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What is the Cisco 7600 Series Router?
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The Cisco 7600 Series Router is a modular, high-performance network platform designed to deliver scalable throughput, advanced services, and carrier-grade reliability for enterprise and service provider deployments.
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What are the key features of the Cisco 7600 Series Router?
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Key features include a modular chassis with redundant supervisors and power supplies, programmable service blades, rich QoS and security, multi-terabit switching capacity, and support for IPv4/IPv6 and MPLS services.
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What throughput can the Cisco 7600 Series deliver?
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Depending on the installed Supervisor Engine, the 7600 Series supports up to 720 Gbps per slot and offers multi-terabit aggregate switching capacity in a fully populated chassis.
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How many slots does the Cisco 7600 Series modular chassis support?
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The Cisco 7600 Series is available in 6-slot (7606) and 9-slot (7609) chassis configurations, providing flexible port density and service-module expansion.
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Which line cards are compatible with the Cisco 7600 Series Router?
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Compatible line cards include E-Series Ethernet Services Modules, C-Series modules, Shared Port Adapters (SPAs), and specialized service modules for security, WAN aggregation, and video services.
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What operating system runs on the Cisco 7600 Series?
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The Cisco 7600 Series runs Cisco IOS Software Release 15.x, offering a comprehensive feature set for routing, switching, security, QoS, and multicast services.
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Does the Cisco 7600 Series support high availability?
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Yes. The 7600 Series offers redundant supervisor engines and power supplies, in-service software upgrades (ISSU), non-stop forwarding (NSF), and hitless process restarts for carrier-grade uptime.
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What power supply options are available for the Cisco 7600 Series?
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Available options include AC and DC redundant, hot-swappable power supplies with 1+1 or N+1 redundancy to ensure continuous operation under varying load conditions.
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How scalable is the Cisco 7600 Series Router?
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The 7600 Series scales from entry-level throughput to multi-terabit performance, allowing incremental addition of supervisors, line cards, and service modules to match evolving network demands.
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What virtualization features are supported on the Cisco 7600 Series?
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It supports Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) for logical traffic segmentation, MPLS VPN services, and Cisco IOS VRF-Lite to isolate services within a single physical chassis.
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What security features are included in the Cisco 7600 Series?
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Integrated security features include zone-based firewall, IPsec VPN acceleration, MACsec encryption blades, access control lists (ACLs), control-plane policing, and advanced threat detection.
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What memory and storage options are supported by the Cisco 7600 Series?
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Supervisor engines support up to 6 GB of DRAM, dual 4 GB flash modules, and an optional CompactFlash slot for IOS images, configurations, and log storage.
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How is Quality of Service (QoS) implemented on the Cisco 7600 Series?
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Hardware-based QoS uses the Modular QoS CLI to perform classification, policing, shaping, congestion avoidance (WRED), and priority queuing, ensuring predictable service delivery.
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What management and monitoring tools are compatible with the Cisco 7600 Series?
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The 7600 Series integrates with Cisco Prime Infrastructure, SNMP, NetFlow, Embedded Event Manager (EEM), and the Cisco IOS CLI for comprehensive configuration, monitoring, and automation.
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What are the cooling and environmental requirements for the Cisco 7600 Series?
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The chassis requires front-to-back airflow via forced-air cooling modules, operates in 0–40 °C ambient temperature, and meets NEBS and ETSI environmental standards.
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In which network environments is the Cisco 7600 Series ideal?
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The 7600 Series is ideal for service provider edge, enterprise campus core, data center interconnect, and metro Ethernet applications requiring high throughput, scalability, and advanced services.
