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23 November 2009
Brocade DCX-4S Backbone
QuickStart Guide
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  • Page 1 53-1001192-03 ® 23 November 2009 Brocade DCX-4S Backbone QuickStart Guide 53-1001192-03 *53-1001192-03*...
  • Page 2 United States government. The authors and Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. shall have no liability or responsibility to any person or entity with respect to any loss, cost, liability, or damages arising from the information contained in this book or the computer programs that accompany it.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    In a mid-mount telecommunications (Telco) rack, using the Brocade DCX-4S Mid-Mount Rack Kit available from your Brocade DCX supplier (optional). The basic configuration steps required to set up the Brocade DCX-4S Backbone are listed in this guide. Additional configuration information is provided in the Brocade DCX-4S Backbone Hardware Reference Manual and the Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide.

  • Page 4: Safety Notices

    ATTENTION In order to comply with EMI certification, the door of the DCX-4S must be installed and EMI plugs must be inserted in the ICL cable sockets of the core switch blades if ICL cables are not used. Safety notices NOTE Translated safety notices are in the Brocade Product Safety Notices publication, which is on the CD-ROM that accompanies this product.
  • Page 5 FC8-48 port blade (example, 4x) Control processor blade (CP8) (2x) Core switch blade (CR4S-8) (2x) Exhaust vent FIGURE 1 Port side of the Brocade DCX-4S (sample configuration) Brocade DCX-4S QuickStart Guide 5 of 20 Publication Number: 53-1001192-03...

  • Page 6: Brocade Dcx-4S, Nonport Side

    FIGURE 2 Port side of the Brocade DCX-4S with the port side exhaust kit installed (sample configuration) Brocade DCX-4S, nonport side Figure 3 displays a sample configuration of the nonport side view of the Brocade DCX-4S. 6 of 20 Brocade DCX-4S QuickStart Guide Publication Number: 53-1001192-03...

  • Page 7: Time And Items Required For Installation

    WWN card bezel (logo plate) Power supply (2x) Blower assembly (2x) FIGURE 3 Nonport side of the Brocade DCX-4S (sample configuration) Time and items required for installation This document describes how to set up the Brocade DCX-4S as a standalone unit. For rack-mount installation instructions, refer to the appropriate manual as described in Table Table 1...

  • Page 8: Site Planning And Safety Guidelines

    TABLE 1 Installation tasks, time, and items required (Continued) Installation task Time estimate Items required Installing the rack mount kit or 30 minutes Refer to the one of the Brocade DCX-4S rack port side exhaust kit. mount kit installation procedures or to the Brocade DCX-4S Mid-Mount (Telco) Rack Kit Mounting and securing Brocade DCX-4S in 15 minutes...

  • Page 9: Items Included With The Brocade Dcx-4S

    Cables can be managed in a variety of ways, such as by routing cables below the chassis, along either the port or the nonport side of the chassis, through cable channels on the sides of the cabinet, or by using patch panels. 4.

  • Page 10: Unpacking And Installing The Brocade Dcx-4S

    • Accessory kit containing the following items: • Brocade DCX-4S Backbone QuickStart Guide • Brocade Documentation CD (contains documents related to the Brocade DCX-4S) • ESD grounding strap • RS-232 serial cable. The RS-232 cable has an adapter at one end that can be removed to provide an RJ-45-style connector.

  • Page 11: Providing Power To The Brocade Dcx-4S

    If applicable, lock the wheels of the lift. 8. Gently slide the chassis onto the final installation surface, ensuring that it remains supported during the transfer. 9. Ensure the chassis can be oriented so that the nonport side has access to intake air (cool). 10.

  • Page 12: Installing Icl Cables (Optional)

    • 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. •...
  • Page 13 ATTENTION Since the blades in the DCX-4S are installed horizontally, the usual top-to-bottom orientation becomes a left-to-right orientation. Connect the cables from the left (top) connectors (ICL 1) of the CR4S-8 blades in the first chassis to the right (bottom) connectors (ICL 0) of the CR4S-8 blades in the second chassis.
  • Page 14 Chassis 1 ICL connector (ICL 1) Core switch blades (CR4S-8) ICL connector (ICL 0) Control processor blades (CP8) ICL cables Port blades Chassis 2 FIGURE 6 ICL cable connections – between two DCX-4S chassis 14 of 20 Brocade DCX-4S QuickStart Guide Publication Number: 53-1001192-03...

  • Page 15: Establishing A Serial Connection And Logging On To Brocade Dcx-4S

    Chassis 1 (DCX-4S) ICL connector (ICL 1) Core switch blades (CR8) ICL connector (ICL 0) Control processor blades (CP8) ICL cables Port blades Chassis 2 (DCX) FIGURE 7 ICL cable connections between a DCX-4S and a DCX Establishing a serial connection and logging on to Brocade DCX-4S Follow these steps to connect a serial cable.

  • Page 16: Configuring Ip Addresses

    3. Access the Brocade DCX-4S using a terminal emulator application (such as HyperTerminal in a Windows environment or tip in a Linux environment). 4. Disable any serial communication programs running on the workstation (such as synchronization programs). 5. Open a terminal emulator application (such as HyperTerminal on a PC, or term, tip, or kermit in a UNIX environment), and configure the application as follows: •...
  • Page 17 NOTE The default IP addresses and host names for the Brocade DCX-4S are: – 10.77.77.75 / CP0 (the CP blade in slot 4 at the time of configuration) – 10.77.77.74 / CP1 (the CP blade in slot 5 at the time of configuration) ATTENTION Resetting an IP address while the Brocade DCX-4S has active IP traffic or has management and monitoring tools running, such as DCFM, Fabric Watch, and SNMP, can cause traffic to be interrupted or stopped.

  • Page 18: Establishing An Ethernet Connection

    swDir:admin> reboot 5. Type reboot to reboot the Brocade DCX-4S. 6. You can use the serial port to monitor error messages through the serial connection. If the serial port is no longer required, use the logout command to log out of the serial console, remove the serial cable, and replace the plug in the serial port.

  • Page 19: Setting The Domain Id

    Setting the Domain ID Each switch in the fabric must have a unique domain ID. The domain ID can be manually set through the configure command or can be automatically set. The default domain ID for the Brocade DCX-4S is “1”. Use the fabricShow command to view the already assigned domain IDs.

  • Page 20: Enabling Software Licenses

    Enabling software licenses Depending on the vendor agreement, certain licenses are factory installed on the Brocade DCX-4S. To determine which licenses are enabled, use the licenseShow command. swDir:admin> licenseshow AAbbccDDeeFFeeGG: Web license Zoning license Extended Fabric license Fabric Watch license Performance Monitor license Trunking license Security license...

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