The Cisco 7606 Router is a compact, high-performance router designed for deployment at the network edge and in the data center, where performance and services are necessary to meet the requirements of both enterprises and service providers. The Cisco 7606 delivers both, providing a forwarding rate of 30 Mpps centrally and up to 240Mpps distributed with 480-Gbps total throughput while delivering high-touch, hardware-accelerated IP services.One of the Cisco 7600 Series Routers, the Cisco 7606 delivers optical LAN, WAN, and metropolitan-area network (MAN) networking at the network edge and in the IDC. The Cisco 7606 enables service providers to offer high-value, differentiated services, and enterprises to deploy the advanced network infrastructure necessary to succeed in high-traffic environments.Providing performance and reliability, the Cisco 7606 offers 240 Mpps in distributed forwarding, with options for redundant route processors and power supplies. The inclusion of two Gigabit Ethernet ports on the Cisco Supervisor 720 with the multilayer switch feature card 3 (MSFC-3) route processor used in the Cisco 7606 eliminates the need to use a line-card slot for uplink ports. The result of this design is more efficient use of available line-card slots and increased deployment flexibility.