Installation guide

12 Brocade NetIron CES 2000 and NetIron CER 2000 Hardware Installation Guide
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Hardware features
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NetIron CES 2000 Series and NetIron CER 2000 Series network interfaces
This section describes the port types in the NetIron CES 2000 Series and NetIron CER 2000 Series.
10/100/1000 Mbps ports
The 10/100/1000 ports on the NetIron CES 2000 Series and NetIron CER 2000 Series use
auto-sensing and auto-negotiating to determine the speed (10 Mbps, 100 Mbps, or 1000 Mbps)
and duplex mode (full-duplex or half-duplex) of the port at the other end of the link and adjust port
speed accordingly.
Combination ports
On devices with combination (combo) ports, one port out of each pair of copper and fiber ports can
be active at a time. Combo ports are numbered 1-4. For example, you can use either copper port 2
or fiber port 2, but not both at the same time. You can use a combination of fiber and copper ports
or all copper or all fiber ports, as needed.
If you attach both the copper and fiber connectors for a port to the network, the fiber connectors
take precedence over the copper connectors. These ports support true media automatic detection,
meaning the device selects the fiber or copper connector based on link availability. If a fiber link
cannot be established, the device selects the copper media.
10-Gbps ports
The NetIron CES 2048CX, NetIron CES 2048FX, NetIron CER 2048CX, and the NetIron CER 2048FX
come with two 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports installed. A 24-port NetIron CES or NetIron CER has a slot
to accommodate a 2-port 10-Gigabit Ethernet module. If your 24-port device does not include a
10-GbE module, you can optionally install one. Refer to “10-Gigabit Ethernet module installation or
replacement” on page 68.
The 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports use 10-Gigabit Small Form Factor Pluggable (XFP) MSA-compliant
transceivers.
Supported optics
100/1000 Ethernet Ports
This Ethernet Interface module contains 24 or 48 physical ports, through which you can connect
your NetIron CES 2000 Series or NetIron CER 2000 Series device to other network devices at a
speed of 100 Mbps or 1 Gbps.
Into a physical port, you must insert a fiber-optic transceiver provided by Brocade. The
SFP-compliant fiber-optic modules provide an optical transceiver or physical medium-dependent
(PMD) interface for fiber that can be used with the LAN physical layer (PHY)
The following 100 Mbps and 1 GbE optical transceivers are available from Brocade:
TABLE 4 SFP-compliant transceivers for the 100/1000 Ethernet interface module
Part number Description
E1MG-TX SFP Copper, RJ-45 connector
E1MG-SX 1000Base-SX SFP optic, multi-mode fiber, LC connector
E1MTG-SX 1000Base-SX SFP optic, multi-mode fiber, MTRJ connector
E1MG-SX2-1310 1310 1000Base-SX SFP optic multi-mode fiber, LC connector and support for distances
up to 2km