Brocade Communications Systems DCX 8510-4, DCX 8510-4 Backbone Hardware Reference Manual

53-1002177-06
19 August 2013

Brocade DCX 8510-4
Backbone

®

Hardware Reference Manual

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Document History

Title Publication number Summary of changes Date

Brocade DCX 8510-4 Backbone Hardware
Reference Manual

53-1002180-01 New document. April 2011

Brocade DCX 8510-4 Backbone Hardware
Reference Manual

53-1002180-02 Updated filler panel graphics,

CP replacement procedures for

7.0, and data transmission
ranges information.

June 2011

Title Publication number Summary of changes Date

Brocade DCX 8510-4 Backbone Hardware
Reference Manual

Brocade DCX 8510-4 Backbone Hardware
Reference Manual

Brocade DCX 8510-4 Backbone Hardware
Reference Manual

Brocade DCX 8510-4 Backbone Hardware
Reference Manual

53-1002180-03 Updated power supply

requirements data, power
supply replacement information,
ISL trunking totals, inter-chassis
link information.

53-1002180-04 Added new blades, FC8-32E,

FC8-48E, and enhanced ICL
capability.

53-1002180-05 Added Preparing for WWN card

replacement section.

53-1002177-06 Clarified support for for shared

blades. Corrected FOS version
required for certain blades.
Corrected slot numbering order.

July 2011

December 2011

May 2012

Aug 2013

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Contents

About This Document

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii

How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii

Supported hardware and software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv

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

Document conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv

Text formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv

Command syntax conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

Command examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

Notes, cautions, and warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

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

Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi

Brocade resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi

Other industry resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii

Getting technical help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xvii

Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii

Chapter 1 Overview

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

Brocade DCX 8510-4 features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Brocade DCX 8510-4 hardware components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Port side of the Brocade DCX 8510-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Nonport side of the Brocade DCX 8510-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Brocade DCX 8510-4 blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

High availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Reliability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Serviceability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Software features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Network manageability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Chapter 2 Installation of the Brocade DCX 8510-4

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Time and items required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

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Preparing for the Brocade DCX 8510-4 installation . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Unpacking and installing the Brocade DCX 8510-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Items included with the Brocade DCX 8510-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Providing power to the Brocade DCX 8510-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

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

Chassis slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Cable management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

High density cabling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Installing QSFP cables (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Chapter 3 Logging In and Configuring the Brocade DCX 8510-4

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Configuring the Brocade DCX 8510-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Establishing a serial connection to the Brocade DCX 8510-4 . . . . . 24

Logging in to the serial console port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Configuring the IP addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Logging off the serial console port and disconnecting the

serial cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Establishing an Ethernet connection to the

Brocade DCX 8510-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Customizing a switch name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Customizing a chassis name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Setting the domain ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Setting the date and time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Setting the date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Setting the time zone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Synchronizing local time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Verifying the PID mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Determining installed software licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Installing transceivers and attaching cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Installing SFP+ and mSFP transceivers and cables . . . . . . . . .32

Installing QSFP transceivers and cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Managing cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Verifying correct operation and backing up the configuration. . . . . 35

Powering off the Brocade DCX 8510-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

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In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Monitoring overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

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Determining the status of a port or application blade . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Blade illustrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Determining the status of a control processor blade (CP8). . . . . . .49

Determining the status of a core switch blade (CR16-4) . . . . . . . . . 50

Determining the status of a power supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Determining the status of a blower assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Determining the status of a WWN card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

Chapter 5 Removal and Replacement Procedures

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

ESD precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

Chassis door removal and replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

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

Removing a chassis door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Replacing a chassis door. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

Vertical cable management fingers removal and replacement. . . . 59

Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

Removing a cable management finger assembly . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Replacing a cable management finger assembly . . . . . . . . . . .60

Port, application, and encryption blade removal and

replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

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

Removing a blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Replacing a blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

Blade filler panel removal and replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Removing a filler panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Replacing a filler panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Control processor blade (CP8) removal and replacement . . . . . . . .65

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

Faulty CP blade indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Recording critical Brocade DCX 8510-4 information. . . . . . . . .67

Removing a control processor blade (CP8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68

Replacing a control processor blade (CP8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

