Brocade Communications Systems DCX Backbone, Руководство по установке оборудования

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• For easier maintenance, label the fiber optic cables and record the devices to which they are connected.
• Route the cables to the bottom of the DCX through the cable comb.
• Keep LEDs visible by routing port cables and other cables away from the LEDs.
For the procedure to install the ICL cables see Removal and replacement of the inter-chassis link (ICL) cables on page 115
NOTE
See "Cabling Best Practices" (available at http://www.brocade.com ) for cable management guidelines.
Verifying correct operation and backing up the
configuration
To verify correct operation and back up the Brocade DCX configuration, follow these steps.
1. Check the LEDs to verify that all components are functional. For information about LED patterns, see Monitoring System
Components on page 63.
2. If necessary, log on to the switch by Telnet, using the admin account.
3. Verify the correct operation of the Brocade DCX by entering the switchShow command from the workstation. This command
provides information about switch and port status.
4. Verify the correct operation of the Brocade DCX in the fabric by entering the fabricShow command from the workstation. This
command provides general information about the fabric.
5. To back up the configuration, run the following two steps:
a) Enter the configupload -vf command. This command uploads the Brocade DCX virtual fabric data.
b) Enter the configupload command. This command uploads the Brocade DCX configuration.
6. You can run the following commands to see additional configuration information that you can copy to a file to save:
• configShow
• ipaddrShow
• licenseShow
• switchShow
7. Alternatively, you can save the configuration file to a Brocade USB device by using the usbstorage command.
NOTE
Passwords are not saved in the configuration file, and are not uploaded during a configuration
upload.
Verifying correct operation and backing up the configuration
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