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Brocade MLX Series and NetIron Family Documentation Updates 81
53-1002805-03
Chapter
4
Documentation Updates for the MLX Series and NetIron
XMR Series Hardware Installation Guide
In this chapter
The updates in this chapter are for the Brocade MLX Series and Brocade NetIron XMR Hardware
Installation Guide, publication number 53-1002424-03, published May 2012.
• “4-slot router”
For determining the number of power supplies required for redundancy, refer to Chapter 7,
“Hardware Specifications”.
• “8-slot router”
Because power is supplied over a common power bus, any power supply installed in addition to the
minimum required provides backup for any supply that fails. For power redundancy, you must
purchase additional power supplies depending on how you populate your router. For determining
the number of power supplies required for redundancy, refer to Chapter 7, “Hardware
Specifications”.
• “16-slot router”
Because power is supplied over a common power bus, any power supply installed in addition to the
minimum required provides backup for any power supply that fails. For power redundancy, you
must purchase additional power supplies depending on how you populate your router. For
determining the number of power supplies required for redundancy, refer to Chapter 7, “Hardware
Specifications”.
• “32-slot router”
Because power is supplied over a common power bus, any power supply installed in addition to the
minimum required provides backup for any power supply that fails. For power redundancy, you
must purchase additional power supplies depending on how you populate your router. For
determining the number of power supplies required for redundancy, refer to Chapter 7, “Hardware
Specifications”.
• ““Brocade MLXe router power consumption values””
TABLE 1 Brocade MLXe router power consumption values
Model @100 VAC @200 VAC @-48VDC
Minimum
number of
1200W
power
supplies
needed
Minimum
number of
1800W
power
supplies
needed
Minimum
number of
2400W
power
supplies
needed
Minimum
number of
3000W
power
supplies
needed
Amps Watts BTU/hr Amps Watts BTU/hr Amps Watts BTU/hr
MAXIMUM PER MLXe (using 8x10G-D, 8x10G-M, 4x10G, 2x10G, 1G modules only)
MLXe-4 17 1730 5905 9 1730 5905 36 1730 5905 2 1
MLXe-8 34 3356 11453 17 3356 11453 70 3356 11453 3 2
MLXe-16 57 5698 19446 28 5698 19446 119 5698 19446 4 3