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26 Brocade MLX Series and Brocade NetIron XMR Hardware Installation Guide

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Router modules

CFP optics

The 100 GbE interface module is 802.3ba compliant, supports CFP-based optics, and is

backwards-compatible with existing Brocade MLX and Brocade NetIron XMR interface modules.

This interface module requires high-speed fabric modules. 100GbE interface modules will boot in

turbo mode if all modules in the chassis are Gen-2 modules.

You must insert CFP-compliant fiber-optic transceivers in each port you intend to use.

CFP-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 a list of supported 100xGbE CFP-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_DS.p

For more information about fiber-optic transceivers and associated cabling, refer to “Installing a

fiber-optic transceiver” on page 318.

Power supply requirements for 100xGbE modules

Table 6 lists the power supply requirements for each type of router when installing 100xGbE

modules.

TABLE 6 Power supply requirements for 100xGbE modules

Router type Number of 100xGbE

modules installed

Power supply requirements (minimum required-redundancy requirements)

MLXe-4 one one 1200W PSU

for 1+1 redundancy, install two 1200W PSU

one 1800W PSU

for 1+1 redundancy, install two 1800W PSU

two two 1200W PSU

for 2+1 redundancy, install three 1200W PSU

one 1800W PSU

for 1+1 redundancy, install two 1800W PSU

MLX-4 and

Brocade NetIron

XMR 4000

two (1x100GE) one 1200W PSU

for 1+1 redundancy, install two 1200W PSU

MLXe-8 two two 1200W PSU

for 1+1 redundancy, install four 1200W PSU

one 1800W PSU

for 1+1 redundancy, install two 1800W PSU

three or four three 1200W PSU

for 3+1 redundancy, install four 1200W PSU

two 1800W PSU

for 2+2 redundancy, install four 1800Q PSU

Brocade NetIron

XMR 8000

four (1x100GE) two 1200W PSU

for 2+2 redundancy, install four 1200W

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