Gen-2 4-port 10 gbps ethernet interface modules – Brocade Communications Systems Brocade MLX Series and Brocade Netlron XMR 53-1002373-02 User Manual

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Brocade MLX Series and Brocade NetIron XMR Hardware Installation Guide

53-1002373-02

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:

BR-MLX-10Gx4-X-ML - 4-port interface module for MLX and MLXe devices

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:

Two LEDs per port

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

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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

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