106 Brocade MLXe Series Hardware Installation Guide
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Installing a Brocade MLXe-32 router
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• A large flat-head screwdriver.
• An ESD wrist strap with a plug for connection to the ESD connector on the router.
For safety reasons, the ESD wrist strap should contain a 1 megohm series resistor.
All empty module slots must have slot blanks installed. Operating the router without slot blanks
may cause the router to overheat.
If you are hot-swapping a module, allow a minimum of two seconds after a module (or power
supply or fan tray) has been removed before inserting a module in the same slot.
Follow these steps to install a module in the Brocade MLXe router.
1. If you are installing a module into a slot which may have been configured for a different module
type, first remove the old configuration information by following these steps:
a. Use the show running-config command in config mode to determine the current
configuration of the slot.
Brocade(config)# show running-config
Current configuration:
!
ver V5.0.0T163
module 1 ni-mlx-20-port-1g-copper
!
This example shows that slot 1 has already been configured for a 20-port 1 Gbps copper
interface module.
b. Enter the no module slot module command to remove the configuration from slot 1. Use
the slot and module information shown as a result of the show running-config command.
Brocade(config)# no module 1 ni-mlx-20-port-1g-copper
The command removes the configuration from slot 1, leaving it ready for a new module.
2. Put on the ESD wrist strap and ground yourself by inserting the plug into the ESD connector on
the chassis.
3. Remove the module from the packaging.
4. Insert the module into the slot, and slide it along the card guide until the ejectors on either side
of the module rotate towards the module faceplate. Refer to Figure 76.
When inserting the module into the router, make sure that the faceplate doesn’t overlap the
faceplate of an adjacent module.
5. Rotate the ejectors until they are flush with the module faceplate. This action will fully seat the
module in the backplane.
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