Brocade Communications Systems S3-1002483-03 Hardware features

2Brocade BigIron RX Series Hardware Installation Guide

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Hardware features

Hardware features

The BigIron RX Series switches are composed of the following major hardware components:

•Chassis

•Management modules

•Interface modules

•Switch fabric module

•Power supplies

•Cooling system, which is composed of temperature sensors, fans, and fan control modules

•Rack mount kit

The following sections provide more information about these components.

Chassis

The BigIron RX Series chassis consists of the following four chassis:

•BigIron RX-4: Provides 4 interface slots

•BigIron RX-8: Provides 8 interface slots

•BigIron RX-16: Provides 16 interface slots

The following figures illustrate the BigIron RX Series chassis:

FIGURE 1 BigIron RX-4 chassis

1 Interface slot 2 6 Switch fabric slot 1

2 Switch fabric slot 2 7 Interface slot 3

3 Switch fabric slot 3 8 Management slot 1

4 ESD connector 9 Management slot 2

5 Interface slot 1 10 Interface slot 4

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Contents

Main Brocade Communications Systems, Incorporated Document History Title Publication number Summary of changes Date Contents About This Document Chapter 1 Product Overview Chapter 2 Installing the BigIron RX Series Switch Chapter 3 Connecting a BigIron RX Series Switch to a Network Device Chapter 4 Managing the BigIron RX Series Chassis and Modules Chapter 5 Maintaining a BigIron RX Series Switch Chapter 6 Upgrading Software Images and Configuration Files Chapter 7 Hardware Specifications Appendix A Regulatory Statements Appendix B Caution and Danger Notices Appendix C Software Specifications Appendix D Using Brocade Structured Cabling Components About This Document Supported hardware and software Document conventions Text formatting Notes, cautions, and danger notices Trademark references Page Page Product Overview Product overview Hardware features Chassis Hardware features 1 FIGURE 2 Hardware features FIGURE 3 BigIron RX-4 BigIron RX-8 BigIron RX-16 Management modules FIGURE 4 PCMCIA slots Console port 10/100/1000 Ethernet port TABLE 1 Interface modules 4-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet module FIGURE 5 TABLE 2 TABLE 3 16-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet oversubscribed module Gigabit Ethernet interface module (SFP) FIGURE 7 Gigabit Ethernet interface module (RJ-45) FIGURE 8 TABLE 5 48-port 1 Gigabit Ethernet interface module (Mini RJ 21 Copper) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 FIGURE 9 TABLE 6 Switch fabric module FIGURE 10 Power supplies TABLE 7 Cooling system FIGURE 11 Page FIGURE 14 LEDs Rack mount kit Supported software features TABLE 8 Installing the BigIron RX Series Switch Installation precautions General precautions Power precautions Page Installing a BigIron RX-4 switch Unpacking a BigIron RX-4 switch Chassis lifting guidelines for BigIron RX-4 switches Installing a BigIron RX-4 chassis in a rack Preparing to mount a BigIron RX-4 chassis in a rack Removing BigIron RX-4 extra shipment screws FIGURE 15 Mounting a BigIron RX-4 chassis in a rack FIGURE 16 FIGURE 17 Installing BigIron RX-4 modules TABLE 10 FIGURE 18 Installing power supplies in a BigIron RX-4 chassis FIGURE 19 Connecting AC power to a BigIron RX-4 chassis FIGURE 20 Connecting DC power to a BigIron RX-4 chassis FIGURE 21 FIGURE 22 Installing a BigIron RX-8 switch Unpacking a BigIron RX-8 switch Chassis lifting guidelines for BigIron RX-8 switches Installing the BigIron RX-8 chassis in a rack Preparing to mount a BigIron RX-8 chassis in a rack Mounting a BigIron RX-8 chassis in a rack FIGURE 24 FIGURE 25 Installing BigIron RX-8 modules TABLE 11 FIGURE 26 Installing power supplies in the BigIron RX-8 chassis FIGURE 27 Connecting AC power to a BigIron RX-8 chassis FIGURE 28 Connecting DC power to a BigIron RX-8 chassis FIGURE 29 FIGURE 30 Installing a BigIron RX-16 switch Unpacking a BigIron RX-16 switch Chassis lifting guidelines for BigIron RX-16 switches Installing a BigIron RX-16 chassis in a rack Preparing to mount a BigIron RX-16 chassis in a rack Attaching mounting brackets to a BigIron RX-16 chassis Mounting a BigIron RX-16 chassis in a rack FIGURE 31 FIGURE 32 Installing BigIron RX-16 modules TABLE 1 2 FIGURE 33 Populating a BigIron RX-16 chassis Rules for populating a BigIron RX-16 chassis Installing power supplies in a BigIron RX-16 chassis FIGURE 34 Connecting AC power to a BigIron RX-16 chassis FIGURE 35 Connecting DC power to a BigIron RX-16 chassis FIGURE 36 FIGURE 37 Attaching a management station Attaching a PC or terminal to the Console port or Ethernet port