53-1000862-08 08 May 2015 Brocade 300 Hardware Installation Guide
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Contents Preface..................................................................................................................................... 5 Document conventions......................................................................................5 Text formatting conventions.................................................................. 5 Command syntax conventions.............................................................. 5 Notes, cautions, and warnings....................................
Boot...................................................................................................28 Interpreting POST results..............................................................................28 Maintaining the Brocade 300........................................................................ 29 Installing an SFP............................................................................... 29 Diagnostic tests.................................................................................
Preface ● Document conventions......................................................................................................5 ● Brocade resources............................................................................................................ 7 ● Contacting Brocade Technical Support.............................................................................7 ● Document feedback..........................................................................................................
Notes, cautions, and warnings Convention Description [] Syntax components displayed within square brackets are optional. Default responses to system prompts are enclosed in square brackets. {x|y|z} A choice of required parameters is enclosed in curly brackets separated by vertical bars. You must select one of the options. In Fibre Channel products, square brackets may be used instead for this purpose. x|y A vertical bar separates mutually exclusive elements.
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About This Document ● Supported hardware and software.................................................................................... 9 ● What’s new in this document............................................................................................ 9 Supported hardware and software Although many different software and hardware configurations are tested and supported by Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. for Fabric OS v6.1.
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Brocade 300 Introduction ● Brocade 300 features......................................................................................................11 ● Facility requirements....................................................................................................... 12 ● Port side of the Brocade 300...........................................................................................12 ● Non-port side of the Brocade 300........................................................................
Facility requirements Facility requirements The following table provides the facilities requirements that must be met for the Brocade 300. TABLE 1 Facility Requirements Type Requirements Electrical • Primary AC input 100-240 VAC, 2.
Non-port side of the Brocade 300 FIGURE 2 Trunking port groups and port numbers of the Brocade 300 1. Trunking port group 1: FC ports 00-07 2. Trunking port group 2: FC ports 08-15 3. Trunking port group 3: FC ports 16-23 NOTE You can also use port index and PIDs to identify a port. For more information, refer to the Fabric OS Administrator's Guide. Non-port side of the Brocade 300 The non-port side of the Brocade 300 is used solely for air flow. There are two labels on the bottom of the chassis.
ISL trunking groups For detailed information on enabling additional ports using the POD license, refer to the Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide . ISL trunking groups The Brocade 300 supports Interswitch Link (ISL) Trunking as a licensed feature. When this feature is enabled, you can create trunked groups of up to eight contiguous ports. This means that you can create up to three trunked groups that contain eight ports each.
Brocade 300 Installation and Configuration ● Items included with the Brocade 300.............................................................................. 15 ● Installation and safety considerations............................................................................. 15 ● Installing a standalone Brocade 300............................................................................... 18 ● EIA rack installation for a Brocade 300....................................................................
General precautions General precautions DANGER The procedures in this manual are for qualified service personnel. CAUTION Changes or modifications made to this device that are not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.
EIA rack considerations CAUTION Ensure that the airflow direction of the power supply unit matches that of the installed fan tray. The power supplies and fan trays are clearly labeled with either a green arrow with an "E", or an orange arrow with an "I." • A minimum of 30.6 cubic meters/hour (18 cubic ft/min) and a maximum of 39.1 cubic meters/hour (23 cubic ft/min) of air flow is available to the air intake vents on the non-port side of the switch.
Items required for installation • Plan for 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. • If you are using Brocade ISL Trunking, consider grouping cables by trunking groups.
Brocade 300 configuration • To allow the port side of the switch to slide out of the exhaust-air side of the rack. In this installation, the port side of the switch is flush with the edge of the rack. • To allow the non-port side of the switch to slide out the cool-air side of the rack. In this installation, the port side of the switch is set 7.62 cm (3 inches) back from the edge of the rack, allowing a more gradual bend in the fiber optic cables.
Setting the switch IP address Parameter Value Bits per second 9600 Data bits 8 Parity None Stop bits 1 Flow control None • In a UNIX environment, enter the following string at the prompt: tip /dev/ttyb -9600.
Date and time settings Date and time settings The Brocade 300 maintains the current date and time inside a battery-backed real-time clock (RTC) circuit. Date and time are used for logging events. Switch operation does not depend on the date and time; a Brocade 300 with an incorrect date and time value still functions properly. However, because the date and time are used for logging, error detection, and troubleshooting, you should set them correctly.
