Router Installation Guide

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Cisco XR 12406 Router Installation Guide
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Cisco XR 12406 Router Overview
This chapter provides an overview of the Cisco XR 12406 Router. It contains
physical descriptions of the router hardware and major components, and
functional descriptions of the hardware-related features.
Router Description
The Cisco XR 12406 Router, shown in Figure 1-1 and Figure 1-2, is a member of
the Cisco XR 12000 series router family. The Cisco XR 12406 router scales the
Internet Service Provider edge from speeds of T3/E3 (44.7/34.4 Mbps) up to
OC-192/STM-64 or 10GE (10 Gbps).
Note Illustrations are shown without the front door for clarity.