Installing A Brocade Mlx Router; Installation Precautions; General Precautions - Brocade Communications Systems MLX Series Installation Manual

Installing a Brocade MLX Router

This chapter describes how to install a Brocade MLX router and its modules in the following
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The illustrations in this chapter display how to correctly insert the modules and routers. For a
complete router module description and slot number identification, refer to
on page 8 of this guide.
NOTE
Illustrations in this chapter may differ slightly from the actual equipment.

Installation precautions

Read the following cautions and danger notices before installing Brocade MLX routers.

General precautions

DANGER
The procedures in this manual are for qualified service personnel.
DANGER
All fiber-optic interfaces use Class 1 Lasers.
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"Installation precautions"
"Installing 2x100GbE interface modules in Brocade MLX routers"
"Installing a Brocade MLX-4 router"
"Installing a Brocade MLX-8 router"
"Installing a Brocade MLX-16 router"
"Installing a Brocade MLX-32 router"
"Installing a Brocade MLX-32 router"
"Attaching a management station"
"Activating the power source"
"Verifying proper operation"
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