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IBM Ethernet m-series Router

Advanced IBM Ethernet routers for today’s network infrastructure

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Feature	Benefits
4-, 8- 16- and 32-slot systems	Designed to: Enable a highly-scalable, resilient, flexible solution according to customers’ current and future needs Support a wide range of deployments including high-security data center core, Internet edge/aggregation routing, large-enterprise backbone, high-performance computing (HPC)
Redundant, hot-swappable power supplies, fan assemblies, and hardware modules	Designed to: Provide high-availability and reliability for demanding environments Support maintenance with no service downtime Minimize network downtime with redundant and resilient hardware components
Interchangeable half-slot Interface modules	Designed to: Reduce sparing costs and complicated system configurations, reducing TCO Provide cost-effective modular growth Support a variety of connectivity options
Advanced Metro Layer 2 Support	Designed to: Provide self-healing topologies in Layer 2 configurations Support wide variety of industry-standard Ethernet protocol for multi-vendor deployments Include support for multiple Spanning Tree Protocols including STP/RSTP/MSTP and PVST/PVST+ compatibility Provide resiliency with Metro Ring Protocol (MRP) and Virtual Switch Redundancy Protocol (VSRP) support Enable scalable networks utilizing Super Aggregated VLANs (Q-in-Q) and partial IEEE 802.1ad Provider Bridge support Optimize multicast IGMPv1/v2/v3 and PIM-SM snooping with storm control features
IPv4 and IPv6 Layer 3 Support	Designed to: Future-proof for accelerating IPv6 application and network deployments Support next-generation routing protocols including RIPng, OSPFv3, IS-IS for IPv6, and BGP-4+ Provide widest range of connectivity options today with support of RIP, OSPF, BGP-4, and IS-IS Enable network administrators to meet the growing use of streaming video and voice with support of IPv4 and IPv6 multicast protocols MSDP, PIM-DM, PIM-SM/-SSM, Anycast RP, and MLD
Carrier-grade, Advanced Quality of Service (QoS)	Designed to: Provide advanced congestion management and prioritized treatment for different classes of traffic through the Virtual Output Queuing (VOQ) architecture Enable deployment of triple-play service provider networks and converged enterprise networks supporting voice, video and data Provide committed bandwidth to users and/or applications Classify bandwidth-critical application traffic including support for eight distinct priority levels Support both inbound and outbound two rate three color traffic policers with accounting Provide proactive congestion management for optimal and granular of bandwidth utilizing using Weighted Random Early Discard (WRED) Support granular control of bandwidth utilization using Weighted Fair Queuing (WFQ), Strict Priority (SP), or a mix of both queues
Comprehensive Hardware-based Security and Policies	Designed to: Support both inbound and outbound Layer 3 and Layer 2 Access Control Lists (ACLs) enabling finely tuned security policies Provide granular ACL accounting (both inbound and outbound) Enable high-performance by utilizing hardware-based packet filtering and hardware-based policy-based routing (PBR) Provide network-wide port visibility with extensive hardware-based sFlow® Layer 2-7 traffic monitoring for IPv4, IPv6, and MPLS services
Multi-Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF)	Allows enterprises to create multiple security zones and simplified VPNs for different applications and business units while streamlining overall network management
Flexible Deployment Scenarios	Designed to: Deploy in the data center as a highly available, secure core router to the Internet, Metropolitan Area Network (MAN), or Wide Area Network (WAN) Utilize in the Enterprise backbone aggregating multiple autonomous networks and providing connectivity between different campuses Architect in a High-Performance Computing (HPC) Cluster where high-performance and density are key Design in a Service Provider environment where availability, security, and performance cannot be compromised and advanced features such as MPLS, Carrier-grade QoS, and VRF are necessary

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