The Connect Cables screen shows you the connections you need to make. Most users will find it more convenient to use the Ethernet connection. Direct connection to the switch with a serial cable. Wait for EZSwitchSetup to start, which should happen automatically after it is installed. Installation will take a few minutes after you click OK. Follow the EZSwitchSetup directions for installation. The installer will autostart in about a minute. Write down the IP network values in the space provided. Ensure that you have the items listed below.
#BROCADE SAN SWITCH IP CONFIGURATION INSTALL#
Complete the steps in this guide to install and set up your Brocade switch in a single-switch configuration using.
Powering up and connecting cables to the Quick Links.
It will be a.Also See for Brocade Command reference manual - pages Administrator's manual - pages Hardware installation manual - 85 pages. The upgrade process below is easily ported to the layer 3 firmware update process. If you want to updated them, that is fine. We don't use the layer 3 features for HA so we won't update them. We're only going to update the layer 2 " S " firmware. Note that both switches are running the major version Being that we're interested in High Availability, we are going to be conservative and upgrade to the latest subversion available.īoth switches are 7. To do this, start by logging in to your switch es and check their current firmware version. The router is at Before we start, we need to decide what version of the firmware we want to install. So we enable rapid STP on each switch's customer-facing uplink port instead. This will allow traffic from any VLAN to use the same "uplink" port. However, a stack can be somewhat simulated by tagging a dedicated port with all our VLANs. In this case, I always copy stack unit 1's real MAC address. The example below is what you would use on most servers with an on-board serial port. You can use screen to connect to the switch default values are fine.