Hardware Installation Guide Owner's manual

Lifting precautions.............................................................................52
Power precautions and warnings......................................................53
Preparing the installation site........................................................................55
Cabling infrastructure........................................................................55
Installation location............................................................................56
Removing extra shipment screws (FSX 800 only)........................................ 56
Installing the chassis in a rack...................................................................... 56
Installing mounting brackets on the FSX 1600 chassis.................... 58
Removing the slot panels..............................................................................59
Installing management and interface modules............................................. 60
Attaching a management station.................................................................. 66
Attaching a PC or terminal to the console port or 10/100/1000
copper port.................................................................................. 66
Attaching a switch to an Ethernet port.............................................. 67
Powering on the system................................................................................67
Connecting AC power to the chassis................................................ 68
Connecting DC power to the chassis................................................71
Verifying proper operation.............................................................................73
Observing the LEDs..........................................................................74
Displaying the module status............................................................ 76
Connecting Network Devices and Checking Connectivity........................................................ 79
Overview....................................................................................................... 79
Assigning permanent passwords.................................................................. 79
Recovering from a lost password......................................................81
Configuring IP addresses..............................................................................81
IPv4 devices......................................................................................81
IPv6 devices......................................................................................83
Connecting network devices......................................................................... 85
Cable specifications.......................................................................... 85
Connecting to Ethernet or fast Ethernet hubs...................................86
Connecting to workstations, servers, or routers................................87
Connecting a network device to a fiber port on the Brocade
device.......................................................................................... 87
Automatic MDI or MDIX detection.....................................................88
Using a CX4 transceiver................................................................... 88
Testing network connectivity.........................................................................90
Observing LEDs................................................................................90
Troubleshooting network connections.......................................................... 91
Support for digital optical monitoring.................................................91
Managing the Chassis and Modules...................................................................................... 93
Overview....................................................................................................... 93
Displaying chassis status and temperature readings....................................93
Managing the cooling system........................................................................97
Configuring the cooling system.........................................................97
Monitoring the cooling system.........................................................102
Displaying the Syslog configuration and static and dynamic buffers.......... 103
Static and dynamic buffers..............................................................104
Syslog messages for PCI (hardware) errors...............................................105
Managing the switch fabric modules (FSX 800 and FSX 1600 only)..........105
Displaying management module CPU usage............................................. 106
Removing MAC address entries................................................................. 106
Using a Redundant Management Module............................................................................107
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Brocade FastIron SX Series Chassis Hardware Installation Guide
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