Well, this is great news for Foundry lovers. Foundry NetIron MLX routers are just starting to hit the secondary (ok, used) market. This is their current generation equipment! A lot of folks are still running-on/buying IronCore series (Gen. 1,2,3), and the Jetcore gear still has lots of legs (Gen. 4) , no question. But if you have really serious needs, NetIron MLX is the way to go. Of course you need the budget too….
Some details about NetIron MLX straight from Foundry:
“Built with Foundry’s state-of-the-art, fifth-generation, network-processor-based architecture and Terabit-scale switch fabrics, the Foundry NetIron MLX Series routers offer network planners a rich set of high-performance IPv4, IPv6, MPLS, and Multi-VRF capabilities as well as advanced Layer 2 switching capabilities……
The NetIron MLX Series includes the 4-slot NetIron MLX-4, 8-slot NetIron MLX-8, 16-slot NetIron MLX-16, and the 32-slot NetIron MLX-32. The series offers industry-leading port capacity and density with up to 128 10-GbE / 640 1-GbE ports per system, and up to 256 10-GbE / 1,280 1-GbE ports in a standard 7-foot rack.”
As you may know, NetIron is at the top of the Foundry product tree. The generation 5 gear has all the latest capabilities (Support for hitless software upgrades and graceful Multicast, MPLS, ISIS, BGP and OSPF restart, IPV6, 10GbE, lowest in-class power consumption and heat dissipation, just to name a few), and a backplane (with 40-GbE ready half slots and 100-GbE ready full slots) and architecture that will be relevant well into the future. I’m excited to start offerring these units to customers in February, at significant savings over new. Call me if you have questions.
Brian Stadtmiller, Technical Sales Manager
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