Cisco 12000 Series

Performing Internet Routing and Switching at Gigabit Speeds

Performing Internet routing and switching at gigabit speeds, Cisco's new 12000 series is the first in a new product class of gigabit switch routers. The Cisco 12000 GSR meets the exponential growth in demand for Internet bandwidth and brings scalability and high-performance services to IP-based networks. Internet traffic volumes are rapidly increasing, driven by the World-Wide Web, networked commerce, multimedia and new voice-based applications. Designed to meet current and future Internet traffic requirements, the Cisco 12000 GSR initially supports IP backbone links at OC-12 (622 Mbps) - four times faster than those used today - and can scale to handle links at OC-48 (2.4 Gbps) which is 16 times faster than today's links. The Cisco 12000 series is currently deployed in several Internet backbone networks.

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