brocade VDX 6730 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Creating a serial connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Assigning permanent passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Changing the default account passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Setting the switch IP address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Setting the IP address using DHCP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Setting a static IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Setting stateless IPv6 autoconfiguration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Enabling and disabling Brocade VCS mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Enabling VCS mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Disabling VCS mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Setting the date and time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Understanding time zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Understanding time synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Synchronizing local time using NTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Setting the clock (date and time) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Setting time zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Connecting network devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Connecting to Ethernet or Fast Ethernet hubs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Connecting to workstations, servers, or routers . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Connecting a network device to a fiber port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Testing connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Creating Brocade inter-switch link trunks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Chapter 4	Brocade VDX 6730 Operation
	In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	25

LED activity interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Brocade VDX 6730 LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 LED locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 LED patterns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

POST and boot specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 POST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Boot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Interpreting POST results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Powering off the Brocade VDX 6730 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

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Brocade VDX 6730 maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Supported transceivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Installing an SFP+ transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Diagnostic tests and monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Brocade VDX 6730 management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Chapter 5	FRU Removal and Replacement Procedures
	In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	37
	Before beginning the installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	37

Replacing a combined FRU in a Brocade VDX 6730-32 . . . . . . . . . 38 Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Replacing the power supply and fan assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Replacing a power supply FRU in a Brocade VDX 6730-76 . . . . . . . 42 Determining the need to replace a power supply . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Replacing a power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Replacing a fan assembly FRU in the Brocade VDX 6730-76 . . . . .46 Determining the need to replace a fan assembly . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Replacing the fan assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Installing a DC power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Appendix A	Brocade VDX 6730 Specifications
	In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	53
	Weight and physical dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	53

Facility requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Power supply specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Environmental requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 General specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Data transmission ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Memory specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

Regulatory compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 FCC warning (US only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 German statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 KCC statement (Republic of Korea) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 VCCI statement (Japan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Power cords (Japan DENAN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 BSMI statement (Taiwan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 CE statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Canadian requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 China statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Laser compliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

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Electrical cautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 RTC battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Electrical safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 DC-DC power source cautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 DC power safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Regulatory certifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

Environmental regulation compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64 China RoHS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Environmental protection use period (EPUP) disclaimer. . . . . . 65 TS/HS dual language sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Index

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Tables

Table 1 Serial cable pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Table 2 Default administrative account names and passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Table 3 Port side LED patterns during normal operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Table 4 Non-port side LED patterns during normal operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Table 5 Management options for the Brocade VDX 6730 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Table 6 Brocade VDX 6730-32 LED behavior, descriptions, and required actions. . . . . 39

Table 7 Brocade VDX 6730-76 power supply status LED behavior, description,

and required actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Table 8 Brocade VDX 6730-76 fan assembly status LED behavior, description,

and required actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Table 9 Physical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Table 10 Facility requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Table 11 System power specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Table 12 Environmental requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Table 13 General specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Table 14 Data transmission ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Table 15 Brocade VDX 6730 memory specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Table 16 Regulatory compliance standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Table 17 China ROHS hazardous substances/toxic substances (HS/TS)

concentration chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

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Figures

Figure 1 Port side view of the Brocade VDX 6730-32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Figure 2 Non-port side view of the Brocade VDX 6730-32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Figure 3 Port side view of the Brocade VDX 6730-76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Figure 4 Non-port side view of the Brocade VDX 6730-76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Figure 5 LEDs on the port side of the Brocade VDX 6730-32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Figure 6 LEDs on the non-port side of the Brocade VDX 6730-32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Figure 7 LEDs on the left of the port side of the Brocade VDX 6730-76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Figure 8 LEDs on the right of the port side of the Brocade VDX 6730-76 . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Figure 9 LEDs on the non-port side of the Brocade VDX 6730-76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Figure 10 Installing an SFP+ transceiver in the upper row of port slots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Figure 11 Examples of airflow symbols. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Figure 12 Brocade VDX 6730-32 AC power supply and fan assemblies on the

non-port side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Figure 13 Brocade VDX 6730-32 DC power supply and fan assemblies on the

non-port side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Figure 14 Orientation of the AC power supply and fan assembly in the

Brocade VDX 6730-32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Figure 15 Orientation of the DC power supply and fan assembly in the

Brocade VDX 6730-32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Figure 16 Brocade VDX 6730-76 power supplies on the non-port side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Figure 17 Inserting the power supply in the Brocade VDX 6730-76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Figure 18 Brocade VDX 6730-76 fan assemblies on the non-port side. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Figure 19 Inserting the fan assembly in the Brocade VDX 6730-76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Figure 20 The DC power supply for the Brocade VDX 6730-76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Figure 21 The DC wiring assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Figure 22 DC power supply screws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

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About This Document

In this chapter

•How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	xiii
•Supported hardware and software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	xiii
•What’s new in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	xiv
•Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	xiv
•Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	xvi
•Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	xvi
•Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	xvii
•Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	xvii

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:

•Chapter 1, “Brocade VDX 6730 Introduction” provides an overview of the Brocade VDX 6730 switch.

