Brocade Communications Systems DCX 8510-8 User Manual

Initial Conguration
• 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
• Verifying the PID mode...................................................................................................................................................................................64
• Determining installed software licenses................................................................................................................................................... 65
• Installing transceivers and attaching cables............................................................................................................................................65
• Managing cables................................................................................................................................................................................................68
• Verifying correct operation and backing up the conguration........................................................................................................ 68
• Powering
o the chassis.................................................................................................................................................................................69
Items required
The following items are required for initial setup and verication of the device:
• The device, mounted and installed with the required blades, FRUs, transceivers, and cables and is connected to a power source.
• A workstation computer with an installed terminal emulator application, such as HyperTerminal for Windows.
• Unused IP addresses with corresponding subnet mask and gateway addresses for the device and for both management
modules (total of three addresses).
• A serial cable (provided) with an RJ-45 connector.
• An RJ-45 to DB-9 adapter.
• Three Ethernet cables (including one spare)
• Access to an FTP server or USB device for backing up (uploading) or downloading the device conguration or collecting
supportsave output data (optional).
• A Brocade USB drive for collecting supportsave output data (optional)
Providing power to the device
For this procedure, refer to the power supply specications section in the Brocade DCX 8510 Technical Specications on page 177 for
power supply requirements of your chassis.
Complete the following steps to provide power to the chassis.
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Brocade Communications Systems DCX 8510-8 Specifications

General

Brand	Brocade Communications Systems
Model	DCX 8510-8
Category	Switch
Language	English