| Product characteristics | |
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| Product numbers | IBM Ethernet Router B04M (4003-M04) IBM Ethernet Router B08M (4003-M08) IBM Ethernet Router B16M (4003-M16) IBM Ethernet Router B32M (4003-M32) |
| Management modules | B04M – 1 (base) of 2 (max); B08M – 1 (base) of 2 (max); B16M – 1 (base) of 2 (max); B32M – 1 (base) of 2 (max)
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| Switch Fabric modules | B04M – 2 (base) of 3 (max); B08M – 2 (base) of 3 (max); B16M – 3 (base) of 4 (max); B32M – 8 (base) of 8 (max)
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| Ports | Maximum 10 Gbps Ethernet: B04M - 16 (XFP); B16M - 32 (XFP); B16M - 64 (XFP); B32M - 128 (XFP) Maximum 1 Gbps Ethernet: B04M – 192 (MRJ21) or 80 (RJ-45/SFP) B08M – 384 (MRJ21) or 160 (RJ-45/SFP) B16M – 768 (MRJ21) or 320 (RJ-45/SFP) B32M – 1,536 (MRJ21) or 640 (RJ-45/SFP) Maximum OC-192 Packet over SONET/SDH: B04M – 8 (XFP); B08M – 16 (XFP); B16M – 32 (XFP); B32M – 64 (XFP) Maximum OC-12/48 Packet over SONET/SDH: B04M – 32 (SFP); B08M – 64 (SFP); B16M – 128 (SFP); B32M – 256 (SFP) |
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| Management Interfaces | On each Management module:
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| Transceivers | Choice of XFP transceivers with Optical Monitoring (OM) capabilities for Ethernet XFP ports:
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| Power supplies | B04M – 1 (base) of 3 (max); B08M – 2 (base) of 4 (max); B16M – 4 (base) of 8 (max); B32M – 4 (base) of 8 (max)
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| Fans | B04M – 1 front fan tray; B08M – 1 front fan tray; B16M – 1 front fan tray, 2 rear fan assemblies; B32M – 10 rear fan assemblies |
| Hot-swappable components | Management modules, Switch Fabric modules, Interface modules, power supplies, fan modules, transceivers |
| Non-rack support | Non-rack installation is not supported |
| Operating systems supported* | Brocade Multi-Service IronWare R4.0.00f or greater in all b-type m-series systems |
| Fiber optic cable | Fiber optic cables are required and are available in various lengths in single-mode and multi-mode formats Multi-mode fiber cable: Distance supported may vary depending on type cable used, either 62.5/125 µm (OM1), 50/125 µm (OM2), or 50/125 µm (OM3). Use OM3 fiber cables to support longer distances. |
| Power cords | Power cords are not included and must be specified at time of order. |
| Warranty | One year; warranty service upgrades are available |
| Optional features | Management modules; Switch Fabric Modules; Interface Modules; Transceivers; Power Supplies; Mid-mount rack kits; 128 MB PCMCIA ATA Flash Memory for Management modules |
| Performance | |
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| Packet Forwarding | B04M – 240 million packets per second; B08M – 480 million packets per second; B16M – 960 million packets per second; B32M – 1.92 billion packets per second |
| Switch Fabric Capacity (half-duplex) | B04M – 960 Gbps; B08M – 1.92 Tbps; B16M – 3.84 Tbps; B32M – 5.12 Tbps |
| Data Forwarding (half-duplex) | B04M – 400 Gbps; B08M – 800 Gbps; B16M – 1.6 Tbps; B32M – 3.2 Tbps |
| Scalability | |
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| VLANs | 4090 |
| ACLs | 40,000 |
| Link aggregation | 32 links per group, 256 link groups per switch |
| IPv4 routes per interface module (hardware) | 512,000 |
| IPv6 routes per interface module (hardware) | 112,000 |
