The Cisco 7609 Router is a high-performance router deployed at the network edge, where performance, IP services, redundancy, and fault resiliency are critical. Combined with a central route processor and forwarding engine, the Cisco 7609 Router provides 30-Mpps forwarding rates and up to 256 Gbps of total throughput. This versatile Cisco 7600 Series system scales WAN connectivity from OC-48/STM-16 to DS0 and LAN connectivity from 10 Gigabit Ethernet through 10 Mbps Ethernet. The Cisco 7609 delivers these capabilities while implementing high-touch, hardware-accelerated IP services through the Cisco Parallel Express Forwarding (PXF) network processor.Providing the foundation for a powerful combination of speed and services, the Cisco 7609 Router is an outstanding choice for multiple applications. Whether deployed as a high-speed WAN aggregator for peering or for metropolitan Ethernet aggregation and uplinks, the Cisco 7609 meets the requirements for critical network applications.