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Figure 9. Switched Routers
Other advantages of using GRF are as follows:
•Availability of a redundant power supply
•Availability of a redundant fan
•Availability of a
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•Scalability of up to 4 or 16 media adapters, depending on the GRF model
Perhaps the greatest advantage of using the GRF is improved price/performance. As previously mentioned, the GRF is a dedicated router, and as such it is much more cost effective for routing IP traffic than using dedicated RS/6000 SP node.
2.1.6 Overview of Supported Routing Protocols
In addition to static routes, various routing protocols are available on the GRF, as follows:
RIPRouting Information Protocol Version 1 or 2 (RIP 1 or 2)
OSPFOpen Shortest Path First
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