Installation Guide

20 Brocade MLX Series and Brocade NetIron XMR Installation Guide
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Router modules
Power supply requirements for Gen-1 2-port or 4-port 10 Gbps Ethernet interface modules
For power supply requirements for Gen-1, 2-port or 4-port 10 Gbps Ethernet interface modules, refer to <Link>“Hardware Specifications”.
Gen-1.1 4-port 10 Gbps Ethernet interface modules
Gen-1.1 4-port 10 Gbps Ethernet interface modules are available in the following formats:
• BR-MLX-10Gx4-X-ML - 4-port interface module for MLX, MLXe, and XMR devices
• BR-MLX-10Gx4-X - 4-port interface module for MLX, MLXe, and XMR devices licensed for 1 million routes
NOTE
The 10Gx4-X10 GbE module requires a minimum software version of R05.1.00. Please upgrade all software on the system to a
minimum of R05.1.00 before installing your 10Gx4-X module.
<Link>Figure 15 shows the front panel of 4-port 10 Gbps Ethernet interface modules.
FIGURE 15 BR-MLX-10Gx4-X and BR-MLX-10Gx4-X-ML interface module front panel
The front panel of the BR-MLX-10GX4-X and BR-MLX-10Gx4-X-ML modules includes the following features:
• Two LEDs per port
• Four 10 Gbps Ethernet XFP optics ports
BR-MLX-10GX4-X and BR-MLX-10Gx4-X-ML interface module LEDs
The BR-MLX-10GX4-X and BR-MLX-10Gx4-X-ML interface module LEDs indicate the status of each port, as described in
<Link>Table 8.
BR-MLX-10GX4-X and BR-MLX-10Gx4-X-ML interface module Ethernet ports
The BR-MLX-10GX4-X interface module has four physical ports that allow you to connect your router to other network routers at a speed
of 10 Gbps. BR-MLX-10Gx4-X-ML supports up to 512K IPv4 routes in hardware. BR-MLX-10Gx4-X supports up to 1M IPv4 routes.
BR-MLX-10Gx4-X-ML can be upgraded to an X version through a software license. Please contact Brocade to purchase the license
upgrade.
You must insert XFP-compliant fiber-optic transceivers in each port you intend to use. XFP-compliant transceivers provide an optical or
physical medium-dependent (PMD) interface for single- or multi-mode fiber that can be used with either the LAN physical layer (PHY) or
WAN physical layer (WAN PHY).
TABLE 8 BR-MLX-10GX4-X and BR-MLX-10Gx4-X-ML interface module LEDs
LED Location State Meaning
Link Left of each
Ethernet port
On A link is established with the remote port.
Off A link is not established with the remote port.
Active Left of each
Ethernet port
On The port is transmitting and receiving packets.
Off The port is not transmitting or receiving packets.