Attaching the management modules Ethernet Port to a network Powering-on the power source Verifying proper operation Observing the LEDs TABLE 1 3 LED Desired state Meaning Abnormal Displaying the module status Fan control module (two LEDs on rear panel of chassis) LED Desired state Meaning Abnormal Page Page Page Connecting a BigIron RX Series Switch to a Network Device Assigning passwords Login lockout Password history Setting passwords to expire Page Configuring IP addresses Support of sub-net masks TABLE 14 Assigning an IP address to a management interface Assigning an IP address to an interface, virtual Interface, or loopback Enabling and disabling the interfaces Understanding how the management port functions Connecting a BigIron RX Series switch 4-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet module 16-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet module Installing a fiber optic module Cabling a fiber optic module Enhanced Digital Optical Monitoring Cleaning fiber optic modules Connecting a BigIron RX Series switch 3 Troubleshooting network connections If a problem persists after taking these actions, contact Brocades technical support. TABLE 1 5 LED Desired Meaning Abnormal Testing network connectivity Pinging an IP address Tracing a route Using virtual cable testing to diagnose a cable Configuration notes Command syntax Viewing the results of the cable analysis Page Managing the BigIron RX Series Chassis and Modules Managing the BigIron RX Series chassis Displaying chassis status and temperature readings Managing the BigIron RX Series chassis The display shows the following information: Displaying the Syslog configuration and static and dynamic buffers Temperature Readings Misc Info TABLE 1 8 Static and dynamic buffers TABLE 1 8 Managing the cooling system Configuring the cooling system Changing temperature thresholds for modules and fan speeds FIGURE 38 Managing the cooling system Syntax: show fan-threshold The display shows the following information: TABLE 2 0 Changing the temperature polling interval Manually setting the fan speed Monitoring the cooling system Displaying fan tray status and speed Managing the interface modules TABLE 21 Configuring interface module boot parameters Synchronizing the interface modules IronWare images between management and interface modules Synchronizing the interface modules IronWare images during bootup Specifying an immediate synchronization Disabling or reenabling an automatic check and synchronization Changing the boot source - - - Specifying an immediate boot Specifying an immediate boot from the management modules PCMCIA slots Specifying an immediate boot from the management modules flash memory Specifying an immediate boot from the interface modules flash memory Specifying an immediate boot from a TFTP server Specifying an immediate interactive boot Configuring an automatic boot Configuring an automatic boot from the management modules PCMCIA slot Configuring an automatic boot from the management modules flash memory Configuring an automatic Bbot from the interface modules flash memory Configuring an automatic boot from a TFTP server Configuring an automatic interactive boot Changing priority of chassis slots for interface modules Disabling and reenabling power to the interface modules Disabling and reenabling power to the switch fabric modules Enabling and disabling management module CPU usage calculations Displaying management module CPU usage Removing MAC address entries Maintaining a BigIron RX Series Switch Replacing a management module Removing a management module Installing a new management module Monitoring the status of an I2C failure on a management module Page Page Replacing an interface module Modification to show chassis command outputs Replacing an interface module Removing an interface module Installing a new interface module FIGURE 39 Page Replacing a switch fabric module Removing a switch fabric module Installing a new switch fabric module Replacing a fiber-optic transceiver Removing a fiber-optic transceiver Installing a new fiber-optic transceiver Cabling a fiber-optic transceiver Replacing a power supply Determining which power supply failed Replacing a power supply Replacing cooling system components Replacing fan assemblies in the BigIron RX-16 Replacing the rear fan assemblies in the BigIron RX-16 FIGURE 42 Replacing the front fan assembly in the BigIron RX-16 FIGURE 43 Replacing the fan assembly in the BigIron RX-4 and BigIron RX-8 FIGURE 44 FIGURE 45 Replacing the air filters in a BigIron RX Series switch Replacing the air filter in the BigIron RX-8 FIGURE 46 Upgrading Software Images and Configuration Files Software images required FIGURE 