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Brocade NetIron CER 2000 Series

The Brocade NetIron CER 2000 Series is a family of compact routers that are purpose-built for high-performance Ethernet edge routing and MPLS applications. These fixed-form routers can store a complete Internet table and are ideal for supporting a wide range of applications in Metro Ethernet, data center, and campus networks. By providing enhanced scalability and flexibility, the Brocade CER 2000 Series enables service providers to meet the dynamic needs for higher bandwidth services.

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Comprehensive IPv4/IPv6 routing support based on the Brocade Multi-Service IronWare OS

  • High-performance, robust routing using Forwarding Information Base (FIB) programming in hardware
  • RIP/RIPng, OSPF/OSPFv3, IS-IS/IS-IS for IPv6, and BGP-4/BGP-MP for IPv6
  • Secure Multi-VRF routing for supporting virtual routing applications over non-MPLS backbones
  • VRRP and VRRP-E
  • 8-path Equal-Cost Multi-Path(ECMP)
  • Up to 1.5 million IPv4 unicast routes in FIB
  • Up to 256,000 IPv6 unicast routes in FIB

Rich multicast support

  • IPv4 multicast protocols, including PIM-DM, PIM-SM,  and PIM-SSM
  • IPv6 multicast support, including PIM-SM/SSM and MLD
  • IGMP v2/v3 routing and snooping support
  • IGMP static group support
  • Multicast boundaries to facilitate admission control
  • Up to 6000 multicast groups in hardware
  • Multicast traffic distribution over Link Aggregation Groups (LAGs)
  • Efficient egress interface-based replication to maximize performance and conserve buffers

Advanced MPLS features

  • Comprehensive MPLS signaling and path calculation algorithms for both traffic-engineered and non-traffic-engineered applications: OSPF-TE, IS-IS-TE, RSVP-TE, and CSPF
  • MPLS Fast ReRoute (FRR) and hot standby paths for traffic protection
  • Label Distribution Protocol (LDP)
  • Advanced MPLS services: IP over MPLS, VLL, VPLS, Layer 3 VPN, routing over VPLS

Advanced carrier-grade Ethernet services

  • Up to 128,000 MAC addresses
  • 4000 VLANs/S-VLANs/B-VLANs
  • Ability to reuse VLAN-ID on each port using the Brocade Ethernet Service Instance (ESI) framework
  • MPLS Layer 2 VPN services
  • IEEE 802.1ad Provider Bridges
  • IEEE 802.1ah Provider Backbone Bridges
  • IEEE 802.1ag Connectivity Fault Management
  • Comprehensive set of Layer 2 control protocols: Brocade MRP/MRP-II, VSRP, RSTP, and MSTP
  • MEF 9, MEF 14, and MEF 21 certification
  • E-LINE (EPL and EVPL), E-LAN, and E-TREE support
  • Protocol tunneling of Bridge Protocol Data Units (BPDUs)

Support for link aggregation using either IEEE 802.3ad LACP or static trunks

  • Up to 12 ports per LAG
  • Support for single-link Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)

Deep egress buffering for transient bursts in traffic

  • 64 to 192 MB of buffering, based on configuration

Advanced QoS

  • Inbound and outbound two-rate three-color traffic policers with accounting
  • Eight queues per port, each with a distinct priority level
  • Multiple queue servicing disciplines: Strict Priority, Weighted Fair Queuing, and hybrid
  • Advanced remarking capabilities based on port, VLAN, PCP, DSCP, or IPv4 flow
  • Egress port and priority-based shaping

Comprehensive hardware-based security and policies

  • Hardware-based Layer 3 and Layer 2 ACLs (both inbound and outbound) with logging
  • Ability to bind multiple ACLs to the same port
  • Hardware-based Policy-Based Routing (PBR)

Additional security capabilities

  • Port-based network access control using 802.1x or MAC port security
  • Root guard and BPDU guard
  • Broadcast, multicast, and unknown unicast rate limits
  • ARP inspection for static entries

Advanced monitoring capabilities

  • Port- and ACL-based mirroring that enables traffic mirroring based on incoming port, VLAN-ID, or IPv4/TCP/UDP flow
  • Hardware-based sFlow sampling that allows extensive Layer 2-7 traffic monitoring for IPv4 and Carrier Ethernet services
  • ACL-based sFlow support

Interface capabilities

  • Jumbo frame support up to 9216 bytes
  • Optical monitoring of SFP and XFP optics for fast detection of fiber faults
  • UDLD and LFS/RFN support

Intuitive, comprehensive status indication via LEDs

  • Per-port UP/DOWN/ACTIVITY indicators
  • FAN tray status
  • Power supply status

Redundancy

  • Redundant, hot-swappable AC/DC power supplies at the rear
  • Removable fan tray with fan redundancy

Software-Defined Networking

  • Support for OpenFlow v1.0

Brocade NetIron CER 2000 Series

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