53-1004105-13 Hardware Installation Guide
Brocade X6-8 Director
Hardware Installation Guide
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Electrostatic discharge (ESD) grounding strap.
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ESD grounding pads for protecting all blades and WWN cards.
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Serial cable and workstation computer with a terminal emulator application (such as HyperTerminal for Windows
systems or TIP for Solaris systems), required only if serial console session used.
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A pallet jack or hydraulic or assisted lift that raises a minimum of 140 cm (55 in.) and carries a minimum of 113 kg (250
lb).
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A surface on which to place the old chassis, such as a second lift or the pallet that was originally provided with the old
chassis.
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No. 1 and No. 2 Phillips screwdrivers. Use a No. 1 Phillips screwdriver for removing and installing blades and FRUs in
the chassis.
Preparing for Replacement
Before beginning replacement procedures, you must run a series of Fabric OS commands and record device information
for safekeeping that may be required for installing and configuring the new chassis. This includes information on licenses,
IP addresses, WWNs, serial numbers, switch IDs, location of configuration files, and fabric details. It also includes
information that might be required by Technical Support.
Recording Critical Device and SAN Information
instructs you to
run the following commands and record specific output:
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chassisShow
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configUpload - all
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configupload -vf
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fabricShow
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ipAddrShow -sw
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license --show
for Fabric OS 9.0 and higher, or
licenseShow
for Fabric OS versions earlier than 9.0
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nsAllShow
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nsShow
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supportShow
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switchShow -qsfp
Before beginning replacement, you must also properly shut down the device and disconnect from the fabric and power
using procedures under
Disconnecting from the Network and Fabric
.
Recording Critical Device and SAN Information
Use a checklist, such as the following, to ensure that critical information is recorded for installing the new chassis. This
information includes current chassis IP addresses, the new chassis serial number, and output from
supportShow
,
fabricShow
, and other commands. Save output from these commands to the text files listed in the table.
All commands must be entered from a CLI session (Telnet or serial) to the active CP blade unless otherwise indicated. For
detailed information about Fabric OS commands, refer to the
Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference Manual
.
Table 28: Critical Information Checklist
Checked?
Data
Notes
Configuration information
Location of
config-switch.txt
file
Location of
config-miscinfo.txt
file
IP address, subnet mask
WWN for the device
SAN profile
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