Verifying operation of the new CP blade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

Completing the replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Core switch blade (CR16-4) removal and replacement . . . . . . . . . .75

Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Faulty core switch blade indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Removing a core switch blade (CR16-4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Replacing a core switch blade (CR16-4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

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Power supply removal and replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Identifying power supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Removing a power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

Replacing a power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

Blower assembly removal and replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

Removing a blower assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

Replacing a blower assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

WWN card removal and replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81

Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

Verifying the need for replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Preparing for the WWN card replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Removing the WWN card and WWN bezel (logo plate) . . . . . . .82

Replacing the WWN card and WWN bezel (logo plate) . . . . . . . 83

Transceiver removal and replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Removing an SFP+ transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

Replacing an SFP+ transceiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Removing and replacing an mSFP optical transceiver . . . . . . .86

Inter-chassis link (QSFP) cable removal and replacement. . . . . . . . 88

Time and items Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

Removing an ICL cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

Replacing an ICL cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90

Possible ICL configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Brocade DCX 8510-4 chassis removal and replacement. . . . . . . . . 93

Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94

Faulty Brocade DCX 8510-4 chassis indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . .94

Recording critical Brocade DCX 8510-4 and

SAN information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95

Disconnecting from network and fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Removing components from the chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

Installing the replacement chassis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Installing components into the new chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Downloading the configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Verifying correct operation of system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

Reconnecting the system to the network and fabric . . . . . . . .103

Verifying correct configuration of the fabric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

Cable routing table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Appendix A Specifications

In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

General specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

System architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108

System size and weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

System blade and FRU weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

Facility requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

Environmental requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

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Fibre Channel port specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Power specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Power cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114

Power-cord notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

Power-cord notice (Japan, DENAN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

Data transmission ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

Qualified cables for the FC8-64 port blade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118

Safety notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

Regulatory compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

FCC warning (US only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

KCC statement (Republic of Korea) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

VCCI statement (Japan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

BSMI statement (Taiwan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

CE statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

Canadian requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

German statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

Laser compliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

Regulatory compliance standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

Environmental regulation compliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

China RoHS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

Appendix B Application and Encryption Blades

In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125

FS8-18 blade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125

FX8-24 blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

Appendix C Diagnostics and Troubleshooting

In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

Obtaining chassis and component status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130

Interpreting POST and boot results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130

POST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130

Boot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

Appendix D Port Numbering Template

Index

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Figures

Figure 1 Port side of the Brocade DCX 8510-4 (sample configuration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Figure 2 Port side of the Brocade DCX 8510-4 with the port side exhaust kit

installed (sample configuration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Figure 3 Nonport side of the Brocade DCX 8510-4 (sample configuration) . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Figure 4 Cable design for the mSFP patch cables for the FC8-64 high density

port blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Figure 5 Configuration tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Figure 6 FC8-64 port blade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Figure 7 FC8-32E port blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Figure 8 FC8-48E port blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Figure 9 FC16-32 port blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Figure 10 FC16-48 port blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Figure 11 FS8-18 encryption blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Figure 12 FX8-24 extension blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Figure 13 Control processor blade (CP8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Figure 14 Core switch blade (CR16-4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Figure 15 Power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Figure 16 Blower assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Figure 17 WWN bezel (logo plate) for DCX 8510-4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Figure 18 Removal and replacement of the chassis door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Figure 19 Removal and replacement of the vertical cable management

finger assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Figure 20 Removal and replacement of the port, application, and

encryption blades (FC16-48 port blade shown) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Figure 21 Removal and replacement of the blade filler panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Figure 22 Removal and replacement of the control processor blade (CP8) . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Figure 23 Removal and replacement of the core switch blade (CR16-4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Figure 24 Power supply identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Figure 25 Removal and replacement of the power supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Figure 26 Removal and replacement of the blower assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Figure 27 Removal and replacement of the WWN bezel (logo plate) and WWN card . . . . 83

Figure 28 Optical transceiver (SFP+) extraction tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Figure 29 Replacing an optical transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Figure 30 Replacing a 16 Gbps SFP+ optical transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Figure 31 Optical mSFP transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Figure 32 QSFP cable and transceiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Figure 33 QSFP transceiver (bail open) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

