The Routing Engine supports the following functionalities to manage the operation of the router:
System control functions such as environmental monitoring
Routing Layer 2 and Layer 3 protocols
Communication to components such as line cards, power supply, and cooling system
Transparent clocking
Alarm and logging functions
Routing Engine Components
The Routing Engine consists of the following internal components:
High-performance 1.6-GHz Intel 8 Core X86 CPU
32-GB DDR4 RAM
100-GB SATA SSD
Routing Engine Front Panel
Figure 16 on page 47
shows the front panel of the MX204 chassis.
Figure 16: MX204 Ports
1
16
1
Rate-selectable ports
—
2
Management (MGMT) port
—
3
BITS port with LEDs
—
4
USB port
—
5
1PPS and 10MHz GPS input and output ports
—
6
ONLINE LED
—
7
SSD1 LED
—
8
OFFLINE button
—
2
3
15
14
13
4
5
6
7
8
12
11
10
9
9
RESET button
—
10
SSD0 LED
—
11
Alarm (ALM) LED
—
12
OK/FAIL LED
—
13
Time of day (ToD) port with LEDs (This port is
—
reserved for future use)
14
Console (CON) port
—
15
10-Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ ports
—
16
PTP grandmaster clock (GM/PTP) port
—
47