topic MLX MP & LP in Data Center (MLX & CER/CES)

MLX MP & LP

samim — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 19:10:38 GMT

Hello all

Can someone please provide info regarding MP adn LP on MLX Routers? What are they, what is full name and full function of them? Will be great if you can compare it to Cisco Device example.

Thanks!

Best Regards;

Re: MLX MP & LP

joergkost — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 05:30:08 GMT

See page 10 and 11 of the techsheet:

https://cloud.kapostcontent.net/pub/15cbe9d1-0175-4726-8796-56cb2d0ee7f4/mlx-series-routers-data-sheet.pdf

Re: MLX MP & LP

samim — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 12:37:41 GMT

Sorry, but I see there only Modules specifications, I am searching for complete explanation of those two expressions. But thanks!

Re: MLX MP & LP

Michael_Morey — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 16:03:39 GMT

Samim,

The "MP" is the Management Module, we also refer to this as the MM.
The "LP" is the Line Card, these are your port modules that house your ethernet interfaces. There are many types of LPs; 10Gbps, 40Gbps and 100Gbs, all with their own different varieties of capacity; 8x10G, 20x10G, 4x40G, 2x100G etc.

I hope that clears things up for you,

Michael Morey
Principal Technical Support Engineer / Extreme Networks
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