Brocade NetIron MLX

Multiservice IP/MPLS Routers

The Brocade NetIron MLX Series routers feature a fully distributed, non-blocking architecture for scalable multiservice IP/MPLS services. With sixth-generation network processor-based architecture combined with terbit-scale switch fabric, these modular routers support a rich set of high-performance, wire-speedIPv4, IPv6, and MPLS capabilities as well as advanced Layer 2 switching capabilities. Other features of the NetIron MLX router include:

• 4-, 8-, 16- and 32-slot system configurations
• up to 4.8 billion packets per second
• up to 6.4 Tbps non-blocking data capacity
• up to 32 100 GbE ports per system
• up to 256 10 GbE ports per system
• up to 1536 1 GbE ports per system
• up to 64 OC-192/256 OC-48 ports per system
• 640 Gbps link aggregation capability

Layer 2 Features

• super aggregated VLANs
• a comprehensive set of protocols, including: MRP, VSRP, RSTP, MSTP
• IEEE 802.1ad Provider Bridges
• extended statistics, including per-port per-VLAN per priority counters for VPLS and VLL endpoints

Scalability

• up to 10 million BGP routes
• 1 million IPv4 routes in hardware
• 240,000 routes in hardware
• 2000 BGP per per system
• 2000 BGP/MPLS VPNs and up to 1 million VPN routes
• 48,000 VLLs per system
• 16,000 VPLS instances and up to 1 million VPLS MAC addresses
• 64,000 RSVP-TE LSPs
• 4094 VLANs and up to 2 million MAC addresses
• 8-path Equal Cost MultiPath (ECMP)

High Availability

• hitless Layer 2/3 failover with stateful OSPF & IS-IS redundancy & BGP graceful restart
• hitless in-service software upgrades with graceful restart
• redundant management modules & switch fabrics
• redundant power supplies and cooling system

Advanced QoS

• eight distinct priority levels
• inbound & outbound two-rate three-color traffic policers with accounting
• support for hybrid queue services disciplines including:
  • mixed
  • strict priority
  • weighted fair queuing
• WRED support for congestion management and precedence dropping, which is tunable via configuration

Hardware-based security

• inbound and outbound Layer2/3 ACLs
• granular ACL accounting for inbound and outbound
• hardware-based packet filtering
• hardware-based Policy-Based Routing (PBR)
• Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (uRPF)
• receive ACLs
• extensive sFlow Layer 2-7 traffic monitoring for IPv4, IPv6 and MPLS services

Brocade NetIron MLX Specifications

Platform	Switch Fabric Capacity	Data forwarding capacity	Interface Slots	Maximum 10GbE ports
MLX-32	7.68 Tbps	5.12 Tbps	32	256
MLXe-32	155.36 Tbps	6.4 Tbps	32	256
MLX-16	3.84 Tbps	2.56 Tbps	16	128
MLXe-16	7.68 Tbps	3.2 Tbps	16	128
MLX-8	1.92 Tbps	1.28 Tbps	8	64
MLXe-8	3.84 Tbps	1.6 Tbps	8	64
MLX-4	960 Gbps	640 Gbps	4	32s
MLXe-4	1.92 Tbps	800 Gbps	4	32

Brocade NetIron MLX Line Modules

• 2-port 100 GbE
• 8-port and 4-port 10 GbE
• 48-port and 24-port 1 GbE
• SONET

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