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Cisco7609 Internet Router Installation Guide
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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, page1-4
•System Features, page1-6
•Cisco 7600 Internet Router Components, page 1-8
The Cisco 7609 Internet Router delivers optical WAN and MAN networking with
a focus 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 differenti ate 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:
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QoS
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Hierarchical Traffic Shaping