DIGITAL GIGAswitch/Router User Reference Manual
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Chapter 1
DIGITAL
GIGAswitch/Router
Product Overview
The DIGITAL GIGAswitch/Router provides non-blocking, wire-speed Layer-2
(switching), Layer-3 (routing) and Layer-4 (application) switching. The hardware
provides wire-speed performance regardless of the performance monitoring, filtering, and
Quality of Service (QoS) features enabled by the software. You do not need to accept
performance compromises to run QoS or access control lists (ACLs).
The following table lists the basic hardware and software specifications for the GSR:
Table 1.
GSR
Hardware and software specifications
Feature
Specification
Throughput
GSR-8:
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16-Gbps non-blocking switching fabric
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Up to 15 million packets-per-second routing throughput
GSR-16:
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32-Gbps non-blocking switching fabric
•
Up to 30 million packets-per-second routing throughput
