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Br ocade Enterprise SAN Switc h Module SBCEBFCSW Br ocade Entry SAN Switch Module SBCEBFCESW Installation Guide A Guide f or T echnically Qualified Assemb lers of Intel Identified Subassemb lies &.
ii Brocade SAN Switch Module: Installation Gu ide 12 1 Disclaimer Information in this document is provided in connection with Intel. product s. No license, express or implied, by estoppel or otherwise, to any intellectual property right s is granted by this document.
iii Contents Safety and regulatory information .............................................. .............. ............. v General Safety ........................................... ...................................................................
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v Safety and regulatory inf ormation ✏ NO TE The service procedures are desi gned to help you isolate prob lems. The y are written with the assumption that you ha ve model-specif ic traini ng on all computers, or that you are familiar with the computers, functions , terminology , and service in formation provided in this manual.
vi Brocade SAN Switch Module: Insta llation Guide General Safety Follo w these rule s to ensure general safety: • Observe good housekeeping in the area of the machines during and after maintenance. • When lifting any heavy object: 1. Ensure you can stand safely without sl ipping.
vii — Performing a mechanical inspection — W o rking near power supplies — Removing or installing main units • Before you start to work on the mach ine, unplug the power cord. If you cannot unplug it, ask the cust omer to power -off the wall box (that supplies power to the machine) and to lock the wall box in the off position.
viii Brocade SAN Switch Module: Insta llation Guide • Use the black side of a grounded w o rk mat to provide a static-free wo rk surface. The mat is especially useful when hand ling ESD-sensitiv e devices. • Select a grounding system , such as those in th e follow ing list, to pro vide protection that meets the specific service requirement.
ix xx CA UTION: If y our system ha s a module containing a lithiu m battery , replace it only with the same or an equiv alent type battery recommended by the manufacturer . If yo ur system has a module containing a li thium battery , replace it onl y with the same mo dule type made by the same manufacturer .
x Brocade SAN Switch Module: Insta llation Guide xx CA UTION: The po wer control b utton on the device and the power s witch on the power supply do not turn off the electrical current supplied to the device. The device also might have more than one power cord.
xi Regulatory specifications and disclaimer s Safety compliance USA: UL 60950 - 3rd Edition/CSA 22.2. No. 60950 Canada: cUL cer tified - 3rd Edition/CSA 22.
xii Brocade SAN Switch Module: Insta llation Guide Electr omagnetic compatibility notices (USA) This equipment has been test ed and found to com ply with the limits for a Class A dig ital de v ice, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
xiii BSMI (T aiwan): The BSMI Certification number and t he following w arnin g is located on the product safety label which is located visibl y on the external chassis.
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1 1 Intr oducing the Br ocad e Enterprise and Entry SAN Switch Modules This Installat ion Guide contains in formation about setti ng up and installing the Brocade* Enterprise SAN Switch Module SBCEBFCSW and the Brocade Entry SAN Switch Module SBCEBFCESW into an Intel ® Blade Server Chassis.
2 Brocade SAN Switch Module: Installation Gu ide The switch module has fi ve labels: • One product name label at the right side of the switch mo dule • One product part number and serial number la.
3 The following software features come with the switch module: • Brocade Adv anced W eb T ools • Brocade Advanced Zoning • Brocade Fabric W atch • Full SAN Scaling (up to 239 switches) (Enterp.
4 Brocade SAN Switch Module: Installation Gu ide T able 1. Fibre Channel s witch-module specifications . Fibre Channel switch-module standards and protocols: Fibre Channel standards: • FC-AL ANSI X3.272: • FC-AL-2 NCIT S 332: •F C - F L A N C I T S TR-20: • FC-GS-3 NCITS 348-2000 Re v 7.
5 Switch main tainability: • Diagnosis: P ower-on self- test (POST) is perf ormed on all functional components except the SFP module. P or t operational tests include inter nal, e xter nal, and online tests. • User interface: Light- emitting diode (LED) indicators.
6 Brocade SAN Switch Module: Installation Gu ide Related documentation This Installat ion Guide contains setup and installation in structions for the switch module. This documentation also provides general information about the switch modul e, including getting started, how to conf igure the switch module, and how to access and use online help.
