NetIron MLX Series 4-port 10-GbE module with IPv4/IPv6/MPLS hardware support – requires XFP optics

IEEE Compliance

802.3 CSMA/CD Access Method and Physical Layer Specifications
802.3ab 1000BASE-T
802.3ae 10 Gigabit Ethernet
802.3u 100BASE-TX, 100BASE-T4, 100BASE-FX Fast Ethernet at 100 Mbps with Auto-Negotiation
802.3x Flow Control
802.3z 1000BASE-X Gigabit Ethernet over fiber optic at 1 Gbps
802.3ad Link Aggregation
802.3ah Ethernet in the First Mile
802.1Q Virtual Bridged LANs
802.1D MAC Bridges
802.1w Rapid STP
802.1s Multiple Spanning Trees
802.1ad Provider Bridges; partial support: port-based and S-tagged service interface
802.1ag Connectivity Fault Management (CFM)
802.3ba 100 Gigabit Ethernet
802.1ab Link Layer Discovery Protocol
802.1ah Provider Backbone Bridging
802.1ae MAC Security standard

ITU compliance

Y.1731 OAM functions and mechanisms for Ethernet-based networks
G.8032 Ethernet Ring Protection (ERP version 1 and 2)

Carrier-grade routers with IPv4/IPv6/MPLS/Multi-VRF enabled

4-, 8-, 16-, and 32-slot systems for maximum deployment versatility

Up to 19 billion packets per second routing performance with non-blocking 25.6 Tbps data capacity

Ideal for demanding high-density environments up to:

64 100 GbE ports per system
128 40 GbE ports per system
768 10 GbE ports per system
1,536 1 GbE ports per system

Comprehensive, wire-speed, dual-stack IPv4/IPv6 routing support based on the Brocade Multi-Service IronWare OS:

High-performance, robust routing using Forwarding Information Base (FIB) programming in hardware
RIP/RIPng, OSPF/OSPFv3, IS-IS/IS-IS for IPv6, and BGP-4/BGP-MP for IPv6
Secure Multi-VRF routing for supporting virtual routing applications over non-MPLS backbones
VRRP and VRRP-E
Connecting IPv6 islands over IPv4 MPLS using IPv6 Provider Edge (6PE) routers
6VPE enabling IPv6 multitenancy to the edge of the cloud
127-bit IPv6 interface addresses

Industry-leading scalability up to:*

10 million BGP routes
2 million IPv4 routes in hardware (FIB)
800,000 IPv6 routes in hardware (FIB)
153,600 multicast routes
2000 BGP peers 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
Large-scale Equal Cost Multi-Path (ECMP); up to 32 paths for unicast and multicast

Software-Defined Networking (SDN):

OpenFlow 1.3: QoS (for metering and enqueue), Group Table (select and fast failover), QinQ (TAG type auto-recognition), Active-Standby Controller, IPv6, Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2 (controller interface)
Brocade OpenFlow hybrid-port mode with support for sFlow, IP, and MPLS/VPLS (uplinks) with protected VLAN for additional flexibility
12-tuple matching for diverse set of applications
Support for up to 128,000 OpenFlow flows per chassis

Industry-leading performance for MPLS services, providing several service choices:

IP over MPLS, IPv6 over MPLS (6PE), IPv6 Layer 3 VPNs (6VPE), MPLS over GRE, Virtual Leased Line (VLL), Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS), BGP/MPLS VPN, Multi-VRF, routing over VPLS, Max VPLS LSP Load Balance Scale for LER, RSVP TE Link Metric for CSPF Computation, RSVP Auto-Bandwidth with Absolute Threshold

Comprehensive MPLS signaling and path calculation algorithms for both traffic-engineered and non-traffic-engineered applications:

LDP, OSPF-TE, IS-IS-TE, RSVP-TE, CSPF, LDP over RSVP, Point-to-Multipoint (P2MP) RSVP-TE LSP
MPLS FRR (detour, bypass) and hot standby paths for traffic protection

Superior high-availability design:

Redundant management modules
Redundant switch fabrics
Redundant power supplies and cooling system
Hitless Layer 2/3 failover with stateful OSPF IS-IS, and BGP graceful restart
Hitless (in-service) software upgrades with graceful restart

Advanced QoS:

Hierarchical Quality of Service (H-QoS): Supports up to four levels of hierarchy?port, logical port (optional), customer (optional), and service
Inbound and outbound two-rate three-color traffic policers with accounting
Eight distinct priority levels
WRED support for congestion management and precedence dropping (tunable via configuration)
Support for hybrid queue servicing disciplines: Mixed, Strict Priority, and Weighted Fair Queuing

Comprehensive hardware-based security and policies:

Layer 2/3 ACLs (both inbound and outbound)
Granular ACL accounting (both inbound and outbound)
Hardware-based packet filtering
Hardware-based Policy-Based Routing (PBR)
Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (uRPF)
IPv4/IPv6 Receive ACLs
Extensive sFlow Layer 2-7 traffic monitoring for IPv4, IPv6, and MPLS services
IPv6 ACL-Based Rate Limiting
ACL Editing
Port-based network access control using 802.1x or MAC port security
Root guard and BPDU guard
Broadcast, multicast, and unknown unicast rate limits
ARP inspection for static entries
Multi-port Static ARP and Static MAC
256-bit Suite B Algorithm IP-layer encryption
128-bit MAC layer encryption

Advanced Carrier-grade Ethernet services

Up to 128,000 MAC addresses
4000 VLANs/S-VLANs/B-VLANs
Ability to reuse VLAN-ID on each port using the Brocade Ethernet Service Instance (ESI) framework
MPLS Layer 2 VPN services
IEEE 802.1ad Provider Bridges
IEEE 802.1ah Provider Backbone Bridges
IEEE 802.1ag Connectivity Fault Management
ITU Y.1731 OAM functions and mechanisms for Ethernet-based networks
Comprehensive set of Layer 2 control protocols: Brocade MRP/MRP-II, VSRP, RSTP, MSTP, and ITU G.8032 Ethernet Ring Protection (ERP version 1 and 2)
Multi-Chassis Trunking with support for up to 256 clients (Active/Active mode or Active/Standby mode for Active/Passive access for client ports)
E-LINE (EPL and EVPL), E-LAN, and E-TREE support
Protocol tunneling of Bridge Protocol Data Units (BPDUs)
MEF 9, MEF 14, and MEF 21 certification

Full suite of unicast and multicast IPv4 and IPv6 routing protocols:

Supported IPv4 protocols include RIP, OSPF, BGP-4, IS-IS, PIM-DM, PIM-SM/SSM, IGMP, BGP-MP for multicast, MSDP, Anycast RP, PIM Multicast ECMP, and RPF Shortcut
Supported IPv6 protocols include RIPng, OSPFv3, IS-IS for IPv6, BGP-MP for IPv6 (BGP4+), PIM-SM/SSM, MLD, VRRPv6, IPv6 Non-Stop Routing (NSR), VRRP-E, PIM Multicast ECMP, and RPF Shortcut

Advanced monitoring capabilities

Port- and ACL-based mirroring that enables traffic mirroring based on incoming port, VLAN-ID, or IPv4/TCP/UDP flow
Hardware-based sFlow sampling that allows extensive Layer 2-7 traffic monitoring for IPv4 and Carrier Ethernet services
ACL-based sFlow support