47 IronWare image Monitor image Boot image FPGA image Startup configuration file Software image naming conventions FIGURE 48 Release types Displaying flash memory and version information Displaying flash information Displaying flash memory and version information 6 Displaying flash memory and version information TABLE 2 3 Page Displaying flash memory and version information Displaying version information Interface Modules TABLE 2 3 Displaying flash memory and version information 6 Upgrading the BigIron RX Series software Changes to software images starting with version 02.5.00 For interface modules running versions earlier than 02.3.00 Separation of boot and monitor images Upgrading to version 02.5.00 (or later) from a pre- 02.5.00 version Downgrading from version 02.5.00 (or later) to a pre-02.5.00 version Command change Using unified software images to upgrade images Unified software image upgrade to upgrade release 02.6.00 and later Unified software image upgrade to upgrade release 02.2.01 to 02.5.00 TABLE 24 Upgrading images independently Upgrading software releases prior to release 02.2.01 TABLE 2 5 Basic tasks in the software upgrade process Upgrading the management module monitor and boot images TABLE 2 6 Upgrading the IronWare image on a management module Upgrading the monitor and boot images on interface modules Upgrading the interface modules IronWare image TABLE 27 Rebooting the management module Upgrading the MBRIDGE FPGA on the management module Overview of tasks in the FPGA image upgrade process Determining the MBRIDGE image versions Upgrading the MBRIDGE FPGA image Hitless Layer 2 OS upgrade Considerations when using the feature The hitless OS software process FIGURE 49 Performing a hitless OS software upgrade, Loading the Multi-Service IronWare software onto the router Setting up consoles Executing the hitless upgrade command Verify the new software image Loading and saving configuration files Replacing the startup configuration with the running configuration Replacing the running configuration with the startup configuration Logging changes to the startup-config file Copying a configuration file to or from a TFTP server Making local copies of the startup configuration file Dynamic configuration loading Usage considerations Preparing the configuration file Page Loading the configuration information into the running-config Using SNMP to save and load configuration information Erasing image and configuration files File synchronization File synchronization between the active and standby management modules - - - Comparing and synchronizing files Synchronizing files without comparison File synchronization between the management and interface modules Synchronizing the interface modules IronWare images during bootup Specifying an immediate synchronization Disabling or re-enabling an automatic check and synchronization Scheduling a system reload Reloading at a specific time Reloading after a specific amount of time Displaying the amount of time remaining before a scheduled reload Canceling a scheduled reload Diagnostic error codes and remedies for TFTP transfers Diagnostic error codes and remedies for TFTP transfers TABLE 2 8 Error code Message Explanation and action Hardware Specifications Hardware specifications Power specifications TABLE 31 BigIron RX Series chassis Amps Watts BTUs per hour TABLE 3 2 Component Maximum power consumption, in Watts Physical dimensions Operating environment Storage environment Safety agency approvals TABLE 3 3 Port specifications Console port pin assignments Port specifications 7 FIGURE 51 Management port pin assignments TABLE 3 6 Page A Regulatory Statements U.S.A. Industry Canada statement Europe and Australia Japan Power Cord ATTENTION Korea Class A statement Russia Taiwan BSMI Statement Page B Caution and Danger Notices Caution statements Table 0.2: Table 0.3: Caution statements B Table 0.4: Table 0.5: Table 0.6: Table 0.7: Table 0.8: Caution statements B Table 0.9: Table 0.10: Table 0.11: Table 0.12: Table 0.13: Table 0.14: Danger notices Table 0.15: Table 0.16: Table 0.17: Table 0.18: Page Table 0.22: Table 0.23: Table 0.24: Danger notices Table 0.25: Table 0.26: Table 0.27: Table 0.28: Danger notices Table 0.29: Table 0.30: Table 0.31: Table 0.32: Table 0.33: Table 0.34: Page C Software Specifications IEEE compliance RFC support General protocols BGP OSPF RIP IP Multicast Management Internet drafts D Using Brocade Structured Cabling Components Cable cinch overview Position the cable cinch with the open end to the left (no slot) as shown in Figure 52. FIGURE 52 mRJ21 procedures Cable cinch with two mRJ21 cables FIGURE 53 Page Page Cable cinch with eight mRJ21 cables FIGURE 59 RJ45 procedures