Installation guide

Brocade ServerIron ADX Installation Guide 7
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ServerIron ADX Chassis device modules
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There are two versions of the ASM.
ASM4 – Available only with the ServerIron ADX 4000 bundle, the ASM4 has 4 of the available 8
Application Processors enabled. It will only work in a ServerIron ADX 4000 chassis and only in
a single ASM configuration. If an additional ASM4 module is installed, only the ASM4 module
installed in the ASM 1 slot will be accepted. If an ASM8 module is installed in a system with an
ASM4 module, the ASM4 will be rejected and the ASM8 module will be accepted by the
system. You can purchase an upgrade license to increase the capability of an ASM4 to that of
an ASM8. The ASM4 license is tied to the ASM module and not to the chassis. Consequently, a
license can be purchased to upgrade the ASM4 to use all eight available Application
Processors with all functionality and performance options enabled. With this license installed,
the ASM module functions and is recognized as an ASM8 module
ASM8 – All 8 Application processors are enabled on an ASM8 module. It can be installed in any
ServerIron ADX chassis configuration in any ASM designated slot.
Management Modules (MM)
Two Management Module options are available for the ServerIron ADX:
• SI-MM – equipped with 4 GB of DRAM and 4 GB of internal USB storage
• SI-MM-2 – equipped with 8GB of DRAM and 16 GB of internal USB storage. This module is only
useful for customers using the multitenancy feature. This module was released with version
12.5.00 code. If you use it with an earlier version of code, it will only be able to use 4 GB of
DRAM and 4 GB of internal USB storage.
Other than these memory upgrades, the Management modules are identical in performance and
operation.
NOTE
When populating a management module slot on the ServerIron ADX 10000 chassis running Release
12.5 and later, you must use the same model of the Management Module as the one in the other
management module slot. On power cycling the chassis, only the module in Slot 1 will become
active, and the module in Slot 2, if different, will be disabled with a warning message.
Figure 9 shows the Management Module (MM) front panel.
FIGURE 9 MM Front Panel
The model-number variable in Figure 9 describes the actual management module:
• SI-MM
• SI-MM-2
ServerIron ADX 4000 systems accommodate one MM. ServerIron ADX 8000 and ServerIron ADX
10000 systems accommodate up to two MMs. Each MM includes the following:
• Dual core management processor
• One dedicated out-of-band management port (10/100/1000 Ethernet)
• One front-accessible USB port