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21 November 2012
Brocade BigIron RX Series
Hardware Installation Guide
Supporting Multi-Service IronWare v02.9.00a
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Copyright © 2011-2012 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Brocade, Brocade Assurance, the B-wing symbol, BigIron, DCX, Fabric OS, FastIron, MLX, NetIron, SAN Health, ServerIron, TurboIron, VCS, and VDX are registered trademarks, and AnyIO, Brocade One, CloudPlex, Effortless Networking, ICX, NET Health, OpenScript, and The Effortless Network are trademarks of Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., in the United States and/or in other countries. Other brands, products, or se
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Contents About This Document Supported hardware and software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix Document conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix Text formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ix Notes, cautions, and danger notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x Trademark references. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x Related
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Installing a BigIron RX-4 switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Preparing the installation site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Unpacking a BigIron RX-4 switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Chassis lifting guidelines for BigIron RX-4 switches . . . . . . . . .25 Installing a BigIron RX-4 chassis in a rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Installing BigIron RX-4 modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
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Understanding how the management port functions. . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Connecting a BigIron RX Series switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 4-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72 16-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72 Installing a fiber optic module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72 Cabling a fiber optic module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 Enhan
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Replacing a switch fabric module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109 Removing a switch fabric module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109 Installing a new switch fabric module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110 Replacing a fiber-optic transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110 Removing a fiber-optic transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 Installing a new fiber-optic transceiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 C
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Loading and saving configuration files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145 Replacing the startup configuration with the running configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146 Replacing the running configuration with the startup configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146 Logging changes to the startup-config file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146 Copying a configuration file to or from
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Korea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164 Class A statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164 Russia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164 Taiwan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165 BSMI Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
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About This Document In this chapter •Supported hardware and software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix •Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix •Trademark references . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x •Related publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi •Getting technical hel
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bold text Identifies command names Identifies the names of user-manipulated GUI elements Identifies keywords Identifies text to enter at the GUI or CLI italic text Provides emphasis Identifies variables Identifies document titles code text Identifies CLI output Notes, cautions, and danger notices The following notices and statements are used in this manual. They are listed below in order of increasing severity of potential hazards. NOTE A note provides a tip, guidance or advice, emphasizes imp
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Related publications The following Brocade documents supplement the information in this guide and can be located at http://www.brocade.com/ethernetproducts: • BigIron RX Series Configuration Guide • Ironware MIB Reference Getting technical help To contact Technical Support, go to http://www.brocade.com/services-support/index.page for the latest e-mail and telephone contact information. Document feedback Quality is our first concern at Brocade and we have made every effort to ensure the accura
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Chapter Product Overview 1 In this chapter •Product overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 •Hardware features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 •Supported software features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Product overview The BigIron RX Series switch provides high-performance L2/3 switching for the Enterprise, large data ce
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1 Hardware features Hardware features The BigIron RX Series switches are composed of the following major hardware components: • Chassis • Management modules • Interface modules • Switch fabric module • Power supplies • Cooling system, which is composed of temperature sensors, fans, and fan control modules • Rack mount kit The following sections provide more information about these components. Chassis The BigIron RX Series chassis consists of the following four chassis: • BigIron RX-4: Provides 4
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Hardware features 1 FIGURE 2 BigIron RX-8 chassis 1 2 4 3 5 7 6 9 8 11 10 13 12 14 15 16 17 18 1 Interface slot 1 10 Interface slot 7 2 Interface slot 2 11 Interface slot 8 3 Interface slot 3 12 Management slot 1 4 Interface slot 4 13 Management slot 2 5 Switch fabric slot 1 14 Power supply slot 1 6 Switch fabric slot 2 15 Power supply slot 2 7 Switch fabric slot 3 16 Power supply slot 3 8 Interface slot 5 17 Power supply slot 4 9 Interface slot 6 18 ESD connector Brocade BigIron RX Series Hard
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1 Hardware features FIGURE 3 BigIron RX-16 chassis 1 3 5 9 11 15 7 17 19 13 23 21 22 2 4 6 8 18 20 12 16 10 14 1 Interface slot 1 10 Interface slot 10 19 Switch fabric slot 3 2 Interface slot 2 11 Interface slot 11 20 Switch fabric slot 4 3 Interface slot 3 12 Interface slot 12 21 Management slot 1 4 Interface slot 4 13 Interface slot 13 22 Management slot 2 5 Interface slot 5 14 Interface slot 14 23 ESD connector 6 Interface slot 6 15 Interface slot 15 7 Interface slot 7 16 Interface slot 16 8
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Hardware features 1 1 Interface slot 1 19 Interface slot 19 37 Switch fabric slot 5 2 Interface slot 2 20 Interface slot 20 38 Switch fabric slot 6 3 Interface slot 3 21 Interface slot 21 39 Switch fabric slot 7 4 Interface slot 4 22 Interface slot 22 40 Switch fabric slot 8 5 Interface slot 5 23 Interface slot 23 41 Management slot 1 6 Interface slot 6 24 Interface slot 24 42 Management slot 2 7 Interface slot 7 25 Interface slot 25 43 Captive screws 8 Interface slot 8 26 Interface slot 26 44 E
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1 Hardware features BigIron RX-8 Upon shipment from the factory, the following components are installed in the BigIron RX-8 chassis as described: • Two switch fabric modules. • A slot blank in each interface module slot. The slot blank covers a slot that does not currently have a module installed in it, ensuring proper airflow within the chassis. • A fan tray assembly, which is located in the front right side of the chassis. For more information about the fans, refer to “Cooling system” on pa
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Hardware features 1 Figure 1, Figure 2, and Figure 3show the BigIron RX Series chassis and the slots into which you install the various modules. You must install the primary power supplies and the redundant power supplies as described in the figures. Figure 1, Figure 2, and Figure 3 also show an electrostatic discharge (ESD) connector, into which you can plug an ESD wrist strap to ground yourself while handling and installing modules. DANGER For safety reasons, the ESD wrist strap should con
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1 Hardware features PCMCIA slots The PCMCIA slots support a flash PC card. The flash PC card provides storage space in addition to the system’s flash memory. A flash PC card can store system files, including boot images, startup configuration files, running configuration files, and so on. As a result, you can perform system management tasks, such as copying files between flash PC cards, copying files between a flash PC card and flash memory, and so on. Console port The Console port is a stan