7 • Rack Installation Inst ructions : Th is document contains inst ructions for installi ng the Blade unit in a rack. • Management Module Installation Guide that came with your Intel Blade Server chassis: This document contains instruct ions for installing, setting up, starting , and configuring the management module.
8 Brocade SAN Switch Module: Installation Gu ide • Br ocade Advanced P erformance Monitor User’ s Guid e : This document cont ains information about optional advanced performance-monitoring procedures for the Brocade switch modules.
9 ✏ NO TE The illustrations in this docum ent might differ slightly from your hardware. Figure 1. Fibre Cha nnel switch-mo dule major components. For more information about the components of the information panel, see Chapter 3, “Information panel LEDs and external Fibre Channel ports, ” on page 21.
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11 2 Installing and replacing a s witch module Figure 2 shows the I/O bay locations in the Intel ® Blade Server Chassis SBCE. Figure 2. SBCE unit (r ear view) with I/O ba y identification. Y ou mu st install Fibre Channel switch modules only in I/O bays 3 and 4 of the SBCE unit.
12 Brocade SAN Switch Module: Installation Gu ide The follo wing table summarizes the a pplication for each sw itch module. The second switch module port connection allows for dual path s from the blade server to external Fibre Channel de vices.
13 Handling static-sensitive devices Attention: Static electricity can damage electronic devices. T o avoid damage, keep static- sensiti ve de vices in their static-protective p ackages until you are r eady to install them. T o reduce the possib ility of electrostatic di scharge, observe the following precautions: • Limit your movement.
14 Brocade SAN Switch Module: Installation Gu ide Statement 8: xx CA UTION: Nev er remov e the cover on a power supply or any part that has the following label attached. xx CA UTION: Hazardous voltage, curr ent, and energy le vels are pr esen t inside any component that has this label attached.
15 6. If you hav e not al ready done so, touch the static-protectiv e packag e that contains the switch module to an unpainted metal part of the Blad e unit for at least 2 seconds. 7. Remove the switch module from its static-protectiv e package. 8. Squeeze the release-le ver latch to move the insertion arm, as sh own in the following illustration.
16 Brocade SAN Switch Module: Installation Gu ide Figure 6. Installing a s witch module. 11. Raise the release lev er until it moves to the upright (closed) position. This locks the switch module in the SBCE unit. ✏ NO TE The switch module takes approximately 60 second s to complete the power- on self-test (POST).
17 module installation instructions, see th e documentation that comes with the SFP module. ✏ NO TE SFP module options do n ot come with the switch mo dule, but are required if you want to use e xternal switch-module ports. 15. Use LC-LC or LC-SC fiber -optic c ables to connect the switch-module external ports to external Fibre Channel de vi ces.
18 Brocade SAN Switch Module: Installation Gu ide 4. Remov e any SFP modules from the switch-module external Fibre Channel po rts. For SFP module re mov al instru ctions, see the docum entation that com es with the SFP module. 5. Pull the release latch toward the bottom of the switch modu le, as shown in Figure 7 .
19 8. Use LC-LC or LC-SC fiber-optic cables to co nnect the switch-module external ports to external Fibre Channel devices. For more information, see the do cumentation that comes with the cable options. 9. Replace the acoustic attenuation module option, if you remo ved it in step 2 on page 14 .
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21 3 Inf ormation panel LE Ds and e xternal Fibre Channel por ts This chapter describes the informat ion panel and LEDs on the sw itch module and the external Fibre Channel ports on the inform ation panel. Inf ormation panel The switch-module information panel contains LEDs and two Fibre Channel ports, as shown in Figure 8.
22 Brocade SAN Switch Module: Installation Gu ide The switch-module information panel contains the following components: • Comprehensiv e LEDs that display the status of the switch modul e and the network.
23 Figure 9. Fibr e Channel s witch-module LEDs. Notes: • The illustrations in this docum ent might differ slightly from your hardware. • An amber LED is lit when a system error or ev ent has occurred. T o identify the error or e vent, check the LEDs on the information panel of the switch module and see T able 2 for more i nformation.