•Chapter 2, “Brocade VDX 6730 Installation” provides the information needed to install the switch in your network.

•Chapter 3, “Brocade VDX 6730 Configuration” lays out the tasks and commands necessary to get the switch up and running.

•Chapter 4, “Brocade VDX 6730 Operation” discusses the day-to-day operational procedures for using the switch.

•Chapter 5, “FRU Removal and Replacement Procedures” provides procedures for removing and replacing the field-replaceable units (FRUs), including the fan assemblies and power supplies.

•Appendix A, “Brocade VDX 6730 Specifications” provides tables of physical, environmental, and general specifications.

Supported hardware and software

This document is specific to the Brocade VDX 6730-32 and the Brocade VDX 6730-76 under Network OS v2.1.0.

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What’s new in this document

The following information has been added:

•The LED patterns for the optical SFP ports have been updated. “LED patterns.”

•The USB device was added. “Items included with the Brocade VDX 6730 switches.”

•The warning about the ip gateway-address was added. “Setting the switch IP address.”

•Removed the Brocade-branded wording for direct-attach cables. “Items required for installation.”

•Small adjustments were made to the physical specs for the switches. “Weight and physical dimensions.”

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 all lowercase.

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 < >.

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...	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

Command examples

This book describes how to perform configuration tasks using the Fabric OS command line interface, but does not describe the commands in detail. For complete descriptions of all Fabric OS commands, including syntax, operand description, and sample output, see the Brocade Network OS Command Reference Guide.

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 or cause damage to hardware, firmware, software, or data.

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, see the technical glossaries on MyBrocade. See “Brocade resources” on page xvi for instructions on accessing MyBrocade.

For definitions of SAN-specific terms, visit the Storage Networking Industry Association online dictionary at:

http://www.snia.org/education/dictionary

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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

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, go to http://my.brocade.com to register at no cost for a user ID and password.

White papers, online demonstrations, and data sheets are available through the Brocade website at:

http://www.brocade.com/products-solutions/products/index.page

For additional Brocade documentation, visit the Brocade website: http://www.brocade.com

Release notes are available on the MyBrocade website and are also bundled with the Network OS firmware.

Other industry resources

For additional resource information, visit the Technical Committee T11 website. This website 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 website:

http://www.fibrechannel.org

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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

•copy support command output

•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 on the switch ID pull-out tab located on the bottom of the port side of the switch.

3.World Wide Name (WWN)

Use the licenseIdShow command to display the WWN of the chassis.

Document feedback

Quality is our first concern at Brocade and 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 comment, including the topic heading and page number and your suggestions for improvement.

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	Chapter
Brocade VDX 6730 Introduction	1

In this chapter

•Brocade VDX 6730 overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	1
•Views of the Brocade VDX 6730-32 switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	4
•Views of the Brocade VDX 6730-76 switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	5

Brocade VDX 6730 overview

The Brocade VDX 6730 switches are a pair of 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) line-rate, low latency, lossless Data Center Bridging (DCB) switches: the Brocade VDX 6730-32 (a 32-port, single-height switch) and the Brocade VDX 6730-76 (a 76-port, double-height switch). In addition to the array of GbE ports, each Brocade VDX 6730 also has a number of Fibre Channel (FC) ports to permit bridging between the Ethernet fabric and a traditional SAN fabric. The number of FC ports varies with the chassis. The Brocade VDX 6730 switches feature Brocade’s CloudPlex™ architecture and run on the Brocade Network Operating System (Network OS) v2.1.0 or later. For details about Network OS, refer to the Brocade Network OS Administrator’s Guide.

The Brocade VDX 6730 switches offer Ports on Demand (POD) licensing. Base models of the switches contain 16 Ethernet ports (for the Brocade VDX 6730-32) or 40 Ethernet ports (for the Brocade VDX 6730-76). Additional ports can be licensed by way of POD. One POD license on the Brocade VDX 6730-32 allows an additional 8 ports to be activated. For the Brocade VDX 6730-76, two POD licenses (for 10 ports each) can be purchased. The FC ports do not require a POD license for activation.

A key feature of the Brocade VDX 6730 switches is Brocade VCS™ technology, which includes virtual cluster switching, a new set of technologies that allows users to create flatter, virtualized, and converged data center networks. VCS fabrics are scalable, permitting users to expand at their own pace, and simplified, allowing users to manage the fabric as a single entity. VCS-based Ethernet fabrics are convergence-capable, with technologies such as Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) for storage.

