Specifications

Chapter 1 Routing

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Cisco 10720 Series

The Cisco 10720 Internet Router is a high-performance router and a principle building block

in the metro IP network. It enables service providers to offer innovative and differentiated

IP services to their customers at optical speeds.

When to Sell

Key Features

• IPS with <50 ms restoration time and SRP MIB support; Multicast support including PIM

SM, PIM DM, MBGP; L2 VPN—UTI, L2TPv3 and EoMPLS for Layer 2 to Layer 2 LAN

extension; L3 VPN MPLS VPN

• QoS—Modular QoS CLI, CAR, WRED, VTMS traffic shaping, and access lists

• Ethernet features—MDI-MDI-X support, 10/100 speed auto-negotiation, HDX-FDX

negotiation and time delay reflectometry (TDR) for 10/100BaseTX

• Hot Standby Routing Protocol (HSRP)/Multiple Hot Standby Routing Protocol (MHSRP)

• Allows service providers to offer IP services closer to the user, enabling them to better

control admission to network resources and bypass traditional DS1 and DS3 access options

• Equipped with Ethernet technology

• Supports the full suite of IP routing protocols

• 64-MB built-in Flash for software and configuration load

• Optical receive power monitoring support on OC-48/STM-16 Interface and GE

• Supported management information bases (MIBs) include SNMP, SRP, SONET,

Etherlike, OSPF

• Suitable for other applications such as Internet data center applications, intra-POP

aggregation, cable multisystem operator (MSO) internetworking, and voice-over-IP

(VoIP) aggregation

Competitive Products (vs. Cisco’s Metro IP RPR Solution using the 10720)

Sell This Product When a Customer Needs These Features

Cisco 10720 Internet Router

• High-performance IP services as part of their business strategy by extending IP further out into the network

• Simple, scalable, reliable features of DPT technology while maximizing fiber usage

• Any customer already using DPT technology in their network, most likely with DPT cards on the 12000 Internet

Router

• Metro Ethernet Services such as L2 and L3 VPN with FE/GE hand off to the Customer and 50ms restoration

over dark fiber using DPT.

• Extreme Summit: 48/Blackdiamond comb for GigE Hub & Spoke • Riverstone: RS3000/RS8600 combo for GigE Hub & Spoke