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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:

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• 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-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 in hybrid port  

mode with support for sFlow, IP, and  
MPLS/VPLS (uplinks) with protected VLAN 
for additional flexibility

 

• Up to 128,000 flows 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  

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

 

• 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 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 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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