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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Router modules
10/100/1000 Ethernet port
Management modules also contain a 10BaseT, 100BaseTX, or 1000BaseTX auto-sensing, auto-negotiating Ethernet port. This port
has an RJ45 unshielded twisted pair (UTP) connector.
Typical uses of this port include, but are not limited to, the following:
•
Connecting a PC to configure, monitor, and manage the system through a Telnet or SSHv2 connection.
•
Connecting to the 10BaseT, 100BaseTX, or 1000BaseTX port for connectivity to your existing management network. You can
then access the router and configure, monitor, and manage the system from a management station.
NOTE
The existing management network into which you can connect the 10/100/1000 Ethernet port must be separate and isolated
from the network over which user packets are switched and routed. For information about the functionality of the management
port, refer to “Understanding management port functions” on page 208.
For information about connecting a PC to the 10/100/1000 Ethernet port, refer to “Attaching a management station” on page 120.
The out-of-band management port provides access to a separate system management network, and allows you to do the following tasks:
•
Access the router through Telnet, the Web management interface, or the Brocade Network Advisor software.
•
Access a TFTP server to perform system upgrade tasks.
•
Provides SNMP polling access, as well as sending SNMP traps.
•
Send Syslog packets.
•
Access the system through RADIUS AAA.
Management module LEDs
The LEDs on all management module models are the same. Table 3 describes the LEDs on the management module.
TABLE 3 Management module LEDs
LED Position State Meaning
Port 1
and
Port 2
Each adjacent to
the auxiliary flash
slot that it
represents
On or blinking The software is currently accessing the auxiliary flash
card.
Off The software is not currently accessing a auxiliary
flash card, although there is one inserted in the slot.
Active Lower Left On The module is functioning as the active management
module.
Off The module is functioning as the redundant
management module.
Pwr Upper Left On The module is receiving power.
Off The module is not receiving power.
10/100/1000
Ethernet Port
Above and right of
RJ45 connector
On (Green) A link is established with the remote port.
Off No link is established with the remote port.
10/100/1000
Ethernet Port
Above and left of
RJ45 connector
On or blinking
(Yellow)
The port is transmitting and receiving packets.
Off for an
extended period
The port is not transmitting or receiving packets.