Brocade Communications Systems Extension Switch 7800 - 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
• Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
• Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
How this document is organized
This document is organized to help you find the information that you need as quickly and easily as
possible. The document begins with an introduction to the Brocade 7800 and proceeds through
installation and operation procedures.
The document contains the following components:
• Chapter 1, “Introducing the Brocade 7800 Extension Switch” provides a brief overview of the
Brocade 7800 itself.
• Chapter 2, “Installing and configuring the Brocade 7800” describes the installation procedures
for the Brocade 7800.
• Chapter 3, “Operating the Brocade 7800 Extension Switch” provides an overview of Brocade
7800 operation.
• Appendix A, “Product specifications” provides all of the technical specifications for the Brocade
7800.
Supported hardware and software
Although many different software and hardware configurations are tested and supported by
Brocade Communications Systems, documenting all possible configurations and scenarios is
beyond the scope of this document.