Product Overview; Product Description - Cisco 10720 - Internet Router Installation And Configuration Manual

Product Overview

The Cisco 10720 Internet Router provides IP services to users at optical speeds at the edge of their
networks. The Cisco 10720 Internet Router provides network access using Ethernet and Dynamic Packet
Transport (DPT), Packet over SONET (POS), or IEEE 802.17 RPR technology for optical connectivity.
Each router is equipped with one uplink card and one Ethernet access card.
The Cisco 10720 Internet Router overview is presented in the following sections:
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Product Description

The Cisco 10720 Internet Router provides Ethernet and OC-48c/STM-16c Internet access. Ethernet
connections are provided by means of copper or optical cables. OC-48c/STM-16c connections are
provided by means of optical cables. The router can interoperate with synchronous optical network
(SONET) transport infrastructure, but it is not required.
The Cisco 10720 Internet Router has one card cage with two card slots. The upper slot supports one
uplink card and the lower slot supports one access card. Network interface connectors are located on the
front of the uplink and access cards.
The built-in Flash memory contains a total of 64 MB, with 16 MB dedicated to a read-only partition that
contains the Cisco IOS software image that shipped with the router. There are 48 MB dedicated to a
read-write partition. The read-write partition contains downloaded Cisco IOS software images and is
used to boot up the router.
Additional features of the Cisco 10720 Internet Router are as follows:
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Product Description, page 1-1
Physical and Functional Overview, page 1-2
Design Specifications, page 1-9
Configuration and administration features, including Telnet and (Cisco Discovery Protocol) CDP
Serial (AUX) and console ports for local and remote administration
Remote software download via Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) and Remote copy.A UNIX utility
(RCP)
IP over DCC (data communications channel) for remote management of the Cisco 15104
OC-48/STM16 Optical Regenerator, where applicable
Optical receive power monitoring support on the OC-48 interface
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