Brocade Communications Systems NetIron MLXe Series Hardware Installation Manual page 15

TABLE 2 Interface modules used with Brocade MLXe Series routers (continued)
Part number Description
0.8M IPv6, or simultaneous 1.5M IPv4 and
1M IPv6 routes in FIB.
NI- 2-port 10-GbE module with IPv4/IPv6/
MLX-10GX2 MPLS hardware support.
NI- 4-port 10-GbE module with IPv4/IPv6/
MLX-10GX4 MPLS hardware support.
BR- 4-port 10-GbE (X) module with IPv4/IPv6/
MLX-10GX4-X MPLS hardware support. Supports 1M IPv4
routes in FIB.
BR- 4-port 10-GbE (ML) module with IPv4/IPv6/
MLX-10Gx4-X- MPLS hardware support. Supports 512K
ML IPv4 routes in FIB.
BR- 4-port 40-GbE (M) module with Layer 2,
MLX-40Gx4-M IPv4/IPv6, MPLS and OpenFlow. Supports
512K IPv4 routes in FIB.
NI- Brocade NetIron MLX Series 8-port 10-GbE
MLX-10GX8-M (M) module with IPv4/IPv6/MPLS hardware
support. Supports 512K IPv4 routes in FIB.
NI- Brocade NetIron MLX Series 8-port 10-GbE
MLX-10GX8-D (M) module with IPv4/IPv6 hardware support.
Supports 256K IPv4 routes in FIB. Doesn't
support MPLS.
BR- 8-port 10-GbE (X) module with IPv4/IPv6/
MLX-10GX8-X MPLS hardware support. Supports 1M IPv4
routes in FIB.
NI- 20-port FE/GE (100/1000) module with
MLX-1GX20- IPv4/IPv6/MPLS hardware support.
SFP
NI- 20-port FE/GE (100/1000) module with
XMR-1GX20- IPv4/IPv6/MPLS hardware support.
SFP
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Supported Introduced
device(s)
MLXe-16 and
MLXe-32
MLX-4, MLX-8 Earlier than NetIron
MLX-16 and R05.1.00.
MLX-32
MLX-4, MLX-8 Earlier than NetIron
MLX-16 and R05.1.00.
MLX-32
MLXe-4, NetIron R05.1.00f.
MLXe-8,
NetIron R05.2.00e.
MLXe-16 and
MLXe-32
NetIron R05.3.00b.
MLXe-4, NetIron R05.1.00f.
MLXe-8,
NetIron R05.2.00e.
MLXe-16 and
MLXe-32
NetIron R05.3.00b.
MLX-4, MLX-8
MLX-16 and
MLX-32
MLXe-4, NetIron R05.6.00.
MLXe-8,
MLXe-16 and
MLXe-32
MLXe-4, NetIron R05.0.00.
MLXe-8,
MLXe-16 and
MLXe-32
MLX-4, MLX-8
MLX-16 and
MLX-32
MLXe-4, NetIron R05.0.00.
MLXe-8,
MLXe-16 and
MLXe-32
MLX-4, MLX-8
MLX-16 and
MLX-32
MLXe-4, NetIron R05.2.00.
MLXe-8,
MLXe-16 and
MLXe-32
MLX-4, MLX-8 NetIron R05.2.00.
MLX-16 and
MLX-32
NetIron R05.2.00.
Supported hardware and software
Supported Notes
speed switch fabric
modules.
NI R05.6.00. EOL initiated.
Requires XFP
optics.
NetIron EOL initiated.
R05.6.00.
Requires XFP
optics.
Yes Requires XFP
optics.
Yes Requires XFP
optics.
License Upgradable
to "X" scalability (1M
IPv4 routes in FIB).
Yes Requires QSFP+
optics and high
speed switch fabric
modules.
Yes Requires SFP optics
and high speed
switch fabric
modules.
Yes EOL initiated.
Requires SFP optics
and high speed
switch fabric
modules.
Yes Requires SFP optics
and high speed
switch fabric
modules.
NetIron Requires SFP
R05.6.00. optics.
EOL initiated. Copper SFPs are
Support supported at
discontinued. 1000Mbps only.
NetIron Requires SFP
R05.6.00. optics.
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