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14 Supported software and hardware capabilities

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Supported software and hardware capabilities

Table 3 lists the supported software and hardware capabilities of the

Passport 8600 Series Switch Software Release 3.7.6.

Table 3 Supported capabilities in Release 3.7.6 (Sheet 1 of 2)

Feature Maximum number supported

Hardware records Non E / E Modules: 25 000 records

M Modules : 125 000 records

M Modules Nortel Networks strongly recommends using 8691SFs or

8692SFs with M Modules

10GE Release 3.7.6 does NOT support the combination of the

following features and the 10GE Module:

- IPX routing

- SMLT

- External MLT (Nortel Networks recommends that you use a

Layer 3 routing protocol for resiliency, like OSPF, associated to

ECMP, Equal Cost Multi Path)

- Egress Mirroring

Due to the internal architecture, Nortel Networks strongly

recommends using 2 8691SFs/8692SFs per system using a

10GE Module (internal MLT of 8 Gig ports) for load sharing and

redundancy.

VLANs 4094

IP subnet based VLANs 200

IP Interfaces • 500 (default)

• 1980 (requires order number DS1411015: Passport 8000

Chassis MAC Address Upgrade Kit. License for

reprogramming the chassis to a block of 4096 addresses for

routed VLAN scaling)

RIP Routes 2500

OSPF Areas per Switch 5

OSPF Adjacencies per switch 80

OSPF Routes per switch Non E / E modules: 15 000

M Module: 20 000

BGP Number of peers: 10

Number of routes:

• Non E / E Modules : 20 000

• M Modules : 119 000