Technical data

The following figure shows the fan airflow (Intake only) for the Brocade 7840. Exhaust airflow is not
supported in this release.
FIGURE 6 Fan airflow
Switch management
You can use the management functions built into the switch to monitor the fabric topology, port status,
physical status, and other information to help you analyze switch performance and to accelerate
system debugging.
For information about upgrading the version of Fabric OS installed on your switch, refer to the Fabric
OS Administrator's Guide
You can manage the switch using any of the management options listed in the following table.
Management options for the Brocade 7840TABLE 1
Management tool Out-of-band support In-band support
Command line interface (CLI)
Up to two admin sessions and four user sessions simultaneously.
For more information, refer to the Fabric OS Administrator's
Guide and the Fabric OS Command Reference.
Ethernet (preferred) or
console port connection
IP over Fibre
Channel
Brocade Network Advisor Ethernet (preferred) or
console port connection
IP over Fibre
Channel
Brocade Web Tools
For information, refer to the Web Tools Administrator's Guide.
Ethernet (preferred) or
console port connection
IP over Fibre
Channel
Standard SNMP applications
You can download the Brocade-specific MIB files from the
downloads area of the MyBrocade site under the applicable
Fabric Operating System (FOS) release.
For information about SNMP support in Fabric OS and how to
use MIBs, refer to the Fabric OS Administrator's Guide. For
release-specific SNMP enhancements, refer to the release notes.
NOTE
Distribution of standard MIBs has been stopped. Download the
required standard MIBs from the www.oidview.com or
www.mibdepot.com web sites.
Ethernet (preferred) or
console port connection
IP over Fibre
Channel
Switch management
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