Hardware Installation Guide User Manual

52 Brocade TurboIron 24X Series Hardware Installation Guide

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Device specifications

Mean time between failure

Table 11 lists the Mean Time between Failure (MTBF) for the TurboIron 24X. The MTBF is the

average estimated time, in hours, before a hardware failure may occur.

Pinouts and signalling

This section lists the pinouts for the DB-9 connector and RJ-45 port jacks.

Serial (Console) port pinouts

The Console port is a standard male DB-9 connector, as shown in Figure 26.

FIGURE 26 Serial port pin and signalling details

Most PC serial ports also require a cable with a female DB-9 connector. Terminal connections will

vary, requiring either a DB-9 or DB-25 connector, male or female.

Serial cable options between the TurboIron 24X and a PC or terminal are shown in Figure 27.

TABLE 10 Device power surge and drop protection

Property Protection Mechanism

Power surge MOV and Spark Gap protection

Power drop The PSU will shut down after AC loss >20ms

Maximum power draw 300 watts

TABLE 11 MTBF for the TurboIron 24X

Configuration or Module Temperature MTBF (hours)

TurboIron 24X (40°C) 104°F 114,572

Pin Assignment

DB-9 mal

Pin Number

Switch Signal

1 Reserved

2 TXD (output)

3 RXD (input)

4 Reserved

5 GND

6 Reserved

7 Reserved

8 Reserved

9 Reserved

1 5