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Figure 34 QSFP cable connections for Brocade DCX 8510 chassis

(sample configuration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Figure 35 DCX 8510 core/edge ICL topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Figure 36 DCX 8510 full mesh ICL topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Figure 37 CR16-4 core blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Figure 38 FC8-64 port blade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Figure 39 FC8-32E port blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Figure 40 FC8-48E port blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Figure 41 FC16-32 port blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Figure 42 FC16-48 port blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Figure 43 FS8-18 encryption blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Figure 44 FX8-24 extension blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

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Tables

Tab le 1 Blades available for the Brocade DCX 8510-4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Tab le 2 Installation tasks, time, and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Tab le 3 Port and application blade LED descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Tab le 4 CP blade LED descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Tab le 5 CR blade LED descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Tab le 6 Power supply LED descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Tab le 7 Blower assembly LED descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Tab le 8 Messages that may indicate WWN card failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Tab le 9 Steps for upgrading through multiple versions of Fabric OS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Tab le 10 QSFP connector port LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Tab le 11 Critical information checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Tab le 12 Cable routing table for Brocade DCX 8510-4 (64 ports shown) . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Tab le 13 General specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Tab le 14 System architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Tab le 15 System size and weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Tab le 16 System FRU weights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Tabl e 17 Environmental requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Tab le 18 Power specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Tab le 19 Power demands per component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Tab le 20 Power supply requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Tab le 21 Power cord types (international) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Tab le 22 Supported optics, speeds, cables, and distances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Tab le 23 Qualified cables for mSFP connections for the FC8-64 high density

port blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Tab le 24 Regulatory compliance standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Tab le 25 Environmental status and maintenance commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Tab le 26 Troubleshooting the Brocade DCX 8510-4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Tab le 27 External port to slotShow port mapping for core blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

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About This Document

In this chapter

•How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii

•Supported hardware and software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv

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

•Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv

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

•Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi

•Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii

•Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii

How this document is organized

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 Brocade DCX 8510-4 Backbone (“Brocade DCX
8510-4”).

This document presents information on setting up and operating the Brocade DCX 8510-4. It is
organized in a loosely chronological order, beginning with an overview of the Brocade DCX 8510-4
and ending with removal and replacement procedures of field replaceable units (FRUs).

The document contains the following sections:

• Chapter 1, “Overview,” identifies the components of the Brocade DCX 8510-4 and provides a

brief description of its features.

• Chapter 2, “Installation of the Brocade DCX 8510-4,” describes how to install, set up, and

power on the Brocade DCX 8510-4.

• Chapter 3, “Logging In and Configuring the Brocade DCX 8510-4,” provides the initial

configuration information required to get the Brocade DCX 8510-4 established in a fabric.

• Chapter 4, “Monitoring System Components,” provides descriptions of the LEDs and their

functions, and also lists Fabric OS commands required for monitoring.

• Chapter 5, “Removal and Replacement Procedures,” describes how to remove and replace

each of the FRUs in the Brocade DCX 8510-4.

• Appendix A, “Specifications,” provides information on the physical characteristics,

environmental requirements, and regulatory certifications for the Brocade DCX 8510-4.

• Appendix B, “Application and Encryption Blades,” provides information about application

blades that are available optionally for the Brocade DCX 8510-4.

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• Appendix C, “Diagnostics and Troubleshooting,” provides methods for receiving system-wide or

component-level status, interpreting POST and boot activities and diagnostic tests; it also
includes troubleshooting tips.

• Appendix D, “Port Numbering Template,” contains templates where you can record the port

numbering sequence for the port blades.

Supported hardware and software

This document includes information specific to the Brocade DCX 8510-4 running Brocade Fabric
OS version 7.0.0. and later.

What’s new in this document

The following information has been added:

• Information was added to clarify the required Fabric OS for the application blades. See

“Brocade DCX 8510-4 blades.”

• Statement concerning flexibility of the chassis design was clarified. See “Brocade DCX 8510-4

features.”

• Chassis slot numbering was corrected, See “Chassis slots.”

Document conventions

This section describes text formatting conventions and important notices formats.

