About This Document; In This Chapter; How This Document Is Organized; Supported Hardware And Software - Brocade Communications Systems 7800 Hardware Reference Manual

About this document

In this chapter

How this document is organized

This document is organized to help you find the information that you need as quickly and easily as
possible. The document begins with an introduction to the Brocade 7800 and proceeds through
installation and operation procedures.
The document contains the following components:
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Supported hardware and software

Although many different software and hardware configurations are tested and supported by
Brocade Communications Systems, documenting all possible configurations and scenarios is
beyond the scope of this document.
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How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
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Supported hardware and software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
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What's new in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
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Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
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Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
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Additional information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
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Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
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Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
Chapter 1, "Introducing the Brocade 7800 Extension Switch"
Brocade 7800 itself.
Chapter 2, "Installing and configuring the Brocade 7800"
for the Brocade 7800.
Chapter 3, "Operating the Brocade 7800 Extension Switch"
7800 operation.
Appendix A, "Product specifications"
7800.
provides a brief overview of the
describes the installation procedures
provides an overview of Brocade
provides all of the technical specifications for the Brocade
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