Other Industry Resources; Getting Technical Help - Brocade Communications Systems Brocade 8/12c User Manual

Other industry resources

For additional resource information, visit the Technical Committee T11 website. This website
provides interface standards for high-performance and mass storage applications for Fibre
Channel, storage management, and other applications:
For information about the Fibre Channel industry, visit the Fibre Channel Industry Association
website:

Getting technical help

Contact your switch support supplier for hardware, firmware, and software support, including
product repairs and part ordering. To expedite your call, have the following information available:
1. Management application Serial Number
2. General Information
3. Switch Serial Number
Brocade Network Advisor SAN User Manual
53-1002167-01
http://www.t11.org
http://www.fibrechannel.org
To obtain the Management application serial number, select Help > License. The License
dialog box displays.
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Switch model
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Switch operating system version
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Error numbers and messages received
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supportSave command output
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Detailed description of the problem, including the switch or fabric behavior immediately
following the problem, and specific questions
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Description of any troubleshooting steps already performed and the results
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Serial console and Telnet session logs
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syslog message logs
The switch serial number and corresponding bar code are provided on the serial number label,
as illustrated below:
*FT00X0054E9*
FT00X0054E9
The serial number label is located as follows:
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Brocade 200E—On the nonport side of the chassis
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Brocade 300, 4100, 4900, 5100, 5300, 7500, 7800, 8000, VA-40FC, and Brocade
Encryption Switch—On the switch ID pull-out tab located inside the chassis on the port side
on the left
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Brocade 5000—On the switch ID pull-out tab located on the bottom of the port side of the
switch
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