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mRJ21 procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303
RJ45 procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .307
Chapter 6 Connecting a Router to a Network Device
Assigning permanent passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313
Configuring IP addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Understanding management port functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Connecting the router to a network device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Testing network connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .320
Chapter 7 Managing Routers and Modules
Managing the device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .321
Managing switch fabric modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329
Cable cinch with two mRJ21 cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .304
Cable cinch with three mRJ21 cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .304
Cable cinch with four mRJ21 cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305
Cable cinch with five mRJ21 cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305
Cable cinch with six mRJ21 cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306
Cable cinch with seven mRJ21 cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306
Cable cinch with eight mRJ21 cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .307
Cable cinch with one group of RJ45 cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .307
Cable cinch with two groups of RJ45 cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308
Cable cinch with three groups of RJ45 cables. . . . . . . . . . . . .308
Cable cinch with four groups of RJ45 cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . .309
Cable cinch with five groups of RJ45 cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309
Cable cinch with six groups of RJ45 cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Cable cinch with seven groups of RJ45 cables . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Cable cinch with eight groups of RJ45 cables . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
Support of subnet masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315
Assigning an IP address to a management interface . . . . . . .315
Assigning IP addresses to an interface, virtual interface,
or loopback interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Enabling and disabling the interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Installing a fiber-optic transceiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318
Cabling a fiber-optic transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318
Cleaning fiber-optic ports and connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .319
Troubleshooting network connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .319
Pinging an IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .320
Tracing a route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .320
Enabling and disabling a DC Power Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .321
Disabling and re-enabling power to interface modules. . . . . .321
Monitoring I2C failures on management modules . . . . . . . . .322
Displaying device status and temperature readings . . . . . . . .324
Displaying the Syslog configuration and static and dynamic buffers
327
Forcing HSF modules to operate in normal mode . . . . . . . . . .330
Blocking discovery of G1 switch fabric modules . . . . . . . . . . .330
Brocade MLX Series and Brocade NetIron XMR Hardware Installation Guide
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