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SCALABILITY WITHOUT 
COMPROMISING PERFORMANCE
The Brocade MLX Series is highly 
optimized for IP Ethernet deployments, 
providing symmetric scaling with chassis 
options that include 4-, 8-, 16-, and 
32-slot systems. These routers offer 
industry-leading wire-speed port capacity 
without compromising the performance 
of advanced software capabilities. For 
example, the Brocade MLXe-32 delivers 
data forwarding performance of  
25.6 Tbps and a switch fabric capacity of 
15.36 Tbps, enough capacity to future-
proof networks for years to come.
However, true router scalability is 
measured not only in terms of packet 
forwarding performance, but also in the 
scalability of the hardware forwarding 
tables and maturity of the control plane. 
The Brocade MLX Series offers a flexible 
scale-as-you-grow model with hardware 
Forwarding Information Base (FIB) capacity 
options in a wide range of interface 
modules supporting up to 2 million IPv4 
routes and 1 million IPv6 routes. In 
addition, the robust control plane has 
been proven in thousands of mission-
critical deployments around the globe.
SDN-ENABLED PROGRAMMATIC 
CONTROL OF THE NETWORK
Software-Defined Networking (SDN) 
is a powerful new network paradigm 
designed for the world’s most demanding 
networking environments and promises 
breakthrough levels of customization, 
scale, and efficiency. The Brocade MLX 
Series enables SDN by supporting 
the OpenFlow protocol, which allows 
communication between an OpenFlow 
controller and an OpenFlow-enabled router. 
Using this approach, organizations can 
control their networks programmatically, 
transforming the network into a platform 
for innovation through new network 
applications and services.
The Brocade MLX Series supports 
OpenFlow 1.3 in its innovative hybrid port 
mode, allowing simultaneous deployment 
of traditional switching or routing with 
OpenFlow on a single port. This unique 
capability provides a pragmatic path to 
SDN by enabling network operators to 
integrate OpenFlow into existing networks, 
giving them the programmatic control 
offered by SDN for specific flows while 
the remaining traffic is routed as before. 
Brocade hardware support for OpenFlow 
enables organizations to apply these 
capabilities at scale with support for up to  
128,000 flows and line-rate performance 
for 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE), 40 GbE, 
and 10 GbE networks.
DESIGNED FOR  
NON-STOP NETWORKING
Designed to enable reliable converged 
infrastructures and support mission-
critical applications, the Brocade MLX 
Series features advanced redundant 
switch fabric architecture for very high 
availability. The architecture helps ensure 
that the system continues to operate at 
peak performance even in the case of 
a switch fabric card failure. In the highly 
unlikely case of additional fabric failures, 
the advanced architecture allows the 
system to continue operating in a graceful 
degradation mode, where the system 
tunes its performance to the remaining 
fabric capacity.
The advanced fabric architecture is 
complemented by comprehensive 
hardware redundancy for the management 
modules, power supplies, and cooling 
system. In addition, the Brocade Multi-
Service IronWare operating system offers 
hitless management failover for IPv4 and 
IPv6 with Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), 
IS-IS and IP multicast Non-Stop Routing, 
and Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) 
Graceful Restart capabilities—as well as 
hitless (in-service) software upgrades to 
further enhance both system availability 
and overall network availability. With 
LDP Graceful Restart, MPLS traffic loss 
is minimized if there is an interruption 
on the network. To maintain continuous 
operations in data centers and metro 
networks, the innovative Brocade Multi-
Chassis Trunking (MCT) feature provides 
fast link and node failover protection 
while simultaneously maximizing network 
utilization. For example, MCT supports 
active/standby redundancy for VPLS and 
VLL pseudowires, providing flexible options 
for redundancy in network designs that 
interconnect multiple data centers. For 
increased redundancy and functionality, 
dynamic Layer 3 routing over MCT is  
also supported.
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BROCADE VYATTA CONTROLLER AND  
BROCADE MLX SERIES
The Brocade MLX Series operates seamlessly under the 
. This controller is a quality-assured 
edition of the OpenDaylight controller code supported by an 
established networking provider and its leaders within the 
OpenDaylight community.