Setting the date The tsClockServer command accepts multiple server addresses in either IPv4, IPv6, or DNS name formats. When multiple NTP server addresses are passed, tsclockserver sets the first obtainable address as the active NTP server. The rest are stored as backup servers that can take over if the active NTP server fails. The principal or primary FCS switch synchronizes its time with the NTP server every 64 seconds. Setting the date 1.
Setting time zones interactively The following procedure describes how to set the current time zone using interactive mode to Pacific Standard Time. 1. Type the tsTimeZone command as follows: switch:admin> tstimezone --interactive 2. You are prompted to select a general location. Please identify a location so that time zone rules can be set correctly. 3. Enter the appropriate number or Ctrl-D to quit. 4. At the prompt, select a country location. 5.
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Brocade 300 Operation ● Powering the Brocade 300 on and off.............................................................................25 ● Interpreting LED activity.................................................................................................. 25 ● POST and boot specifications.........................................................................................28 ● Interpreting POST results...............................................................................................
LED patterns FIGURE 4 Detailed View, Brocade 300 LEDs A. System status LED (green/amber) B. System power LED (green) C. Link status LED D. Link speed LED E. Port status LED for port 3 F. Port status LED for port 7 LED patterns The following table summarizes the state of the Brocade 300 LEDs as well as recommended user responses.
Brocade 300 Operation TABLE 2 Brocade 300 LED Patterns During Normal Operation (Continued) LED Name LED Color Status of Hardware Recommended Action Steady amber (for more than five seconds) Boot failed, the system is faulty. Perform the following steps: Connect a serial cable to the system. Reboot the system. Check the failure indicated on the system console. Contact Technical Support. Flashing amber/ green Attention is required.
POST and boot specifications TABLE 2 Brocade 300 LED Patterns During Normal Operation (Continued) LED Name LED Color Status of Hardware Recommended Action Steady amber (for more than five seconds) Port is receiving light or signal carrier at 4 Gbps; but is not yet online. No action required. POST and boot specifications When the switch is turned on or rebooted, the switch performs POST (power on, self test). Total boot time with POST can be several minutes.
Maintaining the Brocade 300 1. Verify that the switch LEDs indicate that all components are healthy. See the LED patterns section for descriptions and interpretations of LED patterns. If one or more LEDs do not display a healthy state, verify that the LEDs on the switch are not set to "beacon" by entering the switchShow command to detect if beaconing is active. 2. Verify that the switch prompt displays on the terminal of a computer workstation connected to the switch.
Diagnostic tests FIGURE 5 Installing an SFP in the upper row of port slot Diagnostic tests In addition to POST, the Fabric OS includes diagnostic tests to help you troubleshoot the hardware and firmware. This includes tests of internal connections and circuitry, fixed media, and the transceivers and cables in use. The tests are implemented by command, either through a Telnet session or through a terminal set up for a serial connection to the switch.
Managing the Brocade 300 Managing the Brocade 300 You can use the management functions built into the Brocade 300 to monitor the fabric topology, port status, physical status, and other information to help you analyze switch performance and to accelerate system debugging. The Brocade 300 automatically performs power-on-self-test (POST) each time it is turned on. Any errors are recorded in the error log. For more information about POST, see POST and boot specifications on page 28.
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Brocade 300 SAN Switch Technical Specifications The Brocade 300 SAN Switch is a cost-effective and highly-scalable 1, 2, 4, or 8 Gbps switch, designed for small to mid-sized businesses. The Brocade 300 SAN Switch is a dual purpose device that you can use either as a full-functioned switch or as an N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) access gateway. When functioning as an access gateway, the Brocade 300 SAN Switch provides a single platform for all SAN connectivity.
