Brocade Communications Systems NetIron CES Series Installation instructions

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Brocade NetIron CES and
Brocade NetIron CER
Devices
Hardware Guide
Supported Release: Multi-Service IronWare R05.5.00

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Title Publication number Summary of changes Date
Brocade NetIron CESand Brocade
NetIron CER Hardware Guide
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updated with enhancements
in Release 05.5.00
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Brocade NetIron CESand Brocade
NetIron CER Hardware Guide
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updated with enhancements
in Release 05.5.00c
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Brocade NetIron CESand Brocade
NetIron CER Hardware Guide
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updated with enhancements
in Release 05.5.00c
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Contents
About This Document
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Supported hardware and software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Supported software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Document conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Text formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Notes, cautions, and danger notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ix
Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Related publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Getting technical help or reporting errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Chapter 1 Product Overview
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Product overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Software features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Upgrade applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Hardware features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Brocade NetIron CES 2024C-4X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Brocade NetIron CES 2024F-4X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Brocade NetIron CES 2024C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Brocade NetIron CES 2024F . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Brocade NetIron CES 2048C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Brocade NetIron CES 2048CX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Brocade NetIron CES 2048F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Brocade NetIron CES 2048FX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Brocade NetIron CER 2024C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Brocade NetIron CER 2024F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Brocade NetIron CER 2048C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Brocade NetIron CER 2048CX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Brocade NetIron CER 2048F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Brocade NetIron CER 2048FX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Control features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Network interfaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Power supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Cooling system and fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

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Chapter 2 Connecting to a Network Device
Password assignment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
IP address configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Support of sub-net masks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Assigning an IP address to a management interface . . . . . . . .23
Assigning an IP address to an interface, virtual
interface, or loopback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Enabling and disabling the interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Management port function overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Device connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Chapter 3 Installation
System unpacking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Package contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
General requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Summary of installation tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Installation precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Lifting precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Power precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Installation site preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Cabling infrastructure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Installation location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Redundant power supply installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Installing an AC power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Installing a DC power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Device installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Installing the device on a desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Installing the device in a rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
System power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Powering on the system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Operation verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Verifying proper operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Observing the power status LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
PC or terminal attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Attaching a PC or terminal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Chapter 4 Device Management Applications Familiarization
Management application overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
CLI Functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Online help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Command completion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Scroll control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Line editing commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Searching and filtering output from CLI commands . . . . . . . . . 51

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Chapter 5 Hardware Maintenance
Hardware maintenance schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Power supply replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Installation precautions and warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Determining which power supply failed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
AC power supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Power supplies for the devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Verifying proper operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
10-Gigabit Ethernet module installation or replacement. . . . . . . . .68
Removing a 2 x10-Gigabit Ethernet module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Installing a 2 x10-Gigabit Ethernet Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Replacing the fan tray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Fiber optic module replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Removing a fiber optic module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Installing a new fiber optic module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Cabling a fiber optic module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Fiber optic connector cleaning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Appendix A Regulatory Statements
U.S.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Industry Canada statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Europe and Australia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Germany. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Power cords (Japan Denan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Korea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Taiwan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Appendix B Caution and Danger Notices
Cautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Danger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Appendix C Hardware Specifications
Hardware specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Power specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Physical dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Operating environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Storage environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Safety agency approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Electromagnetic approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

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Port specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Console port pin assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Management port pin assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
Power cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

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About This Document
In this chapter
•Audience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
•Supported hardware and software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
•Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
•Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
•Related publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
•Getting technical help or reporting errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Audience
This document is designed for system administrators with a working knowledge of Layer 2 and
Layer 3 switching and routing.
If you are using a Brocade device, you should be familiar with the following protocols if applicable to
your network – IP, RIP, OSPF, BGP, ISIS, IGMP, PIM, MPLS, and VRRP.