Text formatting

The narrative-text formatting conventions that are used in this document are as follows:

bold text Identifies command names

italic text Provides emphasis

code text Identifies CLI output

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.

Identifies GUI elements
Identifies keywords and operands
Identifies text to enter at the GUI or CLI

Identifies variables
Identifies paths and Internet addresses
Identifies document titles

Identifies syntax examples

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Command syntax conventions

NOTE

ATTENTION

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

| Boolean. Elements are exclusive. Example:

--show -mode egress | ingress

or

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, refer to the Fabric OS
Command Reference.

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.

A note provides a tip, guidance, or advice, emphasizes important information, or provides a
reference to related information.

An Attention statement indicates potential damage to hardware or data.

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CAUTION

A Caution statement alerts you to situations that can be potentially hazardous to you or cause

DANGER

damage to hardware, firmware, software, or data.

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.

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

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

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

Other industry resources

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 Brocade DCX 8510-4 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

• Technical Support contract number, if applicable

• Model name

• Operating system version

• Error numbers and messages received

• supportSave command output

• 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

2. Brocade DCX 8510-4 serial number

The Brocade DCX 8510-4 serial number (Switch Serial No.) and corresponding bar code are
provided on the serial number label, as shown here:

*FT00X0054E9*

FT00X0054E9

The serial number label is located on the port side of the chassis, on the lower right side and
directly above the cable management comb.

In addition, the chassisShow command displays the Brocade DCX 8510-4 serial number, as
well as information about the port and application blades, and other field-replaceable units
(FRUs).

3. License ID

Use the licenseIdShow command to display the license ID.

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4. 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 8510-4. For the
Brocade DCX 8510-4, access the numbers on the WWN cards by removing the Brocade logo
plate at the top of the nonport 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:

[e-mail]

Provide the title and version number 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

Overview

In this chapter

•Brocade DCX 8510-4 features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

•Brocade DCX 8510-4 hardware components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

•Brocade DCX 8510-4 blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

•High availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

•Reliability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

•Serviceability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

•Software features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

•Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

•Network manageability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Brocade DCX 8510-4 features

1

The Brocade DCX 8510-4 is part of Brocade's industry-leading Backbone-class product line, a
highly robust class of network switching platform that combines breakthrough performance,
scalability, and energy efficiency with long-term investment. Brocade 8510 Backbones are the
industry’s most powerful Fibre Channel switching infrastructure, providing the most reliable,
scalable, high performance foundation for private cloud storage and highly virtualized
environments. They are designed to increase business agility by adapting to dynamic growth and
change, providing high availability access to information, and reducing infrastructure and
administrative costs.

Key features of the Brocade DCX 8510-4 include:

• Up to 192 16 Gbps external ports in a single chassis, enabling high density SAN configurations

with reduced footprint.

• Support for 2, 4, 8, and 16 Gbps auto-sensing Fibre Channel ports. Trunking technology

groups up to eight ports to create high performance 128-Gbps ISL trunks between switches.

• The Brocade DCX 8510-4 also supports 10 Gbps FC-type SFPs in 16 Gbps port blades only and

also supports 10 GbE SFPs in the FX8-24 application blade. The two types of SFPs are not
interchangeable.

• The 10 Gbps por ts can be configured manually on only the first eight ports of the 16 Gbps port

blades.

• Support for many of the application, port blade, and control processor (CP) blades supported in

the Brocade DCX family of backbones (with the exception of the Core Switch Blade), thereby
providing flexible system configurations and fewer types of new blades.

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• Beginning with Fabric OS v7.0.1, up to nine chassis can be connected with the use of 4x16

Gbps quad SFP (QSFP) inter-chassis links (ICLs). Fabric OS v7.0.0 permits up to six chassis to
be linked.

• Support for high-performance port blades running at 2, 4, 8, 10, or 16 Gbps, enabling flexible

system configuration.

• Redundant and hot-swappable control processor and core switch blades, power supplies,

blower assemblies, and WWN cards that enable a high availability platform and enable
nondisruptive software upgrades for mission-critical SAN applications.

• Universal ports that self-configure as E_Ports, F_Ports, EX_Ports and M_Ports (mirror ports).

10 Gbps ports are E_Ports only.

• Diagnostic port (D_Port) functionality.

