Brocade MLXe Series Hardware Installation Guide
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Router modules
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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 2x100GbE 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-famil
y-ds.pdf
For more information about fiber-optic transceivers and associated cabling, refer to
Power supply requirements for 2x100GbE modules
For power supply requirements for the 2x100GbE modules, refer to
MLX 24-port 10Gbps (BR-MLX-10Gx24-DM) Interface Modules
shows the front panel of the BR-MLX-10Gx24-DM interface module.
The 24-port, 10 Gbps interface module (BR-MLX-10Gx24-DM) provides twenty four 10 Gbps ports
that support SFP+ optics.
The BR-MLX-10Gx24-DM interface module supports 4.5 GB buffering per module.
BR-MLX-10Gx24-DM
module is an oversubscribed module. The module can support up to 200Gbps
when the system fabric mode is in Turbo mode (i.e. system has only Gen 2 and Gen 3 modules
such as 8x10G, 100G or 24x10G modules). The module can support up to 12 10G wire-speed
ports when the system fabric mode is in Normal mode (i.e. system also has any Gen 1 modules
such as 1G or 4x10G modules).
FIGURE 8
BR-MLX-10Gx24-DM module front panel
The front panel includes the following features:
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Arrow-shaped LEDs in center horizontal strip for all ports. LEDs to the left support the top
ports, LEDs to the right (pointing down) support the bottom ports.
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Twenty four 10G Ethernet ports
describes the LEDs for the BR-MLX-10Gx24-DM interface modules.
