22 Brocade MLX Series and NetIron XMR Hardware Installation Guide
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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).
For an up to date list of the 10 Gbps XFP-compliant fiber-optic transceivers that are available from
Brocade, refer to the latest version of the Brocade Optics Family Data Sheet, available online in the
following location:
http://www.brocade.com/downloads/documents/data_sheets/product_data_sheets/optics-famil
y-ds.pdf
For more information about fiber-optic transceivers and associated cabling, refer to “Installing a
fiber-optic transceiver” on page 218.
Power supply requirements for 10Gx4 interface modules
For power supply requirements for the 10Gx4 modules, refer to Chapter 8, “Hardware
Specifications”.
8-port 10 Gbps M and D interface modules
The 8-port, 10 Gbps interface modules (NI-MLX-10Gx8-M and NI-MLX-10Gx8-D) provide eight 10
Gbps ports that support SFP+ optics. These modules contain an internal flash memory of 16 MB
for local storage of CPU images, and 32 MB for local storage of FPGA images. The NI-MLX-10Gx8-M
interface module supports a buffer of 3 GB buffering per module. The NI-MLX-10Gx8-D module
supports 1 GB buffering per module.
NI-MLX-10Gx8-M and NI-MLX-10Gx8-D modules are designed for use with Brocade MLX routers only.
They are not supported for NetIron XMR routers.
When installing NI-MLX-10Gx8-M or NI-MLX-10Gx8-D modules, you must first upgrade the software
on all interface modules and management modules to Multi-Service IronWare software R05.0.00 or
later. For more information, refer to the Hardware Installation Notes that shipped with the modules.
NI-MLX-10Gx8-D interface modules do not support MPLS.
NI-MLX-10Gx8-M or NI-MLX-10Gx8-D modules require high-speed switch fabric modules to operate.
You can replace switch fabric modules with high-speed switch fabric modules while the system is
powered on and running. For more information about high-speed switch fabric modules, see
“High-speed switch fabric modules” on page 33.
For Brocade MLX 16-slot routers, NI-MLX-10Gx8-M and NI-MLX-10Gx8-D modules require the
installation of high-speed fans in addition to high-speed switch fabric modules. For information
about the high-speed fans, see “NIBI-16-FAN-EXH-A high-speed fan assemblies” on page 40.
Figure 16 displays the faceplate of the NI-MLX-10Gx8-M and NI-MLX-10Gx8-D modules. Figure 17
shows the RX and TX orientation for the ports, and identifies which LED goes with which port.
FIGURE 16 NI-MLX-10Gx8-M and NI-MLX-10Gx8-D module faceplate
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