<div dir="ltr">Carlos, as the previous respondents mentioned, this will indeed work. Additionally, with the HSF (even on the non -E chassis), this will be full line rate for the 8x10. One other point, in the past you could run -X modules in a MLX, but not -M modules in an XMR chassis. However, with the 5.6 code release, Brocade has opened this up and allowed more of a universal model. However, if you do install a -M module in an XMR(or X) chassis all modules will basically drop down to -M scalability (512k v4 routes in FIB).<div>
<br></div><div>Mike</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 5:03 PM, i3D.net - Martijn Schmidt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:martijnschmidt@i3d.net" target="_blank">martijnschmidt@i3d.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Hello all,<br>
<br>
To clear up the confusion, first off the NetIron platform chassis
options:<br>
<br>
MLX: can only handle -M modules.<br>
XMR: can only handle -X modules, aka the full BGP routing table.<br>
MLXe: is the successor to the MLX/XMR platform, and becomes MLX-like
or XMR-like depending on the management blades you install;
management blade type is distinguished by the -M or -X suffix in the
SKU.<br>
<br>
The main difference between MLXe and its predecessors is that the
backplane can handle high capacity cards such as:<br>
<br>
BR-MLX-10GX24-DM<br>
BR-MLX-100Gx2-X<br>
BR-MLX-40Gx4-M<br>
<br>
Now, you can still install a BR-MLX-10Gx8-X into a legacy XMR
chassis but HSF switching fabrics are required, the old SFM are not
good enough. That being said the ports on 10Gx8 cards are as far as
I know all wirespeed: I know for sure when installed in a MLXe
chassis, but not 100% certain about full wirespeed when they are
installed in a legacy XMR chassis.<br>
<br>
What I can tell you is that we have the exact setup Carlos describes
in production (BR-MLX-10Gx8-X blades in a legacy XMR chassis with
HSF fabrics), and it's running without problems: but we've never
fully maximized port bandwidth usage on all ports at the same time.
Don't think such a situation occurs too often in the wild, either,
since almost everyone will upgrade their capacity to spread load
over more ports rather than risking congestion.<br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
<br>
Martijn Schmidt<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
i3D.net</font></span><div><div class="h5"><br>
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<div>On 01/17/2014 01:06 AM, Matt Kassawara
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">I believe the XMR will support MLX modules... not
the other way around. However, with the XMR and MLX replaced by
the MLXe, I'm not sure if the former platforms support the
latest high-density interface modules.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 3:39 PM,
Richard Laager <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rlaager@wiktel.com" target="_blank">rlaager@wiktel.com</a>></span>
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<div>On Thu, 2014-01-16 at 13:43 -0800, Carlos
Alfaro wrote:<br>
> Would be grateful if anyone can confirm whether using
BR-MLX-10Gx8-X in an XMR with HSF, will give me line rate?<br>
<br>
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I could be wrong, but I don't think it'll work at all.
That's an MLX<br>
card; you can't use it with XMR management modules.<br>
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--<br>
Richard<br>
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