Dell PowerConnect B - MLXe 16 Hardware Installation Guide - Page 13
Product Overview, Dell router overview, Router applications, Hardware features
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Product Overview Chapter 1 Dell router overview Dell routers provide high-performance routing to service providers, metro topologies, and Internet Exchange Points, offering the following benefits: • 10 Gbps Ethernet ports that process both inbound and outbound user packets • IPv4 routing with a very large hardware-based forwarding table and powerful hardware-based Access Control List (ACL) and rate limiting functions • IPv6 routing including hardware-based forwarding and dual-stack support • High availability (redundancy) of the following hot-swappable critical router components: - Management modules - Fans - Power supplies - Switch fabric modules • A management (10BaseT or 100BaseTX or 1000BaseTX Ethernet) port for connectivity to your existing management network • Increased Ternary Content Addressable Memory (TCAM) on the interface modules to process routing protocols • Increased processor Random Access Memory (RAM) on management and interface modules supports larger default Media Access Control (MAC) address tables and the IP route tables Router applications Dell routers are commonly deployed in the following situations: • Layer 2 metro networks • Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Layer 3 Virtual Private Network (VPN) service provider networks supporting multi-VRFs and RFC 2547bis • MPLS Layer 2 VPN service provider networks supporting both Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) and Virtual Leased Line (VLL) Hardware features This section describes the major hardware components of Dell routers. PowerConnect B-MLXe routers PowerConnect B-MLXe routers are available in the following models: PowerConnect B-MLXe Hardware Installation Guide 1 53-1002111-01