Document Outline

• Contents
• Preface
  • Document conventions
    • Text formatting conventions
    • Command syntax conventions
    • Notes, cautions, and warnings
  • Brocade resources
  • Getting technical help
  • Document feedback
• About This Document
  • Supported Software
  • What’s new in this document
• ICX6430 and ICX 6450 Overview
  • Hardware features
    • ICX 6430 models
    • ICX 6450 models
  • Network and management interfaces
    • Console management interface
    • Out-of-band management interface
    • System reset button
    • Network interfaces for ICX 6430 and ICX 6450 devices
      • Slot designations
      • 10/100/1000 BASE-T ports
      • SFP or SFP+ fiber ports
    • Specifying a port address
      • Specifying a data port
      • Specifying a stacking port
      • Specifying a management port
  • Port, system, and power status LEDs
  • Power supplies
    • Power supply usage
• ICX 6430 and ICX 6450 Installation
  • Items included with the ICX 6430 and ICX 6450 devices
  • Configuration requirements
  • Summary of installation tasks
  • Installation precautions
    • General precautions
    • Lifting precautions
    • Power precautions
  • Preparing the installation site
    • Cabling infrastructure
    • Installation location
    • Rack-mount installation considerations
  • Installing the device
    • Desktop installation
    • Rack mount installation
    • Wall mount installation
  • Connecting devices in a traditional stack
    • Stacking ports and trunks
      • Trunking requirements
    • Stacking configuration requirements
    • Stacking cables
    • Stack size
    • Stacking topologies
  • Connecting devices in a mixed stack
    • ICX 6610 stacking ports and trunks
      • Ports used to connect ICX 6610 devices in the backbone
      • Trunking requirements
      • Ports used to connect ICX 6610 devices to ICX 6450 devices
    • ICX 6450 stacking ports and trunks
      • Trunking requirements
    • Stacking configuration requirements
      • All configuration methods
      • Secure Setup utility
      • Automatic and manual configuration methods
    • Stacking cables
    • Stack size
    • Stacking topologies
      • Topology 1: single ring
      • Topology 2: dual ring
      • Topology 3: linear and ring
      • Topology 4: ring with one backbone device
      • Topology recommendations
    • Connecting ICX 6610 devices in the backbone
    • Connecting a peripheral device to an ICX 6610 and to another peripheral device
    • Extended distance stacking
  • Powering on the system
• ICX 6400–EPS1500 Installation
  • ICX 6400-EPS1500 external power supply
    • Features and benefits
    • Front and rear panels
    • LEDs
  • Items included with the ICX 6400-EPS1500
  • General requirements
  • Summary of installation tasks
  • Installation precautions
    • General precautions
    • Lifting precautions
    • Power precautions
  • Preparing the installation site
    • Rack-mount installation considerations
  • Installing the device
    • Desktop installation
    • Mounting an external power supply in a rack
    • Assembling the wire saddle for the EPS cord
    • Connecting devices to the external power supply
  • Powering on the system
  • Verifying proper operation
• Configuring an ICX 6430 or ICX 6450 device
  • Configuration tasks
  • PC or terminal attachment
  • Password assignment
    • Assigning passwords
    • Recovering from a lost password
  • IP address configuration
    • Devices running Layer 2 software
    • Devices running Layer 3 software
      • Configuring IP parameters for devices running Layer 3 software
      • Deleting an IP address
  • Connecting network devices
    • Connectors
    • Cable specifications
    • Connecting to Ethernet or Fast Ethernet hubs
    • Connecting to workstations, servers, or routers
      • Automatic MDI or MDIX detection
    • Connecting a network device to a fiber port
  • Troubleshooting network connections
    • Digital optical monitoring
  • Testing connectivity
    • Pinging an IP address
    • Observing LEDs
    • Tracing a route
• Managing an ICX 6430 or ICX 6450 device
  • Managing temperature settings
    • Displaying the temperature
    • Displaying syslog messages for temperature
    • Temperature threshold levels
    • Changing the temperature warning level
    • Temperature shutdown levels
    • Changing the temperature poll time
  • Displaying CPU usage
  • Removing MAC address entries
• Hardware Maintenance and Replacement
  • Hardware maintenance schedule
  • Copper or fiber-optic module replacement
    • Removing a copper or fiber-optic module
    • Installing a new copper or fiber-optic transceiver
    • Cabling a fiber-optic transceiver
    • Cleaning the fiber-optic connectors
• Hardware Specifications
  • Hardware specifications
    • AC power supply specifications
    • Physical dimensions and weight
    • Environmental considerations
      • Operating environment
  • Cooling system and fans
  • Pinouts and signalling
    • Cable specifications
    • Power cords
• Troubleshooting
  • Diagnosing switch indicators
    • Installation
    • Power and cooling problems
    • In-band access
• Regulatory Statements
  • USA (FCC CFR 47 Part 15 Warning)
  • Industry Canada statement
  • Europe and Australia (CISPR 22 Class A Warning)
  • Germany (Noise Warning)
  • Japan (VCCI)
  • Japan power cord
  • Korea
  • China
  • BSMI statement (Taiwan)
  • Regulatory compliance
• Cautions and Danger Notices
  • Cautions
  • Danger notices
• Index