Installation guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Preface
- About This Document
- Product Overview
- Introduction
- Product overview
- Software features
- Upgrade applications
- Hardware features
- Brocade NetIron CES Series 2024C-4X
- Brocade NetIron CES Series 2024F-4X
- Brocade NetIron CES Series 2024C
- Brocade NetIron CES Series 2024F
- Brocade NetIron CES Series 2048C
- Brocade NetIron CES Series 2048CX
- Brocade NetIron CES Series 2048F
- Brocade NetIron CES Series 2048FX
- Brocade NetIron CER Series 2024C
- Brocade NetIron CER Series 2024F
- Brocade NetIron CER Series 2048C
- Brocade NetIron CER Series 2048CX
- Brocade NetIron CER Series 2048F
- Brocade NetIron CER Series 2048FX
- Control features
- Network interfaces
- Power supplies
- Cooling system and fans
- Connecting to a Network Device
- Installation
- Device Management Applications Familiarization
- Hardware Specifications
- Hardware Maintenance
- Hardware maintenance schedule
- Power supply replacement
- 10-Gigabit Ethernet module installation or replacement
- Replacing the fan tray
- Copper or Fiber optic module replacement
- Fiber optic connector cleaning
- Regulatory Statements
- Caution and Danger Notices
- Index

resilient six-unit fan tray, and two AC power supply bays for 1+1 redundancy with one 500W AC power
supply included.
FIGURE 32 Brocade NetIron CER Series 2048FX device
1 10 GbE XFP ports
2 Forty eight 100/1000 MbE SFP ports
Control features
The front panel on each device has a combination of the following control features:
• Serial Management Interface (the port labeled Console)
• 10/100/1000 ports with RJ-45 copper connectors
• 100/1000 Hybrid Fiber (HF) ports
• 100/1000 ports with mini-GBIC slots for SFP MSA-compliant fiber transceivers
• Each device that optionally has up to two 10-Gigabit Ethernet uplink ports, supports 10-Gigabit Small
Form Factor Pluggable (XFP) MSA-compliant optical transceivers
• Each device that has four 10-Gigabit Ethernet uplink ports, supports 10-Gigabit Small Form Factor
Pluggable (SFP+) MSA-compliant optical transceivers
Serial Management Interface (console port)
The Serial Management Interface enables you to configure and manage the device using a third-party
terminal emulation application on a directly connected PC. A straight-through EIA/TIA DB-9 serial cable
(M/F) ships with the device. The serial management interface (the port labeled Console) is located in
the front panel.
Port LEDs
The ports on the devices provide status information using the LEDs listed in Table 3 and Table 4 .
LEDs for 10/100/1000 Mbps ports TABLE 3
LED Position State Meaning
10/100/1000 Port LEDs
Lnk/Act Bottom Left On Link is up.
Off Link is down.
Control features
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