Hardware Installation Guide User Manual

2 Brocade TurboIron 24X Series Hardware Installation Guide
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Hardware features
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Figure 1 shows the TurboIron 24X.
FIGURE 1 TurboIron 24X
TurboIron 24X contains the following ports:
• Twenty-four (24) SFP+ 10 Gigabit and Gigabit Ethernet fiber ports
• Four (4) 10/100/1000 Mbps copper ports, supporting 100Base-TX and 1000Base-T RJ-45
connectors
Control features
TurboIron 24X front panel has the following control features:
• Serial management interface-DB-9 connector interface (Console Port)
• 10/100/1000 RJ-45 Management Port
FIGURE 2 Console and management ports
Serial management interface (Console port)
The serial management interface (port labeled Console) enables you to configure and manage the
device using a third-party terminal emulation application on a directly-connected PC,
straight-through EIA or TIA DB-9 serial cable (M/F) is included. The console port is located in the
upper right of the front panel.
Management port
The Management port provides connectivity to your existing management network through
10/100/1000 copper ports that uses auto-sensing and auto-negotiating to determine the speed
(10 Mbps, 100 Mbps, or 1000 Mbps) and mode (full-duplex or half-duplex) of the port at the other
end of the link, and adjusts port speed accordingly. The Management port on the TurboIron 24X
supports RJ-45 copper connectors, auto MDI or MDIX detection, and has an RJ-45 unshielded
twisted pair (UTP) connector.
1 Management Port 2 Console Port
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