BigIron RX Installation Guide v53-1001811-01Chapter 3 Using the Brocade Structured Cabling ComponentsIn this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89Cable Cinch overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89mRJ-21 procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90Cable Cinch with two mRJ-21 cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90Cable Cinch with three mRJ-21 cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91Cable Cinch with four mRJ-21 cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91Cable Cinch with five mRJ-21 cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92Cable Cinch with six mRJ-21 cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92Cable Cinch with seven mRJ-21 cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93Cable Cinch with eight mRJ-21 cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93RJ-45 procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94Cable Cinch with one group of RJ-45 cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94Cable Cinch with two groups of RJ-45 cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94Cable Cinch with three groups of RJ-45 cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95Cable Cinch with four groups of RJ-45 cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95Cable Cinch with five groups of RJ-45 cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96Cable Cinch with six groups of RJ-45 cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96Cable Cinch with seven groups of RJ-45 cables . . . . . . . . . . . . 97Cable Cinch with eight groups of RJ-45 cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97Chapter 4 Connecting a BigIron RX Series Switch to a Network DeviceIn this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Assigning passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Configuring IP addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102Support of sub-net masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102Assigning an IP address to a management interface . . . . . . .102Assigning an IP address to an interface, virtual Interface,or loopback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103Enabling and disabling the interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104Understanding how the management port functions. . . . . . . . . . .105Connecting a BigIron RX Series switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105Installing a fiber optic module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106Cabling a fiber optic module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107Enhanced Digital Optical Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107Cleaning fiber optic modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108Troubleshooting network connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109Testing network connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110Pinging an IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110Tracing a route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110Using virtual cable testing to diagnose a cable . . . . . . . . . . . .111Chapter 5 Managing the BigIron RX Series Chassis and ModulesIn this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
