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Data Flow Through the M40e Router Packet Forwarding Engine

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The Distributed Buffer Manager ASIC on the backplane distributes the data cells
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throughout the memory buffers located on and shared by all the FPCs.
The Internet Processor or Internet Processor II ASIC on the SCB performs route lookups
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and makes forwarding decisions.
The Internet Processor or Internet Processor II ASIC notifies a second Distributed
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Buffer Manager ASIC on the backplane of the routing decision.
The Distributed Buffer Manager ASIC forwards the notification to the FPC that hosts
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the outbound PIC.
The I/O Manager ASIC on the FPC reassembles data cells in shared memory into data
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packets as they are ready for transmission and passes them to the outbound PIC.
The outbound PIC transmits the data packets.
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M40 Router Overview on page 13
Data flows through the M40e router Packet Forwarding Engine in the sequence shown
in Figure 28 on page 127.
Figure 28: M40e Router Packet Forwarding Engine Components and Data
Flow
Packets arrive at an incoming PIC interface.
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The PIC passes the packets to the FPC, where the Packet Director ASIC directs them
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to the active I/O Manager ASIC.
The I/O Manager ASIC processes the packet headers, divides the packets into 64-byte
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data cells, and passes the cells through the midplane to the SFM.
A Distributed Buffer Manager ASIC on the SFM distributes the data cells throughout
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the memory buffers located on and shared by all the FPCs.
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