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Supported hardware and software
The following hardware platforms are supported by this release of this guide:
Supported software
For the complete list of supported features and the summary of enhancements and configuration
notes for this release, refer to the Multi-Service IronWare R05.5.00 Release Notes.
TABLE 1 Supported devices
Brocade NetIron XMR Series Brocade MLX Series NetIron CES 2000 and NetIron CER 2000 Series
Brocade NetIron XMR 4000
Brocade NetIron XMR 8000
Brocade NetIron XMR 16000
Brocade NetIron XMR 32000
Brocade MLX-4
Brocade MLX-8
Brocade MLX-16
Brocade MLX-32
Brocade MLXe-4
Brocade MLXe-8
Brocade MLXe-16
Brocade MLXe-32
Brocade NetIron CES 2024C
Brocade NetIron CES 2024F
Brocade NetIron CES 2048C
Brocade NetIron CES 2048CX
Brocade NetIron CES 2048F
Brocade NetIron CES 2048FX
Brocade NetIron CER 2024C
Brocade NetIron CER-RT 2024C
Brocade NetIron CER 2024F
Brocade NetIron CER-RT 2024F
Brocade NetIron CER 2048C
Brocade NetIron CER-RT 2048C
Brocade NetIron CER 2048CX
Brocade NetIron CER-RT 2048CX
Brocade NetIron CER 2048F
Brocade NetIron CER-RT 2048F
Brocade NetIron CER 2048FX
Brocade NetIron CER-RT 2048FX

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In this chapter
Document conventions
This section describes text formatting conventions and important notice formats used in this
document.
Text formatting
The narrative-text formatting conventions that are used are as follows:
For readability, command names in the narrative portions of this guide are presented in bold: for
example, show version.
Notes, cautions, and danger notices
The following notices and statements are used in this manual. They are listed below in order of
increasing severity of potential hazards.
NOTE
A note provides a tip, guidance or advice, emphasizes important information, or provides a reference
to related information.
CAUTION
A Caution statement alerts you to situations that can be potentially hazardous to you or cause
damage to hardware, firmware, software, or data.
DANGER
A Danger statement indicates conditions or situations that can be potentially lethal or extremely
hazardous to you. Safety labels are also attached directly to products to warn of these conditions
or situations.
bold text Identifies command names
Identifies the names of user-manipulated GUI elements
Identifies keywords
Identifies text to enter at the GUI or CLI
italic text Provides emphasis
Identifies variables
Identifies document titles
code text Identifies CLI output

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In this chapter
Notice to the reader
This document may contain references to the trademarks of the following corporations. These
trademarks are the properties of their respective companies and corporations.
These references are made for informational purposes only.
Related publications
For the latest edition of these documents, which contain the most up-to-date information, see
Documentation at http://www.brocade.com/ethernetproducts
•Multi-Service IronWare Administration Guide
•Multi-Service IronWare Security Configuration Guide
•Multi-Service IronWare Switching Configuration Guide
•Multi-Service IronWare Routing Configuration Guide
•Multi-Service IronWare Traffic Management Configuration Guide
•Multi-Service IronWare Multicast Configuration Guide
•Multi-Service IronWare Multiprotocol Label Switch (MPLS) Configuration Guide
•Multi-Service IronWare Software Defined Networking (SDN) Guide
•Brocade MLX Series and NetIron Family YANG Guide
•Brocade MLX Series and NetIron XMR Series Diagnostic Reference
•Unified IP MIB Reference
•Multi-Service IronWare Software Upgrade Procedures for Brocade MLX Series and NetIron
Family devices
•Brocade MLXe Series Installation Guide
•Brocade MLX Series and Brocade NetIron XMR Installation Guide
•Brocade NetIron CES 2000 Series and Brocade NetIron CER 2000 Series Hardware
Installation Guide
Corporation Referenced Trademarks and Products
Microsoft Corporation Internet Explorer
Mozilla Corporation Mozilla Firefox
Oracle Corporation Java Runtime Environment

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In this chapter
Getting technical help or reporting errors
To contact Technical Support, go to http://www.brocade.com/services-support/index.page for the
latest e-mail and telephone contact information.

