Cisco 12000 Series Overview Manual

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C H A P T E R1-1Cisco 12000/10720 v3.2 Router Manager User GuideOL-6690-011OverviewThis chapter provides an overview of the Cisco 12000/10720 Routers and theCisco 12000/10720 Router Manager application.The Cisco 12000 Series Routers are part of Cisco’s premier routing productfamily and play an integral part in the network architecture. The Cisco 12000Series Routers were designed and developed for the core of service provider andenterprise IP backbones.The Cisco 10720 Router provides IP services to users at optical speeds at the edgeof their networks. The Cisco 10720 Router provides network access usingEthernet and Dynamic Packet Transport (DPT) technology for opticalconnectivity. Each router is equipped with one uplink card and one Ethernetaccess card.Figure 1-1 shows a typical Cisco 12000 Series Routers deployment. The Cisco12000/10720 Router Manager application supports the entire range of the Cisco12000 Series Routers like: Cisco 12008, Cisco 12012, Cisco 12016, Cisco 12404,Cisco 12406, Cisco 12410, Cisco 12416 and the Cisco 10720 Router.