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
• 802.1Q Virtual Bridged LANs
• 802.1D MAC Bridges
• 802.1w Rapid STP
• 802.1s Multiple Spanning Trees

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 4724 Graceful Restart Mechanism for BGP
• RFC 4273 BGP-4 MIB
• RFC 4893 BGP Support for Four-octet AS Number Space

RFC Compliance - OSPF

• RFC 2178 OSPF
• RFC 1583 OSPF v2
• RFC 1587 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 2763 Dynamic Host Name Exchange
• RFC 2966 Domain-wide Prefix Distribution
• RFC 5120 IS-IS Multi-Topology Support

RFC Compliance - RIP

• RFC 1058 RIP v1
• RFC 2453 RIP v2
• RFC 1812 RIP Requirements

RFC Compliance - IPv4 Multicast

• RFC 1122 Host Extensions
• RFC 1112 IGMP
• RFC 2236 IGMP v2
• 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 1350 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 2030 SNTP
• RFC 2138 RADIUS
• RFC 3176 sFlow
• 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 4741 NETCONF (partial)
• RFC 4087 IP Tunnel MIB

RFC Compliance - IPv6 Core

• RFC 2460 IPv6 Specification
• RFC 2461 IPv6 Neighbor Discovery
• RFC 2462 IPv6 Stateless Address Auto-Configuration
• RFC 2463 ICMPv6
• RFC 3513 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 3315 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) for IPv6

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 and MLDv2 for SSM
• RFC 4607 Source-Specific Multicast for IP
• RFC 2362 PIM-SM draft-ietf-pim-sm-v2-new; 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 4798 Connecting IPv6 Islands over IPv4 MPLS Using IPv6 Provider Edge

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 5443 LDP IGP Synchronization
• RFC 5712 MPLS Traffic Engineering Soft Preemption
• RFC 3812 MPLS TE MIB
• draft-ietf-bfd-mpls BFD for MPLS LSPs (RSVP-TE)

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 – Layer 2 VPN and PWE3

• RFC 4664 Framework for Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks
• RFC 4665 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
• RFC 5542 Definitions of Textual Conventions for Pseudowire (PW) Management
• RFC 5601 Pseudowire (PW) Management Information Base

RFC Compliance - 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)
• 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

Network Management

• Brocade Network Advisor Web-based Graphical User Interface (GUI)
• Integrated industry standard Command Line Interface (CLI)
• sFlow (RFC 3176)
• Telnet
• SNMP v1, v2c, v3
• SNMP MIB II
• RMON
• Support for automated configuration management using NETCONF

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 45 °C (32 °F to 104 °F)
• Relative Humidity: 5% to 90%, @45 °C (104 °F), non-condensing
• Operating Altitude: 6,600 ft (2,012 m)
• Storage Temperature: -25 ºC to 70 ºC (-13 ºF 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

ANATEL Approval Numbers*

• BI-RX-04 1785-09-5661
• BI-RX-08 1786-09-5661
• BI-RX-16 1784-09-5661
• BI-RX-32 1787-09-5661
• NI-XMR-32 1787-09-5661

*Note: All certificates can be found at the Anatel Web site. For regulatory purposes, the Brocade MLX-4 and NetIron XMR 4000 are identified by model number BI-RX-4, the Brocade MLX-8 and NetIron XMR 8000 are identified by model number BI-RX-8, the Brocade MLX-16 and NetIron XMR 16000 are identified by model number BI-RX-16 and the Brocade MLX-32 and NetIron XMR 32000 are identified by model number BI-RX-32.