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1
Product Overview
Introduction
Network planners today have to expand and extend the range of services offered further into the
edge of the network. This requires extending the intelligence and high-touch processing capabilities
to the network edge— whether in a metro network, a campus network or in a data center. The
challenge at the edge of the network is compounded by the need to flexibly define and easily
manage customer services in an intuitive manner. Further, of many rollouts. Whether deployed
from a central office or from remote huts, space is an important constraint for such providers.
In order to meet these challenges, the NetIron Carrier Ethernet Switch (CES) 2000 Series and
NetIron Carrier Ethernet Router (CER) 2000 Series were purpose-built to offer flexible, secure and
advanced processing capabilities in a compact form factor. The Brocade NetIron CES 2000 and
Brocade NetIron CER 2000 Series are compact 1 RU, multi-service edge or aggregation devices
with a powerful set of capabilities chosen to combine performance with rich functionality at the
edge of the network. The Brocade NetIron CES 2000 Series and Brocade NetIron CER 2000 Series
devices offer network planners a rich set of high-performance IPv4, Classic Layer 2, Provider Bridge
(PB) and Provider Backbone Bridge (PBB) functionalities in the same device. With these
capabilities, a diverse set of applications ranging from metro edge networks, ISPs, data centers,
large enterprises, government networks, and education or research can be addressed with the
Brocade NetIron CES 2000 Series and Brocade NetIron CER 2000 Series.
This guide includes procedures for installing the hardware and configuring essential, basic
parameters such as permanent passwords and IP addresses. The basic software configuration
procedures show how to perform tasks using the CLI. This guide also includes instructions for
managing and maintaining the NetIron Carrier Ethernet Switch (CES) and NetIron Carrier Ethernet
Router (CER) hardware.
There are eight flavors to the NetIron Carrier Ethernet Switch (CES) 2000 Series:
•Brocade NetIron CES 2024C-4X — accommodates 24-port 10/100/1000 RJ45 model with 4
combination 100/1000 Hybrid Fiber (HF) ports and 4x10G SFP+ uplinks
•Brocade NetIron CES 2024F-4X — accommodates 24-port 100/1000 Hybrid Fiber (HF) model
with 4 combination 10/100/1000 RJ45 ports and 4x10G SFP+ uplinks
•Brocade NetIron CES 2024C — accommodates 24-port 10/100/1000 RJ45 model with 4
combination 100/1000 Hybrid Fiber (HF) ports and an optional field upgradeable 2x10G
uplink slot
•Brocade NetIron CES 2024F — accommodates 24-port 100/1000 Hybrid Fiber (HF) model with
4 combination 10/100/1000 RJ45 ports and an optional field upgradeable 2x10G XFP uplink
slot
•Brocade NetIron CES 2048C — accommodates 48-port 10/100/1000 RJ45 model with 4
combination 100/1000 Hybrid Fiber (HF) ports
•Brocade NetIron CES 2048CX — accommodates 48-port 10/100/1000 RJ45 model with
2x10G XFP uplink ports
•Brocade NetIron CES 2048F — accommodates 48-port 100/1000 Hybrid Fiber (HF) model

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•Brocade NetIron CES 2048FX — accommodates 48-port 100/1000 Hybrid Fiber (HF) model
with 2x10G XFP uplink ports
FIGURE 1 Brocade NetIron CES 2024C-4X
FIGURE 2 Brocade NetIron CES 2024F-4X
FIGURE 3 Brocade NetIron CES 2024C
FIGURE 4 Brocade NetIron CES 2048CX
There are also fourteen models in the NetIron Carrier Ethernet Router (CER and CER-RT) 2000
Series:
•Brocade NetIron CER 2024C-4X -RT — accommodates 24-port 10/100/1000 RJ45 model with
4 combination 100/1000 Hybrid Fiber (HF) ports and 4x10G SFP+ uplinks. This device has the
ability to simultaneously store up to 1.5 million IPv4 routes and up to 256,000 IPv6 routes
•Brocade NetIron CER 2024F-4X-RT — accommodates 24-port 100/1000 Hybrid Fiber (HF)
model with 4 combination 10/100/1000 RJ45 ports and 4x10G SFP+ uplinks. This device has
the ability to simultaneously store up to 1.5 million IPv4 routes and up to 256,000 IPv6 routes
•Brocade NetIron CER 2024C — accommodates 24-port 10/100/1000 Copper RJ45 model with
4 combination 100/1000 Hybrid Fiber (HF) ports and an optional field upgradeable 2x10G
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•Brocade NetIron CER- RT 2024C — accommodates 24-port 10/100/1000 Copper RJ45 model
with 4 combination 100/1000 Hybrid Fiber (HF) ports and an optional field upgradeable
2x10G uplink slot. This device has the ability to simultaneously store up to 1.5 million IPv4
routes and up to 256,000 IPv6 routes
•Brocade NetIron CER 2024F — accommodates 24-port 100/1000 Hybrid Fiber (HF) model with
4 combination 10/100/1000 RJ45 ports and an optional field upgradeable 2x10G XFP uplink
slot
•Brocade NetIron CER- RT 2024F — accommodates 24-port 100/1000 Hybrid Fiber (HF) model
with 4 combination 10/100/1000 RJ45 ports and an optional field upgradeable 2x10G XFP
uplink slot. This device has the ability to simultaneously store up to 1.5 million IPv4 routes and
up to 256,000 IPv6 routes
•Brocade NetIron CER 2048C — accommodates 48-port 10/100/1000 Copper RJ45 model
with 4 combination 100/1000 Hybrid Fiber (HF) ports
•Brocade NetIron CER- RT 2048C — accommodates 48-port 10/100/1000 Copper RJ45 model
with 4 combination 100/1000 Hybrid Fiber (HF) ports. This device has the ability to
simultaneously store up to 1.5 million IPv4 routes and up to 256,000 IPv6 routes.
•Brocade NetIron CER 2048F — accommodates 48-port 100/1000 Hybrid Fiber (HF) model
•Brocade NetIron CER- RT 2048F — accommodates 48-port 100/1000 Hybrid Fiber (HF) model.
This device has the ability to simultaneously store up to 1.5 million IPv4 routes and up to
256,000 IPv6 routes.
•Brocade NetIron CER 2048CX — accommodates 48-port 10/100/1000 RJ45 model with
2x10G XFP uplink ports
•Brocade NetIron CER- RT2048CX — accommodates 48-port 10/100/1000 RJ45 model with
2x10G XFP uplink ports. This device has the ability to simultaneously store up to 1.5 million
IPv4 routes and up to 256,000 IPv6 routes.
•Brocade NetIron CER 2048FX — accommodates 48-port 100/1000 Hybrid Fiber (HF) model
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•Brocade NetIron CER- RT 2048FX — accommodates 48-port 100/1000 Hybrid Fiber (HF)
model with 2x10G XFP uplink ports. This device has the ability to simultaneously store up to
1.5 million IPv4 routes and up to 256,000 IPv6 routes.
FIGURE 5 Brocade NetIron CER 2024C-4X-RT
FIGURE 6 Brocade NetIron CER 2024F-4X-RT
FIGURE 7 Brocade NetIron CER 2024C
FIGURE 8 Brocade NetIron CER 2048CX

