Managing Cables - Brocade Communications Systems DCX 8510-8 Hardware Reference Manual

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Managing cables

Managing cables

Cables can be organized and managed in a variety of ways: for example, using cable channels on
the port sides of the cabinet or patch panels to minimize cable management. On the Brocade DCX
8510-8 the cable management comb is located below the blades on the port side.
Following is a list of recommendations:
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261 3 5 1
262 3 6 1
263 3 7 1
264 3 8 2
265 3 9 2
266 3 10 2
267 3 11 2
268 3 12 3
269 3 13 3
270 3 14 3
271 3 15 3
736 3 16 4
737 3 17 4
738 3 18 4
739 3 19 4
740 3 20 5
741 3 21 5
742 3 22 5
743 3 23 5
744 3 24 6
745 3 25 6
746 3 26 6
747 3 27 6
748 3 28 7
10:00:00:05:1e:39:e4:5a trunkmaster name (Trunk master)
749 3 29 7
10:00:00:05:1e:39:e4:5a trunkmaster name (Trunk master)
750 3 30 7
10:00:00:05:1e:39:e4:5a trunkmaster name (Trunk master)
751 3 31 7
10:00:00:05:1e:39:e4:5a trunkmaster name (Trunk master)
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Leave at least 1 m (3.28 ft) of slack for each port cable. This provides room to remove and
replace the Brocade DCX 8510-8, allows for inadvertent movement of the rack, and helps
prevent the cables from being bent to less than the minimum bend radius.
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The minimum bend radius should be no smaller than 10x the cable radius. The minimum
bend radius for a 50 micron cable is 2 inches under full tensile load and 1.2 inches with
no tensile load.
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If ISL Trunking is in use, group the cables by trunking group. The ports are color-coded to
indicate which ports can be used in the same ISL Trunking group: eight ports marked with
solid black ovals alternate with eight ports marked with oval outlines.
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Generally, Velcro type cable restraints are recommended to avoid creating sharp bends
in the cables. Do not use tie wraps with optical cables because they are easily
overtightened and can damage the optic fibers.
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