Chapter 1 Overview - Cisco 12000 User Manual

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C H A P T E R
Overview
This chapter provides an overview of the Cisco 12000/10720 Routers and the Cisco 12000/10720 Router
Manager application.
The Cisco 12000 Series Routers are part of Cisco's premier routing product family and play an integral
part in the network architecture. The Cisco 12000 Series Routers were designed and developed for the
core of service provider and enterprise IP backbones.
The Cisco 10720 Router provides IP services to users at optical speeds at the edge of their networks. The
Cisco 10720 Router provides network access using Ethernet and Dynamic Packet Transport (DPT)
technology for optical connectivity. Each router is equipped with one uplink card and one Ethernet
access card.
Figure 1-1 shows a typical Cisco 12000 Series Routers deployment. The Cisco 12000/10720 Router
Manager application supports the entire range of the Cisco 12000 Series Routers like: Cisco 12008,
Cisco 12012, Cisco 12016, Cisco 12404, Cisco 12406, Cisco 12410, Cisco 12416 and the Cisco 10720
Router.
Figure 1-1 Typical Cisco 12000 Series Router Deployment
Cisco 12000 series
internet router
ISP
Telco
switch
Gig Eth
PoS
SONET(SDH)
VATM/GE
PoS
Leased line
Frame Relay
ATM
ATM/MPLS
Ethernet
Cisco EMF and
C12kM server
The Cisco 12000/10720 Router Manager application works in conjunction with the Cisco Element
Management Framework (Cisco EMF) application to provide element management for the Cisco 12000
Series and Cisco 10720 Routers. The Element Manager includes FCAP management.
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