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
NOTE
NI-MLX-10Gx8-D modules do not support Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS).
If you try to configure MPLS on a device that has NI MLX 8x10G -D modules installed, you will see the following error message.
Brocade(config)# router mpls
The command can't be used when system contains -d class modules.
If you install an NI-MLX-10Gx8-D module in a device that is running MPLS, the NI-MLX-10Gx8-D module boots in INTERACTIVE
mode, and the following error message is displayed.
Brocade#
Module is inserted into slot 7
SYSLOG: May 28 16:22:35:<13>May 28 16:22:35 System: Module was inserted to slot 7
Module 7 is -d class, it can't work when router mpls is enabled.
Reset slot 7
SYSLOG: May 28 16:22:48 :<13>May 28 16:22:48 Module 7 is reset by mgmt (reason: boot to interactive mode)
Power supply requirements for NI-MLX-10Gx8-M and NI-MLX-10Gx8-D modules
For power supply requirements for NI-MLX-10Gx8-M and NI-MLX-10Gx8-D modules, refer to “Hardware Specifications”.
24-port 1 Gbps Ethernet copper RJ45 interface module
The 24-port 1 Gbps Ethernet copper interface module is available in the following formats:
•
BR-MLX-1GCx24-X-ML
•
BR-MLX-1GCx24-X
This module has 32 Mb of flash memory and contains 24 RJ45 physical ports, through which you can connect your router to other
network routers. BR-MLX-1GCx24-X-ML support s up to 512K IPv4 routes in hardware and BR-MLX-1GCx24-X version supports up
to 1M IPv4 routes in hardware. BR-MLX-1GCx24-X-ML does not include a software license, but can be upgraded to an X version
through a software license. Please contact Brocade to purchase the license upgrade.
NOTE
When you install BR-MLX-1GCx24-X modules, you must upgrade the software on all interface modules and management
modules to the appropriate software release. For more information on the appropriate software release refer to the Hardware
Installation Notes that shipped with the modules.
NOTE
When you are replacing older modules with 24x1G modules, you must first delete the software configuration for the older module.
If you do not delete the old configuration, a configuration mismatch will occur when you install the new module. This mismatch
will be displayed in the results of the show config command.
NOTE
The SNMP Management Information Base (MIB) uses the Interface Index (ifIndex) to assign a unique value to each port on a
module or slot. The number of indexes that can be assigned per module is 20, 40, or 64, depending on the number of ports on
the module. When installing 24-port copper or fiber interface modules, you must change the ifIndex allocation to 64 before you
install the module, or the module will not operate properly.
Figure 18 shows the front panel of the BR-MLX-1GCx24-X interface module.