PacketLion Network Packet Brokers
FEATURE Comparison Matrix

Product Specification Model NX-PBPL-1SC NX-PBPL-1S2 NX-PBPL-1M NX-PBPL-1L NX-PBPL-2M NX-PBPL-2L NX-PBPL-3XL NX-PBPL-4L
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Switch Packet Processor Broadcom Trident 3 (BCM56277) Broadcom Trident 3 (BCM56771) Broadcom Qumeran MX (BCM88375) Broadcom Trident 3 (BCM56873) Broadcom Tomahawk (BCM56960) Broadcom Trident 3 (BCM56870) Broadcom Tomahawk III (BCM56980) Broadcom Jericho2 (BCM88690) & Broadcom OP2 (BCM16K)
Dimensions (WxDxH) 44.0 x 35.0 x 4.4 cm 44.3 x 47.3 x 4.4 cm 44.3 x 47.3 x 4.3 cm 43.8 x 53.6 x 4.4 cm 43.8 x 51.5 x 4.4 cm 43.8 x 51.5 x 4.4 cm 43.8 x 53.6 x 4.3 cm 43.6 x 87.7 x 16.2 cm
Network Interfaces 48x RJ45 10/100/1000 Mbps 6x SFP+: 1/10 Gbe 48x SFP+ 1/10 Gbe 6x QSFP28 40/100 Gbe 48x SFP+: 10/100/1000M copper, or 1/2.5/10 Gbe/GbaseT, 6x QSFP28 1/10/40/50/100 Gbe, or 12x 50 Gbe, or 24 x 10/25 Gbe 48x SFP28: 1/10 Gbe copper, or 1/10/25 Gbe 8x QSFP28 1/10/25/ 40/50/100 Gbe, or 16x 50 Gbe, or 32x 10/25 Gbe 32x QSFP28 40/100 Gbe, or 64x 50 Gbe, or 128x 1/10/25 Gbe 32x QSFP28 40/100 Gbe, or 64x 50 Gbe, or 128x 1/10/25 Gbe 32x QSFP-DD 10/25/50/100/ 200/400 Gbe, or 64x 40 Gbe, or 128x 10/25/50/100 Gbe 40x QSFP28 40/100 Gbe, or 80x 10/25 Gbe
Management User interface full coverage (CLI, Netconf, SNMP, WebUI) ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Stacking (w/o additional license fees) ✅ ✅ ❌ ✅ ❌ ✅ ❌ ❌
Ports MTU 9,400 Bytes 9,400 Bytes 9,216 Bytes 9,400 Bytes 9,400 Bytes 9,400 Bytes 9,400 Bytes 9,416 Bytes
TX queues 4MB 32MB 6GB Deep Buffer 32MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 8GB Deep Buffer
Port Labeling (VLAN tagging) ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
MPLS stripping ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅ ❌ ✅ ❌ ❌
PRBS ✅ ✅ ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌
Pre emphasis settings ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅ ❌
Ignore bad CRC ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌
Rules UDF up to 15 windows of 30 bytes in total up to 15 windows of 30 bytes in total 2 UDF windows 3/16 and 16 Bytes up to 15 UDF windows of 30 Bytes in total 2 UDF windows of 16 Bytes up to 15 UDF windows 30 Bytes in total up to 16 UDF windows 32 Bytes in total 16 UDF windows 32 Bytes total
Number of filters 3,070 3,070 12,288 3,070 1,023 3,070 1,023 12,287
HW Exact match IP filters ❌ 110,000 ❌ 110,000 15,000 110,000 40,000 ❌
Rules Classifiers MAC Address Filtering ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Ethertype ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Vlan ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Inner Vlan ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌ ✅
MPLS Labels (4 Labels) and masks ✅ ✅ ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌
DSCP ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Protocol No. ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
L3 Fragments ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
L3 Packet Length ✅ ✅ ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌ ❌
IPv4 Filtering ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
IPv6 Filtering ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
L4-Ports (source, destination) ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
TCP Flags ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
MPLS-Tunnel Filtering ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ (L3 IPv4)
GTP-Tunnel Filtering ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
L2TP-Tunnel Filteringv ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
PPPoE-Tunnel Filtering ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
GRE-Tunnel Filtering ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
VXLAN-Tunnel Filtering ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Packet Processing MAC replace ✅ ✅ ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌
Vlan Editing ✅ ✅ ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌
Packet Slicing ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌ ✅ ✅ ❌
Port Timestamping ✅ ✅ ❌ ✅ ❌ ✅ ❌ ❌
Rule Timestamping ✅ ✅ ❌ ✅ ❌ ✅ ❌ ❌
Load-Balancing Gruppenanzahl 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 64
Round robin ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌ ❌
Hash based ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Random ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅ ❌
Hash Keys Input interface, MPLS, L2, L3, L4, GTP TEID Input interface, MPLS, L2, L3, L4, GTP TEID MPLS, L2, L3, L4 Input interface, MPLS, L2, L3, L4, GTP TEID Input interface, MPLS, L2, L3, L4, GTP TEID Input interface, MPLS, L2, L3, L4, GTP TEID Input interface, MPLS, L2, L3, L4, GTP TEID L2, L3, L4
Dynamic Load Balancing ❌ ✅ ❌ ✅ ❌ ✅ ❌ ❌
Port-Redundanz (standby ports) ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Inline Solution Inline Tools & Heartbeat ✅ ✅ ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Inline Tool Chains ✅ ✅ ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Inline Load-Balancing ✅ ✅ ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
IP-Interfaces Anzahl IP-Interfaces 1022 1022 ❌ 99 99 99 99 ❌
GRE-Tunneling Anzahl GRE-Interfaces 1022 1022 n/a 99 99 99 n/a n/a
L2 GRE-Termination ✅ ✅ ❌ ✅ ❌ ✅ ❌ ❌
L3 GRE-Termination ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅ ❌ ❌ ❌
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