Cabletron Systems SmartSwitch manual Chapter SSR Product Overview, Feature Specification

Chapter 1

SSR Product

Overview

The SmartSwitch Router (SSR) provides non-blocking, wire-speed Layer-2 (switching), Layer-3 (routing) and Layer-4 (application) switching. The hardware provides wire-speed performance regardless of the performance monitoring, filtering, and Quality of Service (QoS) features enabled by the software. You do not need to accept performance compromises to run QoS or access control lists (ACLs).

The following table lists the basic hardware and software specifications for the SSR:

Table 1. SSR Hardware and software specifications

Feature	Specification
Throughput	SSR 2000:
	• 8-Gbps non-blocking switching fabric
	• Up to 6 million packets-per-second routing throughput
	SSR 8000:
	• 16-Gbps non-blocking switching fabric
	• Up to 15 million packets-per-second routing throughput
	SSR 8600:
	• 32-Gbps non-blocking switching fabric
	• Up to 30 million packets-per-second routing throughput

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