Hardware Installation Guide User Manual

Brocade TurboIron 24X Series Hardware Installation Guide vii
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About This Document
This chapter contains the following sections:
•Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
•Audience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
•What’s new in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
•Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
•Related publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
•Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
•Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Introduction
This guide includes procedures for installing and maintaining the hardware. The hardware
procedures show how to install or assemble the various hardware components with the necessary
precautions, warnings, and regulatory statements. This guide also describes the required device
specifications for running the hardware.
Supported Software
For information about the features supported on a hardware platform, refer to the appropriate
configuration guide. “Related publications” on page ix lists the related software configuration
guides.
Audience
This document is designed for network engineers with a working knowledge of Layer 2 and Layer 3
switching and routing.
If you are using a Brocade Layer 3 Switch, you should be familiar with the following protocols if
applicable to your network – IP, RIP, OSPF, BGP, ISIS, IGMP, PIM, DVMRP, and VRRP.
What’s new in this document
There are no enhancements for FastIron release 08.0.01.