Brocade FastIron Edge X-Series Hardware Installation Guide
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Part Number: 53-1002499-02
Product Overview
Hardware features
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Serial management interface (the port labeled
Console
)
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Reset button
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10/100/1000 ports with RJ-45 copper connectors
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10/100/1000 ports with mini-GBIC slots for SFP MSA-compliant fiber transceivers
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IPv6 (FESX6) devices optionally support two 10-Gigabit Ethernet uplink ports for 10-Gigabit Small Form Factor Pluggable
(XFP) MSA-compliant optical transceivers
Serial Management Interface (Console port)
The serial management interface enables you to configure and manage the device using a third-party terminal emulation application on a
directly connected PC. A straight-through EIA/TIA DB-9 serial cable (M/F) ships with the device. The serial management interface (the
port labeled
Console
) is located in the left corner of the front panel.
Reset button
The reset button allows you to restart the system without switching the power supplies off and on or using the CLI or Web Management
Interface. The button is located to the right of the serial management interface and is recessed to prevent it from being pushed
accidentally.
FastIron X Series network interfaces
The FastIron X Series compact switches support the network interfaces listed in
This section describes the port types in the FastIron X Series compact switches.
10/100/1000 Mbps ports
The 10/100/1000 ports on the FastIron X Series compact switches use auto-sensing and auto-negotiating to determine the speed (10
Mbps, 100 Mbps, or 1000 Mbps) and duplex mode (full-duplex or half-duplex) of the port at the other end of the link and adjust port
speed accordingly. 10/100/1000 ports on the devices support the interfaces listed in the section
The 10/100 and Gigabit Copper ports support auto MDI or MDIX detection. For more information about this feature, refer to
"Configuring MDI or MDIX" in the <Italic>FastIron Configuration Guide.
100/1000 Mbps ports on Hybrid Fiber (HF) models
The 100/1000 ports on the hybrid fiber models (FESX424HF, FESX624HF, and FESX624HFE-PREM6) are configurable to support
the interfaces listed in the section
Support for 100BaseFX
The hybrid fiber models support the following types of SFPs for 100BaseFX:
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Multimode – maximum distance is 2 kilometers
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Bidirectional singlemode – maximum distance is 10 kilometers
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Long Reach (LR) – maximum distance is 40 kilometers
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Intermediate Reach (IR) – maximum distance is 15 kilometers
To enable support for 100BaseFX, you must enter the CLI command
link-config gig fiber 100-base-fx ethernet <portnum>
. For CLI
command details, refer to the section “Enabling and Disabling Support for 100BaseFX” in the <Italic>FastIron Configuration Guide.
