Brocade 5300 Hardware Reference Manual - Manual (Page 7)

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About This Document
In this chapter
• How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
• Supported hardware and software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
• What’s new in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
• Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
• Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
• Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
• Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
• Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
How this document is organized
This document is organized to help you find the information that you want as quickly and easily as
possible.
The document contains the following components:
• Chapter 1, “Brocade 5300 Introduction,” provides an overview of the Brocade 5300 switch, a
feature list, and a look at the appearance of the switch.
• Chapter 2, “Brocade 5300 Installation and Configuration,” provides the information needed to
install the switch into your network.
• Chapter 3, “Brocade 5300 Operation” discusses the day-to-day operational procedures for
using the switch.
• Appendix A, “Brocade 5300 Specifications” provides tables of physical, environmental, and
general specifications, helpful for quick lookup.
• The index points you to the exact pages on which specific information is located.
Supported hardware and software
Although many different software and hardware configurations are tested and supported by
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. for Fabric OS v6.1.0, documenting all possible
configurations and scenarios is beyond the scope of this document.
This document is specific to the Brocade 5300 and Fabric OS v5.3.0. To obtain information about a
Fabric OS version other than v5.3.0, see the documentation specific to that OS version.