Brocade Communications Systems NetIron MLXe Series Hardware Installation Manual page 5

Verifying proper operation................................................................................................................................................................................................................172
Observing the LEDs..................................................................................................................................................................................................................173
Displaying the module status................................................................................................................................................................................................ 178
Forced card deletion..................................................................................................................................................................................................................180
Using Brocade Structured Cabling Components................................................................................................................................................... 183
Cable cinch overview..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................183
mRJ21 procedures............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 184
Cable cinch with two mRJ21 cables.................................................................................................................................................................................. 184
Cable cinch with three mRJ21 cables............................................................................................................................................................................... 184
Cable cinch with four mRJ21 cables................................................................................................................................................................................. 185
Cable cinch with five mRJ21 cables.................................................................................................................................................................................. 185
Cable cinch with six mRJ21 cables.................................................................................................................................................................................... 186
Cable cinch with seven mRJ21 cables..............................................................................................................................................................................186
Cable cinch with eight mRJ21 cables................................................................................................................................................................................187
RJ-45 procedures............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 187
Cable cinch with one group of RJ-45 cables................................................................................................................................................................. 188
Cable cinch with two groups of RJ-45 cables............................................................................................................................................................... 188
Cable cinch with three groups of RJ-45 cables............................................................................................................................................................ 189
Cable cinch with four groups of RJ-45 cables...............................................................................................................................................................189
Cable cinch with five groups of RJ-45 cables................................................................................................................................................................190
Cable cinch with six groups of RJ-45 cables................................................................................................................................................................. 190
Cable cinch with seven groups of RJ-45 cables...........................................................................................................................................................191
Cable cinch with eight groups of RJ-45 cables.............................................................................................................................................................191
Connecting a Router to a Network Device............................................................................................................................................................... 193
Assigning permanent passwords.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 193
Configuring IP addresses................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 194
Support of subnet masks........................................................................................................................................................................................................194
Assigning an IP address to a management interface.................................................................................................................................................. 195
Assigning IP addresses to an interface, virtual interface,or loopback interface................................................................................................ 195
Enabling and disabling the interfaces.................................................................................................................................................................................196
Understanding management port functions............................................................................................................................................................................ 196
Connecting the router to a network device................................................................................................................................................................................197
Installing a fiber-optic transceiver........................................................................................................................................................................................ 197
Cabling a fiber-optic transceiver...........................................................................................................................................................................................198
Tunable 10 GbE DWDM SFP+............................................................................................................................................................................................ 198
Cleaning fiber-optic ports and connectors...................................................................................................................................................................... 198
Troubleshooting network connections............................................................................................................................................................................... 198
Testing network connectivity........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 200
Pinging an IP address...............................................................................................................................................................................................................200
Tracing a route..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................200
Managing Routers and Modules.................................................................................................................................................................................201
Managing the device...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................201
Disabling and re-enabling power to interface modules..............................................................................................................................................201
Monitoring I2C failures on management modules...................................................................................................................................................... 202
Displaying device status and temperature readings.....................................................................................................................................................204
Displaying the Syslog configuration and static and dynamic buffers................................................................................................................... 206
Router Headless State by MP Presence from LP ....................................................................................................................................................... 208
Rolling Reboot..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................209
Line Module Configuration Deletion in Interactive Boot Mode............................................................................................................................... 209
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