Brocade Communications Systems S3-1002483-03 manual Installing a new management module, 101

Understanding how the management port functions. . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Connecting a BigIron RX Series switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 4-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 16-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Installing a fiber optic module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Cabling a fiber optic module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Enhanced Digital Optical Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Cleaning fiber optic modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Troubleshooting network connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Testing network connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Pinging an IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Tracing a route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Using virtual cable testing to diagnose a cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Chapter 4	Managing the BigIron RX Series Chassis and Modules
	Managing the BigIron RX Series chassis	79
	Displaying chassis status and temperature readings	79
	Displaying the Syslog configuration and static and
	dynamic buffers	81

Managing the cooling system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Configuring the cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Manually setting the fan speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Monitoring the cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Managing the interface modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Configuring interface module boot parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Synchronizing the interface module’s IronWare images between management and interface modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Specifying an immediate boot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Changing priority of chassis slots for interface modules . . . . . 95 Disabling and reenabling power to the interface modules . . . . 95 Disabling and reenabling power to the switch

fabric modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Enabling and disabling management module CPU

usage calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Displaying management module CPU usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Removing MAC address entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Chapter 5	Maintaining a BigIron RX Series Switch
	Replacing a management module	. 99
	Removing a management module	100
	Installing a new management module	101

Monitoring the status of an I2C failure

on a management module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 Modification to show chassis command outputs . . . . . . . . . .104

Replacing an interface module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104 Removing an interface module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 Installing a new interface module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

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