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Chapter PowerConnect B-8000 Introduction 1 In this chapter •PowerConnect B-8000 overview 1 •Port side of the PowerConnect B-8000 3 •Non-port side of the PowerConnect B-8000 4 PowerConnect B-8000 overview The PowerConnect B-8000 is a 24-port 10 GbE line-rate, low latency lossless Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) and an 8-port auto-sensing 1, 2, 4, or 8 Gbps Fibre Channel (FC) switch that delivers the latest Brocade ASIC technology and architecture for Fibre Channel Storage Area Networks (SANs). The fully-configured PowerConnect B-8000 enables the Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) protocol and is a high performance 8 Gbps Fibre Channel switch designed for the needs of enterprise environments that require a high-port footprint for port aggregation and desire the simplified management environment that comes with reducing the total number of domains to manage. The PowerConnect B-8000 is also available as a CEE-only base model switch with no FC capability. The CEE-only switch can later be upgraded to full FCoE configuration with the purchase of an additional license. This version of the switch is available only with Fabric OS v6.3.0. The PowerConnect B-8000 supplies Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS) performance and scalability requirements of an enterprise switch along with the interoperability and ease-of-use advantages found only in the Brocade product family. Platform components and capabilities The PowerConnect B-8000 offers the following features and capabilities: • A system motherboard that features a Freescale MPC8548 Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) CPU running at 1.3 GHz with integrated peripherals, and that provides high performance with low power consumption. • An RJ45 Ethernet management port, in conjunction with EZSwitchSetup, that supports switch IP address discovery and configuration, eliminating the need to attach a serial cable to configure the switch IP address and greatly increasing the ease of use. • A USB port that provides storage for firmware updates, output of the supportSave command and storage for configuration uploads and downloads. • Two hot-swappable, redundant power supply FRUs. • Three hot-swappable fan assembly FRUs in an N+1 configuration to provide hardware-redundant cooling. PowerConnect B-8000 Hardware Reference Manual 1 53-1001788-01

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PowerConnect B-8000 Hardware Reference Manual
1
53-1001788-01
Chapter
1
PowerConnect B-8000 Introduction
In this chapter
•
PowerConnect B-8000 overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1
•
Port side of the PowerConnect B-8000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
•
Non-port side of the PowerConnect B-8000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4
PowerConnect B-8000
overview
The PowerConnect B-8000 is a 24-port 10 GbE line-rate, low latency lossless Converged Enhanced
Ethernet (CEE) and an 8-port auto-sensing 1, 2, 4, or 8 Gbps Fibre Channel (FC) switch that delivers
the latest Brocade ASIC technology and architecture for Fibre Channel Storage Area Networks
(SANs). The fully-configured PowerConnect B-8000 enables the Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
protocol and is a high performance 8 Gbps Fibre Channel switch designed for the needs of
enterprise environments that require a high-port footprint for port aggregation and desire the
simplified management environment that comes with reducing the total number of domains to
manage.
The PowerConnect B-8000 is also available as a CEE-only base model switch with no FC capability.
The CEE-only switch can later be upgraded to full FCoE configuration with the purchase of an
additional license. This version of the switch is available only with Fabric OS v6.3.0.
The PowerConnect B-8000 supplies Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS) performance
and scalability requirements of an enterprise switch along with the interoperability and ease-of-use
advantages found only in the Brocade product family.
Platform components and capabilities
The PowerConnect B-8000 offers the following features and capabilities:
•
A system motherboard that features a Freescale MPC8548 Reduced Instruction Set Computer
(RISC) CPU running at 1.3 GHz with integrated peripherals, and that provides high performance
with low power consumption.
•
An RJ45 Ethernet management port, in conjunction with EZSwitchSetup, that supports switch
IP address discovery and configuration, eliminating the need to attach a serial cable to
configure the switch IP address and greatly increasing the ease of use.
•
A USB port that provides storage for firmware updates, output of the
supportSave
command
and storage for configuration uploads and downloads.
•
Two hot-swappable, redundant power supply FRUs.
•
Three hot-swappable fan assembly FRUs in an N+1 configuration to provide
hardware-redundant cooling.