Supported Software; Audience; What's New In This Document; Document Conventions - Brocade Communications Systems ICX 6430 Installation Manual

Appendix B, "Cautions and Danger Notices,"
statements for safety compliance.

Supported Software

For information about the features supported on a hardware platform, refer to the appropriate
configuration guide.
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

This document includes the information from IronWare software release 08.0.00a.
enhancements for FastIron release 08.0.00a.
TABLE 1
Summary of Enhancements in FastIron release 08.0.00a
Feature
Port addressing
Connecting devices in a
tradtional stack and in a
mixed stack
Mixed Stacking of ICX6610
and ICX6450

Document conventions

This section describes text formatting conventions and important notice formats used in this
document.

Text formatting

The narrative-text formatting conventions that are used are as follows:
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"Related publications"
Description
Describes how to address specific ports on the
device
Describes cabling, stacking ports, topologies, and
trunking requirements for connecting a traditional
stack
This releases introduces the enhancement for the
ICX6610 and ICX6450 to form a mixed Stack.
Brocade ICX 6430 and ICX 6450 Stackable Switches Hardware Installation Guide
provides a list of the international caution and danger
on page x lists the related software configuration
Described in
"Specifying a port address"
"Connecting devices in a traditional stack"
"Connecting devices in a mixed stack"
"Connecting devices in a mixed stack"
Table 1 lists the
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