Brocade Communications Systems MLX Series Hardware Installation Guide

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Attaching a management station. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193
Attaching a PC or terminal to the console port or to the Ethernet port
194
Activating the power source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194
Verifying proper operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195
Observing the LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195
Displaying the module status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198
Forced card deletion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
Chapter 4 Using Brocade Structured Cabling Components
Cable cinch overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
mRJ21 procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204
Cable cinch with two mRJ21 cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204
Cable cinch with three mRJ21 cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204
Cable cinch with four mRJ21 cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205
Cable cinch with five mRJ21 cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205
Cable cinch with six mRJ21 cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
Cable cinch with seven mRJ21 cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
Cable cinch with eight mRJ21 cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207
RJ45 procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207
Cable cinch with one group of RJ45 cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
Cable cinch with two groups of RJ45 cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
Cable cinch with three groups of RJ45 cables. . . . . . . . . . . . .209
Cable cinch with four groups of RJ45 cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . .209
Cable cinch with five groups of RJ45 cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210
Cable cinch with six groups of RJ45 cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210
Cable cinch with seven groups of RJ45 cables . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Cable cinch with eight groups of RJ45 cables . . . . . . . . . . . . .212
Chapter 5 Connecting a Router to a Network Device
Assigning permanent passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213
Configuring IP addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214
Support of subnet masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214
Assigning an IP address to a management interface . . . . . . .215
Assigning IP addresses to an interface, virtual interface,
or loopback interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216
Enabling and disabling the interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217
Understanding management port functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217
Connecting the router to a network device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Installing a fiber-optic transceiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218
Cabling a fiber-optic transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218
Cleaning fiber-optic ports and connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219
Troubleshooting network connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219
Testing network connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220
Pinging an IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220
Tracing a route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221

Brocade Communications Systems MLX Series Specifications

General

Brand	Brocade Communications Systems
Model	MLX Series
Category	Network Router
Language	English