Broadcom Brocade DCX 8510-4 Backbone User Manual

53-1002177-19 Hardware Installation Guide Brocade DCX 8510-4 Backbone Hardware Installation Guide
Blade Port numbering Trunking port groups
FX8-24 blade
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FC ports labeled FC on the front panel: 0 through 11
in two horizontal rows of six ports starting from the
lower right and upper right in the right group of 12
ports.
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Two 10-GbE ports labeled 10GE on the front panel: 0
and 1 in the lower row to the left of the FC ports.
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1-GbE ports labeled GE on the front panel: 0 through
9 in both rows to the left of the FC and 10GE ports.
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Trunk group 0: FC ports 0-1
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Trunk group 1: FC ports 6-7
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Trunk group 2: FC ports 2-5 and 8-11
High availability
The following features contribute to the high availability the device:
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Redundant, hot-swappable FRUs, including blades, power supplies, blowers, and WWN cards
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Enhanced data integrity on all data paths
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Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF) rerouting around failed links
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Integration with Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) managers
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Automatic control processor failover
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Nondisruptive "hot" software code loads and activation
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Easy configuration, save, and restore
The high availability software architecture 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.
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 device uses the following error detection and correction mechanisms to ensure reliability of data:
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Error Detection and Correction over main control processor memory.
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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.
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Power-on self-test (POST).
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Dual control processors that enable hot, nondisruptive fast firmware upgrades.
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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.
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Bus monitoring and control of blades and other field-replaceable units (FRUs).
Serviceability
The device provides the following features to enhance and ensure serviceability:
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Broadcom Brocade DCX 8510-4 Backbone Specifications

General

Brand	Broadcom
Model	Brocade DCX 8510-4 Backbone
Category	Network Hardware
Language	English