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Brocade M6505 16 Gbps 

Fibre Channel SAN I/O Module 

QuickStart Guide 

Summary of Contents for Brocade M6505

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Page 2: ...any time without notice and assumes no responsibility for its use This informational document describes features that may not be currently available Contact a Brocade sales office for information on feature and product availability Export of technical data contained in this document may require an export license from the United States government The authors and Brocade Communications Systems Inc s...

Page 3: ...erted in the Dell M1000e Blade Server Enclosure make sure the following conditions are met The Dell M1000e Blade Server Enclosure is powered up The I O module bay into which the Brocade M6505 16 Gbps Fibre Channel SAN I O Module will be inserted is ready to receive the SAN I O Module All power requirements specific to the Dell M1000e Blade Server Enclosure are met Any protective cover on the SAN I...

Page 4: ... Enclosure the physical Ethernet connection is established through the Dell M1000e Blade Server Enclosure Chassis Management Controller CMC NOTE Once inserted the SAN I O Module can be accessed remotely Ensure that the SAN I O Module is not being modified from any other connection until configuration is complete Refer to Chapter 3 Configuring the SAN I O Module in the Brocade M6505 16 Gbps Fibre C...

Page 5: ... or remove an SFP transceiver while the SAN I O Module is powered on You must first insert the SFP transceiver in the port before connecting the cables You must remove the cable from the SFP transceiver before you remove the SFP transceiver from the SAN I O Module Set the IP address By default the IP address for the SAN I O Module is configured as 10 77 77 77 with a default Ethernet subnet mask of...

Page 6: ... your Dell M1000e Blade Server Enclosure for more information Using the CMC CLI to set the IP address To modify the SAN I O Module IP address through the Chassis Management Controller CMC CLI perform the following steps 1 Establish a Telnet session to the CMC CLI 2 At the command prompt enter connect switch x where x is the bay in which the SAN I O Module is installed For example switch x can be o...

Page 7: ...on on using the CMC connect command Connect the cable to the SFP transceiver After modifying the IP address of the Brocade M6505 16 Gbps Fibre Channel SAN I O Module it is recommended that you cable all external ports to fabric connections before bringing the SAN I O Module online Begin by cabling the ports from the top ports 17 and 18 and working down as needed ports 19 20 21 22 23 and 0 At a min...

Page 8: ...e SAN I O Module to a fabric on page 7 for instructions on how to join the switch to your SAN fabric You can determine if the SAN I O Module is running Native Fabric mode by entering the switchShow command to display the current switch configuration If the SAN I O Module is running in Native Fabric mode the switch mode should display Native As an alternative you can enter the ag modeShow command w...

Page 9: ...zone is set to no access Therefore the switch does not immediately join the fabric to which it is connected Use one of the following methods to rejoin a switch to the fabric If you saved a Fabric OS configuration before enabling AG mode download the configuration using the configDownload command If you want to rejoin the switch to the fabric using the fabric configuration use the following procedu...

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