Installation Guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- About this Document
- Product Overview
- Installing a Brocade MLX Router
- Installation precautions
- Installing 2x100GbE interface modules in Brocade MLX routers
- Installing a Brocade MLX-4 router
- Installing a Brocade MLX-8 router
- Installing a Brocade MLX-16 router
- Installing a Brocade MLX-32 router
- Installing a Brocade MLX-32 router
- Preparing the installation site
- Brocade MLX-32 router shipping carton contents
- Unpacking your Brocade MLX-32 router
- Installing a Brocade MLX-32 router in a rack
- Installing Brocade MLX-32 router modules
- Brocade MLX-32 cable management
- Accessing modules for service
- Installing power supplies in a Brocade MLX-32 router
- Connecting AC power
- Connecting DC power
- Removing Brocade MLX-32 router DC power supplies
- Final steps
- Attaching a management station
- Activating the power source
- Verifying proper operation
- Installing a NetIron XMR Router
- Installation precautions
- Installing 2x100GbE interface modules in NetIron XMR routers
- Installing a NetIron XMR 4000 router
- Installing a NetIron XMR 8000 router
- Installing a NetIron XMR 16000 router
- Installing a NetIron XMR 32000 router
- Preparing the installation site
- Unpacking a NetIron XMR 32000 router
- Installing a NetIron XMR 32000 router in a rack
- Installing NetIron XMR 32000 modules
- NetIron XMR 32000 cable management
- Accessing modules for service
- Installing NetIron XMR 32000 router power supplies
- Removing NetIron XMR 32000 router DC power supplies
- Final steps
- Attaching a management station
- Activating the power source
- Verifying proper operation
- Using Brocade Structured Cabling Components
- Cable cinch overview
- mRJ21 procedures
- RJ45 procedures
- Cable cinch with one group of RJ45 cables
- Cable cinch with two groups of RJ45 cables
- Cable cinch with three groups of RJ45 cables
- Cable cinch with four groups of RJ45 cables
- Cable cinch with five groups of RJ45 cables
- Cable cinch with six groups of RJ45 cables
- Cable cinch with seven groups of RJ45 cables
- Cable cinch with eight groups of RJ45 cables
- Connecting a Router to a Network Device
- Managing Routers and Modules
- Managing the device
- Enabling and disabling a DC Power Source
- Disabling and re-enabling power to interface modules
- Monitoring I2C failures on management modules
- Displaying device status and temperature readings
- Displaying the Syslog configuration and static and dynamic buffers
- MP Presence from LP Detection (Headless Router Operation)
- Rolling Reboot
- Line Module Configuration Deletion in Interactive Boot Mode
- Managing switch fabric modules
- Managing the cooling system
- Managing interface modules
- Monitoring Link Status
- Using alarms to collect and monitor device status
- Displaying MR2 management module memory usage
- Enabling and disabling management module CPU usage calculations
- Displaying management module CPU usage
- Removing MAC address entries
- Simplified Upgrade
- Managing the device
- Maintenance and Field Replacement
- Hardware Specifications
- Regulatory Statements
- Caution and Danger Notices
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Managing the device
The threshold time is set in the chassis when you enter the command dm mp-presence-threshold-time. This command displays a
warning message in the LP console before LP is reset after finding the Active MP.
The allowed threshold time is 0 to 35 seconds only. The maximum limit of 35 seconds is maintained because the LP is reset on the MP
absence in 35 seconds. The input value 0 clears mp-presence-threshold-time.
Commands for setting mp-presence-threshold time are shown in the following table.
The below warning message is displayed when the threshold time is reached.
mp_presence_threshold_log: LP will go for a reset in another xx seconds.
Rolling Reboot
The Rolling Reboot feature provides a solution for continuously rebooting the line card when a system failure occurs from causes
including BIST failure, ECC errors, module init failure, and hardware failure during system initialization. When there is failure, the system
automatically reboots in an infinite loop until the failure is resolved. Repetitious reboot cycles consume CPU resources, power, and result
in unwanted IPC traffic to the MP.
When the system detects the continuous reboot of a line card, that line card is placed into interactive or down state mode after ten (10)
consecutive reboot cycles, and a failure message is sent to the MP.
FPGA Image Mismatch
A version mismatch between FPGA applications and hardware results in system failure and continuous reboot on every module
initialization failure. The Rolling Reboot feature places the line card into the interactive or down state mode on detection of an FPGA
version mismatch.
This feature will detect the incompatibility between application FPGA version and Hardware FPGA version and put the card into down
state if there is mismatch.
TABLE 36 Operations for LP and Port LED Status
Operation LP Status Port LED Status
1 Power off the LP.
2 Remove and insert the Active
MP.
Reboot
ON: Active MP presence/absence
ON - OFF - ON: Insertion of Active
MP
1 Place the LP in interactive
mode.
2 Remove and insert the Active
MP.
Reboot
1 Disable all LP ports
administratively.
2 Remove and insert the Active
MP.
Reboot
TABLE 37 Operations for Setting mp-presence-threshold Time
Operation Result
LP-1#dm mp-presence-threshold-time 10
MP Presence threshold time is set to 10 seconds.
LP-1#dm mp-presence-threshold-time 0
MP Presence threshold time is cleared.