3Com manual About the, 1Introducing the Router 6000 Family

About the Router 6000 11

1Introducing the Router 6000 Family

This section introduces the 3Com® Router 6000 and describes how it can be used in your network. It covers summaries of hardware and software features and also the following topics:

	■ About the Router 6000
	■	3Com Router 6040
	■	3Com Router 6080
	■	System Description
	■	The RPU Module
	■	The RPU2 Module
	■	The PSU Module
About the	The 3Com Router 6000 Family are high-performance edge routers that
Router 6000	support flexible interface cards (FICs), hot swappable fan modules, and
	power supply units (PSUs) in 1+1 redundancy.

Abundant FIC options Abundant flexible interface cards (FICs) are available for the Router 6000 allowing great flexibility and investment protection.

Ethernet access The electrical and fiber (multi-mode and single-mode) FE FICs available with the Router 6000 support PPPoE and PPPoEoA that can offer authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) services for Ethernet access, hence satisfying the requirements of government offices and enterprises in broadband access.

ATM and DSL Installed with an ADSL or G.HSDSL card, the Router 6000 can connect the medium-to-small-sized enterprises to the digital subscriber line access multiplexer (DSLAM) equipment through a public switched telephone network (PSTN) and then to the Internet. The Router