Brocade Communications Systems DCX 8510-4 Establishing a serial connection to the Brocade DCX

3 Establishing a serial connection to the Brocade DCX 8510-4

The configuration information is mirrored to the standby CP blade, which allows the current configuration to remain available even if the active CP blade fails. The configuration information for the Brocade DCX 8510-4 is stored in the WWN cards and the flash memory of the CP blades. The configuration can be backed up to a workstation (uploaded) and then downloaded to the active CP blade if necessary.

NOTE

If the Brocade FS8-18 encryption blade is installed, refer to the Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide for the procedures to configure the encryption functions.

Figure 5 illustrates the flow of the basic configuration tasks.

Configuration Tasks

Connect Serial Cable

between Switch and Host

Log In to Serial Console Port

Set IP Address

Log Off Serial Console Port

and Disconnect Serial Cable

Connect Ethernet Cable and

Open Telnet Session

Set Domain ID

Set Date and Time

Install SFPs and Attach Cables

Manage Cables

Verify Operation and

Back Up Configuration

FIGURE 5 Configuration tasks

Establishing a serial connection to the Brocade DCX 8510-4

To establish a serial connection to the console port on the Brocade DCX 8510-4, complete the following steps.

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