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Port numbering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Providing power to the Brocade VDX 8770-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Chapter 3
Logging In and Configuring the Brocade VDX 8770-8
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Preparing to configure the Brocade VDX 8770-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Establishing a serial connection to the Brocade VDX 8770-8 . . . . . 20
Serial cable pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Logging in to the serial console port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Changing the RBridge ID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Assigning permanent passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Changing the default account passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Configuring the IP addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Setting a static IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Logging off the serial console port and disconnecting the serial cable24
Establishing an Ethernet connection to the Brocade VDX 8770-8 . 25
Customizing a host name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Customizing a chassis name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Setting the date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Understanding time zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Understanding time synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Synchronizing local time using NTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Setting the time zone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Setting the clock (date and time) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Determining installed software licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Saving your changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Verifying correct operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Backing up the configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Connecting network devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Connecting to Ethernet or Fast Ethernet hubs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Connecting to workstations, servers, or routers . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Connecting a network device to a fiber port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Testing connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Installing transceivers and attaching cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Installing SFP and SFP+ transceivers and cables . . . . . . . . . . . 31
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Installing QSFP transceivers and cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Managing cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Creating Brocade inter-switch link trunks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Chapter 4
Monitoring System Components
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
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