Brocade 300 SAN Switch Technical Specifications Ethernet System component Description Ethernet management port RJ-45 LEDs System component Description Switch status and management One system status LED (above) on the left side One power status LED (below) on the left side Two Ethernet port status LEDs, one for speed and one for link status 24 port status LEDs, one for each port, located above the ports Other System component Description Serial cable RJ-45 connector cable RJ-45 connector 10/100
Brocade 300 SAN Switch Technical Specifications Condition Operational Non-operational Altitude (above sea level) 0 to 3000 m (10,000 feet) 0 to 12000 m (39,000 feet) Shock 20 G, 6 ms, half-sine wave 33 G, 11 ms, half-sine wave, 3/eg Axis Vibration 0.5 G sine, 0.4 gms random, 5-500 Hz 2.0 G sine, 1.1 gms random, 5-500 Hz Airflow Maximum: 39.1 cmh (23 cfm) N/A Nominal: 30.6 cmh (18 cfm) Heat dissipation 195 BTU/hr N/A Operating noise 46.
Brocade 300 SAN Switch Technical Specifications Fibre Channel data transmission ranges Port speed (Gbps) Cable size (microns) Short wavelength (SWL) Long wavelength (LWL) Extended long wavelength (ELWL) 1 50 500 m (1,640 ft) (OM2) N/A N/A 860 m (2,821 ft) (OM3) 2 62.5 300 m (984 ft) N/A N/A 9 N/A 10 km (6.2 miles) 40 km (24.8 miles) 50 300 m (984 ft) (OM2) N/A N/A 500 m (1,640 ft) (OM3) 4 62.5 150 m (492 ft) N/A N/A 9 N/A N/A 40 km (24.
Brocade 300 SAN Switch Technical Specifications Pin Signal Description 5 GND Logic ground 6 UART1_RXD Receive data 7 Not supported N/A 8 Not supported N/A Serial port specifications (protocol) Parameter Value Baud 9600 Data bits 8 Stop bits 1 Parity None Flow control None Memory specifications Memory Type Size Main SDRAM 512 MB Compact Flash 1 GB Regulatory compliance (EMC) • • • • • • • • • FCC Part 15, Subpart B (Class A) EN 55022 (CE mark) (Class A) EN 55024 (CE mark)
Brocade 300 SAN Switch Technical Specifications Regulatory compliance (safety) • CAN/CSA-C22.2 No.
Regulatory Statements ● BSMI statement (Taiwan)................................................................................................39 ● Canadian requirements...................................................................................................39 ● CE Statement..................................................................................................................39 ● China CC statement..........................................................................................
China CC statement ‐ ‐ EN61000-3-2/JEIDA (European and Japanese Harmonics Spec) EN61000-3-3 China CC statement China ROHS Refer to the latest revision of the China ROHS document (P/N 53‐1000428‐xx) which ships with the product.
FCC warning (US only) FCC warning (US only) This equipment has been tested and complies with the limits for a Class A computing device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
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Cautions and Danger Notices ● Cautions.......................................................................................................................... 43 ● Danger Notices............................................................................................................... 45 Cautions A Caution statement alerts you to situations that can be potentially hazardous to you or cause damage to hardware, firmware, software, or data.
Cautions and Danger Notices PRECAUCIÓN Asegúrese de que el flujo de aire en las inmediaciones de las partes anterior, laterales y posterior del instrumento no esté restringido. CAUTION Changes or modifications made to this device that are not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.
Danger Notices MISE EN GARDE Avant de brancher un câble à un port, assurez-vous de décharger la tension du câble en reliant les contacts électriques à la terre. PRECAUCIÓN Antes de conectar un cable en cualquier puerto, asegúrese de descargar la tensión acumulada en el cable tocando la superficie de conexión a tierra con los contactos eléctricos. Danger Notices A Danger statement indicates conditions or situations that can be potentially lethal or extremely hazardous to you.
Cautions and Danger Notices DANGER Vérifiez que les circuits de sources d'alimentation sont bien mis à la terre, puis utilisez lecordon d'alimentation fourni avec le dispositif pour le connecter à la source d'alimentation.
Cautions and Danger Notices Dangers related to equipment weight DANGER Make sure the rack housing the device is adequately secured to prevent it from becoming unstable or falling over. GEFAHR Stellen Sie sicher, dass das Gestell für die Unterbringung des Geräts auf angemessene Weise gesichert ist, so dass das Gestell oder der Schrank nicht wackeln oder umfallen kann. DANGER Vérifiez que le bâti abritant le dispositif est bien fixé afin qu'il ne devienne pas instable ou qu'il ne risque pas de tomber.
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