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About the Router 6000 11
1 Introducing the
Router 6000 Family
This section introduces the 3Com
®
Router 6000 and describes how it can
be used in your network. It covers summaries of hardware and software
features and also the following topics:
■ About the Router 6000
■ 3Com Router 6040
■ 3Com Router 6080
■ System Description
■ The RPU Module
■ The RPU2 Module
■ The PSU Module
About the
Router 6000
The 3Com Router 6000 Family are high-performance edge routers that
support flexible interface cards (FICs), hot swappable fan modules, and
power supply units (PSUs) in 1+1 redundancy.
Abundant FIC options Abundant flexible interface cards (FICs) are
available for the Router 6000 allowing great flexibility and investment
protection.
Ethernet access The electrical and fiber (multi-mode and single-mode)
FE FICs available with the Router 6000 support PPPoE and PPPoEoA that
can offer authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) services
for Ethernet access, hence satisfying the requirements of government
offices and enterprises in broadband access.
ATM and DSL Installed with an ADSL or G.HSDSL card, the Router
6000 can connect the medium-to-small-sized enterprises to the digital
subscriber line access multiplexer (DSLAM) equipment through a public
switched telephone network (PSTN) and then to the Internet. The Router