Brocade MLX Series and Brocade NetIron XMR Hardware Installation Guide
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Understanding management port functions
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Enabling and disabling the interfaces
By default, all router interfaces are disabled. To enable an interface, enter the enable command at
the appropriate interface configuration level of the CLI. For example, to enable the management
interface, enter the enable command at the management interface configuration level of the CLI.
Brocade(config-if-mgmt-1)# enable
Syntax: enable
You can disable each of these interfaces using the disable command at the appropriate interface
configuration level of the CLI. For example, to disable the management port, enter the disable
command at the management interface configuration level of the CLI.
Brocade(config-if-mgmt-1)# disable
Syntax: disable
Understanding management port functions
The management port performs specific functions and is subject to some limitations, as described:
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Because the management port allows you to configure, monitor, and manage routers only, this
port has the same limited functionality as an IP host port.
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You cannot enable and run routing protocols on the management port.
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You cannot configure routes from the management interface.
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The management port uses static IP routes from the interface routing tables.
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If you configure the redistribution of static or directly connected routes for a particular routing
protocol, the protocol redistributes routes associated with the interface module ports, but not
the routes associated with the management port.
To display configuration information and statistics about the management port, enter the show
interface management 1 command at any CLI level.
Connecting the router to a network device
You can connect a router to another Ethernet network device. Brocade MLX Series and Brocade
NetIron XMR routers support connections to other vendors’ devices as well as Brocade network
devices.
The Ethernet interface modules available with Brocade MLX Series and Brocade NetIron XMR
routers are described in
“Interface modules”
on page 22. These include XFP fiber, SFP and SFP+
fiber, and RJ45 copper interfaces. Details regarding the SFP, SFP+, and XFP fiber-optic transceivers
supported for these interface modules are also described.
To connect a router to another network device, you must do the following:
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Install the fiber-optic modules if required.
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Cable the modules with either copper cable or fiber-optic cable as required.
The following sections provide information about module installation and cabling, as well as how to
clean fiber-optic connectors and troubleshoot network connections.
