Brocade Mlx-32 Cable Management - Brocade Communications Systems MLX Series Installation Manual

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Installing a Brocade MLX-32 router
FIGURE 73 Installing a module in a Brocade MLX-32 router
Power supply requirements for NI-MLX-1Gx48-T-A modules
You can install up to 20 NI-MLX-1Gx48-T-A modules and populate the remaining slots with other modules using four 2400W power
supplies. You can achieve 4+4 power redundancy by installing four additional power supplies.
If you install 21 or more NI-MLX-1Gx48-T-A modules in a Brocade MLX-32 router, you will need a minimum of five power supplies. You
can achieve 5+3 power redundancy by installing three additional power supplies.

Brocade MLX-32 cable management

Brocade MLX-32 cable management is designed to allow access to the power supplies at the bottom of the router, and to keep the air
inlet clear in the center of the router (this is essential for proper cooling). Cable management hardware at the top, bottom and sides of the
router helps you route the cables in the proper directions.
In general, cables from the outer interface modules are routed horizontally away from the router. Cables from the remaining modules in
the upper half of the router are routed up, then outwards along the channels.
Cables for modules in the lower half of the router follow a similar path downwards, above the power supplies. Figure 74 shows the cable
routing, with the upper and lower cable management system covers removed for clarity. The following sections describe cable routing for
each quadrant of the router.
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