MLX

By now you likely have heard of Brocade's MLXe series of modular switches. However, many of our customers already have MLX or XMR deployed and the idea of switching out their existing gear is about as exciting as upgrading to from the iPhone 4 to the 4S (Sorry, Steve Jobs!). Well, what some people don't know is that you can upgrade your existing MLX/XMR using the High speed switch fabric (HSF) upgrade kit.

With rising demands on core infrastructure, the straightforward CAM partitions (that’s Content Addressable Memory for newbs) we used to rely on have become wobbly solutions at best, and head-scratching disasters at worst. As straight IPv4 tables give way to dual stacking with VPN and MPLS provisioning (among other things), the demands on the core have made the static tables of default Foundry Direct Routing (FDR) much less viable. Brocade has been refining its partition profiles for a while, resulting in a granularity that resembles Waikiki Beach.