Cisco Systems 7609 manual Product Overview

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Product Overview

Note This document describes the Cisco 7609 Internet Router (OSR-7609) and not the Cisco 7609 Internet Router (CISCO7609).

This chapter describes the Cisco 7609 Internet Router (OSR-7609) and contains these sections:

•Cisco 7609 Internet Router, page 1-4

•System Features, page 1-6

•Cisco 7600 Internet Router Components, page 1-8

The Cisco 7609 Internet Router delivers optical WAN and MAN networking with

afocus on line-rate delivery of high-touch IP services at the edge of service providers networks. Service providers can “service enable” their networks at optical speeds, enabling them to differentiate their service offerings for competitive advantage.

The Cisco 7609 Internet Router supports the following features:

•30 Mpps forwarding processor and up to 512 MB DRAM for Internet routing

•Up to two distributed Parallel Express Forwarding (PXF) IP services processors on each Optical Services Module (OSM) for flexible IP service implementation

•High-touch, line-rate IP services at 6 Mpps per slot:

–QoS

–Hierarchical Traffic Shaping

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