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Brocade MLX Series and Brocade NetIron XMR Hardware Installation Guide
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Router modules
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Gen-2 4-port 10 Gbps Ethernet interface modules
Gen-2 4-port 10 Gbps Ethernet interface modules are available in the following formats:
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BR-MLX-10Gx4-X-ML - 4-port interface module for MLX and MLXe devices
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BR-MLX-10GX4-X - 4-port interface module for XMR and MLXe devices
NOTE
The 10Gx4-X10 GbE module requires a minimum software version of R0.51.00. Please upgrade all
software on the system to a minimum of R05.1.00 before installing your 10Gx4-X module.
Figure 18
shows the front panel of 4-port 10 Gbps Ethernet interface modules.
FIGURE 18
BR-MLX-10Gx4-X and BR-MLX-10Gx4-X-ML interface module front panel
The front panel of the BR-MLX-10GX4-X and BR-MLX-10Gx4-X-ML modules includes the following
features:
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Two LEDs per port
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Four 10 Gbps Ethernet XFP optics ports
BR-MLX-10GX4-X and BR-MLX-10Gx4-X-ML interface module LEDs
The BR-MLX-10GX4-X and BR-MLX-10Gx4-X-ML interface module LEDs indicate the status of each
port, as described in
Table 11
.
BR-MLX-10GX4-X and BR-MLX-10Gx4-X-ML interface module Ethernet ports
The BR-MLX-10GX4-X interface module has four physical ports that allow you to connect your router
to other network routers at a speed of 10 Gbps. BR-MLX-10Gx4-X-ML supports up to 512K IPv4
routes in hardware. BR-MLX-10Gx4-X supports up to 1M IPv4 routes. BR-MLX-10Gx4-X-ML can be
upgraded to an X version through a software license. Please contact Brocade to purchase the
license upgrade.
You must insert XFP-compliant fiber-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 fiber that can be used with either the LAN physical layer (PHY) or WAN
physical layer (WAN PHY).
TABLE 11
BR-MLX-10GX4-X and BR-MLX-10Gx4-X-ML Ethernet module LEDs
LED
Location
State
Meaning
Link
Left of each
Ethernet port
On
A link is established with the remote port.
Off
A link is not established with the remote port.
Active
Left of each
Ethernet port
On
The port is transmitting and receiving packets.
Off
The port is not transmitting or receiving packets.
Lnk
Active
Lnk
Active
Lnk
Active
Lnk
Active
1
2
3
4