| BGPv4 | 2 million routes, 256 peers |
| OSPF | 200,000 |
| IS-IS | 25,000 routes, 512 adjacencies |
| BGP/MPLS VPNs | 400 and up to 256,000 VPN routes |
| Virtual Leased Lines (VLLs) | 8,000 |
| Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) | 4,000 instances and up to 256,000 VPLS MACs |
| Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) | 400 and up to 256,000 VRF routes |
| Physical characteristics | |
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| Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth) | B04M – 17.68 cm (6.96") (4 RU) h x 44.32 cm (17.45") w x 57.15 cm (22.5") d B08M – 31.01 cm (12.21") (7 RU) h x 44.32 cm (17.45") w x 57.15 cm (22.5") d B16M – 62.15 cm (24.47") (14 RU) h x 44.32 cm (17.45") w x 64.77 cm (22.5") d B32M – 146.58 cm (57.71") (33 RU) h x 44.32 cm (17.45") w x 61.21 cm (24.1") d |
| Weight (Fully Loaded) | B04M – 35 kg (78 lbs.); B08M – 60 kg (131 lbs.); B16M – 107 kg (236 lbs.); B32M – 217 kg (476 lbs.) |
| Power | |
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| Power (AC) | B04M – 1,289 W (Maximum); B08M – 2,560 W (Maximum); B16M – 5,191 W (Maximum); B32M – 10,781 W (Maximum) |
| Input | B04M, B08M, and B16M: Input Voltage: 100 - 240 V ac Input Frequency: 50 - 60 Hz Input Current: 16.0 Amps max per power supply B32M: Input Voltage: 200 – 240 V ac Input Frequency: 50 – 60 Hz Input Current: 16.0 Amps max per power supply |
| Current | B04M – @ 100 V ac (13 amps); @ 200 V ac (7 amps) B08M – @ 100 V ac (26 amps); @ 200 V ac (13 amps) B16M – @ 100 V ac (53 amps); @ 200 V ac (26 amps) B32M – @ 200 V ac (54 amps) |
| Heat dissipation | B04M – 4,399 BTU/hour; B08M – 8,737 BTU/hour; B16M – 17,717 BTU/hour; B32M – 36,797 BTU/hour |
| Environmental | |
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| Temperature | Operating: 0°C to 40°C (32°F to 104°F) Non-operating: -25°C to 70°C (-13°F to 158°F) |
| Humidity | Relative: 5% to 90% at 40°C (104°F) non-condensing Non-operating: 95% maximum relative humidity, non-condensing |
| Altitude | Operating: Up to 2,012 meters (6,600 feet) Storage: Up to 4,500 meters (15,000 feet) |
| Airflow | B04M and B08M – Left-to-right when looking at the front (port side) of chassis B16M and B32M – Front-to-back (port to non-port side) |
| Technical specifications | |
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| IEEE | IEEE 802.3-2005 CSMA/CD Access Method and Physical Layer Specifications; IEEE 802.3ab 1000BASE-T; IEEE 802.3ae 10 Gigabit Ethernet; IEEE 802.3x Flow Control; IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation; IEEE 802.1Q Virtual Bridged LANs; IEEE 802.1D MAC Bridges; IEEE 802.1w Rapid STP; IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Trees; IEEE 802.1ad Provider Bridges (partial support: port-based and S-tagged service interface); IEEE 802.1ag Connectivity Fault Management (CFM) |
| BGP-4 | RFC 4271 BGPv4; RFC 1745 OSPF Interactions; RFC 1997 Communities & Attributes; RFC 2439 Route Flap Dampening; RFC 2796 Route Reflection; RFC 1965 BGP4 Confederations; RFC 2842 Capability Advertisement; RFC 2918 Route Refresh Capability; RFC 1269 Managed Objects for BGP; RFC 2385 BGP Session Protection via TCP MD5; RFC 3682 Generalized TTL Security Mechanism, for eBGP Session Protection; RFC 4273 BGP-4 MIB; draft-ietf-idr-restart Graceful Restart Mechanism for BGP |
| OSPF | RFC 2328 OSPF v2; RFC 3101 OSPF NSSA; RFC 1745 OSPF Interactions; RFC 1765 OSPF Database Overflow; RFC 1850 OSPF v2 MIB; RFC 2370 OSPF Opaque LSA Option; RFC 3630 TE Extensions to OSPF v2; RFC 3623 Graceful OSPF Restart |