• In-flight data cryptographic (encryption/decryption) and data compression capabilities through

the 16 Gbps port blades.

• Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) functionality through the FX8-24 blade.

Brocade DCX 8510-4 hardware components

The Brocade DCX 8510-4 features a modular and scalable mechanical construction that allows a
wide range of flexibility in installation, fabric design, and maintenance. The chassis can be
mounted with the cables facing the front of the equipment rack or to the rear, and consists of the
following:

• Up to four hot-swappable port blade assemblies that can be configured in a single chassis,

delivering up to 192 16 Gbps Fibre Channel ports.

• Two slots for control processor blades (CP8):

- A single active CP8 blade can control all 192 ports in the chassis.

- The standby CP8 blade assumes control of the Brocade DCX 8510-4 if the active CP fails.

• Two slots for core switch blades (CR16-4):

- CR16-4 blade interconnects all port blades.

- Inter-chassis link (ICL) connectors to connect to as many as nine neighboring chassis

under Fabric OS v7.0.1. Six chassis can be connected under Fabric OS v7.0.0.

- Both CR16-4 blades are active.

• Modular, hot-swappable port blades:

- 64-port, 8-Gbps blades (FC8-64)

- 32-port, 8-Gbps blades (FC8-32E)

- 48-port, 8-Gbps blades (FC8-48E)

- 32-port, 16-Gbps blades (FC16-32)

- 48-port, 16-Gbps blades (FC16-48)

• Modular, hot-swappable application blades:

- FX8-24: 24-port (12 FC, 10 GbE, 2 10GbE) FCIP extension blade enabling long distance

communication over existing IP infrastructure.

• Modular, hot-swappable encryption blades:

- FS8-18: 16-port, up to 4 blades per chassis, supporting in-flight data cryptographic

(encryption/decryption) and data-compression capabilities.

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NOTE

• Modular, hot-swappable field-replaceable units (FRUs):

- Two blower assemblies.

- Two power supplies (100-240 VAC auto-sensing).

 At 110 VAC (nominal): A minimum of two power supplies is required, regardless of the

number of port or application blades. This configuration does not support high
availability.

 220 VAC (nominal) is recommended for efficiency. A second power supply is required

to support high availability.

 Redundant AC primary power connections ensure high availability. Each power supply

has its own connector, so the number of primary power connections is two for
optimum efficiency and redundancy.

- Two WWN cards.

- Blades use small form-factor pluggable (SFP+ and mSFP) optical transceivers. SFP+ and

mSFP transceivers support speeds of 2, 4, 8, 10, or 16 Gbps.

The 8-Gbps SFP+s and mSFPs auto-negotiate at 2, 4, and 8 Gbps. The 16-Gbps SFP+s
auto-negotiate at 4, 8, and 16 Gbps. The 10 Gbps speeds must be manually set and
require special 10 Gbps SFP+ transceivers.

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- QSFP-based inter-chassis link (ICL) cabling running at 64 Gbps (four 16 Gbps clustered in

a single quad connector and cable).

• Blades that are serviced from the port side of the Brocade DCX 8510-4. Blowers, power

supplies, and power cables that are serviced from the nonport side.

• World Wide Name (WWN) cards on the nonport side, with WWN status LEDs located under the

bezel.

• Two vertical cable management finger assemblies and a redesigned chassis door for improved

cable management.

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3

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Port side of the Brocade DCX 8510-4

Airflow in the Brocade DCX 8510-4 is from the nonport side to the left side and port side of the
chassis (viewed from the port side) and out the exhaust vents. If you use the Port Side Exhaust Kit,
the air vents are all on the port side of the chassis (see Figure 2).

Figure 1 displays a sample configuration of the port side of the Brocade DCX 8510-4.

1 Port blade (FC16-32) 3 Control processor blade (CP8)
2 Core switch blade (CR16-4) 4 Exhaust vent

FIGURE 1 Port side of the Brocade DCX 8510-4 (sample configuration)

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FIGURE 2 Port side of the Brocade DCX 8510-4 with the port side exhaust kit installed (sample

configuration)

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Nonport side of the Brocade DCX 8510-4

The following figure shows a sample configuration of the nonport side view of the Brocade DCX
8510-4.

