Technical data
Table Of Contents
- In this guide
- Introduction
- Safety notices
- Danger notices
- Caution notices
- Brocade DCX 8510-4, port side
- Brocade DCX 8510-4, nonport side
- Time and items required for installation
- Site planning and safety guidelines
- Items included with the Brocade DCX 8510-4
- Unpacking and installing the Brocade DCX 8510-4
- Providing power to the Brocade DCX 8510-4
- Managing cables
- High density cabling
- Installing QSFP cables (optional)
- Possible QSFP cable configurations
- Establishing a serial connection and logging on to Brocade DCX 8510-4
- Configuring IP addresses
- Establishing an Ethernet connection
- Customizing a switch name
- Customizing a chassis name
- Setting the Domain ID
- Verifying PID mode
- Installing transceivers
- Confirming software licenses
- Backing up the configuration
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4. Verify the correct operation of the Brocade DCX 8510-4 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 8510-4 virtual fabric data.
b. Enter the configupload command. This command uploads the Brocade DCX 8510-4 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
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.
NOTE
It is recommended that the configuration be backed up on a regular basis to ensure that a complete configuration is
available for downloading to a replacement Brocade DCX 8510-4.