Brocade FastIron X Series Chassis Hardware Installation Guide
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Hardware features
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The 10-GbE ports have optical interfaces with LC connectors for 10-Gigabit Small Form Factor
Pluggable (XFP) MSA-compliant transceivers. The transceivers support the fiber optic cabling for
LAN PHY listed in
Gigabit Ethernet Ports on the FSX 800 and FSX 1600 8-port management modules
The
FSX 800
and
FSX 1600
8-port management modules come with eight copper and fiber Gigabit
Ethernet ports (four copper and four fiber), through which you can connect your device to other
network devices at a speed of 1 Gigabit per second. These ports are not combo ports and can be
used simultaneously. The following list describes the copper and fiber ports.
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The copper ports have RJ-45 copper interfaces for 1000Base-T, Cat5 copper cabling – The
copper ports support automatic MDI or MDIX detection, and use auto-sensing and
auto-negotiating to determine the speed (10, 100, or 1000 Mbps) and duplex mode
(full-duplex or half-duplex) of the port at the other end of the link, and adjust the port
accordingly. Ports operating at 1000 Mbps operate in the full-duplex mode only and cannot be
modified.
•
The fiber ports have mini-GBIC slots for the types of fiber cabling listed in
NOTE
The Management Module does not support copper mini-GBICs.
NOTE
Some older SFP modules (mini-GBICs for Gigabit Ethernet ports) have latching mechanisms which
are larger than the newer parts. These latches could interfere with one another when inserted side
by side into a module. Avoid using these mini-GBICs side by side in the same module. These older
modules are identified by the number PL-XPL-00-S13-22 or PL-XPL-00-L13-23 above the Serial
Number. All newer mini-GBICs do not have this limitation.
The Gigabit Ethernet fiber ports operate at a fixed speed of 1000 Mbps (they do not support 10
Mbps or 100 Mbps connections), and use auto-negotiation to automatically configure the highest
performance mode of inter-operation with the connected device.
LEDs on the
FSX 800
and
FSX 1600
management modules
The management modules provide status information using the LEDs listed in
.
TABLE 7
FSX 800
and
FSX 1600
management module LEDs
LED
Description and Position
State
Meaning
Pwr
Round LED located to the left of the
console port
On (Green)
The module is receiving power.
Off
The module is not receiving power.
Active
Round LED located to the left of the
console port
On (Green)
The module is the active management
module.
Off
The module is not the active management
module.
10/100/1000 Copper Port LEDs
Lnk
Left-most LED above the port
On
The port is connected.
Off
No port connection exists.