Platform components and capabilities

The Brocade VDX 6730 switches offer the following features and capabilities:

•A system motherboard that features a Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) CPU running at 1.3 GHz with integrated peripherals

•An RJ45 10/100/1000 Ethernet out-of-band management port

•An RJ45-fronted serial (RS-232) port for terminal access and debugging

•A USB port for firmware upgrades and system log downloads

•Support for Brocade-branded SFP+ optical FC transceivers

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•Support for long-range and short-range SFP+ GbE transceivers

•Support for optical cables and active twin axial (twinax) copper cables

•Support for direct-attach copper cables

•Support for inter-switch link (ISL) trunking

- Frame-level hardware-based trunking (even distribution of frames across trunk links)

•A reduced-depth, rack-mount design using existing rail kits (fixed, mid-mount, or Telco rack mount kits

•Extensive diagnostics and system-monitoring capabilities for enhanced high Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS)

•Optimized airflow (a choice of front-to-back or back-to-front flow)

•A real-time clock (RTC) with battery

•SEEPROM for switch identification

•Voltage monitoring

•Fan monitoring

•Three temperature sensors

•I2C interface to monitor and control environmental aspects

NOTE

Port numbering for the Brocade VDX 6730 begins with 1, not 0. Both the GbE and FC port sequences begin with 1.

Brocade VDX 6730-32 features

Features specific to the Brocade VDX 6730-32 include:

•1U form factor enclosure

•16 10 GbE SFP+ ports (also configurable to 1 GbE) with 8 additional 10 GbE ports available for a total of 24

•Eight 8 Gbps FC ports

•One forwarding ASIC

•600 nanosecond (ns) port-to-port latency

•15-inch depth

•Dual, hot-swappable 250W AC power supplies with three integrated cooling fans each

•Dual, hot-swappable 250W DC power supplies with three integrated cooling fans each

Brocade VDX 6730-76 features

Features specific to the Brocade VDX 6730-76 include:

•2U form factor enclosure

•40 10 GbE SFP+ ports (also configurable to 1 GbE) with 20 additional 10 GbE ports available for a total of 60

•Sixteen 8 Gbps FC ports

•Nine forwarding ASICs arranged in a 3/6, core/edge configuration

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•One forwarding FC ASIC

•600 ns port-to-port latency, 1.8μs across port groups

•17-inch depth

•Dual, redundant, hot-swappable 500W AC power supplies

•Dual, redundant, hot-swappable 500W DC power supplies

•Triple, hot-swappable cooling fans in an n+1 configuration

Software features

The Brocade VDX 6730 switches support the following features. For more details on these features, refer to the Brocade Network OS Administrator’s Guide.

Layer 2 and Layer 3 security features

•VLANs

•Spanning Tree Protocol (STP, RSTP, MSTP and PVST+ and PVRST+)

•Support for unicast and multicast capabilities

•Support for IGMP snooping

•Layer 2 multi-path based on Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL)

•Layer 2 access control lists (ACLs)

•Switch Port Analyzer (SPAN) (also known as port mirroring)

•Management access ACLs

Virtualization

•Automatic Migration of Port Profiles (AMPP)

•Support for VLAN, QoS, security, and FCoE port profiles

•Virtual Machine-aware network automation

Convergence/FCoE

•Pause Frames (Tx and Rx)

•DCB features such as Priority Flow Control (PFC) and Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS)

•End-to-end, multi-hop FCoE

•FCoE and FC zoning and RSCN suppression (name server-based zoning)

•FC connectivity to Brocade FC SANs

Link aggregration

•802.3ad LACP support

•Virtual Link Aggregation Group (vLAG) (a LAG that spans multiple physical switches)

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QoS

•802.1p marking

•Scheduling: Strict priority (SP), Shaped Deficit Weighted Round-Robin (SDWRR)

Management

•IPv4 or IPv6 management

•CLI management utilities on Network OS v2.1.0

•Out-of-band management (standalone mode)

•sFlow

•TRILL Operations, Administration, and Management (OAM)

•Distributed configuration management (DCM)

•SNMPv1, v2c, and v3

•Switch Beaconing

Licensing

•VCS licensing: Available multi-node license up to 24 nodes (enables Ethernet Fabric functionality)

•Ports on Demand (POD):

-Single POD license for 8 ports on Brocade VDX 6730-32

-Two POD licenses for 10 ports each on Brocade VDX 6730-76

•FCoE licensing (enables FCoE Forwarding and FCoE to FC Bridging)

Views of the Brocade VDX 6730-32 switch

The port side of the Brocade VDX 6730-32 switch includes the system LEDs, management ports and LEDs, USB port, and Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) ports and the corresponding port status LEDs.

