The Cisco MGX-XM60 Switching Module has the following primary features:

Single-height card

60-Gbps nonblocking crosspoint switch fabric

Dynamic sharing of capacity across multiple Cisco XM-60s, allowing for N + 1 redundancy

Four installed in each Cisco MGX 8950 for 240-Gbps total capacity, 180-Gbps redundant capacity

Hot card insertion/removal

Complete separation from control processor, allowing data forwarding in the event of control card failure

MGX S/W Releases supporting MGX-XM60:

MGX Rls 4.0.15 and above

Managed by Cisco WAN Manager Software suite

Based on Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

Input power required: -48 VDC

Power consumption: 61 W