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 cooling system
Changing the temperature polling interval
By default, the router reads the temperature sensor on each module every 60 seconds. To change the polling interval, enter the
temp-poll-period command at the global CONFIG level of the CLI.
Brocade(config)# temp-poll-period 120
Syntax: temp-poll-period <seconds>
For the seconds parameter, you can specify a value from 30 – 120.
NOTE
Adjusting temperature polling interval out of the default setting can negatively affect the efficient cooling of blades and may cause
a blade to overheat and shutdown.
Manually setting the fan speed
Typically, the management module, in conjunction with default settings of low and high temperature thresholds, determines the speed of
the two four-speed fans. (For information about changing the low and high temperature thresholds, refer to “Changing temperature
thresholds for modules and fan speeds” on page 224.) You can manually set the fan speed using the set-fan-speed command in the
Global CONFIG level of the CLI.
NOTE
Auto control of fan speed is not monitored when cards are in interactive mode. Set fan speed to high to prevent over-temp
condition.
NOTE
Setting a value other than auto or high disables auto fan control and will negatively affect the efficient cooling of blades and may
cause a blade to overheat and shutdown.
For example, to set the speed of fan 0 to medium-high, enter the following command.
LP2 Sensor 4 reading THERMAL_SENSOR_TEST_RULE_LP_2 fan-threshold lp2
LP2 Sensor 5 reading THERMAL_SENSOR_TEST_RULE_LP_XPP
2
N/A (Must not be changed)
LP2 Sensor 6 reading UNUSED UNUSED
LP2 Sensor 7 reading UNUSED UNUSED
LP2 Sensor 8 reading UNUSED UNUSED
LP2 Sensor 9 reading UNUSED UNUSED
LP2 Sensor 10 reading UNUSED UNUSED
LP2 Sensor 11 reading UNUSED UNUSED
LP2 Sensor 12 reading UNUSED UNUSED
1. The four sensors may be displayed in the show chassis command output as Sensor1, Sensor2, Sensor4, and
Sensor5. In that case, Sensor4 and Sensor 5 refer to the LP and LP XPP sensors on the second traffic manager,
TM 1.
2. The four sensors may be displayed in the show chassis command output as Sensor1, Sensor2, Sensor4, and
Sensor5. In that case, Sensor4 and Sensor 5 refer to the LP and LP XPP sensors on the second traffic manager,
TM 1.
TABLE 40 Associations between show chassis, show fan threshold, and fan-threshold commands (Continued)
show chassis command output
(sensors)
show fan-threshold command output
(thermal block)
fan-threshold command
configuration