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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Installing a Brocade MLX-16 router
FIGURE 53 Installing a module in a Brocade MLX-16 router
If you install thirteen or more NI-MLX-1Gx48-T-A modules are installed in your router, you will need a minimum of five power supplies.
You can achieve 5+3 power redundancy by installing an additional three power supplies.
When one or more NI-MLX-1GX48-T-A modules are installed in the Brocade MLX-16 router, you must replace the
NI-X-16-FAN-EXH fan modules with NIBI-16-FAN-EXH-A high speed fan modules. Refer to “Installing NIBI-16-FAN-EXH-A fan
assemblies” on page 74.
If the Brocade MLX-16 is not upgraded to support NIBI-16-FAN-EXH-A modules when NI-MLX-1Gx48-T-A modules are installed,
the following syslog message is displayed:
SYSLOG: Mar 26 14:19:53:<12>R1, 48X1G modules in slots 10,11,13,16 shouldn't be running without high speed
fans.
This message is displayed at bootup, or when the NI-MLX-1Gx48-T-A module is inserted in the router.
When installing NI-MLX-1Gx48-T-A modules, you must upgrade the software on all installed interface modules and management
modules to the appropriate software release. For more information refer to the <Italic>Multi-Service IronWare Software Release 06.0.000
for Brocade MLX Series and Brocade NetIron Family. For more information on upgrading the software, refer to the Multi-Service
IronWare Software Upgrade Guide.
Installing NIBI-16-FAN-EXH-A fan assemblies
NOTE
You can remove and replace fan assemblies and switch fabric modules while the Brocade MLX 16-slot router is powered on and
running.