1 WWN card bezel (logo plate) 3 Blower assembly (2x)
2 Power supply (2x) 4 Label with serial number and WWN

FIGURE 3 Nonport side of the Brocade DCX 8510-4 (sample configuration)

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Brocade DCX 8510-4 blades

Tab le 1 summarizes the port, application, control processor, and core switch blades that are

available for the Brocade DCX 8510-4.

TABLE 1 Blades available for the Brocade DCX 8510-4

Description Name Function

Brocade DCX 8510-4 blades

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Brocade DCX 8510-4
control processor
blade

Brocade DCX 8510-4
core switch blade

64-port 8-Gbps port
blade

32-port 8-Gbps port
blade

48-port 8-Gbps port
blade

32-port 16-Gbps port
blade

48-port 16-Gbps port
blade

CP8 The CP8 blade contains the control plane for the chassis. There

are two CP8 blades for redundancy. This control processor blade
is compatible with the Brocade DCX 8510-8, Brocade DCX 8510-4,
Brocade DCX, and Brocade DCX-4S.

CR16-4 The CR16-4 blade contains the ASICs for switching between port

blades. Every port blade connects to each core switch blade.
There can be up to 192 16 Gbps (256 8 Gbps) total ports for port
blades. Each core switch blade connects to 128 backplane ports.
Core switch blades have additional front port connectivity to
connect multiple chassis and backplane connections for the
storage server blade. This core switch blade is compatible only
with the Brocade DCX 8510-4.

FC8-64 A 64-port Brocade port blade supporting 2, 4, and 8 Gbps port

speeds with mSFPs. This port blade is compatible with the
Brocade DCX 8510-8, Brocade DCX 8510-4, Brocade DCX, and
Brocade DCX-4S.

FC8-32E A 32-port Brocade port blade supporting 2, 4, and 8 Gbps Fibre

Channel port speeds. This port blade is compatible with the
Brocade DCX 8510-8 and Brocade DCX 8510-4. This blade
requires Fabric OS v7.0.1 or later to run in this chassis.

FC8-48E A 48-port Brocade port blade supporting 2, 4, and 8 Gbps Fibre

Channel port speeds. This port blade is compatible with the
Brocade DCX 8510-8 and Brocade DCX 8510-4. This blade
requires Fabric OS v7.0.1 or later to run in this chassis.

FC16-32 A 32-port Brocade port blade supporting 2, 4, 8, 10, and 16 Gbps

Fibre Channel port speeds. The blade also supports port-based
in-flight encryption/decryption and compression/decompression.
This port blade is compatible with the Brocade DCX 8510-8 and
Brocade DCX 8510-4 and requires Fabric OS v7.0.0 or later to run
in this chassis.

FC16-48 A 48-port Brocade port blade supporting 2, 4, 8, 10, and 16 Gbps

Fibre Channel port speeds. The blade also supports port-based
in-flight encryption/decryption and compression/decompression.
This port blade is compatible with the Brocade DCX 8510-8 and
Brocade DCX 8510-4 and requires Fabric OS v7.0.0 or later to run
in this chassis.

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Description Name Function

Storage encryption
blade

FCIP extension blade FX8-24 The FX8-24 blade enables FCIP functionality over existing IP

High availability

The following features contribute to the Brocade DCX 8510-4 high-availability design:

• Redundant, hot-swappable FRUs, including blades, power supplies, blowers, and WWN cards

• Enhanced data integrity on all data paths

• Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF) rerouting around failed links

• Integration with Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) managers

• Automatic control processor failover

• Nondisruptive “hot” software code loads and activation

• Easy configuration, save, and restore

The high-availability software architecture of the Brocade DCX 8510-4 provides a common
framework for all applications that reside on the system, allowing global and local states to be
maintained through any component failure. High-availability elements consist of the High
Availability Manager, the heartbeat, the fault/health framework, the replicated database,
initialization, and software upgrade.

FS8-18 The FS8-18 blade enables data cryptographic

(encryption/decryption) and data-compression capabilities for
data-at-rest. It has 16 Fibre Channel optical SFP ports. This
application blade is compatible with the Brocade DCX 8510-8,
Brocade DCX 8510-4, Brocade DCX, and Brocade DCX-4S and
requires Fabric OS v7.0.0 or later to run in the 8510-4 and 8510-8
chassis.

infrastructure. It has 12 FC ports, ten 1 GbE ports, and two 10
GbE ports available. This application blade is compatible with the
Brocade DCX 8510-8, Brocade DCX 8510-4, Brocade DCX, and
Brocade DCX-4S and requires Fabric OS v7.0.0 or later to run in
the 8510-4 and 8510-8 chassis..

