Brocade Communications Systems 53-1002373-02 Gen-2 4-port 10 Gbps Ethernet interface modules

1 Router modules

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

Lnk

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2

3

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4

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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.

TABLE 11 BR-MLX-10GX4-X and BR-MLX-10Gx4-X-ML Ethernet module LEDs

LED	Location	State	Meaning
Link	Left of each	On	A link is established with the remote port.
	Ethernet port
		Off	A link is not established with the remote port.
Active	Left of each	On	The port is transmitting and receiving packets.
	Ethernet port
		Off	The port is not transmitting or receiving packets.

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).

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