| IS-IS | RFC 1195 Routing in TCP/IP and Dual Environments; RFC 1142 OSI IS-IS Intra-domain Routing Protocol; RFC 2763 Dynamic Host Name Exchange; RFC 2966 Domain-wide Prefix Distribution |
| RIP | RFC 1058 RIP v1; RFC 1723 RIP v2; RFC 1812 RIP Requirements |
| IPv4 Multicast | RFC 1122 Host Extensions; RFC 1112 IGMP; RFC 2236 IGMP v2; RFC 3376 IGMP v3; RFC 3973 PIM-DM; RFC 2362 PIM-SM; RFC 2858 BGP-MP; RFC 3618 MSDP; RFC 3446 Anycast RP |
| General Protocols | RFC 791 IP; RFC 792 ICMP; RFC 793 TCP; RFC 783 TFTP; RFC 826 ARP; RFC 768 UDP; RFC 894 IP over Ethernet; RFC 903 RARP; RFC 906 TFTP Bootstrap; RFC 1027 Proxy ARP; RFC 951 BootP; RFC 1122 Host Extensions for IP Multicasting; RFC 1256 IRDP; RFC 1519 CIDR; RFC 1542 BootP Extensions; RFC 1812 Requirements for IPv4 Routers; RFC 1541 and 1542 DHCP; RFC 2131 BootP/DHCP Helper; RFC 3768 VRRP; RFC 854 TELNET; RFC 1591 DNS (client) |
| Quality of Service (QoS) | RFC 2475 An Architecture for Differentiated Services; RFC 3246 An Expedited Forwarding PHB; RFC 2597 Assured Forwarding PHB Group; RFC 2698 A Two Rate Three Color Marker |
| Others | RFC 1354 IP Forwarding MIB; RFC 2665 Ethernet Interface MIB; RFC 1757 RMON Groups 1,2,3,9; RFC 2068 HTTP; RFC 2030 SNTP; RFC 2865 RADIUS; RFC 3176 sFlow; RFC 2863 Interfaces Group MIB; Draft-ietf-tcpm-tcpsecure TCP Security; RFC 3704 Ingress Filtering for Multihomed Networks(uRPF); RFC 2784 Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE); draft-ietf-bfd-base Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD); draft-ietf-bfd-v4v6-1hop BFD for IPv4 and IPv6 (Single Hop) (for OSPFv2, OSPFv3, IS-IS) |
| IPv6 Core | RFC 2460 IPv6 Specification; RFC 2461 IPv6 Neighbor Discovery; RFC 2462 IPv6 Stateless Address Auto-Configuration; RFC 4443 ICMPv6; RFC 4291 IPv6 Addressing Architecture; RFC 3587 IPv6 Global Unicast Address Format; RFC 2375 IPv6 Multicast Address Assignments; RFC 2464 Transmission of IPv6 over Ethernet Networks; RFC 2711 IPv6 Router Alert Option; RFC 3596 DNS support |
| IPv6 Routing | RFC 2080 RIPng for IPv6; RFC 2740 OSPFv3 for IPv6; draft-ietf-isis-ipv6 Routing IPv6 with IS-IS; RFC 2545 Use of BGP-MP for IPv6 |
| IPv6 Multicast | RFC 2710 Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) for IPv6; RFC 3810 Multicast Listener Discovery Version 2 for IPv6; RFC 4604 IGMPv3 & MLDv2 for SSM; draft-ietf-ssm-arch SSM for IP; RFC 2362 PIM-SM; draft-ietf-pim-sm-v2-new; partial support: SSM mode of operation |
| IPv6 Transitioning | RFC 2893 Transition Mechanisms for IPv6 Hosts and Routers; RFC 3056 Connection of IPv6 Domains via IPv4 Clouds |
| MPLS | RFC 3031 MPLS Architecture; RFC 3032 MPLS Label Stack Encoding; RFC 3036 LDP Specification; RFC 2205 RSVP v1 Functional Specification; RFC 2209 RSVP v1 Message Processing Rules; RFC 3209 RSVP-TE; RFC 3270 MPLS Support of Differentiated Services; RFC 4090 Fast Reroute Extensions to RSVP-TE for LSP Tunnels; partial support: detour style; RFC 3812 MPLS TE MIB; draft-ietf-bfd-mpls BFD for MPLS LSPs (RSVP-TE) |
| L3VPN | RFC 2858 Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP-4; RFC 3107 Carrying Label Information in BGP-4; RFC 4364 BGP/MPLS IP VPNs; draft-ietf-idr-bgp-ext-communities BGP Extended Communities Attribute; RFC 4576 Using LSA Options Bit to Prevent Looping in BGP/MPLS IP VPNs (DN Bit); RFC 4577 OSPF as the PE/CE Protocol in BGP/MPLS IP VPNs; draft-ietf-idr-route-filter Cooperative Route Filtering Capability for BGP-4; RFC 4382 MPLS/BGP Layer 3 VPN MIB |
