Brocade MLX - shawfdong/hyades GitHub Wiki

Hyades is inside UCSC's Science DMZ Network. The Science DMZ is designed to handle high volume data transfers, typical with scientific and high-performance computing, by creating a special DMZ (demilitarized zone) to accommodate those transfers[1]. The border router for UCSC's Science DMZ is a Brocade MLXe (border-comm-2-g.ucsc.edu, which was bought in June 2014, with a grant awarded by the Campus Cyberinfrastructure - Network Infrastructure and Engineering Program (CC-NIE) of National Science Foundation (NSF).

The Brocade MLXe chassis[2] has 8 slots: 

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SSH@border-comm-2-g>show version
System Mode: XMR
Chassis: MLXe 8-slot (Serial #: BGB2507K00B,  Part #: 40-1000362-04)
NI-X-HSF Switch Fabric Module 1 (Serial #: BEU0446J013,  Part #: 60-1001588-14)
FE 1: Type fe600,  Version 1
FE 3: Type fe600,  Version 1
Switch Fabric Module 1 Up Time is 8 days 1 hours 38 minutes 32 seconds 
NI-X-HSF Switch Fabric Module 2 (Serial #: BEU0401K03A,  Part #: 60-1001588-14)
FE 1: Type fe600,  Version 1
FE 3: Type fe600,  Version 1
Switch Fabric Module 2 Up Time is 8 days 1 hours 38 minutes 32 seconds 
NI-X-HSF Switch Fabric Module 3 (Serial #: BEU0452J03A,  Part #: 60-1001588-14)
FE 1: Type fe600,  Version 1
FE 3: Type fe600,  Version 1
Switch Fabric Module 3 Up Time is 8 days 1 hours 38 minutes 32 seconds

At present the Brocade MLXe chassis is populated with 2 redundant Management Modules: 

SL M2: BR-MLX-MR2-X Management Module Active (Serial #: BVR2510K00D, Part #: 60-1002375-06):
Boot     : Version 5.7.0T165 Copyright (c) 1996-2014 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
Compiled on May  5 2014 at 10:42:14 labeled as xmprm05700
 (519543 bytes) from boot flash
Monitor  : Version 5.8.0T165 Copyright (c) 1996-2014 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
Compiled on May 18 2015 at 13:01:40 labeled as xmb05800
 (539721 bytes) from code flash
IronWare : Version 5.8.0cT163 Copyright (c) 1996-2014 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
Compiled on Sep 26 2015 at 04:08:38 labeled as xmr05800c          
 (9954448 bytes) from Primary
Board ID : 00 MBRIDGE Revision : 37
1666 MHz Power PC processor 7448 (version 8004/0202) 166 MHz bus
512 KB Boot Flash (MX29LV040C), 128 MB Code Flash (MT28F256J3)
4096 MB DRAM INSTALLED
4096 MB DRAM ADDRESSABLE
Active Management uptime is 8 days 1 hours 38 minutes 32 seconds 

SL M1: BR-MLX-MR2-X Management Module Standby (Serial #: BVR2507K00H, Part #: 60-1002375-06):
Boot     : Version 5.7.0T165 Copyright (c) 1996-2014 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
Compiled on May  5 2014 at 10:42:14 labeled as xmprm05700
 (519543 bytes) from boot flash
Monitor  : Version 5.8.0T165 Copyright (c) 1996-2014 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
Compiled on May 18 2015 at 13:01:40 labeled as xmb05800
 (539721 bytes) from code flash
IronWare : Version 5.8.0cT163 Copyright (c) 1996-2014 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
Compiled on Sep 26 2015 at 04:08:38 labeled as xmr05800c
 (9954448 bytes) from Primary
Board ID : 00 MBRIDGE Revision : 37
1666 MHz Power PC processor 7448 (version 8004/0202) 166 MHz bus
512 KB Boot Flash (MX29LV040C), 128 MB Code Flash (MT28F256J3)
4096 MB DRAM INSTALLED
4096 MB DRAM ADDRESSABLE                                          
Standby Management uptime is 8 days 1 hours 37 minutes 37 seconds

and a 8-port 10GbE Module: 

SL 1: BR-MLX-10Gx8-X 8-port 10GbE (X) Module (Serial #: BQQ0407K01C, Part #: 60-1002031-10)
(LID: dssFJFMmFGe)
Boot     : Version 5.7.0T175 Copyright (c) 1996-2014 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
Compiled on May  5 2014 at 10:42:40 labeled as xmlprm05700
 (447073 bytes) from boot flash
Monitor  : Version 5.8.0T175 Copyright (c) 1996-2014 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
Compiled on May 18 2015 at 13:02:40 labeled as xmlb05800
 (568745 bytes) from code flash
IronWare : Version 5.8.0cT177 Copyright (c) 1996-2014 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
Compiled on Sep 26 2015 at 04:17:00 labeled as xmlp05800c
 (9280307 bytes) from Primary
FPGA versions: 
Valid PBIF Version = 2.20, Build Time = 9/24/2014 13:54:00

Valid XPP Version = 0.02, Build Time = 6/5/2014 14:24:00

MACXPP40G 0
MACXPP40G 1
1333 MHz MPC MPC8548 (version 8021/0022) 533 MHz bus
512 KB Boot Flash (MX29LV040C), 64 MB Code Flash (MT28F256J3)
2048 MB DRAM, 8 KB SRAM, 286331153 Bytes (~274 MB) BRAM           
LP Slot 1 uptime is 8 days 1 hours 36 minutes 14 seconds

and a 2-port 100 GbE CFP2 Module[3]: 

SL 3: BR-MLX-100Gx2-X 2-port 100GbE Module (Serial #: BQS0351J00C, Part #: 60-1001928-14)
License: MLXe_1PORT_100G (LID: dsuFIKGlFFe)
Boot     : Version 5.7.0T175 Copyright (c) 1996-2014 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
Compiled on May  5 2014 at 10:42:40 labeled as xmlprm05700
 (447073 bytes) from boot flash
Monitor  : Version 5.8.0T175 Copyright (c) 1996-2014 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
Compiled on May 18 2015 at 13:02:40 labeled as xmlb05800
 (568745 bytes) from code flash
IronWare : Version 5.8.0cT177 Copyright (c) 1996-2014 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
Compiled on Sep 26 2015 at 04:17:00 labeled as xmlp05800c
 (9280307 bytes) from Primary
FPGA versions: 
Valid XPP Version = 7.13, Build Time = 9/22/2015 10:18:00

MACXPP100G 0
MACXPP100G 1
1333 MHz MPC MPC8548 (version 8021/0022) 533 MHz bus
512 KB Boot Flash (MX29LV040C), 64 MB Code Flash (MT28F256J3)
2048 MB DRAM, 8 KB SRAM, 286331153 Bytes (~274 MB) BRAM
LP Slot 3 uptime is 8 days 1 hours 37 minutes 37 seconds

Note that the ports on the 100 GbE module are of type CFP2 (10x 10Gbit/s lanes). By comparison, the 100 GbE ports on Dell Z9100-ON Switch are QSFP28 (4x 25Gbit/s lanes). The first 100 GbE port is connected to a CENIC HPR (High-Performance Research) router in Sunnyvale, CA, by way of a PacWave switch.

Further Readings

References

  1. ^ Science DMZ
  2. ^ Brocade MLX Series Routers Data Sheet
  3. ^ Brocade MLX 2-Port 100 GbE CFP2 Module Data Sheet
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