53-1002085-03 5 August 2013 ® Brocade VDX 6720 QuickStart Guide Supporting the VDX 6720-24 and VDX 6720-60 53-1002085-03 *53-1002085-03*
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Overview This Quick Start guide is intended as an overview to help experienced installers unpack, install, and configure the Brocade VDX 6720 quickly. For more detailed installation and configuration instructions, see the Brocade Network OS Administrator’s Guide and the Brocade Network OS Command Reference Manual. NOTE Throughout this document, the Brocade VDX 6720 is referred to as the switch.
TABLE 1 . Power Supply Specifications Specification Value Maximum output 250 watts, 4 amps, 12 VDC - VDX 6720-24 500 watts, 7 amps, 12 VDC - VDX 6720-60 Maximum AC power consumption 146.2 W - VDX 6720-24 360 W - VDX 6720-60 System DC power consumption (excluding power supply and fan FRUs) Idle: 182.4 W Maximum: 306 W Input system power (including power supply and fan FRUs) Idle: 206 W Maximum: 306 W Input voltage 85-264 VAC Input line frequency 47-63 Hz BTU rating 1044.
Recommendations for cable management The minimum radius to which a 50 micron cable can be bent under full tensile load is 5.1 cm (2 in.). For a cable under no tensile load, that minimum is 3.0 cm (1.2 in.). Cables can be organized and managed in a variety of ways; for example, use cable channels on the sides of the cabinet or patch panels to reduce the potential for tangling the cables.
4. Provide power to the switch as described in “Providing power to the switch” on page 6. ATTENTION Do not connect the switch to the network until the IP address is correctly set. For instructions on how to set the IP address, see “Setting the switch IP address” on page 8.
Complete the following steps to create a serial connection to the switch. 1. Connect the serial cable to the serial port on the switch and to an RS-232 serial port on the workstation or terminal device. If the serial port on the workstation or terminal device is RJ45 instead of RS-232, remove the adapter on the end of the serial cable and insert the exposed RJ45 connector into the RJ45 serial port on the workstation. 2.
The root account is reserved for development and manufacturing. The user account is read-only and used primarily for system monitoring. TABLE 3 Default administrative account names and passwords Account type Login name Password Administrative admin password User account (read-only) user password Changing the default account passwords When you change the default account password after you log in for the first time, only the default password rule is in effect.
Enabling and disabling Brocade VCS mode Enable or disable a single switch for VCS™ mode as soon as passwords have been assigned and an IP address has been set. Enabling VCS mode is disruptive since a reboot is required once the mode has been enabled. Enabling or disabling VCS mode also causes the default configuration file for that mode to be applied. The basic configuration tasks include enabling or disabling VCS mode explicitly, setting VCS parameters, and applying the default configuration.
This is important to capture any changes that have been made to the running configuration so that they will persist the next time the switch reboots in the same mode. Configuring switch ports By default, the interfaces are not configured as switch ports. In order to put an interface in Layer 2 mode, use the following command in Interface Configuration mode.
! FIGURE 1 Installing an SFP+ transceiver in the upper row of port slots 4. If this is not a direct-connect unit, remove the protective caps from the cable end and position the cable so that it is correctly oriented to the transceiver. 5. Insert the cable into the transceiver (Figure 2) until it is firmly seated and the latching mechanism clicks.
Connecting to Ethernet or fast Ethernet hubs For copper connections to Ethernet hubs, a 1000Base-T switch, or another Brocade device, a crossover cable is required. If the hub is equipped with an uplink port, it requires a straight-through cable instead of a crossover cable. NOTE The 802.3ab standard (automatic MDI or MDIX detection) calls for automatic negotiation of the connection between two 1000Base-T ports. Therefore, a crossover cable may not be required; a straight-through cable may work as well.
