NetIron MLX/XMR

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The Foundry NetIron MLX/XMR line is a layer 3 switch/router.

Contents 1 Main purpose 2 Available models 2.1 MLX 2.2 XMR 2.3 Available line cards 2.3.1 Non-blocking 2.3.2 Overbooked 3 Architecture 4 Limitations 4.1 Layer 2 4.2 Layer 3 5 Configuration tips

[edit] Main purpose

[edit] Available models

[edit] MLX

• MLX-4
• MLX-8
• MLX-16
• MLX-32

[edit] XMR

• XMR-4000
• XMR-8000
• XMR-16000
• XMR-32000

[edit] Available line cards

[edit] Non-blocking

• MLX/XMR-10Gx4 - 4 ports 10GbE (XFP)
• MLX/XMR-10Gx2 - 2 ports 10GbE (XFP)
• MLX/XMR-1Gx20-SFP - 20 ports FE/GE (SFP)
• MLX/XMR-1Gx20-GC - 20 ports FE/GE (Copper)

• MLX-1Gx48-T - 48 ports FE/GE MRJ21 (Copper)

• X-OC192x2 - 2 ports SONET OC-192/STM-64 (XFP)
• X-OC192x1 - 1 port SONET OC-192/STM-64 (XFP)
• X-OC48x8 - 8 ports SONET OC-12/48/STM-4/16 (XFP)
• X-OC48x4 - 4 ports SONET OC-12/48/STM-4/16 (XFP)
• X-OC48x2 - 2 ports SONET OC-12/48/STM-4/16 (XFP)

[edit] Overbooked

[edit] Architecture

[edit] Limitations

[edit] Layer 2

• Maximum of 16 ports in an aggregated link (32 as of software version 3.8.00)
• Maximum of 8 VSRP trackports

[edit] Layer 3

• Maximum CAM size for IPv4: 1M/512K (XMR/MLX)
• Maximum CAM size for IPv6: 240K/112K (XMR/MLX)

NOTE: Actual available CAM size may be less, depending on chosen CAM partitioning profile

[edit] Configuration tips

Some hints aimed at an IX point perspective

cam-partition profile ipv4-ipv6-2
system-max vlan 4095
system-max rstp 128
system-max ip-cache 524288
system-max ip-route 524288
system-max virtual-interface 4095
system-max receive-cam 8192
cpu-usage on  # enabled CPU monitoring in SNMP

note: setting the system-max vlan and virtual-interface to 4095 will have a big memory usage impact (over 80MB extra usage)