You must insert XFP-compliant ber-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 ber 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 ber-optic transceivers that are available from Brocade, refer to the latest version of
the Brocade Optics Family Data Sheet.
For more information about ber-optic transceivers and associated cabling, refer to Installing a ber-optic transceiver on page 197.
Power supply requirements for 10Gx4 interface modules
For power supply requirements for the 10Gx4 modules, refer to Hardware specications for Brocade MLXe Series routers on page 271.
8-port 10 Gbps M and D interface modules
For Brocade MLXe Series routers, 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
ash 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 buer of 3 GB buering per module.
The NI-MLX-10Gx8-D module supports 1 GB buering per module.
NOTE
When installing NI-MLX-10Gx8-M or NI-MLX-10Gx8-D modules, you must rst 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.
NOTE
NI-MLX-10Gx8-D interface modules do not support MPLS.
NOTE
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, refer to High-speed switch fabric modules on page 78.
FIGURE 11 NI-MLX-10Gx8-M and NI-MLX-10Gx8-D module faceplate
Router modules
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