26 Brocade MLXe Series Hardware Installation Guide
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Router modules
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The front panel includes the following features:
• A power LED located below the part number
• Eight mini-RJ21 connectors, each supporting six 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet ports
The eight mini-RJ21 connectors support six 1 Gbps Ethernet ports each. You can connect a patch
panel with a mini-RJ21 connector to a mini-RJ21 connector on the interface module. The patch
panel provides RJ45 connectors. You can also use a cable with a mini-RJ21 connector on one end
that connects to the mini-RJ21 connector on the interface module. The other end of the cable splits
into six cables with RJ45 connectors on each cable.
The NI-MLX-1Gx48-T-A module ships with two cable cinches. Each cable cinch consists of a plastic
part and a velcro strap. For instructions on using the cable cinches, see Chapter 3, “Using Brocade
Structured Cabling Components”.
Cables and patch panels that support this module are available through any Tyco International
distribution partner. Information about these products is available at the following URL.
www.brocade.com
Before you install NI-MLX-1Gx48-T-A modules, you must first upgrade the software on all interface
modules and management modules to the appropriate software release. For more information refer
to the Hardware Installation Notes that shipped with the modules.
Power supply requirements for NI-MLX-1Gx48-T-A modules
For power supply requirements for NI-MLX-1Gx48-T-A interface modules, refer to Chapter 7,
“Hardware Specifications”.
When one or more NI-MLX-1GX48-T-A modules are installed in an MLX16-slot router, you must
replace the NI-X-16-FAN-EXH modules with NIBI-16-FAN-EXH-A high-speed fan modules. For more
information about high-speed fan modules, see “NIBI-16-FAN-EXH-A high-speed fan assemblies” on
page 37. If the 16-slot router is not upgraded to support NIBI-16-FAN-EXH-A modules before
NI-MLX-1GX48-T-A modules are installed, the following Syslog message is displayed.
SYSLOG: Mar 26 14:19:53:<12>R1, 48X1G modules in slots 10,11,13,16 shouldn't be
running without high speed fans.
The NIBI-16-FAN-EXH-A fan module does not ship with some Brocade MLXe-16 routers. Contact
Brocade to purchase this module.
To display information about NIBI-16-FAN-EXH-A modules installed in a 16-slot router, enter the
show chassis command.
Brocade# show chassis
*** Brocade MLX-16 chassis ***
Power 1 (H1250CFN - AC 1200W): Installed (OK)
Power 2: Installed (Failed or Disconnected)
Power 3: not present
Power 4: Installed (Failed or Disconnected)
Power 5: (H1250CFN - AC 1200W): Installed (OK)
Power 6: (30351200 - AC 1200W): Installed (OK)
Power 7: Installed (Failed or Disconnected)
Power 8: (30351200 - AC 1200W): Installed (OK)
Total power budget for chassis = 4800 W
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