Brocade Communications Systems 53-1002373-02 manual Port 1 Gbps fiber interface module

1 Router modules

Power supply requirements for BR-MLX-1GCx24-Xinterface modules

Table 16 lists the power supply requirements for each type of router when installing 24-port 1 Gbps Ethernet copper RJ45 interface module (BR-MLX-1GCx24-X).

TABLE 16 Power supply requirements for 24-port 1 Gbps Ethernet copper RJ45 interface module

Router type	Number of 24-port 1	Power supply requirements
	Gbps Ethernet copper
	RJ45 interface
	module installed
MLXe-4	three	one 1200W PSU
		for 1+1 redundancy, install two 1200W PSU
	four	two 1200W PSU
		for 2+2 redundancy, install four 1200W PSU
MLX-4 and	four	one 1200W PSU
Brocade NetIron		for 1+1 redundancy, install two 1200W PSU
XMR 4000
MLXe-8	seven	two 1200W PSU
		for 2+2 redundancy, install four 1200W PSU
	eight	three 1200W PSU
		for 3+1 redundancy, install four 1200W PSU
Brocade NetIron	eight	two 1200W PSU
XMR 8000		for 2+2 redundancy, install eight 1200W PSU
All 16-slot routers	sixteen	four 1200W PSU
		for 4+4 redundancy, install eight 1200W PSU
All 32-slot routers	thirty-two	four 2400W PSU
		for 4+4 redundancy, install eight 2400W PSU

24-port 1 Gbps fiber interface module

The 24-port 1 Gbps fiber interface module is available in the following formats:

•BR-MLX-1GFx24-X

•BR-MLX-1GFx24-X-ML

The 24-port 1 Gbps fiber interface modules has 32 Mb of flash memory and provide 24 physical ports, through which you can connect your router to other network routers. BR-MLX-1GFx24-X-ML supports up to 512K IPv4 routes in hardware. BR-MLX-1GFx24-X supports up to 1M IPv4 routes in hardware. The ML version can be upgraded to a X version through a software license. Please contact Brocade to purchase the license upgrade.

NOTE

When you install BR-MLX-1GFx24-X and BR-MLX-1GFx24-X-ML modules, you must upgrade the software on all interface modules and management modules to the appropriate software release. For more information on the appropriate software release refer to the Hardware Installation Notes that shipped with the modules.

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