Items included with the EPS4000................................................................. 39
General requirements................................................................................... 39
Summary of installation tasks....................................................................... 39
Installation precautions................................................................................. 40
General precautions..........................................................................40
Lifting precautions.............................................................................40
Power precautions............................................................................ 41
Preparing the installation site........................................................................41
Rack-mount installation considerations.............................................41
Installing the device.......................................................................................42
Desktop installation...........................................................................42
Mounting an external power supply in a rack (2-post)...................... 43
Installing an RPS17 Power Supply Unit (PSU)............................................. 45
Uninstalling an RPS17 Power Supply Unit (PSU).........................................46
Connecting the EPS4000 cord......................................................................46
Powering on the system................................................................................49
Connecting devices to the external power supply.............................49
Verifying proper operation.............................................................................49
EPS4000 External Power Supply Technical Specifications..........................50
Configuring the Device.......................................................................................................... 53
Configuration tasks....................................................................................... 53
PC or terminal attachment............................................................................ 54
Password assignment...................................................................................54
Assigning passwords........................................................................ 55
Recovering from a lost password......................................................56
IP address configuration............................................................................... 56
Devices running Layer 2 software.....................................................56
Devices running Layer 3 software.....................................................57
Connecting network devices......................................................................... 60
Connectors........................................................................................60
Cable specifications.......................................................................... 60
Connecting to Ethernet or Fast Ethernet hubs..................................60
Connecting to workstations, servers, or routers................................61
Connecting a network device to a fiber port......................................62
Troubleshooting network connections.......................................................... 62
Digital optical monitoring...................................................................62
Testing connectivity.......................................................................................63
Pinging an IP address.......................................................................63
Observing LEDs................................................................................63
Tracing a route..................................................................................64
Managing an ICX 7250 Device.............................................................................................. 65
Managing temperature settings.................................................................... 65
Displaying the temperature............................................................... 65
Displaying syslog messages for temperature................................... 66
Temperature threshold levels............................................................66
Changing the temperature warning level ......................................... 67
Temperature shutdown levels...........................................................67
Changing the temperature poll time..................................................67
Displaying CPU usage.................................................................................. 68
Removing MAC address entries................................................................... 68
Hardware maintenance schedule.......................................................................................... 69
Copper or fiber-optic module replacement....................................................69
4Brocade ICX 7250 Switch Hardware Installation Guide
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