24 Brocade SAN Switch Module: Installation Gu ide P or t speed Green: Off The indicated Fibre Channel switch-module por t (0 or 15) is operating at 1 Gbps.
25 4 Configuring the s witch module thr ough the T elnet interface The switch module contains a T elnet server . Th is server enables a T elnet client to establish a T elnet session with the Fi bre Channel switch module to re triev e information or to configure parameters using the command-line i n terface (CLI).
26 Brocade SAN Switch Module: Installation Gu ide Establishing a T elnet session thr ough the management module Complete the foll o win g steps to est ablish a T eln et session through t he Blade managemen t module: 1. In your browser , in the address bar, type http:// xxx.
27 Figure 12. Manag ement-module main window . 4. In the left navigation pane, under I/O Module T asks , click Management . The I/O Module Management window opens.
28 Brocade SAN Switch Module: Installation Gu ide 5. Click the link for either Bay 3 or Bay 4. A window similar to the one in Figure 14 on page 28 opens. Figure 14. Switch Manag ement window showing switch-mo dule 3 exampl e. 6. Make sure that the IP address is the same in the Current IP Conf iguration and New Static IP Con f igura tion sections.
29 8. T o start a T eln et session, scroll down to the Start T elnet/W eb Session section and click Start T elnet Session . The management-module command-prompt win do w opens , as sho wn in Figure 16. Figure 16. Management-module command- prompt window f or Fibre Channel s witch module.
30 Brocade SAN Switch Module: Installation Gu ide After you have changed all of the passwords, the command prompt is displayed in a window similar to the one in Figure 18 on page 30. Figure 18. Manag ement-module command-line interfa ce window . 11. T o op en online help to view the a vailable commands, type help and press Enter .
31 A T elnet comm and-prompt window opens. Figure 19. T elnet command- prompt window . 3. At the Login prompt, type the initial default user name, USERID , and press Enter . At the Password prompt, type the initial default passw ord, PASSW0RD (the sixth character is a zero, not the letter O ).
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33 5 Configuring the s witch module thr ough the Ad vanced W eb T ools interface The switch module contains a W eb server in te rface known as Adv anced W eb T ools.
34 Brocade SAN Switch Module: Installation Gu ide Establishing a W eb-interface session through the management module Complete the follo wing steps to establis h a W eb-interface session through the Blade management module: 1. In your browser , in the address field, type http:// xxx.
35 Figure 24. Manag ement-module main window. 4. In the left navigation pane, under I/O M odule T ask s , click Manageme nt . The Switch Management window opens.
36 Brocade SAN Switch Module: Installation Gu ide 5. Click the link for either switch module 3 or switch module 4. A window similar to the one in Figure 26 opens.
37 8. T o start a W eb-interface session, scroll do wn to the Start T elnet/W eb Session section and click Start W eb Session . The switch-module Adv anced W eb T ools interface windo w opens, as sho wn in Figure 28. Figure 28. Adv anced W eb T ools interfa ce window (management-module view).
38 Brocade SAN Switch Module: Installation Gu ide For I/O bay 4: http://192.168.70.130 The switch-module Adv anced W eb T ools interface windo w opens, as sho wn in Figure 29. Figure 29. Adv anced W eb T ools interfa ce window (We b-browser vie w). 3.
39 6 Ad v anced features f or the Br ocade Enterprise and Entry SAN switc h modules Y ou can upgrade the swit ch module to use the following optional features after you purchase them. Except where indicated in T able 3, these features are av ailable for both the Enterprise version and the Entry version of the switch module.
40 Brocade SAN Switch Module: Installation Gu ide T o activ ate and use these optiona l software features, you must purchase the corresponding license keys. For information about these feat ures, see the follo wing docum entation on the Resour ce CD : • Br ocade F abric OS Procedur es Guide v4.
41 A Getting Help and T echnical Assistance This appendix contains informatio n about where to go for additional information on Intel products, what to do if you e xperience a problem with your server pl atform, and whom to call for service if it is necessary .
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