Network Router User Manual

24 Brocade MLX Series and Brocade NetIron XMR Hardware Installation Guide
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Router modules
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Table 4provides a compatibility matrix for MLXe modules.
++ Requires “X” scalability requirement
100xGbE 2-port interface module
The 100xGbE 2-port interface module is supported on all Brocade MLX Series and Brocade NetIron
XMR routers. This interface module has two 100 Gbps CFP optics ports, 2 Gbps memory, an
internal flash of 32MB for local storage of CPU images, and 64MB for local storage of FPGA
images. The 100xGbE 2-port interface module supports 1.5 MB buffering per port.
NOTE
Only Brocade MLXe devices support both ports on the 100xGbE module. Brocade MLX and Brocade
NetIron XMR models support one port only.
The 100xGbE interface module occupies two interface module slots in any chassis, with one slot
active and one slot inactive. In all devices, the lower number of the two occupied slots becomes the
active slot.
NOTE
Because of the possibility of overheating, 2x100GbE interface modules should not be installed in
the top slot of a Brocade MLX 4-slot chassis.
TABLE 4 Brocade MLXe module compatibility matrix
Module MLX XMR MLXe with MLX
or MR2-M mgmt
module
MLXe with XMR
or MR2-X mgmt
module
Generation
(G)
Fabric
Compatibility
MLX 4x10G Yes No Yes No G1 SFM, hSFM
MLX 2x10G Yes No Yes No G1 SFM, hSFM
MLX 20x1G Yes No Yes No G1 SFM, hSFM
MLX
48x1G-T
Yes No Yes No G1 SFM, hSFM
MLX
8x10G-D
Yes No Yes No G2 hSFM
MLX
8x10G-M
Yes No Yes No G2 hSFM
XMR 4x10G No Yes No Yes G1 SFM, hSFM
XMR 20x1G No Yes No Yes G1 SFM, hSFM
POS Yes Yes Yes Yes G1 SFM, hSFM
24x1G-X Yes Yes++ Yes Yes++ G1 SFM, hSFM
4x10G-X Yes Yes++ Yes Yes++ G1 SFM, hSFM
8x10G-X Yes Yes Yes Yes G2 hSFM
100G Yes Yes Yes Yes G2 hSFM
SFMYesYesNoNoG1N/A
hSFM Yes Yes Yes Yes G2 N/A