Figure 1 shows the port side of the Brocade VDX 6730-32.

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Views of the Brocade VDX 6730-76 switch

1

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

	10	11
1	System status LED		7	10 GbE ports 9-16 (9-12 on top, 13-16 below) with
				status LEDs above
2	Serial console port (RJ45)		8	10 GbE ports 17-24 (17-20 on top, 21-24 below)
				with status LEDs above

3 Ethernet management port (RJ45)

9FC ports 1-8 (1-4 on top, 5-8 below) with status LEDs above

4	RLO management port (RJ45)	10	System power LED
5	USB port	11	Switch ID pull-out tab

610 GbE ports 1-8 (1-4 on top, 5-8 below) with status LEDs above

FIGURE 1 Port side view of the Brocade VDX 6730-32

Figure 2 shows the non-port side of the Brocade VDX 6730-32, which contains the combined power supply and fan assemblies.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

1	Power supply and fan assemby #2	5	Handle
2	Power cord receptacle	6	Airflow label
3	Power supply and fan status LED	7	Captive screw
4	On/off switch	8	Power supply and fan assembly #1

FIGURE 2 Non-port side view of the Brocade VDX 6730-32

Views of the Brocade VDX 6730-76 switch

The port side of the Brocade VDX 6730-76 switch includes the system LEDs, management ports and LEDs, USB port, and Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) ports and the corresponding port status LEDs.

Figure 3 shows the port side of the Brocade VDX 6730-76.

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1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
9	10	11		12	13	14	15

1	System status LED	9	System power LED
2	Ethernet management port (RJ45)	10	Serial console port (RJ45)
3	RLO management port (RJ45)	11	Switch ID pull-out tab
4	USB port	12	10	GbE ports 1-10 (1-5 on top, 6-10 below) with
			status LEDs below
5	FC ports 1-8 (1-4 on top, 5-8 below) with status	13	10	GbE ports 11-20 (11-15 on top, 16-20 below)
	LEDs above		with status LEDs below
6	FC ports 9-16 (9-12 on top, 13-16 below) with	14	10	GbE ports 21-30 (21-25 on top, 26-30 below)
	status LEDs above		with status LEDs below
7	10 GbE ports 41-50 (41-45 on top, 46-50 below)	15	10	GbE ports 31-40 (31-35 on top, 36-40 below)
	with status LEDs above		with status LEDs below

810 GbE ports 5-60 (51-55 on top, 56-60 below) with status LEDs above

FIGURE 3 Port side view of the Brocade VDX 6730-76

Figure 4 shows the non-port side of the Brocade VDX 6730-76, which contains the power supplies and cooling fan assemblies.

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Views of the Brocade VDX 6730-76 switch

1

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

	10	11	12	13
1	Power supply status LED			8	Fan assembly #1
2	Power supply #2			9	Power supply #1
3	Power cord receptacle			10	Power supply captive screws
4	Power supply airflow label			11	Fan status LED
5	Fan assembly #3			12	Fan assembly airflow label
6	Fan handle			13	Fan captive screw
7	Fan assembly #2

FIGURE 4 Non-port side view of the Brocade VDX 6730-76

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	Chapter
Brocade VDX 6730 Installation	2

In this chapter

•Items included with the Brocade VDX 6730 switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

•Installation and safety considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

•Standalone installation for a Brocade VDX 6730 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

•Rack installation for a Brocade VDX 6730 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

•Providing power to the switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

•Verifying operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Items included with the Brocade VDX 6730 switches

The following items are included with the standard shipment of a fully-configured Brocade VDX 6730. When you open the Brocade VDX 6730 packaging, verify that the items are included in the package and that no damage has occurred during shipping:

•The Brocade VDX 6730 switch, either the 32-port or 76-port version

•One accessory kit, containing the following items:

-Serial cable with an RJ45 connector

-6 ft. power cords (2)

-Rubber feet, required for setting up the switch as a standalone unit

-Brocade 2 GB USB memory device

-Brocade VDX 6730 QuickStart Guide

Installation and safety considerations

You can install a Brocade VDX 6730 switch in the following ways:

•As a standalone unit on a flat surface.

•In an EIA cabinet using a four-post fixed-rail rack mount kit. The optional fixed-rail rack mount kit can be ordered from your switch retailer. Both the 24”-32” rack depth kit and the 28”-29” rack depth kit will work with the Brocade VDX 6730 switch.

•In a Telco rack using a flush mount rack kit for switches. The optional flush mount rack kit for switches can be ordered from your switch retailer.

•In a Telco rack using a mid-mount rack kit. The optional mid-mount rack kit for switches can be ordered from your switch retailer.

•In the iDataplex IBM 15.5-inch depth rack (requires an iDataplex rack mount kit), Brocade part number 60-1001519-01.

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