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Contents About This Document In this chapter vii How this document is organized vii Supported hardware and software vii What's new in this document viii Document conventions viii Text formatting viii Command syntax conventions viii Notes, cautions, and warnings ix Key terms ix Notice to the reader ix Additional information x Brocade resources x Other industry resources x Getting technical help x Document feedback xi Chapter 1 PowerConnect B-8000 Introduction In this chapter 1 PowerConnect B-8000 overview 1 Platform components and capabilities 1 FCoE and Layer 2 capabilities 2 Fibre Channel capabilities 2 Port side of the PowerConnect B-8000 3 Non-port side of the PowerConnect B-8000 4 Chapter 2 PowerConnect B-8000 Installation and Configuration In this chapter 5 Items included with the PowerConnect B-8000 5 Installation and safety considerations 5 Electrical considerations 6 Environmental considerations 6 Cabinet considerations 6 Recommendations for cable management 7 Items required for installation 7 Standalone installation for a PowerConnect B-8000 7 PowerConnect B-8000 Hardware Reference Manual iii 53-1001788-01

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PowerConnect B-8000 Hardware Reference Manual
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53-1001788-01
Contents
About This Document
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Supported hardware and software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
What’s new in this document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Document conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Text formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .viii
Command syntax conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Notes, cautions, and warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Key terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ix
Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Brocade resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Other industry resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Getting technical help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Chapter 1
PowerConnect B-8000 Introduction
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
PowerConnect B-8000 overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Platform components and capabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
FCoE and Layer 2 capabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Fibre Channel capabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Port side of the PowerConnect B-8000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Non-port side of the PowerConnect B-8000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Chapter 2
PowerConnect B-8000 Installation and Configuration
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Items included with the PowerConnect B-8000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Installation and safety considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Electrical considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Environmental considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Cabinet considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Recommendations for cable management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Items required for installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Standalone installation for a PowerConnect B-8000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7