53-1002177-19 Hardware Installation Guide
Brocade DCX 8510-4 Backbone Hardware Installation Guide
Time and Items Required......................................................................................................................................... 35
Installing the Device in an 18–24-Inch Rack (XBR-DCX4S-0130)...........................................................................35
Parts list............................................................................................................................................................. 35
Torque requirements.......................................................................................................................................... 37
Assembling the rack hardware.......................................................................................................................... 37
Installing the device in the rack.........................................................................................................................42
Installing the Device in a 27-31-Inch Rack (XBR-DCX4S-0121)..............................................................................43
Parts list............................................................................................................................................................. 44
Torque requirements.......................................................................................................................................... 45
Assembling the rack hardware.......................................................................................................................... 46
Installing shipping brackets (optional)............................................................................................................... 49
Installing the device in the rack.........................................................................................................................49
Installing the 8U Chassis 27-31-Inch Rail Rack Kit for Four-Post Racks (XBR-DCX4S-0120)................................50
Time and Items Required......................................................................................................................................... 51
Parts List................................................................................................................................................................... 51
Assembling the Rack Hardware............................................................................................................................... 52
Installing the Device in the Rack..............................................................................................................................54
Cable Management.............................................................................................................................56
Requirements and precautions.................................................................................................................................... 56
Cable types supported on the FC16-64 port blade.................................................................................................... 56
Installing inter-chassis links (ICLs)..............................................................................................................................57
Possible ICL configurations...................................................................................................................................... 59
Using Brocade 2 km LWL QSFPs............................................................................................................................62
Qualified cables for the FC8-64 port blade................................................................................................................. 63
High-density cabling for the FC8-64 port blade......................................................................................................... 64
Initial Configuration........................................................................................................................... 66
Items required.................................................................................................................................................................66
Providing power to the device..................................................................................................................................... 66
Configuring the device.................................................................................................................................................. 67
Establishing a serial connection to the device.......................................................................................................... 68
Logging in to the serial console port.......................................................................................................................... 69
Configuring the IP addresses.......................................................................................................................................70
Logging off the serial console port and disconnecting the serial cable................................................................. 71
Establishing an Ethernet connection to the device................................................................................................... 72
Customizing a switch name..........................................................................................................................................72
Customizing a chassis name........................................................................................................................................72
Setting the domain ID.................................................................................................................................................... 73
Setting the date and time..............................................................................................................................................73
Setting the date.........................................................................................................................................................73
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