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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Monitoring Link Status
Brocade# power-off lp 1
To disable power on all interface modules, enter the following command:
Brocade# power-off lp all
In this output example, there is one interface module in slot 2, which is powered off.
Brocade# power-off lp all
Slot 2 is powered off.
rw_power_off_lp: write 00030000 to RW_MBRIDGE_CARD_POWER_OFF_REG
Syntax: power-off lp <slot-number> all
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The slot-number parameter indicates the slot number for which you are disabling the power. You can specify 1 – 4 for 4-slot
routers, 1 – 8 for 8-slot routers, 1 – 16 for 16-slot routers, or 1 – 32 for 32-slot routers.
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The all parameter allows you to power off all interface modules.
To re-enable power to the interface module in slot 1, enter the following command at the Privileged EXEC level of the CLI.
NOTE
There is a 10 second delay between the power-off lp command and the power-on lp command. Wait 10 seconds between
commands.
Brocade# power-on lp 1
To re-enable power on all interface modules, enter the following command.
Brocade# power-on lp all
In this output example, there is one interface module in slot 3 and slot 3 is powered on.
Brocade# power-on lp all
Slot 3 is powering on.
rw_power_on_lp: write 00070004 to RW_MBRIDGE_CARD_POWER_OFF_REG
Syntax: power-on lp [<slot-number>| all]
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The slot-number parameter indicates the slot number for which you are re-enabling the power. You can specify 1 – 4 for 4-slot
routers, 1 – 8 for 8-slot routers, 1 – 16 for 16-slot routers, or 1 – 32 for 32-slot routers.
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The all parameter allows you to power on all interface modules.
Monitoring Link Status
Software and hardware error conditions can bring down fabric links. When all links connecting a traffic manager to a backplane are down,
the traffic manager will drop incoming traffic. If the port is still up, the traffic manager will continue to drop data. NetIron R05.3.00 and later
solve this problem continuously running a software task on the LP that monitors link status. If it detects that if the fabric links between the
traffic manager and the backplane are down, the software shuts down the ports connected to that traffic manager, resulting in no
continuous traffic drop. If all of the following criteria are met, the software brings the ports back up:
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all the links come back up
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at least 30 percent of the total links are in the “up” state
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the port is enabled and there are no additional blocking conditions
Enabling monitoring link status
This feature is included by default in NetIron R05.3.00 and later; no configuration is required to enable it.