PowerConnect B-MLXe8

PowerConnect B-MLXe8

Dell PowerConnect B-MLXe8

Advanced Ethernet 8-slot enterprise router


DellTM  PowerConnectTM  B-MLXe8 switching routers are 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) capable and feature 10GbE and GbE wire-speed density, IPv6, Multi-VRF and MPLS with minimal performance impact.
  • Unify Virtualized server and storage traffic
  • Wire-speed performance for tomorrow’s terabit data
  • High availability and redundant architecture for mission-critical applications

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  Feature
FeaturePowerConnect B-MLXe8
Interface slots8
Switch fabric capacity3.84Tbps
Data forwarding capacity1.6 Tbps
Packet routing performance1.2 billion pps
Maximum 100 GbE wire-speed ports8
Maximum 10 GbE wire-speed ports64
Maximum 1 GbE wire-speed ports384
Height (inches/rack units)12.21"/7RU
Power supply redundancyM+N
AirflowSide to back
  Standards Supported
IEEE Compliance
802.3 CSMA/CD Access Method and Physical Layer Specifications
802.3ab 1000BASE-T
802.3ae 10 Gigabit Ethernet
802.3x Flow Control
802.3ad Link Aggregation
802.3ah Ethernet in the First Mile
802.1Q Virtual Bridged LANs
802.1D MAC Bridges
802.1w Rapid STP
802.1s Multiple Spanning Trees
802.1ad Provider Bridges; partial support: port-based and S-tagged service interface
802.1ag Connectivity Fault Management (CFM)
8023.ba 100 Gigabit Ethernet

ITU compliance
Y.1731 OAM functions and mechanisms for Ethernet-based networks

RFC Compliance - BGPv4
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
RFC 4893 BGP Support for Four-octet AS Number Space
draft-ietf-idr-restart Graceful Restart Mechanism for BGP

RFC Compliance - OSPF
RFC 2328 OSPF v2
RFC 3101 OSPF NSSA
RFC 1745 OSPF Interactions
RFC 1765 OSPF Database Overflow
RFC 1850 OSPF Traps
RFC 2328 OSPF v2
RFC 1850 OSPF v2 MIB
RFC 2370 OSPF Opaque LSA Option
RFC 3630 TE Extensions to OSPF v2
RFC 3623 Graceful OSPF Restart

RFC Compliance - 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

RFC Compliance - RIP
RFC 1058 RIP v1
RFC 1723 RIP v2
RFC 1812 RIP Requirements

RFC Compliance - 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

RFC Compliance - 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 2338 VRRP
RFC 854 TELNET
RFC 1591 DNS (client)

RFC Compliance - 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

RFC Compliance - Other
RFC 1354 IP Forwarding MIB
RFC 2665 Ethernet Interface MIB
RFC 1757 RMON Groups 1, 2, 3, 9
RFC 2068 HTTP
RFC 2043 SNTP
RFC 2138 RADIUS
RFC 3176 sFlow
RFC 2863 Interfaces Group MIB
Draft-ietf-tcpm-tcpsecure TCP Security
RFC 3074 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

RFC Compliance - IPv6 Core
RFC 2460 IPv6 Specification
RFC 2461 IPv6 Neighbor Discovery
RFC 2462 IPv6 Stateless Address Auto-Configuration
RFC 2463 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

RFC Compliance - 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

RFC Compliance - 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 PIM-SM Protocol Specification; partial support: SSM mode of operation

RFC Compliance - IPv6 Transitioning
RFC 2893 Transition Mechanisms for IPv6 Hosts and Routers
RFC 3056 Connection of IPv6 Domains via IPv4 Clouds

RFC Compliance - 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

RFC Compliance - 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

RFC Compliance - 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 Transport of Ethernet over MPLS Networks
draft-ietf-pwe3-pw-tc-mib Definitions for Textual Conventions and OBJECT-IDENTITIES for Pseudo-Wires Management
draft-ietf-pwe3-pw-mib Pseudo Wire (PW) Management Information Base

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

  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 v2)
HTTPs
TACACS/TACACS+
Username/Password (Challenge and Response)
Bi-level Access Mode (Standard and EXEC Level)
Protection against Denial of Service attacks, such as TCP SYN or Smurf Attacks

  Environmental
Operating Temperature: 0 °C to 40 °C (32 °F to 104 °F)
Relative Humidity: 5% to 90%, @40 °C (104 °F), non-condensing
Operating Altitude: 6,600 ft (2,012 m)
Storage Temperature: -25 °C to 70 °C (-13 °F to 158 °F)
Storage Humidity: 95% maximum relative humidity, non-condensing
Storage Altitude: 15,000 ft (4,500 m) maximum

  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 Products - 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)

  Telco NEBS/ETSI
Designed to meet the following specifications (formal testing under way):
Telcordia GR-63-CORE NEBS Requirements: Physical Protection
Telcordia GR-1089-CORE EMC and Electrical Safety
Telcordia SR-3580 Level 3
ETSI ETS 300-019 Physical Protection
Part 1-1, Class 1.1, Partly Temperature Controlled Storage Locations
Part 1-2, Class 2.3, Public Transportation
Part 1-3, Class 3.1, Temperature Controlled Locations (Operational)
ETSI ETS 300-386 EMI/EMC

  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

  Physical Design and Mounting
19-Inch rack mount supporting racks compliant with
ANSI/EIA-310-D
ETS 300 119
GR-63-CORE Seismic Zone 4
Tabletop

  Environmental Regulatory Compliance
EU 2002/95/EC RoHS (with lead exemption)
EU 2002/96/EC WEEE

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