Brocade MLXe-4 BR-MLXE-4-MR2-M-AC Data Sheet

Although adding routers to address 
bandwidth shortage might initially solve 
the capacity problem, it does so at the 
expense of the environment and the 
opportunity to reduce energy and space 
costs. Any new solution that fails to 
reduce energy consumption is only a 
partial answer to the problem. Each  
new generation of line modules in 
the Brocade MLX Series consumes 
less energy per bit than the previous 
generation while significantly increasing 
throughput per module. In addition, the 
routers provide industry-leading port 
densities for 1 GbE, 10 GbE, 40 GbE, 
and 100 GbE interfaces, efficiently 
consolidating more services and 
collapsing network layers.

The Brocade MLX Series provides a  
wide range of leading-edge Ethernet 
modules for 1 GbE, 10 GbE, 40 GbE, and 
100 GbE that enable organizations to use 
a single platform for many applications. 
For more information about these 
modules, see Tables 1 and 2. 

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Table 1. 
Brocade MLX Series interface modules.

24×1 GbE RJ45

24×1 GbE Fiber

48×1 GbE MRJ21

4×10 GbE

8×10 GbE

24×10 GbE

20×10 GbE

4×10 GbE IPsec

4×40 GbE

2×100 GbE CFP2

2×100 GbE CFP*

1×100 GbE CFP*

Table 2. 
Supported route table scalability for Brocade MLX interface modules.

-DM

256,000 IPv4 routes 
64,000 IPv6 routes

-M

512,000 IPv4 routes 
128,000 IPv6 routes

-X

1 million IPv4 routes 
240,000 IPv6 routes

-X2

2 million IPv4 routes 
1 million IPv6 routes

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