Chapter1 Product Overview
System Features
1-6
Cisco7609 Internet Router Installation Guide
OL-5079-04
The Cisco 7609 Internet Router supports the following:
•A Supervisor Engine 2 with MSFC2 and a PFC2, and an optional redundant
Supervisor Engine 2 with MSFC2 and a PFC2. Each supervisor engine has
two Gigabit interface uplinks.
Note The uplink ports are fully functional on the redundant supervisor
engine in standby mode.
Note Both supervisor engines in a single chassis must be completely
identical.
•Backplane bandwidth scalable up to 256 Gbps when using the Switch Fabri c
Module (WS-C6500-SFM)
•Up to eight additional OSMs or Catalyst 6000 family modules
•Hot-swappable fan assembly and modules
•Redundant AC-input or DC-input power supplies
System Features
This section describes the hardware features for the Cisco 7609 Internet Router.
For software descriptions, refer to the Cisco7600 Series Internet Router Software
Configuration Guide. Formodule descriptions and installation procedures, refer
to the Cisco 7600 Series Internet Router Module Installation Guide.

Bandwidth and Port Density

Table 1 -1 lists the bandwidth and port densities of the Cisco 76 09 Internet Router.