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Product overview
The Brocade NetIron CES 2000 Series is a compact 1 RU, multi-service edge or aggregation switch
with a powerful set of capabilities that combine performance with rich functionality at the network
edge. The Brocade NetIron CES 2000 Series switch offers network planners a broad set of high
performance IPv4, Classic Layer 2, Provider Bridge (PB) and Provider Backbone Bridge (PBB)
functionalities in the same device. With these capabilities, the Brocade NetIron CES 2000 Series
addresses a diverse set of applications in metro edge networks, ISP networks, mobile backhaul
networks, data centers, large enterprises, government networks and education or research.
FIGURE 9 Brocade NetIron CES 2000 Series switch
The Brocade NetIron CER 2000 Series is a compact 1 RU, IP, MPLS, and multi-VRF enabled metro
router offering a broad set of capabilities including high performance IPv4 and IPv6 routing,
Advanced Layer 2, Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), Provider Bridge (PB) and Provider
Backbone Bridge (PBB) functionalities in the same device. With these capabilities, the Brocade
NetIron CER 2000 Series addresses a diverse set of needs in service provider networks and
enterprise applications, as well as metro edge networks and small data centers.
FIGURE 10 Brocade NetIron CER 2000 Series router
Software features
Software features differ depending on the software package that is purchased with the device. The
BASE package on the Brocade NetIron CES 2000 devices support full Layer 2 Switching and base
Layer 3 (RIP and static routes). The Metro Edge Premium (ME_PREM) package support full Layer 2
Switching, base Layer 3 (RIP and static routes), Provider Bridges (IEEE 802.1ad), Provider
Backbone Bridges (IEEE 802.1ah), OSPF, ISIS, and Connectivity Fault Management (IEEE 802.1ag)
and Service OAM. The Layer 3 Premium (L3_PREM) packages support full Layer 2 Switching, base
Layer 3 (RIP and static routes), and full Layer 3 including BGP, ISIS and OSPF.
The BASE package on the Brocade NetIron CER 2000 devices support full Layer 2 Switching and
full Layer 3 (RIP, OSPF, ISIS, and BGP). It also includes virtual routing in non-MPLS environments via
Multi-VRF. The Advanced Services Premium (ADV_SVCS_PREM) package includes MPLS, Layer 2
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802.1ah), Connectivity Fault Management (IEEE 802.1ag) and Service OAM, along with Ethernet
Service Instance (ESI). The Brocade NetIron CER -RT features the same upgradeability to 10 GbE
with full MPLS capabilities as the original Brocade NetIron CER, and has the ability to
simultaneously store up to 1.5 million IPv4 routes and up to 256,000 IPv6 routes.
All Brocade NetIron CES 2000 and Brocade NetIron CER 2000 devices can be upgraded to
premium packages.
Upgrade applications
You can convert (upgrade) your Brocade NetIron CES 2000 Series device. Converting your Brocade
NetIron CES 2000 Series device allows you to run a software image that contains additional
capabilities available in premium packages.
To convert your Brocade NetIron CES and Brocade NetIron CER 2000 Series devices, you need an
upgrade kit. The kit includes a Dual Inline Package (DIP) key, Multi-Service IronWare software,
upgrade instructions, and other items. Alternatively, you can order an Brocade NetIron CES or
Brocade NetIron CER 2000 Series device with the premium software already installed. For more
information, refer to the Multi-Service IronWare Software Upgrade Guide.
Hardware features
This section describes the physical characteristics of the Brocade NetIron CES 2000 and Brocade
NetIron CER 2000 Series devices. For details about physical dimensions, power supply
specifications, and pinouts, refer to the “Hardware specifications” on page 89.
The following figures show the front panels of the various NetIron 2024 and 2048 devices.
NOTE
This is only a representative sample. For the exact model, look at the faceplate on the front of the
device. Both CER and CES devices have similar look and feel.
TABLE 2 Upgrade kits
Brocade part number Description
NI-CES-2024-MEU Metro Edge Premium upgrade for Brocade NetIron CES 2000 Series 24-port
models.
NI-CES-2024-L3U L3 Premium upgrade for Brocade NetIron CES 2000 Series 24-port models.
NI-CES-2048-MEU Metro Edge Premium upgrade for Brocade NetIron CES 2000 Series 48-port
models.
NI-CES-2048-L3U L3 Premium upgrade for Brocade NetIron CES 2000 Series 48-port models.
NI-CER-2024-ADVU Advanced Services Premium License for Brocade NetIron CER 24-port
models.
NI-CER-2048-ADVU Advanced Services Premium License for Brocade NetIron CER 48-port
models.