The High Availability Manager controls access to the standby control processor, facilitates software
upgrades, prevents extraneous CP failover activity, closes and flushes streams, provides flow
control and message buffering, and supports a centralized active and standby state.

Reliability

The Brocade DCX 8510-4 uses the following error detection and correction mechanisms to ensure
reliability of data:

• Error Detection and Correction over main control processor memory.

• Error Detection and Correction mechanism, which checks for encoder errors and fault isolation

(EDFI), such as cyclic redundancy checking (CRC), parity checking, checksum, and illegal
address checking.

• Power-on self-test (POST).

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Serviceability

Serviceability

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• Dual control processors that enable hot, nondisruptive fast firmware upgrades.

• One serial port and two Ethernet ports (on each control processor) for management and for

service. Offline control processor diagnostics and remote diagnostics simplify troubleshooting.
The standby control processor monitors diagnostics to ensure the system is operational should
a failover be necessary.

• Bus monitoring and control of blades and other field-replaceable units (FRUs).

The Brocade DCX 8510-4 provides the following features to enhance and ensure serviceability:

• Modular design with hot-swappable components.

• Flash memory that stores two firmware images per control processor.

• USB port on control processor blades for most tasks that formerly required an FTP/SCP server,

including software and firmware upgrades.

• Nonvolatile random-access memory (NVRAM), containing the OEM serial number, Brocade

serial number, revision information, and part number information.

• Background health-check daemon.

• Memory scrubber, self test, and bus ping to determine if a bus is not functioning.

• RASlog messages.

• SMI-S compliant.

• Hardware and software watchdog timers.

• Status LEDs.

• Predictive diagnostics analysis through Fabric Watch.

• SNMP (including version 3) integration with higher-layer managers.

• Cable management using vertical finger assemblies to accommodate the horizontal

orientation of the blades.

Software features

The Fabric OS allows any Fibre Channel-compliant device to attach to the switches as long as it
conforms to the device login, name service, and related Fibre Channel standards. Each operating
environment requires that a Fibre Channel host bus adapter (HBA) be available with a
standards-compliant driver for correct interface to the fabric.

Fabric OS consists of a set of embedded applications running on top of an embedded Linux
operating system kernel. Some of these applications include:

• Name server

• Alias server

• Zone server

• Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agent

• SMI-S compliant API

• Syslog auditing

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Security

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Security

• RCS (Reliable Commit Service)

• NTP

• Tasks to manage address assignment, routing, link initialization, fabric initialization, link

shutdown, Brocade DCX 8510-4 shutdown, and the user interface

The following list highlights some of the key security features available for the Brocade DCX 8510-4
and for other Brocade enterprise-class products running Fabric OS 7.0.1 or later. For details,
contact your Brocade DCX 8510-4 supplier and refer to the Brocade White Paper, “The Growing
Need for Security in Storage Area Networks.”

• DH-CHAP

• SSHv2 (using AES, 3DES, RSA)

• HTTPS (using AES)

• SNPMv3

• FC-SP

• Secure RPC

• Secure file copy (SCP)

• Telnet disable

• Telnet ti meout

• IP filters (block listeners)

• Secure passwords (centralized control through RADIUS/CHAP)

• Multiple user accounts (MUAs). Up to 255.

• Role-based access controls (RBACs)

• Administrative domains/Virtual fabrics

• Boot PROM password reset

• Password hardening policies

• Up front login in Web Tools

• Login banner

• Monitoring of attempted security breaches (through audit logging)

• Monitoring of attempted security breaches (through Fabric Watch Security Class)

• Fibre Channel security policies: DCC and SCC

• Trusted Switch (FCS) for central security management

• Management access controls (SNMPv3, Telnet, FTP, serial port, front panel)

• Hardware-enforced zoning by WWN, domain/port ID, or both

• Default zoning

• RSCN suppression and aggregation

• Configurable RSCN suppression by port

• NTPv3 (to synchronize timestamps)

• Event auditing

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