Specifications

Chapter 7 Broadband and Dial Access
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Broadband Services Aggregation
Broadband Services Aggregation
The Cisco broadband aggregation portfolio includes the Cisco 7200 Series Router, the Cisco
7301 Series Internet Router, and the Cisco 10000 Series Internet Router. This portfolio
covers all possible broadband aggregation markets. The Cisco 10000 Series routers is a
carrier class broadband aggregation router designed to provide high-density,
high-performance services while maintaining the high-availability standards of large-scale
carrier deployments. The Cisco 7200 and Cisco Series routers cover the ISP and retail space
by providing a dense, feature-rich platform but only taking a small footprint in the network.
• Cisco 7301: Highest Density PPP aggregation per rack-unit
• Cisco 7200: Most versatile platform
• Cisco 10000: Highest availability on a carrier-class integrated edge router
With this portfolio, Cisco can address the broadest set of requirements in terms of form
factor, density, performance and scale, and offer customers a unique level of choice, with
products optimized for any customer deployment.
Cisco 7200 Series
When ordered with the Cisco IOS 7200 Series Broadband User Services License (part
number FR-BUS72), the 7200 delivers scaled PPP, RBE, and L2TP sessions and tunnels in
addition to rich IP services. It enables service providers to provision broadband Internet
access and supports all of the popular access technologies deployed today, including DSL,
Cable, Wireless, and Dial Access. It is ideal for low- to medium-density applications and is
capable of handling up to 16000 subscribers in a single chassis. The 7200 is a modular
platform with a choice of processing engines and a wide variety of WAN and LAN port
adapters, including T1/E1, DS3, OC-3, Fast Ethernet, and Gigabit Ethernet. See page 1-36
for more information on the 7200 series.
Cisco 7301 Series
When ordered as 7301-BB-8K and 7301-BB-16K (16K License) the Cisco 7301 Series
Router provides a compact, high-performance single-rack-unit (1RU) router coupled with
a broad set of interfaces and Cisco IOS® Software features, which makes it ideal for
Broadband applications. The Cisco is capable of handling up to 16,000 simultaneous
sessions and allowing for a pay-as-you-grow “rack and stack” architecture.
Cisco 10000 Series
The Cisco 10000 is the industry’s only integrated edge router that delivers highly available,
line-rate performance without compromises for service providers deploying advanced IP
services to broadband, leased line, ATM, and Frame Relay customers. With 99.999 percent
uptime, the platform delivers high-performance broadband features including support for
61,500 broadband subscribers, hardware-accelerated PPP over Ethernet and PPP over ATM,
routed bridge encapsulation and 1483 routing. New to the Cisco 10000 is support for
Ethernet 802.1Q VLANs and QinQ further broadening the spectrum of encapsulations. See
page 1-45 for more information on the 10000 series.