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 with 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)
• 1 million IPv6 routes in hardware (FIB)
• 153,600 multicast routes
• 2,000 BGP peers per system
• 2,000 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 and
64,000 RSVP-TE LSPs
• 4,094 VLANs and up to 2 million MAC
addresses
• Large-scale Equal Cost Multi-Path (ECMP);
up to 32 paths for unicast and multicast
Software-Dened 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 in hybrid port
mode with support for sFlow, IP, and
MPLS/VPLS (uplinks) with protected VLAN
for additional exibility
• Up to 128,000 ows supported
• 12-tuple matching for a diverse set
of applications
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
trafc-engineered and non-trafc-
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 trafc 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
trafc policers with accounting
• Eight distinct priority levels
• WRED support for congestion management
and precedence dropping (tunable via
conguration)
• 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 ltering
• Hardware-based Policy-Based Routing (PBR)
• Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (uRPF)
• IPv4/IPv6 Receive ACLs
• Extensive sFlow Layer 2–7 trafc 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
• Suite B Algorithm support for 256-bit IP-
layer encryption
• 128-bit MAC-layer encryption
Advanced Carrier-grade Ethernet services:
• 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 certication
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
* Scalability limits depend on configured system
parameters, -X module types, licenses, system
profile selected, and routing database complexity.
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