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Brocade NetIron CES 2024C-4X
The Brocade NetIron CES 2024C-4X switch has twenty-four 10/100/1000 MbE RJ45 ports plus
four combination 100/ 1000 MbE SFP ports, 4-port 10 GbE SFP+ module, one DB9 serial
management interface port labeled Console, one 10/100/1000 MbE RJ45 out-of-band
management port, one resilient six-unit fan tray, and two AC power supply bays for 1+1 redundancy
with one 500W AC power supply included.
FIGURE 11 Brocade NetIron CES 2024C-4X device
Brocade NetIron CES 2024F-4X
The Brocade NetIron CES 2024F-4X has twenty-four 100/1000 MbE SFP ports plus four
combination 10/100/1000 MbE RJ45 ports, 4-port 10 GbE SFP+ module, one DB9 serial
management interface port labeled Console, one 10/100/1000 MbE RJ45 out-of-band
management port, one resilient six-unit fan tray, and two AC power supply bays for 1+1 redundancy
with one 500W AC power supply included.
FIGURE 12 Brocade NetIron CES 2024F-4X device
110GbESFP+ports
2 Four combination 100/1000 MbE SFP ports
3 Twenty-four 10/100/1000 MbE RJ45 ports
110GbESFP+ports
2 Four combination 10/100/1000 MbE RJ45 ports
3 Twenty-four 100/1000 MbE SFP ports

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Brocade NetIron CES 2024C
The Brocade NetIron CES 2024C switch has twenty-four 10/100/1000 MbE RJ45 ports plus four
combination 100/ 1000 MbE SFP ports, one module slot for an optional field upgradable 2-port 10
GbE XFP module, one DB9 serial management interface port labeled Console, one 10/100/1000
MbE RJ45 out-of-band management port, one resilient six-unit fan tray, and two AC power supply
bays for 1+1 redundancy with one 500W AC power supply included.
FIGURE 13 Brocade NetIron CES 2024C device with the optional 2 ports of 10-G XFP uplink
Brocade NetIron CES 2024F
The Brocade NetIron CES 2024F has twenty-four 100/1000 MbE SFP ports plus four combination
10/100/1000 MbE RJ45 ports, one module slot for an optional field upgradable 2-port 10 GbE
XFP module, one DB9 serial management interface port labeled Console, one 10/100/1000 MbE
RJ45 out-of-band management port, one resilient six-unit fan tray, and two AC power supply bays
for 1+1 redundancy with one 500W AC power supply included.
FIGURE 14 Brocade NetIron CES 2024F device
1 Optional 10 GbE XFP ports
2 Four combination 100/1000 MbE SFP ports
3 Twenty-four 10/100/1000 MbE RJ45 ports
1 Four combination 10/100/1000 MbE RJ45 ports
2 Twenty-four 100/1000 MbE SFP ports