| L2VPN and PWE3 | draft-ietf-l2vpn-l2-framework Framework for Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks; draft-ietf-l2vpn-requirements Service Requirements for Layer 2 Provider Provisioned Virtual Private Networks; RFC 4762 VPLS Using LDP Signaling; draft-ietf-pwe3-arch PWE3 Architecture; RFC 4447 Pseudowire Setup and Maintenance using LDP; RFC 4448 Encapsulation Methods for T Transport of Ethernet over MPLS Networks; draft-ietf-pwe3-pw-tc-mib Definitions for T Textual Conventions and OBJECT-IDENTITIES for Pseudo-Wires Management; draft-ietf-pwe3-pw-mib Pseudo Wire (PW) Management Information Base |
| Packet over SONET/SDH | RFC 1661 The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP); RFC 1662 PPP in HDLC-like Framing; RFC 2615 PPP over SONET/SDH; RFC 1332 Internet Protocol Control Protocol (IPCP); RFC 1377 The PPP OSI Network Layer Control Protocol (OSINLCP); RFC 2472 IPv6 over PPP; RFC 3592 SONET/SDH Objects; GR-253-CORE SONET Transport Systems: Common Generic Criteria; G.707/Y.1322 Network Node Interface for SDH |
| MEF Certification | MEF 9 Certified—Abstract Test Suite for Ethernet Services at the UNI; MEF 14 Certified—Abstract Test Suite for Traffic Management Phase 1 |
| Safety Agency Approvals | CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950-1-3; UL 60950-1; IEC 60950-1; EN 60950-1 Safety of Information Technology Equipment; EN 60825-1 Safety of Laser Products—Part 1: Equipment Classification, Requirements and User’s Guide; EN 60825-2 Safety of Laser Product—Part 2: Safety of Optical Fibre Communication Systems |
| Electromagnetic Emission | ICES-003 Electromagnetic Emission; FCC Class A; EN 55022/CISPR-22 Class A/VCCI Class A; AS/NZS 55022; EN 61000-3-2 Power Line Harmonics; EN 61000-3-3 Voltage Fluctuation & Flicker; EN 61000-6-3 Emission Standard (Supersedes: EN 50081-1) |
| Immunity | EN 61000-6-1 Generic Immunity and Susceptibility (Supersedes: EN 50082-1); EN 55024 Immunity Characteristics (Supersedes: EN 61000-4-2 ESD; EN 61000-4-3 Radiated, radio frequency, electromagnetic field; EN 61000-4-4 Electrical fast transient; EN 61000-4-5 Surge; EN 61000-4-6 Conducted disturbances induced by radio frequency fields; EN 61000-4-8 Power frequency magnetic field; EN 61000-4-11 Voltage dips and sags) |
| Power and Grounding | ETS 300 132-1 Equipment Requirements for AC Power Equipment Derived from DC Sources; ETS 300 132-2 Equipment Requirements for DC Powered Equipment; ETS 300 253 Facility Requirements |
| Environmental Regulatory Compliance | EU 2002/95/EC RoHS (with lead exemption); EU 2002/96/EC WEEE |
| Network Management | IronView Network Manager (INM) Web-based graphical user interface; Integrated industry standard Command Line Interface (CLI); sFlow (RFC 3176); Telnet; SNMP v1, v2c, v3; SNMP MIB II; RMON |
| Element Security Options | AAA; RADIUS; Secure Shell (SSH v2); Secure Copy (SCP); HTTPs; TACACS/TACACS+; Username/Password (Challenge and Response); Bi-level Access Mode (Standard and EXEC Level); Protection for Denial of Service attacks, such as TCTCP SYN or Smurf Attacks |
| System Management | Industry Standard Command Line Interface (CLI); Element Manager Graphical User Interface (GUI); IronView Network Manager (INM) Web-based GUI; SNMP v1, v2c, v3; RMON; HP OpenView for Sun™ Solaris™, HP-UX, IBM AIX®, and Windows NT®; IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus |
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