Juniper® Routers And Junos™ : Router Architecture For M-Series Routers And T-Series Platforms
3.Router Architecture for M-series Routers and T-series Platforms
4. Features:
3. Router Architecture for M-series Routers and T-series Platforms:
The router architecture separates routing and control functions from packet forwarding operations, which results in increase in the performance of the router.
Each router consists of two major architectural components:
- The Routing Engine, which provides Layer-3 routing services and network management.
- The Packet Forwarding Engine, which provides all operations required for transit packet forwarding.
Figure 1: Simplified Router Architecture:
