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Brocade VDX 6740 Hardware Reference Manual

53_1002829_02

Caution notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Danger notices  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

Electrical cautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

RTC battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Electrical safety  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

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Summary of Contents for VDX 6740

Page 1: ...53 1002829 02 14 February 2014 Brocade VDX 6740 Hardware Reference Manual Supporting the Brocade VDX 6740 VDX 6740T and VDX 6740T 1G...

Page 2: ...accompany it The product described by this document may contain open source software covered by the GNU General Public License or other open source license agreements To find out which open source so...

Page 3: ...Brocade VDX 6740 Introduction In this chapter 1 Brocade VDX 6740 overview 1 Platform components and capabilities 2 Software features 3 Views of the Brocade VDX 6740 switches 5 Chapter 2 Brocade VDX 67...

Page 4: ...me synchronization 18 Synchronizing local time using NTP 19 Setting the clock date and time manually 19 Setting time zones 19 Network device connections 20 Ethernet or Fast Ethernet hubs 20 Workstatio...

Page 5: ...items required 43 Replacing the fan 43 Appendix A Brocade VDX 6740 Specifications In this appendix 45 General specifications 45 Weight and physical dimensions 46 Facility requirements 46 Power supply...

Page 6: ...vi Brocade VDX 6740 Hardware Reference Manual 53_1002829_02 Caution notices 57 Danger notices 60 Electrical cautions 62 RTC battery 62 Electrical safety 62 Index...

Page 7: ...Brocade VDX 6740 Installation provides the information needed to install the switch into your network Chapter 3 Brocade VDX 6740 Configuration lays out the tasks and commands necessary to get the swi...

Page 8: ...ns Command syntax in this manual follows these conventions Notes cautions and warnings The following notices and statements are used in this manual They are listed below in order of increasing severit...

Page 9: ...ations These trademarks are the properties of their respective companies and corporations Additional information This section lists additional Brocade and industry specific documentation that you migh...

Page 10: ...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 General In...

Page 11: ...eteness of this document However if you find an error or an omission or you think that a topic needs further development we want to hear from you Forward your feedback to documentation brocade com Pro...

Page 12: ...xii Brocade VDX 6740 Hardware Reference Manual 53 1002829 02...

Page 13: ...th 48 Base T ports operating at 100 Mbps 1 Gbps or in auto sensing mode A 10G Port Upgrade license enables RJ 45 port operation at 10 Gbps This license can be applied in increments of 16 32 and 48 por...

Page 14: ...rts each Dual hot swappable 250W AC power supplies with three integrated cooling fans each for the Brocade VDX 6740 only can be ordered with front to back or back to front airflow Dual hot swappable 5...

Page 15: ...d PVRST Support for unicast and multicast capabilities Support for IGMP snooping Layer 2 multi path based on Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links TRILL Layer 2 access control lists ACLs Switch...

Page 16: ...2 48 per license Removal of a port reservation provisioned by this license is blocked if the port is in a configuration not allowed on 1 GbE port such as Brocade Trunking or FCoE 40G Port Upgrade For...

Page 17: ...d the corresponding port status LEDs Figure 2 shows the port side of the Brocade VDX 6740T and Brocade VDX 6740T 1G FIGURE 2 Port side view of the Brocade VDX 6740T and Brocade VDX 6740T 1G 1 USB port...

Page 18: ...hich house the separate power supplies and fans FIGURE 4 Non port side view of the Brocade VDX 6740T and Brocade VDX 6740T 1G 1 Power supply and fan assembly 2 5 Handle 2 Power cord receptacle 6 Airfl...

Page 19: ...red during shipping The Brocade VDX 6740 switch Brocade VDX 6740T switch or Brocade VDX 6740T 1G switch Transceivers and cables as ordered One accessory kit containing the following items Serial cable...

Page 20: ...late The power supply standards are met Refer to Table 12 for more information Environmental considerations For successful installation and operation of the switch ensure that the following environmen...

Page 21: ...the cabinet or patch panels to reduce the potential for tangling the cables The following list provides some recommendations for cable management NOTE You should not use tie wraps with optical cables...

Page 22: ...to Setting the switch IP address on page 15 Rack installation options for the Brocade VDX 6740 switches Follow the installation instructions shipped with the appropriate rack mount kit Mid Mount Rack...

Page 23: ...fy that the switch is working properly 1 Verify that the power supply LEDs are solid green Refer to Figure 9 and Figure 10 for the location of these LEDs 2 Verify that the system power LED and the sys...

Page 24: ...12 Brocade VDX 6740 Hardware Reference Manual 53_1002829_02 Verifying operation 2...

Page 25: ...ence has three major characteristics The fabric is self forming When two VCS enabled switches are connected the fabric is automatically created and the switches discover the common fabric configuratio...

Page 26: ...ity 1 stop bit and no flow control In a UNIX environment using TIP enter the following string at the prompt tip dev ttyb 9600 If ttyb is already in use use ttya instead The serial port is located on t...

Page 27: ...me command followed by the account name and the password parameter 3 When prompted enter the new password and press Enter Switch configure terminal Entering configuration mode terminal switch config u...

Page 28: ...1f 13ff fe67 4b94 64 3 To display the configuration use the show running config interface Management command switch show running config interface Management 1 0 interface Management 1 0 no ip address...

Page 29: ...e in privileged EXEC mode to run the command If you have made any other configuration changes you want to persist be sure to save your running configuration to the startup configuration before running...

Page 30: ...es that have already started will reflect the time zone changes only after the next reboot Time zone settings persist across failover for high availability Time zone settings are not affected by Netwo...

Page 31: ...You should set the clock only if there are no NTP servers configured Time synchronization from NTP servers overrides the local clock Date values are limited to between January 1 1970 and January 19 2...

Page 32: ...ion calls for automatic negotiation of the connection between two 1000Base T ports Therefore a crossover cable may not be required a straight through cable may work as well Workstations servers or rou...

Page 33: ...groups of the Brocade VDX 6740 FIGURE 6 Port groups of the Brocade VDX 6740T and Brocade VDX 6740T 1G Upgrading port speeds on the Brocade VDX 6740T 1G Using the 10G Port Upgrade License you can enabl...

Page 34: ...nd while in global configuration mode to reserve a license assignment for the port from the license pool switch config dpod 1 0 1 reserve NOTE To remove a license assignment for a port use release ins...

Page 35: ...nostic tests are complete Brocade VDX 6740 LEDs The Brocade VDX 6740 switches have the following LEDs One bicolor system status LED green and amber on the port side One power status LED green on the p...

Page 36: ...Ds for the 40 GbE ports are situated between the upper and lower ports of each pair as on the Brocade VDX 6740 Refer to Figure 1 on page 5 for the numbering and locations of the GbE ports FIGURE 7 LED...

Page 37: ...n the non port side of the Brocade VDX 6740 Figure 10 shows the LEDs on the non port side of the Brocade VDX 6740T and Brocade VDX 6740T 1G FIGURE 10 LEDs on the non port side of the Brocade VDX 6740T...

Page 38: ...tatus one bicolor LED green and amber Off no light System is off or there is no power Verify the system is on Steady green System is on and functioning properly No action required Blinking amber green...

Page 39: ...red Slow blinking green Port is good except ISL is segmented No action required Fast blinking green Beaconing enabled No action required Flickering green Online frames flowing through the port No acti...

Page 40: ...wing through the port No action required Steady amber Some no shut ports are not connected Ensure that any unconnected ports are shut Flashing amber All four breakout ports are shut or chassis is disa...

Page 41: ...green Power supply is faulty Try the following Check the power cable connection Verify that the power supply is powered on Replace the power supply Fan status one bicolor LED green and amber per fan...

Page 42: ...reset During POST the LEDs flash either amber or green Any errors that occur during POST are listed in the error log Complete the following steps to determine whether POST completed successfully and...

Page 43: ...Reach SR and Long Reach LR modules The Brocade VDX 6740 switches both support optical QSFP transceivers with either standard cables or breakout four 10 GbE connections cables DANGER All fiber optic i...

Page 44: ...he ports to be connected by external cables to allow diagnostics to verify the serializer deserializer interface transceiver and cable Some tests require loopback plugs Refer to the Brocade Network OS...

Page 45: ...of the management options listed in Table 5 TABLE 5 Management options for Brocade VDX 6740 switches Management tool Out of band support In band support Command line interface CLI For more informatio...

Page 46: ...34 Brocade VDX 6740 Hardware Reference Manual 53_1002829_02 Brocade VDX 6740 management 4...

Page 47: ...port side air exhaust or a port side air intake You must replace a failed FRU with a FRU of the same type This applies to both power supplies and fan assemblies A new FRU must have the same part numb...

Page 48: ...r on FRUs with part numbers ending with F The orange I symbol indicates an intake FRU This unit pulls air in from the non port side of the switch and exhausts it out the port side This is called back...

Page 49: ...the power supply and fan assembly being replaced A 1 Phillips screwdriver Replacing the power supply and fan assembly Remove a failed combined power supply and fan assembly install a new combined FRU...

Page 50: ...as the same part number as the FRU being replaced 5 Install the new FRU in the chassis a Orient the new power supply and fan assembly with the captive screw on the right as shown in Figure 14 CAUTION...

Page 51: ...on the non port side as power supply 2 and power supply 1 FIGURE 15 Brocade VDX 6740T and Brocade VDX 6740T 1G power supplies on the non port side ATTENTION Maintain all power supplies and fan assemb...

Page 52: ...ade VDX 6740T and Brocade VDX 6740T 1G in service while replacing a power supply verify that the other power supply the one not being replaced has been powered on for at least four seconds and hasa st...

Page 53: ...to the chassis by tightening the two captive screws using the Phillips screwdriver FIGURE 16 Inserting the power supply in the Brocade VDX 6740T and Brocade VDX 6740T 1G 7 Plug the power cord into th...

Page 54: ...the switch FIGURE 17 Brocade VDX 6740T and Brocade VDX 6740T 1G fan assemblies on the non port side ATTENTION Maintain all power supplies and fans in operational condition to provide redundancy CAUTIO...

