Brocade Communications Systems Brocade MLX Series and Brocade Netlron XMR 53-1002373-02 - Manual (Page 19)

Brocade MLX Series and Brocade NetIron XMR Hardware Installation Guide 1
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Product Overview
Brocade router overview
Brocade routers provide high-performance routing to service providers, metro topologies, and
Internet Exchange Points, offering the following benefits:
• Scalable multi-service IP/MPLS carrier Ethernet routers.
• 100 Gbps Ethernet and 1 Gbps Ethernet wire-speed ports in a single router.
• Wire-speed IPv4, IPv6, and MPLS forwarding performance.
• Comprehensive IPv4 and IPv6 routing support based on Brocade Multi-Service IronWare.
• High-availability design with redundant management modules, switch fabric modules, power
supplies and fans, supporting hitless failover, hitless software upgrades, and non-stop routing.
• Advanced, scalable Metro Ethernet Layer 2 services.
• Advanced Layer 2/Layer 3 VPN and multicast capabilities support residential triple-play and
business services.
• Comprehensive hardware-based security and policies.
• Advanced QoS for differentiated SLAs.
Router applications
Brocade routers are commonly deployed in the following situations:
• Layer 2 metro networks
• Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Layer 3 Virtual Private Network (VPN) service provider
networks supporting multi-VRFs and RFC 2547bis
• MPLS Layer 2 VPN service provider networks supporting both Virtual Private LAN Service
(VPLS) and Virtual Leased Line (VLL)
Hardware features
This section describes the major hardware components of Brocade routers. The figures in this
section show the router slots where you install modules and power supplies. For installation
instructions for these devices, refer to the appropriate installation chapter in this guide for your
model.