Hardware Component Overview
document that depict the Routing Engine. These differencesdo not affect Routing
Engine installation and removalor functionality.
For specific informationabout Routing Engine components (for example, the
amount of SDRAM), issue the show chassis routing-engine command.
NOTE: If two Routing Engines are installed, they must both be the same version.
Figure 9: Routing Engine
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Miscellaneous Control Subsystem (MCS)
The Miscellaneous Control Subsystem(MCS) works with its companion Routing
Engine to provide controland monitoring functions for router components. It also
generates a clock signal for theS ONET/SDHinterfaces on the router.
One or two host modules (paired MCS and RoutingEngine) can be installed
into the midplane from the rear of the chassis, as shown in Figure 3. Only
one host module is active at a time,with the optional second host module in
standby mode. For more information about host module interdependence
and redundancy,see Host Module on page 22.
The MCS performs the following functions:
Monitoring and control of router components—TheMCS collects statistics
from all sensors in the system. When it detects a failure or alarm co ndition,
it sends a signal to the RoutingEngine, which generates control messages
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