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10 August 2012
Brocade VDX 6710-54
QuickStart Guide
Supporting the VDX 6710-54
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Overview This Quick Start guide is intended as an overview to help experienced installers unpack, install, and configure the Brocade VDX 6710-54 quickly. For more detailed installation and configuration instructions, see the Brocade Network OS Administrator’s Guide and the Brocade Network OS Command Reference Manual. NOTE Throughout this document, the Brocade VDX 6710 is referred to as the switch. Items included with the Brocade VDX 6710-54 The following items are included with the standard sh
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. TABLE 1 System power specifications Specification Value Maximum output (per power supply) 250 watts, 12 VDC AC input power draw Idle: 106 W Maximum: 131 W AC input voltage 85-264 VAC, nominal 100-240 VAC AC input line frequency 47-63 Hz, nominal 50-60 Hz AC inrush current Maximum of 50A @ 240 VAC for 10ms or less Input line protection AC lines are fused Environmental considerations For successful installation and operation of the switch, ensure that the following environmental requirements ar
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NOTE You should not use tie wraps with optical cables because they are easily overtightened and can damage the optic fibers. Velcro-like wraps are recommended. • Plan for the rack space required for cable management before installing the switch. • Leave at least 1 m (3.28 ft) of slack for each port cable. This provides room to remove and replace the switch, allows for inadvertent movement of the rack, and helps prevent the cables from being bent to less than the minimum bend radius. • For eas
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Rack installation for a Brocade VDX 6710-54 Follow the installation instructions shipped with the appropriate rack mount kit: • To install the switch into a 4-post fixed-rail rack, refer to the latest version of the Fixed Rack Mount Kit Installation Procedure, 53-1001274-0x. • To install the switch into a 2-post Telco rack, refer to the Flush Mount Rack Mount Kit Installation Procedure, 53-1002127-0x. Providing power to the switch Perform the following steps to provide power to the Brocade VDX
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1. Connect the serial cable to the serial port on the switch and to an RS-232 serial port on the workstation or terminal device. If the serial port on the workstation or terminal device is RJ45 instead of RS-232, remove the adapter on the end of the serial cable and insert the exposed RJ45 connector into the RJ45 serial port on the workstation. 2. Open a terminal emulator application (such as HyperTerminal on a PC, or TERM, TIP, or Kermit in a UNIX environment), and configure the application
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The root account is reserved for development and manufacturing. The user account is read-only and used primarily for system monitoring. TABLE 3 Default administrative account names and passwords Account type Login name Password Administrative admin password User account (read-only) user password Changing the default account passwords When you change the default account password after you log in for the first time, only the default password rule is in effect. The rule specifies a minimum passw
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switch(config-Management-1/0)# ip address dhcp Enabling and disabling Brocade VCS mode Enable or disable a single switch for VCS™ mode as soon as passwords have been assigned and an IP address has been set. Enabling VCS mode is disruptive since a reboot is required once the mode has been enabled. Enabling or disabling VCS mode also causes the default configuration file for that mode to be applied. The basic configuration tasks include enabling or disabling VCS mode explicitly, setting VCS par
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4. When the switch comes back up, enter the copy running-config startup-config command to apply the default configuration to the startup configuration. This is important to capture any changes that have been made to the running configuration so that they will persist the next time the switch reboots in the same mode. Configuring switch ports By default, the interfaces are not configured as switch ports. In order to put an interface in Layer 2 mode, use the following command in Interface Conf
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! NOTE Each SFP or SFP+ transceiver has a 10-pad gold-plated edge connector on the bottom. The correct position to insert an SFP or SFP+ transceiver in the upper row of ports is with the gold-plated edge down. The correct position to insert an SFP or SFP+ transceiver in the lower row of ports is with the gold-plated edge up. FIGURE 1 Installing an SFP or SFP+ transceiver in the upper row of port slots 4. If this is not a direct-connect unit, remove the protective caps from the cable end and p
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! FIGURE 2 Inserting a cable into an SFP+ Connecting to Ethernet or Fast Ethernet hubs For copper connections to Ethernet hubs, a 10/100Base-TX or 1000Base-T switch, or another Brocade device, a crossover cable is required. If the hub is equipped with an uplink port, it requires a straight-through cable instead of a crossover cable. NOTE The 802.3ab standard (automatic MDI or MDIX detection) calls for automatic negotiation of the connection between two 1000Base-T ports. Therefore, a crossover