Page 55: ...replace a fan assembly in a Brocade VDX 6740T and Brocade VDX 6740T 1G 1 Using the Phillips screwdriver unscrew the captive screw on the fan assembly 2 Ensure that the replacement fan assembly has the...

Page 56: ...continuing b Gently push the fan assembly into the chassis until it is firmly seated If the switch is powered up the fan will immediately power up c Using the Phillips screwdriver secure the fan assem...

Page 57: ...48 Memory specifications 49 Regulatory compliance 49 Regulatory certifications 53 Environmental regulation compliance 54 General specifications Table 9 lists the general specifications for the Brocad...

Page 58: ...66 kg 19 10 lb Brocade VDX 6740 10 82 kg 23 85 lb Brocade VDX 6740T and Brocade VDX 6740T 1G TABLE 11 Facility requirements Type Requirements Electrical Primary AC input rated 100 240 VAC operating i...

Page 59: ...DX 6740T 500 W power supply Limited to 30 A peak 240 VAC during cold startup at 25 C ambient Input line protection Both AC lines are fused Maximum power supply output each 250 watts 12V DC Brocade VDX...

Page 60: ...0 C 104 F 10 to 90 RH non condensing at 70 C 158 F Altitude 0 to 3 km 9 842 feet above sea level 0 to 12 km 39 370 feet above sea level Shock 20 G 6 ms half sine wave 33 G 11 ms half sine wave 3 eg Ax...

Page 61: ...tatement Japan Power cords Japan DENAN BSMI statement Taiwan CE statement Canadian requirements China statement Laser compliance 1G Base T VDX 6740T and 6740T 1G only RJ 45 CAT 5 CAT 5e CAT 6 UTP CAT...

Page 62: ...ration of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at the user s own expense Germany Machine noi...

Page 63: ...might be required to take corrective measures The standards compliance label on the Brocade VDX 6740 contains the CE mark which indicates that this system conforms to the provisions of the following E...

Page 64: ...aijbaz 2000m doxroengz haenx ancienz sawjyungh English translation disconnect all power sources before service For non tropical use For altitude 2000 meter and below China CCC Warning statements Engli...

Page 65: ...s for which the Brocade VDX 6740 is certified TABLE 18 Regulatory compliance standards Country Standards Agency certifications and markings Safety EMC Safety EMC United States Bi Nat UL CSA 60950 1 2n...

Page 66: ...tion use period EPUP disclaimer In no event do the EPUP logos shown on the product and FRUs alter or expand that warranty that Brocade provides with respect to its products as set forth in the applica...

Page 67: ...oncentration Limits O indicates that no such substances are used or that the concentration is within the aforementioned limits TABLE 19 China ROHS hazardous substances toxic substances HS TS concentra...

Page 68: ...56 Brocade VDX 6740 Hardware Reference Manual 53_1002829_02 Environmental regulation compliance A...

Page 69: ...n calls your attention to a possible hazard that can damage equipment Vorsicht weist auf eine m gliche Besch digung des Ger ts hin Sie finden die folgenden Vorsichtshinweise in diesem Handbuch Une mis...

Page 70: ...l arri re vers l avant Vous devez utiliser une pi ce d tach e dont l indicatif de flux d air est le m me PRECAUCI N Este documento describe c mo cambiar las unidades reemplazables sobre el terreno FRU...

Page 71: ...ly two minutes after a power supply replacement it is likely because the new power supply has a mismatched airflow Check your console for error messages VORSICHT Falls Sie feststellen dass der Switch...

Page 72: ...Explosionsgefahr Wenden Sie sich an Ihren Switch Lieferanten wenn Sie anhand der Echtzeituhr feststellen dass die Batterieleistung allm hlich nachl sst MISE EN GARDE N essayez pas de remplacer la pile...

Page 73: ...te de todas las fuentes de corriente DANGER Use only optical transceivers that are qualified by Brocade Communications Systems Inc and comply with the FDA Class 1 radiation performance requirements de...

Page 74: ...rectly replaced or disposed of Contact your switch supplier if the real time clock begins to lose time Electrical safety DANGER Disconnect the power cord from all power sources to completely remove po...

Page 75: ...et 19 clock timezone 18 19 configure terminal 15 17 fastboot 29 interface management 15 ip address 16 ip address dhcp 16 ip gateway address 16 ipv6 address autoconfig 17 no diag post 29 no ipv6 addres...

Page 76: ...6740T 1G 42 power supply replacing in VDX 6740T and 6740T 1G 39 removing and replacing 35 G general specifications 45 Gigabit NICs 20 I installation items required 9 rack install 10 standalone Brocad...

Page 77: ...ility 46 RTC battery 62 S safety standards 53 safety electrical 62 setting date and time 18 IP address using DHCP 15 static IP address 16 time zone 19 SFP installation 31 show chassis command 40 43 sh...

Page 78: ...P cable 20 V VCCI statement 50 VCS 1 VCS mode 13 vcs rbridge id command 17 VCS trunking 21 vcs vcs id command 17 vcs id changing 17 VDX 6740 combined power supply and fan assembly 36 VDX 6740T and 674...

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