Installing the device in the rack................................................................................................................................................................................................ 41
Cable Management..........................................................................................................................................................................................................45
Requirements and precautions..........................................................................................................................................................................................................45
Cable types supported on the FC16-64 port blade............................................................................................................................................................... 45
Installing inter-chassis links (ICLs) .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 46
Possible ICL congurations.......................................................................................................................................................................................................48
Using Brocade 2 km LWL QSFPs.........................................................................................................................................................................................51
Qualied cables for the FC8-64 port blade................................................................................................................................................................................52
High-density cabling for the FC8-64 port blade......................................................................................................................................................................53
Initial Conguration..........................................................................................................................................................................................................55
Items required...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................55
Providing power to the device........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 55
Conguring the device..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................56
Establishing a serial connection to the device.............................................................................................................................................................................57
Logging in to the serial console port...............................................................................................................................................................................................58
Conguring the IP addresses.............................................................................................................................................................................................................59
Logging o the serial console port and disconnecting the serial cable............................................................................................................................60
Establishing an Ethernet connection to the device................................................................................................................................................................... 60
Customizing a switch name................................................................................................................................................................................................................61
Customizing a chassis name..............................................................................................................................................................................................................61
Setting the domain ID........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 61
Setting the date and time.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................62
Setting the date...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................62
Setting the time zone................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 62
Synchronizing local time.............................................................................................................................................................................................................63
Verifying the PID mode........................................................................................................................................................................................................................64
Determining installed software licenses.........................................................................................................................................................................................65
Installing transceivers and attaching cables................................................................................................................................................................................. 65
Installing SFP+ and mSFP transceivers and cables........................................................................................................................................................65
Qualied transceivers for the FC16-64 and CR16-x blades....................................................................................................................................66
Installing QSFP transceivers and cables..............................................................................................................................................................................66
Managing cables..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 68
Verifying correct operation and backing up the conguration..............................................................................................................................................68
Powering o the chassis...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 69
System Monitoring...........................................................................................................................................................................................................71
Monitoring overview...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................71
Determining the status of a port, application, or extension blade.......................................................................................................................................76
FC8-32E port blade LEDs.......................................................................................................................................................................................................77
FC8-48E port blade LEDs.......................................................................................................................................................................................................78
FC8-64 port blade LEDs..........................................................................................................................................................................................................79
FC16-32 port blade LEDs.......................................................................................................................................................................................................80
FC16-48 port blade LEDs.......................................................................................................................................................................................................81
FC16-64 port blade LEDs.......................................................................................................................................................................................................82
FCOE10-24 FCoE blade LEDs.............................................................................................................................................................................................83
FS8-18 encryption blade LEDs.............................................................................................................................................................................................84
FX8-24 extension blade LEDs............................................................................................................................................................................................... 85
Port, application, and extension blade power LED description..................................................................................................................................86
Port blade status LED description..........................................................................................................................................................................................86
FC ports status LED description.............................................................................................................................................................................................86
Brocade DCX 8510-8 Backbone Hardware Installation Guide
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