Product Overview 1-3
Features of the Cisco 12008 Router
The networking capabilities and features of the Cisco 12000 series of routers make them
ideally suited to meet the needs of the following classes of users:
•Internet service providers (ISPs)
•Carriers providing Internet services and utilities
•Competitive access providers (CAPs)
•Enterprise wide-area network (WAN) backbones
•Metropolitan-area network (MAN) backbones
Features of the Cisco 12008 Router
The Cisco 12008 router incorporates a high-speed switching fabric that provides high data-
handling capacities for IP-based local- and wide-area networks. Figure1-1 is a front view
of the Cisco 12008 router.
All of the router’s major components and FRUs are accessible from the front of the router
enclosure, making the router easy to install, configure, and maintain.